Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 10	TOR		NYY	L,0-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 13	TOR		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	7	Apr 14	TOR		MIL	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	TOR	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
6	10	Apr 18	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	11	Apr 19	TOR		CLE	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
8	14 (2)	Apr 23	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
9	17 (2)	Apr 27	TOR	@	TEX	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	18	Apr 29	TOR		CHW	L,3-9	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	19	May 1	TOR		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	21 (1)	May 3	TOR		TEX	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
13	22	May 4	TOR		TEX	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
14	23	May 6	TOR		KCR	W,6-1	GS	24	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	26 (2)	May 9	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	27	May 11	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	31 (3)	May 16	TOR	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
18	32	May 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,6-9	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	34 (1)	May 19	TOR		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
20	39 (4)	May 24	TOR		DET	W,7-6	GF	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
21	41 (1)	May 26	TOR		BOS	L,2-7	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	42	May 27	TOR		BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	45 (2)	May 30	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	48 (2)	Jun 3	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	11	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
25	50 (1)	Jun 5	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	51	Jun 6	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	27	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	53 (1)	Jun 8	TOR	@	OAK	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
28	54	Jun 9	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	55	Jun 10	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	58 (2)	Jun 14	TOR		OAK	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	59	Jun 15	TOR		OAK	L,1-10	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
32	61 (1)	Jun 17	TOR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	64 (2)	Jun 20	TOR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	65	Jun 21	TOR		MIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	66	Jun 22	TOR		MIN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
36	67	Jun 23	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
37	68	Jun 24	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	73 (4)	Jun 30	TOR	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	74	Jul 1	TOR		SEA	L,2-11	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	75	Jul 2	TOR		SEA	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
41	79 (3)	Jul 10	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	81 (1)	Jul 12	TOR	@	KCR	W,9-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	82	Jul 13	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	83	Jul 14	TOR	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	85 (1)	Jul 16	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	2	11	0	C
46	86	Jul 17	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	87	Jul 18	TOR		KCR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	88	Jul 19	TOR		KCR	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	89	Jul 20	TOR		KCR	L,8-14	GS	41	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	90	Jul 21	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	93 (2)	Jul 24	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	95 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	TOR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	96	Jul 26 (2)	TOR		CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	97	Jul 27	TOR		CHW	L,3-11	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
55	99 (1)	Jul 30	TOR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	103 (3)	Aug 2 (2)	TOR		NYY	W,13-6	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	104	Aug 3	TOR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	105	Aug 4	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	108 (2)	Aug 7	TOR	@	MIL	L,6-9	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	109	Aug 8 (1)	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	110	Aug 8 (2)	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	111	Aug 9	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	112	Aug 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	114 (1)	Aug 12	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	115	Aug 13	TOR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	116	Aug 14	TOR		MIL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	118 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
68	121 (2)	Aug 19	TOR	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	123 (1)	Aug 21	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	124	Aug 22	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	125	Aug 23	TOR	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	126	Aug 24	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	127	Aug 25	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
74	131 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	TOR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	133 (1)	Aug 30	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	140 (6)	Sep 5	TOR		CAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	141	Sep 6	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	144 (2)	Sep 10	TOR		OAK	W,7-5	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	147 (2)	Sep 14	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
80	149 (1)	Sep 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-11	GS	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
81	151 (1)	Sep 19	TOR		SEA	L,6-9	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	153 (1)	Sep 21	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	154	Sep 23	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	156 (1)	Sep 25	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	157	Sep 26	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
86	160 (2)	Sep 30	TOR		MIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							85gm		579.1	331	25	4	360	3