Babe Martin

Boris Michael Martin
born Boris Michael Martinovich

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: March 28, 1920 in Seattle, WA
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1944
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox 1944-1953

Final Game: July 1, 1953
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1940	20	BAL-min	C	54	152	152		39	5	2	4						.257	.257	.395	.651		60						TYL,PAL,SJS · ETXL,MICH
1941	21	BAL-min	D	75	261	261		92	17	7	9						.352	.352	.575	.927		150						PGD · NEAR
1942	22	BAL-min	B	97	345	345		112	19	7	12						.325	.325	.525	.849		181						SPR · IIIL
1944	24	BAL-min	AA	114	435	386	82	135	27	10	14	72	7		40	33	.350	.418	.580	.998		224	19	5	4			TOL · AA
1944	24	SLB	AL	2	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	383	4	0	0	0		/7O
1945	25	BAL-min	AA	9	30	30	6	9	2	0	1	3	0				.300	.300	.467	.767		14						TOL · AA
1945	25	SLB	AL	54	203	185	13	37	5	2	2	16	0	1	11	24	.200	.245	.281	.526	49	52	5	0	7		O7/93
1946	26	BAL-min	AAA	82	246	218	28	56	10	0	4	26	2		26	34	.257	.341	.358	.699		78	4	2	0			TOL,OLD · AA,PCL
1946	26	SLB	AL	3	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	44	2	0	0	0		/2

1947	27	BAL-min	AAA	110	342	310	44	99	20	4	15	64	0		32	28	.319	.383	.555	.938		172	16	0	0			TOL · AA
1948	28	BOS	AL	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	2	0	0	0		/2
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/2

1950	30	DET-BOS-min	AAA	58	162	152	13	32	6	1	3	13	0		7	18	.211	.259	.322	.582		49	12	3	0			TOL,LOU · AA
1951	31	BAL-min	AA	147	487	487		127	29	4	14						.261	.261	.423	.684		206						SAN · TL
1952	32	BAL-min	AA	105	331	331		109	14	0	14						.329	.329	.498	.828		165						SAN · TL
1953	33	SLB	AL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0		/2
1954	34	DAL	AA	71	230	191	20	50	9	0	6	23	1	1	37	22	.262	.387	.403	.790		77		2	0	0		DAL · TL
6 Yrs				69	226	206	13	44	6	2	2	18	0	1	13	27	.214	.260	.291	.552	55	60	5	0	7
162 Game Avg.				162	531	484	31	103	14	5	5	42	0	2	31	63	.214	.260	.291	.552	55	141	12	0	16

SLB (4 yrs)				63	220	200	13	42	6	2	2	18	0	1	13	26	.210	.258	.290	.548	55	58	5	0	7
BOS (2 yrs)				6	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	73	2	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	24	SLB	AL	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.573	.501	0.2	0.0	1	$	/7O
1945	25	SLB	AL	54	203	-12	-0	0	4	-3	-11	-1.4	4	-7	-0.9	.475	.492	-1.4	0.1	-11	$	O7/93
1946	26	SLB	AL	3	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.481	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1948	28	BOS	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.469	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

1953	33	SLB	AL	4	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
6 Seasons				69	226	-12	-0	0	4	-2	-11	-1.3	5	-6	-0.8	.481	.499	-1.3	0.2	-10	$

SLB (4 yrs)				63	220	-12	-0	0	4	-2	-11	-1.3	5	-6	-0.7	.480	.498	-1.2	0.2	-10	$
BOS (2 yrs)				6	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	24	SLB	AL	4	1	3	81.2	97	.750	.750	.276	.750	.344	1.000	.377	1.750	.721	383	.996	1.5	0.2	4.000	.250	.250
1945	25	SLB	AL	203	161	12	2.0	93	.220	.200	.268	.245	.342	.281	.365	.526	.706	49	.230	-13.4	-1.5	.403	.135	.081	.0
1946	26	SLB	AL	10	7	1	3.8	100	.286	.222	.270	.300	.345	.222	.388	.522	.732	44	.461	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.111	.000

1948	28	BOS	AL	4	2	1	13.3	110	.667	.500	.279	.500	.365	.500	.403	1.000	.768	161	.874	0.3	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	2	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.280	.000	.374	.000	.407	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1953	33	SLB	AL	3	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.333	.349	.000	.400	.333	.749	-4	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
6 Yrs				226	175	17	2.6	94	.237	.214	.269	.260	.343	.291	.368	.552	.710	55	.323	-13.1	-1.4	.429	.136	.078	.0
162 Game Avg.				531	411	40	2.6	94	.237	.214	.269	.260	.343	.291	.368	.552	.710	55	.323	-13.1	-1.4	.429	.136	.078

SLB (4 yrs)				220	171	16	2.5	94	.233	.210	.269	.258	.342	.290	.367	.548	.708	55	.309	-12.8	-1.4	.427	.140	.080	.0
BOS (2 yrs)				6	4	1	6.7	111	.400	.333	.279	.333	.368	.333	.404	.667	.772	73	.663	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	24	SLB	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	33%				4.0		100%
1945	25	SLB	AL	203	1.0%	11.8%	5.4%	4.4%	24%	2.18	7.7	92.5	11.6		78%
1946	26	SLB	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5		9.0		70%

1948	28	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0				75%
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1953	33	SLB	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					67%
6 Yrs				226	0.9%	12.0%	5.8%	4.4%	23%	2.08	7.6	103.0	11.4		78%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.5%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.2	53.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	24	SLB	AL	1.5	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	25	SLB	AL	-13.4	-1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	26	SLB	AL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	28	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.87	0.2	0.92	3
1949	29	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.12	1

1953	33	SLB	AL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.78	-0.3	0.56	2
6 Yrs				-13.1	-1.4	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.57	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.83	-0.4	0.67	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	29	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	33	SLB	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	20%	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	28	BOS	AL	4	75%	2			3	1	0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1953	33	SLB	AL	3	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				9	88%	44			6	1	0	0	0.67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		1	5	500%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			180%			21%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	24	2	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	383	4	0	0
1945	25	56	207	189	13	40	6	2	2	17	1	11	24	.212	.255	.296	.551	56	56	5	7
1946	26	59	217	198	13	42	6	2	2	18	1	12	26	.212	.257	.293	.550	55	58	5	7
1947	27	59	217	198	13	42	6	2	2	18	1	12	26	.212	.257	.293	.550	55	58	5	7
1948	28	63	221	202	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	12	27	.218	.262	.297	.559	57	60	5	7
1949	29	65	223	204	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	12	27	.216	.259	.294	.553	56	60	5	7
1950	30	65	223	204	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	12	27	.216	.259	.294	.553	56	60	5	7
1951	31	65	223	204	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	12	27	.216	.259	.294	.553	56	60	5	7
1952	32	65	223	204	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	12	27	.216	.259	.294	.553	56	60	5	7
1953	33	69	226	206	13	44	6	2	2	18	1	13	27	.214	.260	.291	.552	55	60	5	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	24	2	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	3	2
1945	25	57	217	198	15	41	6	2	2	19	0	12	25	.207	.252	.288	.540	15	54
1946	26	3	12	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	3

1948	28	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	4
1949	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1953	33	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	4
6 Yrs		72	242	220	15	49	7	2	2	22	0	15	28	.223	.272	.300	.572	20	69
162 Game Avg.		162	545	495	34	110	16	5	5	50	0	34	63	.223	.272	.300	.572	45	69

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