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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
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

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

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	-min	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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1944	24	SLB	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/7O
1945	25	SLB	AL	203	-11	0	0	0	4	-2	4	-5	-0.6	-9	-1.0	0.4	$	O7/93
1946	26	SLB	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

1948	28	BOS	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1949	29	BOS	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

1953	33	SLB	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
6 Seasons				226	-12	0	0	0	4	-2	4	-6	-0.7	-10	-1.1	0.4	$

SLB (4 yrs)				220	-11	0	0	0	4	-2	4	-5	-0.6	-9	-1.0	0.4	$
BOS (2 yrs)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	PO
1944	SLB	AL	24	LF	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.40
1944	SLB	AL	24	OF	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.50
1945	SLB	AL	25	OF	48	45	37		124	116	7	1	2	.992		2.56	.978		2.40
1945	SLB	AL	25	LF	42	38	32		110	102	7	1	2	.991		2.60	.976		2.26
1945	SLB	AL	25	RF	8	7	5		14	14	0	0	0	1.000		1.75	.974		2.15
1945	SLB	AL	25	1B	6	5	2		42	36	4	2	1	.952		6.67	.989		10.10
1946	SLB	AL	26	C	2	2	1		18	18	0	0	0	1.000		9.00	.982		5.50	1		0	0
1948	BOS	AL	28	C	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.70	0		0	0
1949	BOS	AL	29	C	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.80	0		0	0
1953	SLB	AL	33	C	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		5.40	5.20	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			OF	49	46	37		125	117	7	1	2	.992		2.53	.978		2.40
	2 Seasons			LF	43	39	32		111	103	7	1	2	.991		2.56	.976		2.26
	1 Season			RF	8	7	5		14	14	0	0	0	1.000		1.75	.974		2.15
	1 Season			1B	6	5	2		42	36	4	2	1	.952		6.67	.989		10.10
	4 Seasons			C	5	2	1	1.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00	3.60	.982	5.40	5.14	1	0	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	60	53	40	1.0	185	171	11	3	3	.984	0.00	3.03	.981	5.40	3.40	1	0	0	0	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.
November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Browns in the 1947 rule 5 draft.
July, 1950: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Red Sox.
March 26, 1951: Sent from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Browns in an unknown transaction.
March 16, 1954: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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