Billy Martin
Alfred Manuel Martin
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 NYY AL 22 2B 22 41 24 16 1 5 .976 1.82 .976 5.39
1950 NYY AL 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1951 NYY AL 23 2B 23 86 36 49 1 15 .988 3.70 .978 5.35
1951 NYY AL 23 SS 6 19 7 10 2 2 .895 2.83 .963 4.72
1951 NYY AL 23 3B 2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.50 .950 2.85
1951 NYY AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
1952 NYY AL 24 2B 107 576 244 323 9 92 .984 5.30 .978 5.13
1953 NYY AL 25 2B 146 778 376 390 12 121 .985 5.25 .979 5.13 MVP-25
1953 NYY AL 25 SS 18 34 13 19 2 5 .941 1.78 .968 4.52 MVP-25
1955 NYY AL 27 2B 17 17 147.0 88 42 44 2 19 .977 3.5 28.6 2.5 1.2 1.2 1 5.27 5.06 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 NYY AL 27 SS 3 3 27.0 11 4 6 1 1 .909 -1.5 -66.7 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 3.33 3.33 .964 4.93 4.03
1956 NYY AL 28 2B 105 101 876.0 511 241 260 10 84 .980 -5.1 -7.0 -5.1 2.3 -7.3 0 5.15 4.77 .973 5.44 4.74 AS
1956 NYY AL 28 3B 16 11 102.1 45 12 28 5 3 .889 1.5 17.6 1.5 0.2 1.3 0 3.52 2.50 .953 3.22 2.78 AS
1957 TOT AL 29 2B 78 73 633.0 367 179 178 10 46 .973 -8.0 -15.2 -6.0 -8.1 2.1 -2 5.08 4.58 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 TOT AL 29 3B 33 31 260.1 92 40 49 3 6 .967 -1.6 -7.4 -1.6 -0.4 -1.2 0 3.08 2.70 .950 3.23 2.77
1957 NYY AL 29 2B 26 25 215.2 132 58 67 7 18 .947 -0.5 -2.8 0.5 -1.2 1.7 -1 5.22 4.81 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 NYY AL 29 3B 13 12 96.1 37 11 25 1 2 .973 0.4 5.0 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 3.36 2.77 .949 3.23 2.77
1957 KCA AL 29 2B 52 48 417.1 235 121 111 3 28 .987 -7.5 -21.6 -6.5 -6.9 0.4 -1 5.00 4.46 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 KCA AL 29 3B 20 19 164.0 55 29 24 2 4 .964 -2.0 -14.6 -2.0 -0.9 -1.1 0 2.91 2.65 .951 3.23 2.77
1957 KCA AL 29 SS 2 1 13.0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -27.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4.15 3.00 .967 5.12 4.45
1958 DET AL 30 SS 88 88 757.2 405 159 229 17 58 .958 -9.9 -15.7 -9.9 -2.4 -7.5 0 4.61 4.41 .964 4.96 4.17
1958 DET AL 30 3B 41 39 342.0 109 47 59 3 5 .972 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 1 2.79 2.59 .950 3.11 2.59
1959 CLE AL 31 2B 67 65 565.0 297 147 149 1 37 .997 4.4 9.3 3.4 2.2 1.2 1 4.72 4.42 .975 5.29 4.73
1959 CLE AL 31 3B 4 1 22.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -0.3 -16.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.86 1.75 .950 3.19 2.72
1960 CIN NL 32 2B 97 88 766.2 446 228 207 11 52 .975 -11.3 -17.7 -11.3 -10.5 -0.9 0 5.11 4.48 .974 5.20 4.48
1961 MIN AL 33 2B 105 91 810.0 458 217 224 17 61 .963 -6.6 -9.8 -5.6 -2.8 -2.9 -1 4.90 4.20 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 MIN AL 33 SS 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
10 Seasons 2B 767 435 3797.2 3648 1734 1840 74 532 .980 -23.1 -7.3 -22.1 -15.7 -6.6 -1 8.47 4.66 .977 5.32 4.88
6 Seasons SS 118 92 798.1 475 184 269 22 67 .954 -11.7 -17.6 -11.7 -2.7 -9.0 0 5.11 3.84 .964 4.96 4.26
6 Seasons 3B 97 82 726.2 260 104 143 13 14 .950 -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 1 3.06 2.55 .950 3.17 2.70
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
11 Seasons TOT 983 609 5322.2 4383 2022 2252 109 613 .975 -35.2 -7.9 -35.2 -18.3 -17.1 0 7.23 4.35 .949 4.97 4.59 0-1-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 NYY AL 22 34 34 34 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 23 51 51 51 0 0 0 23 2 6 0 1 0 1
1952 NYY AL 24 109 109 109 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 25 149 149 149 0 0 0 146 0 18 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 27 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 28 121 112 121 121 0 0 0 105 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1957 KCA AL 29 73 68 73 73 0 0 0 52 20 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
1957 NYY AL 29 43 37 43 43 0 0 0 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 DET AL 30 131 127 131 131 0 0 0 0 41 88 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 CLE AL 31 73 66 73 73 0 0 0 67 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 CIN NL 32 103 88 103 103 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1961 MIN AL 33 108 91 108 108 0 0 0 105 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 MLN NL 33 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
11 Seasons 1021 609 1021 1021 0 0 0 767 97 118 0 1 0 1 22 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYY AL 27 627 62% 74% 24% 59 95% 0 42 19 19 4 46 34 10 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 19 5 3 7 0 16 7 8 2 0 1
1956 NYY AL 28 3872 61% 77% 25% 294 93% 0 247 72 135 41 253 203 42 0 6 10 2 5 3 6 85 27 14 24 4 77 28 45 5 2 3
1957 KCA AL 29 1744 61% 81% 26% 136 95% 0 116 48 52 16 102 83 15 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 27 8 6 8 0 24 8 15 2 1 1
1957 NYY AL 29 929 63% 75% 31% 85 88% 0 57 18 29 10 66 53 12 0 1 7 0 5 2 6 18 6 1 6 0 14 6 8 1 1 0
1959 CLE AL 31 2480 59% 75% 26% 194 95% 0 146 53 70 23 152 136 14 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 37 17 4 9 2 35 12 22 2 1 1
1960 CIN NL 32 3324 62% 81% 27% 290 92% 0 232 91 94 47 215 192 19 0 6 11 0 10 1 9 53 21 14 9 1 48 10 35 3 1 2
1961 MIN AL 33 3627 66% 76% 24% 283 93% 1 216 85 105 26 220 187 26 0 3 17 5 8 4 8 61 22 14 13 5 55 18 37 3 1 2
6 Seasons 16603 62% 77% 26% 1341 93% 1 1056 386 504 167 1054 888 138 0 21 51 7 34 10 34 300 106 56 76 12 269 89 170 18 7 10
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 NYY AL 28 437 67% 76% 29% 46 85% 0 12 9 2 1 28 24 3 1 0 5 0 4 1 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 33%
1957 KCA AL 29 657 52% 81% 24% 47 91% 0 24 20 1 3 22 17 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0
1957 NYY AL 29 420 67% 79% 30% 37 86% 1 12 7 3 2 25 22 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1958 DET AL 30 1422 57% 79% 26% 106 92% 0 46 41 3 2 57 49 6 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 4 1 5 0 0 0 2 50%
1959 CLE AL 31 98 62% 66% 20% 9 78% 0 3 3 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
4 Seasons 3034 59% 79% 26% 245 89% 1 97 80 9 8 136 115 16 2 1 12 0 10 2 9 14 9 2 12 2 0 2 9 56%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYY AL 27 124 60% 75% 27% 13 54% 1 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1957 KCA AL 29 62 71% 94% 32% 8 88% 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 30 3291 59% 78% 27% 303 86% 4 151 67 70 14 224 158 56 1 7 17 0 10 7 13 57 21 8 22 1 1 55 29 25 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 33 3 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3480 60% 78% 27% 324 85% 5 158 71 73 14 234 163 60 1 7 18 0 11 7 14 59 22 8 23 1 1 57 30 26 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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