Buck Martinez
John Albert Martinez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1986
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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 Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 KCR AL 20 C 55 46 420.2 324 290 25 9 7 .972 0.0 0.0 0 6.74 5.73 .987 6.65 5.59 6 13 19 11 37%
1969 KCR AL 20 OF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.14 1.80
1969 KCR AL 20 RF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
1970 KCR AL 21 C 5 3 30.0 24 20 3 1 0 .958 1.0 40.0 1 6.90 4.60 .987 6.66 5.82 0 1 2 3 60%
1971 KCR AL 22 C 21 14 138.1 93 84 6 3 0 .968 -3.0 -26.0 -3 5.86 4.29 .988 6.37 5.63 2 10 6 2 25%
1973 KCR AL 24 C 14 10 94.0 58 52 4 2 1 .966 0.0 0.0 0 5.36 4.00 .984 6.05 5.29 0 1 3 2 40%
1974 KCR AL 25 C 38 31 281.0 171 151 16 4 1 .977 -4.0 -17.1 -4 5.35 4.39 .983 5.89 5.01 6 12 19 7 27%
1975 KCR AL 26 C 79 70 617.1 408 361 39 8 4 .980 -1.0 -1.9 -1 5.83 5.06 .983 6.00 5.04 9 14 61 31 34%
1976 KCR AL 27 C 94 86 739.1 464 420 40 4 4 .991 3.0 4.9 3 5.60 4.89 .981 5.75 4.90 5 10 76 38 33%
1977 KCR AL 28 C 28 22 202.0 142 133 8 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.28 5.04 .986 6.01 5.06 2 3 12 6 33%
1978 MIL AL 29 C 89 85 716.1 367 327 32 8 7 .978 -2.0 -3.4 -2 4.51 4.03 .983 5.53 4.86 2 18 44 24 35%
1979 MIL AL 30 C 68 67 547.2 245 198 39 8 2 .967 6.0 13.1 6 3.89 3.49 .982 5.46 4.69 4 9 31 23 43%
1979 MIL AL 30 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1980 MIL AL 31 C 76 75 622.0 331 293 33 5 3 .985 5.0 9.6 5 4.72 4.29 .986 5.48 4.60 2 13 38 24 39%
1981 TOR AL 32 C 45 43 372.1 216 192 22 2 3 .991 -3.0 -9.7 -3 5.17 4.76 .987 5.51 4.76 1 16 24 13 35%
1982 TOR AL 33 C 93 79 677.2 422 382 35 5 8 .988 7.0 12.4 7 5.54 4.48 .988 5.69 4.90 2 12 27 23 46%
1983 TOR AL 34 C 85 69 579.1 360 331 25 4 3 .989 2.0 4.1 2 5.53 4.19 .986 5.70 4.76 1 12 29 14 33%
1984 TOR AL 35 C 98 66 616.2 396 360 34 2 5 .995 3.0 5.8 3 5.75 4.02 .987 5.96 5.05 3 14 29 15 34%
1984 TOR AL 35 DH 1
1985 TOR AL 36 C 42 32 270.0 173 155 16 2 5 .988 1.0 4.4 1 5.70 4.07 .987 6.05 5.03 1 9 17 10 37%
1986 TOR AL 37 C 78 47 417.2 310 289 19 2 6 .994 1.0 2.9 1 6.64 3.95 .989 6.62 5.44 3 8 27 12 31%
1986 TOR AL 37 DH 1
17 Seasons C 1008 845 7342.1 4504 4038 396 70 59 .984 16.0 2.6 16 5.44 4.40 .985 5.84 4.99 49 175 464 258 36%
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season OF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.14 1.80
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1 Season RF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
17 Seasons TOT 1010 846 7351.1 4507 4040 397 70 60 .984 16.2 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 16 5.43 4.39 .970 5.84 4.98 49 175 464 258 36%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1969 KCR AL 20 72 47 72 72 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 0
1970 KCR AL 21 6 3 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 KCR AL 22 22 14 22 22 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 KCR AL 24 14 10 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 25 43 31 43 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 KCR AL 26 80 70 80 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 KCR AL 27 95 86 95 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 KCR AL 28 29 22 29 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 MIL AL 29 89 85 89 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 MIL AL 30 69 67 69 69 1 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MIL AL 31 76 75 76 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 32 45 43 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TOR AL 33 96 79 96 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1983 TOR AL 34 88 69 88 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1984 TOR AL 35 102 66 102 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1985 TOR AL 36 42 32 42 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 TOR AL 37 81 47 81 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
17 Seasons 1049 846 1049 1029 1 1009 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 107 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1969 KCR AL 20 1862 3.82 4.46 35 97% 0 0 292 26 1 9 256 24 7 1 0 2 9 0 3 6 1 7 0 1 1 3 100%
1970 KCR AL 21 137 5.10 6.00 1 100% 0 0 20 1 0 0 19 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 22 633 4.23 4.94 6 83% 0 0 88 5 0 0 83 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1973 KCR AL 24 421 3.16 3.54 3 100% 0 0 53 2 1 3 47 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 25 1260 3.62 4.10 10 100% 0 0 151 6 4 4 137 15 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 100%
1975 KCR AL 26 2752 3.46 4.17 26 100% 0 0 361 18 0 10 333 38 8 0 0 2 8 1 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 4 100%
1976 KCR AL 27 3216 3.19 3.74 34 100% 0 0 421 29 3 10 379 39 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 3 100%
1977 KCR AL 28 897 4.37 5.03 14 93% 0 0 133 8 0 5 120 9 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1978 MIL AL 29 3122 3.91 4.27 45 96% 0 1 327 30 3 15 279 32 9 0 1 0 8 1 3 4 2 7 0 1 4 3 100%
1979 MIL AL 30 2355 3.81 4.14 25 100% 0 0 199 16 1 11 171 36 7 0 0 2 8 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
1980 MIL AL 31 2739 3.91 4.40 28 96% 0 0 292 18 0 9 265 31 5 1 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1981 TOR AL 32 1657 4.11 4.71 21 100% 0 0 191 15 2 7 166 23 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
1982 TOR AL 33 2912 3.81 4.28 31 97% 0 0 382 23 1 8 350 35 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 3 100%
1983 TOR AL 34 2515 3.62 4.24 26 92% 0 0 333 17 1 14 301 22 4 0 0 4 5 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 TOR AL 35 2654 3.65 4.20 33 97% 0 0 361 23 1 12 325 30 7 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 4 75%
1985 TOR AL 36 1174 3.83 4.03 8 100% 0 0 155 7 0 8 139 15 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 2 100%
1986 TOR AL 37 1823 4.16 4.65 16 94% 0 0 289 10 0 4 274 19 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 100%
17 Seasons 32129 3.76 4.27 362 97% 0 1 4048 254 18 129 3644 379 78 4 2 24 69 9 13 47 5 59 0 6 12 41 95%
MLB Averages 3.75 4.22 95% 91%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1969 KCR AL 20 6 13 693 19 11 9 37% 17 9 2 1 0 1 2 0 53 15 1.21 1.05
1970 KCR AL 21 0 1 47 2 3 3 60% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.06 0.41
1971 KCR AL 22 2 10 254 6 2 2 25% 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 4 1.12 0.56
1973 KCR AL 24 0 1 171 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1.43 1.42
1974 KCR AL 25 6 12 478 19 7 7 27% 18 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 9 1.18 0.65
1975 KCR AL 26 9 14 1028 61 31 26 34% 57 25 4 3 0 3 3 1 104 42 1.37 1.52
1976 KCR AL 27 5 10 1122 76 38 28 33% 66 31 8 6 2 1 1 0 117 45 1.32 1.45
1977 KCR AL 28 1 3 317 12 6 3 33% 10 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 23 11 1.28 1.51
1978 MIL AL 29 2 18 1131 44 24 21 35% 39 21 3 2 2 1 0 0 76 26 1.37 0.95
1979 MIL AL 30 3 9 811 31 23 22 43% 28 20 3 2 0 1 3 2 64 28 1.15 1.21
1980 MIL AL 31 2 13 1002 38 24 21 39% 34 19 4 4 0 1 2 0 66 32 1.16 1.15
1981 TOR AL 32 2 16 619 24 13 13 35% 23 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 51 15 1.34 0.95
1982 TOR AL 33 2 12 1054 27 23 23 46% 26 20 1 1 0 2 3 1 54 25 1.09 1.36
1983 TOR AL 34 2 12 880 29 14 12 33% 27 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 55 13 1.30 1.22
1984 TOR AL 35 3 14 962 29 15 14 34% 28 13 1 1 0 1 2 0 57 18 1.52 1.43
1985 TOR AL 36 1 9 425 17 10 10 37% 17 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 11 1.59 1.64
1986 TOR AL 37 3 8 617 27 12 9 31% 26 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 47 15 1.13 1.10
17 Seasons 49 175 11611 464 258 225 36% 423 218 36 27 5 13 17 4 888 315 1.29 1.25
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.26
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 MIL AL 30 5 80% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 80% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 KCR AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 36 50% 75% 17% 2 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 36 50% 75% 17% 2 100%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.1% 59% 78% 26% 55%

* 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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