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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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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 IBB Pos Awards
1969 20 KCR AL 72 214 205 14 47 6 1 4 23 0 0 8 25 .229 .258 .327 .585 63 67 4 0 1 0 2 2/9
1970 21 KCR AL 6 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1971 22 KCR AL 22 53 46 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 9 .152 .231 .196 .426 23 9 1 0 1 1 0 2
1973 24 KCR AL 14 37 32 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 5 .250 .333 .375 .708 95 12 2 0 1 0 0 2
1974 25 KCR AL 43 123 107 10 23 3 1 1 8 0 1 14 19 .215 .317 .290 .607 73 31 1 2 0 0 0 2
1975 26 KCR AL 80 255 226 15 51 9 2 3 23 1 0 21 28 .226 .293 .323 .616 72 73 4 1 6 1 0 2
1976 27 KCR AL 95 295 267 24 61 13 3 5 34 0 0 16 45 .228 .269 .356 .625 81 95 2 0 9 3 1 2
1977 28 KCR AL 29 85 80 3 18 4 0 1 9 0 1 3 12 .225 .253 .313 .566 52 25 1 0 2 0 0 2
1978 29 MIL AL 89 286 256 26 56 10 1 1 20 1 1 14 42 .219 .255 .277 .533 50 71 4 0 12 4 1 2
1979 30 MIL AL 69 214 196 17 53 8 0 4 26 0 1 8 25 .270 .296 .372 .669 80 73 3 0 8 2 0 2/1
1980 31 MIL AL 76 238 219 16 49 9 0 3 17 1 0 12 33 .224 .266 .306 .572 59 67 3 1 5 1 0 2
1981 32 TOR AL 45 146 128 13 29 8 1 4 21 1 0 11 16 .227 .287 .398 .685 92 51 6 1 3 3 0 2
1982 33 TOR AL 96 291 260 26 63 17 0 10 37 1 1 24 34 .242 .301 .423 .724 89 110 10 0 2 5 1 2
1983 34 TOR AL 88 253 221 27 56 14 0 10 33 0 1 29 39 .253 .337 .452 .790 111 100 7 0 1 2 0 2
1984 35 TOR AL 102 273 232 24 51 13 1 5 37 0 3 29 49 .220 .301 .349 .651 77 81 2 2 1 9 0 2/D
1985 36 TOR AL 42 113 99 11 16 3 0 4 14 0 0 10 12 .162 .239 .313 .552 48 31 3 1 0 3 0 2
1986 37 TOR AL 81 185 160 13 29 8 0 2 12 0 0 20 25 .181 .271 .269 .539 46 43 5 0 4 1 0 2/D
17 Seasons 1049 3072 2743 245 618 128 10 58 321 5 10 230 419 .225 .284 .343 .627 72 940 59 8 56 35 5
162 Game Avg. 162 474 424 38 95 20 2 9 50 1 2 36 65 .225 .284 .343 .627 72 145 9 1 9 5 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
KCR (8 yrs) 361 1073 972 72 216 38 7 15 104 1 3 73 144 .222 .277 .322 .599 69 313 16 3 20 5 3
TOR (6 yrs) 454 1261 1100 114 244 63 2 35 154 2 5 123 175 .222 .297 .378 .675 81 416 33 4 11 23 1
MIL (3 yrs) 234 738 671 59 158 27 1 8 63 2 2 34 100 .235 .271 .314 .585 62 211 10 1 25 7 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 27 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 16 15 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .333 .375 .333 .708 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 16 15 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .333 .375 .333 .708 5 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 30 MIL AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 68 68 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 340 46 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL--9--6th

Youngest s c a p y
1969 AL--born 1948-11-07--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2087), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1967.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

December 16, 1968: Traded by the Houston Astros with Mickey Sinnerud (minors) and Tommy Smith (minors) to the Kansas City Royals for John Jones (minors).

December 8, 1977: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Littell to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Hrabosky.

December 8, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for George Frazier.

May 10, 1981: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Gil Kubski.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Toronto Blue Jays$356,300
1986Toronto Blue Jays$347,096
Career (may be incomplete)$703,396
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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