Fred Martin

Fred Turner Martin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1915 in Williams, OK
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1946
Team: Cardinals 1946-1950

Final Game: September 24, 1950
Died: June 11, 1979 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1935	20	SIS	D	34	50	50		14	0	1	0						.280	.280	.320	.600		16							SIS · ARSL
1936	21	STL-min	D	35	77	77		15	2	0	0						.195	.195	.221	.416		17							DUL,UNC · NORL,KITL
1937	22	STL-min	D	23	62	62		16	1	3	1						.258	.258	.419	.677		26							DUL · NORL
1938	23	STL-min	C	43	99	99		27	3	3	2						.273	.273	.424	.697		42							PMO · MATL
1939	24	STL-min	C,AA	41	103	103		25	3	1	1						.243	.243	.320	.563		33							PMO,CLB · MATL,AA
1940	25	STL-min	B,AA	52	112	112		27	0	1	1						.241	.241	.277	.518		31							CBS,CLB · SALL,AA
1941	26	STL-min	A1	34	94	94		21	3	0	0						.223	.223	.255	.479		24							HSN · TL
1946	31	STL	NL	6	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	52	3	0	0	0			/1

1949	34	STL	NL	21	21	20	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	59	6	0	0	1			1
1950	35	STL	NL	31	16	15	2	4	2	0	0	2	0		0	5	.267	.267	.400	.667	70	6	1	0	1			1
1951	36	STL-min	AA	32	81	81		13	0	1	0						.160	.160	.185	.346		15							HSN · TL
1952	37	STL-min	AAA	36	73	67	3	10	1	0	0	1	0		3	7	.149	.186	.164	.350		11		0	3				ROC · IL
1953	38	STL-min	AA	36	46	42	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.024	.047	.048	.094		2		0	3				SHV,HSN · TL
1954	39	TEM,SHV	B,AA	57	54	51	2	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	.235	.235	.314	.549		16		0	3	0			TEM,SHV · BSTL,TL
1955	40	SHV	AA	43	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235		2		0	1	0			SHV · TL
1956	41	SHV	AA	64	23	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.150	.150	.150	.300		3		0	3	0			SHV · TL
1957	42	ATL-min	AA	55	12	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347		1		0	3	0			AUS · TL
1958	43	DAL	AA	47	12	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200		0		1	2	0			DAL · TL
1959	44	HSN	AAA	15	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800		2		0	0	0	0		HSN · AA
1960	45	CHC-min	C	3	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000		1							SCL · NORL
3 Yrs				58	48	46	4	13	2	0	0	4	0		0	9	.283	.283	.326	.609	61	15	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	134	128	11	36	6	0	0	11	0		0	25	.283	.283	.326	.609	61	42	3	0	6

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
1946	31	STL	NL	6	11	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1

1949	34	STL	NL	21	21	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1950	35	STL	NL	31	16	-1	0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
3 Seasons				58	48	-3	1	-0	0	5	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.505	.501	0.3	-0.0	4	$

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
1946	31	STL	NL	11	8	1	3.4	96	.300	.273	.267	.273	.343	.273	.374	.545	.717	52	.415	-0.8	-0.1	.375	.000	.000

1949	34	STL	NL	21	15	2	3.6	107	.353	.300	.275	.300	.349	.300	.412	.600	.761	59	.388	-1.3	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
1950	35	STL	NL	16	13	2	4.1	111	.400	.267	.274	.267	.352	.400	.425	.667	.777	70	.436	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.133	.133
3 Yrs				48	36	5	3.7	106	.351	.283	.273	.283	.349	.326	.407	.609	.756	61	.413	-2.7	-0.3	.441	.043	.043
162 Game Avg.				134	101	14	3.7	106	.351	.283	.273	.283	.349	.326	.407	.609	.756	61	.413	-2.7	-0.3	.441	.043	.043

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	31	STL	NL	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.0				91%

1949	34	STL	NL	21	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.7		10.0	3.00	81%
1950	35	STL	NL	16	0.0%	31.3%	0.0%	12.5%	50%		3.0		7.5	6.00	63%
3 Yrs				48	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	4.2%	15%		5.1		11.5	4.50	77%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.9%	6.3%	27%	0.97	9.1	52.1	8.2	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1946	31	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	34	STL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	14	0.5	0.6	-0.2	1.16	0.1	0.3	1.9	0.2	0.98	1.2	0
1950	35	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	12	0.2	0.2	-0.1	.67	-0.1	0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.97	-1.2	0
3 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	26	0.6	0.9	-0.2	.93	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.2	0.98	0.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stD	1^stDH
1949	34	STL	NL	33%	5	2	100%	1	1
1950	35	STL	NL	50%	3	0	100%	1	1
3 Yrs				31%	8	2	100%	2	2

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
1949	34	STL	NL	21	67%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0%	0	0		8	2	25%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1950	35	STL	NL	16	17%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	9	2	22%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				37	42%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	17	4	24%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			198%			23%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1946	31	6	11	11	0	3	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	52	3	0	0
1947	32	6	11	11	0	3	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	52	3	0	0
1948	33	6	11	11	0	3	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	52	3	0	0
1949	34	27	32	31	2	9	0	2	4	.290	.290	.290	.581	57	9	0	1
1950	35	58	48	46	4	13	2	4	9	.283	.283	.326	.609	61	15	1	2

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
1946	31	6	12	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	6

1949	34	22	23	22	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.318	.318	.318	.636	2	21
1950	35	32	15	14	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	.214	.214	.357	.571	1	31
3 Yrs		60	50	48	3	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	.292	.292	.333	.625	4	58
162 Game Avg.		162	135	130	8	38	5	0	0	8	0	0	24	.292	.292	.333	.625	11	58

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