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 Pitching

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
1935	20	SIS	D	9	8	.529	4.05	32						151.0	187	90	68		37								1.483	11.1		2.2			SIS · ARSL
1936	21	DUL	D	7	9	.438	5.62	31						160.0	192	142	100		64								1.600	10.8		3.6			DUL · NORL
1937	22	STL-min	D	12	5	.706	2.98	20						139.0	130	62	46		29								1.144	8.4		1.9			DUL · NORL
1938	23	STL-min	C	16	9	.640	4.97	36						190.0	247	127	105		46								1.542	11.7		2.2			PMO · MATL
1939	24	STL-min	C,AA	16	14	.533	3.31	38						245.0	262	131	90		70								1.355	9.6		2.6			PMO,CLB · MATL,AA
1940	25	STL-min	B,AA	17	12	.586	2.65	41						272.0	238	105	80		56								1.081	7.9		1.9			CBS,CLB · SALL,AA
1941	26	STL-min	A1	23	6	.793	1.44	33						244.0	180	66	39		71								1.029	6.6		2.6			HSN · TL
1946	31	STL	NL	2	1	.667	4.08	6	3	2	2	0	0	28.2	29	13	13	0	8		19	0	0	0	123	86	1.291	9.1	0.0	2.5	6.0	2.38

1949	34	STL	NL	6	0	1.000	2.44	21	5	8	3	0	0	70.0	65	24	19	3	20		30	0	0	1	292	170	1.214	8.4	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.50
1950	35	STL	NL	4	2	.667	5.12	30	2	16	0	0	0	63.1	87	43	36	4	30		19	1	0	3	298	84	1.847	12.4	0.6	4.3	2.7	0.63
1951	36	STL-min	AA	15	11	.577	2.54	32	30					237.0	214	87	67		62								1.165	8.1		2.4			HSN · TL
1952	37	STL-min	AAA	8	14	.364	4.25	36	24		6	0		195.0	244	121	92		56		69	0	0	5			1.538	11.3		2.6	3.2	1.23	ROC · IL
1953	38	STL-min	AA	4	13	.235	4.03	36	13		4	2		134.0	125	73	60	18	41		59	0	0	2			1.239	8.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.44	HSN,SHV · TL
1954	39	SHV,TEM	AA,B	13	7	.650	2.29	57	8		0	0		169.0	140	76	43	5	34		26	0	0	2			1.030	7.5	0.3	1.8	1.4	0.76	SHV,TEM · TL,BSTL
1955	40	SHV	AA	4	3	.571	3.49	43	1		0	0		85.0	90	42	33	3	25	10	29	1	0	3			1.353	9.5	0.3	2.6	3.1	1.16	SHV · TL
1956	41	SHV	AA	9	6	.600	3.33	64	0		0	0		100.0	100	39	37	10	35	8	48	2	0	1			1.350	9.0	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.37	SHV · TL
1957	42	ATL-min	AA	5	7	.417	4.05	55	1		0	0		91.0	87	44	41	8	25	11	44	1	0	2			1.231	8.6	0.8	2.5	4.4	1.76	AUS · TL
1958	43	DAL	AA	9	8	.529	2.84	47	0		0	0		73.0	75	28	23	2	20	9	29	2	0	3			1.301	9.2	0.2	2.5	3.6	1.45	DAL · TL
1959	44	HSN	AAA	2	3	.400	4.50	15	0		0	0		32.0	38	17	16	3	12	5	5	0	0	0			1.562	10.7	0.8	3.4	1.4	0.42	HSN · AA
1960	45	CHC-min	C	0	0		10.80	2						5.0	10	6	6		2								2.400	18.0		3.6			SCL · NORL
3 Yrs				12	3	.800	3.78	57	10	26	5	0	0	162.0	181	80	68	7	58		68	1	0	4	713	108	1.475	10.1	0.4	3.2	3.8	1.17
162 Game Avg.				12	3	.800	3.78	58	10	26	5	0	0	164	184	81	69	7	59		69	1	0	4	724	108	1.475	10.1	0.4	3.2	3.8	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1946	31	STL	NL	28.2	6	3	13	4.08	3.86	0.11	0.00	102.4	3.84	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.486	.499	$

1949	34	STL	NL	70.0	21	5	24	3.09	4.40	0.11	0.00	102.5	4.40	10	1.1	.9	-0.1	1.7	18	.551	.507	$
1950	35	STL	NL	63.1	30	2	43	6.11	4.83	0.08	0.00	103.1	4.89	-8	-0.8	.7	0.0	-0.2	-1	.473	.495	$
3 Seasons				162.0	57	10	80	4.44	4.47	0.10	0.00	102.7	4.49	1	0.2	.8	-0.1	1.7	19	.503	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1949	34	STL	NL	21	164	267	24	65	7	1	3	2	1	20	30	.243	.296	.311	.607	.265	83	5	0	5	0	7
1950	35	STL	NL	30	197	263	43	87	14	2	4	3	0	30	19	.331	.401	.445	.846	.346	117	7	1	4	0	4
2 Yrs				51	361	530	67	152	21	3	7	5	1	50	49	.287	.349	.377	.727	.306	200	12	1	9	0	11
162 Game Avg.				60	423	621	79	178	25	4	8	6	1	59	57	.287	.349	.377	.727	.306	234	14	1	11	0	13
MLB Averages																.261	.339	.354	.693	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	34	STL	NL	12.1	1.2	175	0.8	2.6	-1.9	.80	0.3	0.7	4.4	0.4	0.79	4.2	3	1	6
1950	35	STL	NL	-6.5	-0.6	216	-1.2	1.5	-2.7	.48	-1.0	-1.5	-9.8	-0.9	0.50	-11.6	0	7	11
3 Yrs				4.7	0.5	391	-0.4	4.1	-4.6	.62	-0.7	0.0	-5.5	-0.5	0.63	-7.4	3	8	17

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1946	31	STL	NL	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	0	0	2	0	1	33%	54.0	69	35			1	1	6.0		7.8

1949	34	STL	NL	21	5	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	1.000	0	0	3	0	4	80%	60.0	72	42	1	0	2	2	7.1	10.4	7.7
1950	35	STL	NL	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.5	40	25	5	3	0	2	1.5	0.8	5.2
3 Yrs				57	10	6	2	2	2	0	8	2	.800	0	0	5	0	5	50%	53	72	25	6	3	3	5	5.6	6.0	7.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1946	31	STL	NL	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0													2	1		0	5.3

1949	34	STL	NL	21	16	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	25%	.801	3	1	6	0	3	8	4	7	10	2	7	1	5.9
1950	35	STL	NL	30	28	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	7	44%	.477	0	7	11	0	1	18	7	12	13	5	8	3	5.7
3 Yrs				57	47	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	9	38%	.624	3	8	17	0	4	26	11	19	25	8	15	4	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	31	STL	NL	123		0.0%	15.5%	6.5%	3.3%	14%		77%

1949	34	STL	NL	292	62%	1.8%	18.3%	12.2%	6.7%	17%	1.21	143%	45	5	11%
1950	35	STL	NL	298	69%	2.0%	9.6%	15.2%	10.2%	23%	1.12	122%	48	7	15%
3 Yrs				713	66%	1.5%	14.1%	12.0%	7.2%	19%	1.16	118%	93	12	13%
MLB Averages					49%	2.1%	11.8%	12.1%	5.2%	19%	0.95	94%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1946	31	STL	NL		29			0												0

1949	34	STL	NL	164	65			3	0	6	0	0	0	0	8	4	3	50%	7	1	0	77	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	128
1950	35	STL	NL	197	87			4	0	11	4	0	1	3	21	9	1	43%	4	3	1	87	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	101
3 Yrs				361	181			7	0	17	4	0	1	3	29	13	4	45%	11	4	1	164	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	229
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	31	2	1	.667	4.08	6	3	2	2	28.2	29	13	13	0	8	19	0	0	123	86	1.291	9.1	0.0	2.5	6.0	2.38	86
1947	32	2	1	.667	4.08	6	3	2	2	28.2	29	13	13	0	8	19	0	0	123	86	1.291	9.1	0.0	2.5	6.0	2.38	86
1948	33	2	1	.667	4.08	6	3	2	2	28.2	29	13	13	0	8	19	0	0	123	86	1.291	9.1	0.0	2.5	6.0	2.38	86
1949	34	8	1	.889	2.92	27	8	10	5	98.2	94	37	32	3	28	49	0	1	415	136	1.236	8.6	0.3	2.6	4.5	1.75	136
1950	35	12	3	.800	3.78	57	10	26	5	162.0	181	80	68	7	58	68	1	4	713	108	1.475	10.1	0.4	3.2	3.8	1.17	108

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1946	31	1	2	.333	4.66	29.0	32	17	15	0	9	19	0	1.414	9.9	2.8	5.9	2.11	0.0	6

1949	34	6	2	.750	2.38	72.0	66	21	19	3	20	31	0	1.194	8.3	2.5	3.9	1.55	0.4	21
1950	35	3	4	.429	4.92	64.0	88	39	35	4	30	19	1	1.844	12.4	4.2	2.7	0.63	0.6	30
3 Yrs		10	8	.556	3.76	165.0	186	77	69	7	59	69	1	1.485	10.1		3.8	1.17	0.4	57

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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