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Hersh Martin
Hershel Ray Martin
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 19, 1909 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Ponca City (Ponca City, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1937
Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: November 17, 1980 in Cuba, MO
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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
1937 27 PHI NL 141 654 579 102 164 35 7 8 49 11 69 66 .283 .362 .409 .771 102 237 6 2 4 *O
1938 28 PHI NL 120 508 466 58 139 36 6 3 39 8 34 48 .298 .347 .421 .768 110 196 14 1 7 *O AS,MVP-30
1939 29 PHI NL 111 442 393 59 111 28 5 1 22 4 42 27 .282 .355 .387 .741 103 152 5 2 5 O
1940 30 PHI NL 33 96 83 10 21 6 1 0 5 1 9 9 .253 .326 .349 .675 90 29 0 0 4 O
1944 34 NYY AL 85 368 328 49 99 12 4 9 47 5 2 34 26 .302 .371 .445 .816 130 146 4 2 4 O
1945 35 NYY AL 117 479 408 53 109 18 6 7 53 4 1 65 31 .267 .368 .392 .760 116 160 3 0 6 O
6 Seasons 607 2547 2257 331 643 135 29 28 215 33 3 253 207 .285 .359 .408 .766 110 920 32 7 30
162 Game Avg. 162 680 602 88 172 36 8 7 57 9 68 55 .285 .359 .408 .766 110 246 9 2 8
PHI (4 yrs) 405 1700 1521 229 435 105 19 12 115 24 154 150 .286 .354 .404 .757 104 614 25 5 20
NYY (2 yrs) 202 847 736 102 208 30 10 16 100 9 3 99 57 .283 .369 .416 .785 122 306 7 2 10
NL (4 yrs) 405 1700 1521 229 435 105 19 12 115 24 154 150 .286 .354 .404 .757 104 614 25 5 20
AL (2 yrs) 202 847 736 102 208 30 10 16 100 9 3 99 57 .283 .369 .416 .785 122 306 7 2 10

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1937 PHI NL 27 OF 139 370 353 9 8 1 .978 2.60 .974 2.13 3-136-0
1938 PHI NL 28 OF 116 316 298 7 11 2 .965 2.63 .976 2.22 0-115-2 AS,MVP-30
1939 PHI NL 29 OF 95 288 276 5 7 1 .976 2.96 .975 2.17 9-73-13
1940 PHI NL 30 OF 23 47 42 4 1 0 .979 2.00 .977 2.17 0-19-4
1944 NYY AL 34 OF 80 192 177 8 7 4 .964 2.31 .974 2.35 78-2-0
1945 NYY AL 35 OF 102 245 233 8 4 1 .984 2.36 .978 2.27 97-3-2
6 Seasons OF 555 1458 1379 41 38 9 .974 2.56 .975 2.21 187-348-21
6 Seasons TOT 555 1458 1379 41 38 9 .974 2.56 .949 2.21 187-348-21

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1938

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1938-NL-30-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

At Bats s c a p y
1937 NL--579--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1937 NL--654--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1937 NL--102--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1937 NL--35--8th
1938 NL--36--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 NL--69--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 NL--66--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1937 NL--11--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1937 NL--235--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1937 NL--9.3--8th
1944 AL--6.4--8th
1945 AL--5.1--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1937 NL--425--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dusty Cooke (962)
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  5. Frank Welch (951)
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  7. Walton Cruise (949)
  8. Alex Ochoa (949)
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  10. Chris Singleton (947)
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  3. John Titus (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Evar Swanson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kiddo Davis (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jake Powell (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 20, 1944: Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to the New York Yankees for Ed Levy and cash.

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