J.C. Martin
Joseph Clifton Martin
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 13, 1936 in Axton, VA
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1959
Final Game: August 12, 1972
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1959 CHW AL 22 3B 2 0 7.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.4 -62.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.35 1.00 .967 3.17 2.70
1960 CHW AL 23 3B 5 5 44.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 0 2.62 2.60 .946 3.14 2.72
1960 CHW AL 23 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.60 8.00
1961 CHW AL 24 1B 60 34 347.2 347 314 29 4 27 .988 -0.4 -1.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 8.88 5.72 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 CHW AL 24 3B 36 36 308.0 134 39 89 6 11 .955 6.0 23.4 6.0 3.0 2.9 0 3.74 3.56 .950 3.18 2.79
1962 CHW AL 25 C 6 5 37.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -32.4 -1 4.38 3.00 .989 6.30 5.57 2 0 2 0 0%
1962 CHW AL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.80
1962 CHW AL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.80
1963 CHW AL 26 C 98 63 653.1 525 468 48 9 9 .983 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 5.27 .989 6.64 5.78 12 23 19 15 44%
1963 CHW AL 26 1B 3 0 11.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 7.36 3.00 .989 9.49 8.60
1963 CHW AL 26 3B 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -135.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.80
1964 CHW AL 27 C 120 72 751.1 581 530 43 8 6 .986 -1.0 -1.6 -1 6.86 4.78 .990 7.07 6.07 24 28 15 17 53%
1965 CHW AL 28 C 112 41 541.0 396 348 41 7 4 .982 -11.0 -24.4 -11 6.47 3.47 .988 6.96 5.67 33 30 28 12 30%
1965 CHW AL 28 1B 4 3 22.0 36 36 0 0 3 1.000 0.4 21.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 14.73 9.00 .992 9.57 7.88
1965 CHW AL 28 3B 2 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 160.0 0.8 0.3 0.6 0 4.50 1.50 .967 3.15 2.85
1966 CHW AL 29 C 63 42 407.1 271 243 23 5 3 .982 -7.0 -20.6 -7 5.88 4.22 .988 6.86 5.86 9 26 23 7 23%
1967 CHW AL 30 C 96 69 655.0 524 478 39 7 3 .987 -6.0 -11.0 -6 7.10 5.39 .989 7.22 6.15 16 26 32 15 32%
1967 CHW AL 30 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1968 NYM NL 31 C 53 52 460.2 360 334 24 2 4 .994 -1.0 -2.6 -1 6.99 6.75 .990 6.87 6.12 9 16 28 18 39%
1968 NYM NL 31 1B 14 13 118.1 135 124 7 4 7 .970 -0.4 -4.1 -0.4 1.5 -2.0 0 9.96 9.36 .992 10.09 8.91
1969 NYM NL 32 C 48 44 384.1 285 275 9 1 2 .996 -3.0 -9.4 -3 6.65 5.92 .989 7.06 6.25 3 17 15 4 21%
1969 NYM NL 32 1B 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.85
1970 CHC NL 33 C 36 26 243.1 181 163 15 3 2 .983 1.0 4.9 1 6.58 4.94 .987 6.85 5.94 6 8 12 9 43%
1970 CHC NL 33 1B 3 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 0 .500 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 4.50 0.67 1.000 9.67 8.37
1971 CHC NL 34 C 43 35 318.1 240 218 21 1 2 .996 0.0 0.0 0 6.76 5.56 .988 6.34 5.63 7 10 24 12 33%
1971 CHC NL 34 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1971 CHC NL 34 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
1972 CHC NL 35 C 17 12 101.1 66 60 4 2 1 .970 -2.0 -23.7 -2 5.68 3.76 .988 6.61 5.87 0 2 14 1 7%
11 Seasons C 692 461 4553.0 3447 3135 267 45 36 .987 -31.0 -8.2 -31 6.72 4.92 .989 6.90 5.93 121 186 212 110 34%
9 Seasons 1B 89 50 513.0 540 492 38 10 37 .981 -0.5 -1.2 -0.5 1.7 -2.3 0 9.30 5.96 .991 9.61 8.40
6 Seasons 3B 47 41 371.0 155 45 103 7 11 .955 6.6 21.3 6.6 2.2 4.3 0 3.59 3.15 .950 3.17 2.78
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
14 Seasons TOT 829 552 5440.0 4142 3672 408 62 84 .985 -25.3 -5.6 5.7 3.5 2.0 0 0 -31 6.75 4.92 .973 6.90 6.01 121 186 212 110 34%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1959 CHW AL 22 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 CHW AL 23 7 5 7 7 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1961 CHW AL 24 110 70 110 110 0 0 60 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 12 8
1962 CHW AL 25 18 5 18 18 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1963 CHW AL 26 105 63 105 105 0 98 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1964 CHW AL 27 122 72 122 122 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1965 CHW AL 28 119 44 119 119 0 112 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1966 CHW AL 29 67 42 67 67 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967 CHW AL 30 101 69 101 101 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 NYM NL 31 78 65 78 78 0 53 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1969 NYM NL 32 66 44 66 66 0 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1970 CHC NL 33 40 26 40 40 0 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 CHC NL 34 47 35 47 47 0 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1972 CHC NL 35 25 12 25 25 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
14 Seasons 908 552 908 908 0 692 89 0 47 0 1 0 0 1 122 11
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%
1962 CHW AL 25 164 3.65 4.62 1 100% 0 0 18 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 26 2707 2.78 3.14 45 96% 0 0 475 30 2 5 438 51 12 2 1 9 9 2 3 4 1 9 0 1 2 8 88%
1964 CHW AL 27 3090 2.52 2.96 60 97% 0 0 531 39 1 9 482 48 14 0 2 10 8 0 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 7 100%
1965 CHW AL 28 2323 2.89 3.39 46 96% 0 0 357 26 0 14 317 41 11 2 0 9 7 0 2 5 1 5 1 0 3 7 100%
1966 CHW AL 29 1722 2.54 2.98 25 96% 0 0 244 17 0 6 221 22 4 1 0 5 5 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 100%
1967 CHW AL 30 2756 2.29 2.84 56 93% 0 2 480 40 0 15 425 38 9 2 0 9 7 1 3 3 2 3 1 0 1 8 88%
1968 NYM NL 31 1948 2.95 3.28 24 96% 0 0 335 19 5 2 309 24 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 3 3 100%
1969 NYM NL 32 1668 3.68 4.12 16 100% 0 0 273 13 2 7 251 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 100%
1970 CHC NL 33 1056 3.55 4.14 13 85% 2 0 160 7 1 5 147 16 3 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 60%
1971 CHC NL 34 1383 3.19 3.51 22 100% 0 0 218 14 3 2 198 22 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 100%
1972 CHC NL 35 433 2.66 3.20 7 86% 0 0 59 3 0 3 52 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 19250 2.83 3.27 315 95% 2 2 3150 209 14 68 2857 275 71 9 4 48 45 4 17 24 6 38 5 5 14 45 91%
MLB Averages 3.59 4.07 95% 89%

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
1962 CHW AL 25 2 0 60 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.77
1963 CHW AL 26 12 23 947 19 15 15 44% 17 14 2 1 0 0 3 0 74 23 1.59 1.68
1964 CHW AL 27 24 28 1027 15 17 17 53% 14 16 1 0 0 1 2 0 93 21 1.90 1.35
1965 CHW AL 28 33 30 780 28 12 12 30% 23 11 4 1 1 0 1 0 117 16 1.85 1.77
1966 CHW AL 29 9 26 567 23 7 7 23% 20 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 79 12 1.49 1.30
1967 CHW AL 30 16 26 920 32 15 15 32% 29 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 96 15 1.35 1.01
1968 NYM NL 31 9 16 666 28 18 16 39% 25 16 2 1 1 1 1 1 69 23 1.41 1.15
1969 NYM NL 32 2 17 598 15 4 3 21% 12 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 53 6 1.67 0.87
1970 CHC NL 33 6 8 406 12 9 9 43% 12 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 32 10 1.25 0.93
1971 CHC NL 34 7 10 460 24 12 11 33% 20 11 4 0 0 1 1 1 54 15 1.04 1.11
1972 CHC NL 35 0 2 150 14 1 0 7% 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 1.40 0.45
11 Seasons 120 186 6581 212 110 105 34% 188 96 22 11 2 3 10 2 690 142 1.48 1.27
MLB Averages 38% 1.26 1.21

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 CHW AL 23 11 73% 82% 45% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 24 1527 65% 79% 23% 87 92% 2 313 36 275 3 19 28 20 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 27 1 0 1 26 2 1 0 1 6 83%
1962 CHW AL 25 6 67% 67% 17% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 26 49 65% 73% 29% 4 100% 0 13 2 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 28 94 71% 73% 30% 4 100% 0 34 1 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
1967 CHW AL 30 3 67% 33% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 31 502 59% 82% 30% 32 91% 0 127 6 123 0 18 5 5 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1969 NYM NL 32 15 93% 80% 33% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 33 33 55% 55% 3% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 2240 64% 79% 25% 128 92% 2 497 45 450 5 41 35 26 7 0 0 10 2 8 0 5 37 1 0 1 35 2 2 0 2 12 92%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 CHW AL 22 35 69% 71% 29% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 23 199 68% 76% 20% 15 93% 1 5 5 0 0 9 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 CHW AL 24 1343 65% 79% 27% 130 91% 1 39 26 5 8 91 78 10 1 4 6 0 5 1 6 11 5 1 8 2 0 2 5 60%
1962 CHW AL 25 8 63% 100% 38% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 26 11 45% 55% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 28 24 58% 71% 33% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1620 65% 78% 26% 153 91% 2 45 31 6 8 106 90 12 2 4 7 0 6 1 7 11 5 1 8 2 0 2 6 67%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1971 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 15 73% 93% 20% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 15 73% 93% 20% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

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