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John Martin

John Robert Martin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 11, 1956 in Wyandotte, MI
School: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1980
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Tigers 1980-1983

Final Game: October 2, 1983
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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
1980 24 STL NL 9 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .273 .308 .273 .580 61 3 0 0 0 1 0 /1
1981 25 STL NL 18 42 33 2 7 2 1 0 8 0 0 2 14 .212 .257 .333 .590 65 11 0 0 7 0 0 1
1982 26 STL NL 24 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 27 TOT MLB 41 20 18 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 38 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 27 STL NL 26 20 18 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 38 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 27 DET AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 92 89 73 4 15 3 1 0 13 0 0 4 22 .205 .244 .274 .518 44 20 0 0 11 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 157 129 7 26 5 2 0 23 0 0 7 39 .205 .244 .274 .518 44 35 0 0 19 2 0
STL (4 yrs) 77 89 73 4 15 3 1 0 13 0 0 4 22 .205 .244 .274 .518 44 20 0 0 11 1 0
DET (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 77 89 73 4 15 3 1 0 13 0 0 4 22 .205 .244 .274 .518 44 20 0 0 11 1 0
AL (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1980 24 STL NL 9 13 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1981 25 STL NL 18 42 -2 -1 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1982 26 STL NL 24 14 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1983 27 STL NL 26 20 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1983 27 DET AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
4 Seasons 92 89 -7 -2 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.1 5 $
STL (4 yrs) 77 89 -7 -2 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 5 $
DET (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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 PwrSpd
1980 24 STL NL 13 9 1 3.0 98 .333 .273 .271 .308 .334 .273 .394 .580 .728 61 .347 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .091 .000
1981 25 STL NL 42 33 3 2.5 94 .368 .212 .266 .257 .332 .333 .381 .590 .713 65 .280 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .182 .121
1982 26 STL NL 14 12 0 0.0 95 .125 .091 .267 .167 .330 .091 .388 .258 .718 -26 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .200 .091 .000
1983 27 TOT MLB 20 16 1 1.7 97 .250 .222 .264 .222 .333 .278 .392 .500 .725 38 .155 -1.6 -0.2 .357 .056 .056
1983 27 STL NL 20 16 1 1.7 97 .250 .222 .264 .222 .333 .278 .392 .500 .725 38 .155 -1.6 -0.2 .357 .056 .056
4 Yrs 89 70 5 1.9 96 .288 .205 .267 .244 .332 .274 .387 .518 .719 44 .196 -5.7 -0.6 .414 .123 .068
162 Game Avg. 157 123 9 1.9 96 .288 .205 .267 .244 .332 .274 .387 .518 .719 44 .196 -5.7 -0.6 .414 .123 .068
NL (4 yrs) 89 70 5 1.9 96 .288 .205 .267 .244 .332 .274 .387 .518 .719 44 .196 -5.7 -0.6 .414 .123 .068

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1980 24 STL NL 13 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 11.0 1.00 69%
1981 25 STL NL 42 0.0% 33.3% 4.8% 7.1% 43% 7.00 2.4 4.1 2.00 45%
1982 26 STL NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 4.00 57%
1983 27 TOT MLB 20 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.0% 25% 9.0 4.5 1.80 80%
1983 27 STL NL 20 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.0% 25% 9.0 4.5 1.80 80%
4 Yrs 89 0.0% 24.7% 4.5% 4.5% 27% 5.50 3.3 5.6 2.00 58%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.0% 8.3% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.9 45.6 8.6 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1980 24 STL NL -0.5 -0.1 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.13 -0.1 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 1.14 -1.1 0
1981 25 STL NL -1.7 -0.2 42 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .84 -0.3 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.13 -2.4 0
1982 26 STL NL -1.9 -0.2 14 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.03 -0.2 -0.0 -2.5 -0.3 0.89 -2.2 0
1983 27 TOT MLB -1.6 -0.2 20 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.89 -0.9 0
1983 27 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 20 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.89 -0.9 0
1983 27 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs -5.7 -0.6 90 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .88 -0.8 0.0 -5.3 -0.5 1.04 -6.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1980 24 STL NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 25 STL NL 0 0 22% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1982 26 STL NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 27 TOT MLB 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1983 27 STL NL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
4 Yrs 0 0 21% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 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
1980 24 STL NL 13 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1981 25 STL NL 42 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 12 0 0% 13 4 31% 39 8 21% 6 3 50% 2 2 100% 0
1982 26 STL NL 14 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 27 TOT MLB 20 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 4 44% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1983 27 STL NL 20 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 4 44% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 89 100% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 21 0 0% 24 7 29% 66 13 20% 8 4 50% 3 3 100% 0
MLB Averages 57% 83% 11% 36% 15% 52% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 24 9 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .273 .308 .273 .580 61 3 0 0 0 1 0
1981 25 27 55 44 2 10 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 17 .227 .271 .318 .589 64 14 0 0 7 1 0
1982 26 51 69 55 3 11 2 1 0 9 0 0 4 20 .200 .250 .273 .523 46 15 0 0 9 1 0
1983 27 92 89 73 4 15 3 1 0 13 0 0 4 22 .205 .244 .274 .518 44 20 0 0 11 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1980 24 9 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .273 .308 .273 .580 1 9
1981 25 27 64 50 3 11 3 2 0 13 0 3 21 .220 .264 .360 .624 5 18
1982 26 24 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 24
1983 27 41 20 18 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 1 41
4 Yrs 101 111 90 4 18 4 2 0 18 0 5 29 .200 .240 .289 .528 7 92
162 Game Avg. 162 178 144 6 29 6 3 0 29 0 8 47 .200 .240 .289 .528 11 92

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