John Martin
John Robert Martin
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 11, 1956 in Wyandotte, MI
School: Eastern Michigan University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1980
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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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
1980 24 STL NL 2 3 .400 4.29 9 5 2 1 0 0 42.0 39 20 20 1 9 1 23 0 0 1 169 87 1.143 8.4 0.2 1.9 4.9 2.56
1981 25 STL NL 8 5 .615 3.42 17 15 0 4 0 0 102.2 85 43 39 10 26 0 36 2 1 0 407 104 1.081 7.5 0.9 2.3 3.2 1.38
1982 26 STL NL 4 5 .444 4.23 24 7 3 0 0 0 66.0 56 33 31 6 30 3 21 0 0 1 276 86 1.303 7.6 0.8 4.1 2.9 0.70
1983 27 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 4.18 41 5 13 0 0 1 79.2 75 42 37 8 30 5 40 2 0 3 340 88 1.318 8.5 0.9 3.4 4.5 1.33
1983 27 STL NL 3 1 .750 3.53 26 5 8 0 0 0 66.1 60 31 26 6 26 4 29 2 0 3 284 103 1.296 8.1 0.8 3.5 3.9 1.12
1983 27 DET AL 0 0 7.42 15 0 5 0 0 1 13.1 15 11 11 2 4 1 11 0 0 0 56 53 1.425 10.1 1.4 2.7 7.4 2.75
4 Seasons 17 14 .548 3.94 91 32 18 5 0 1 290.1 255 138 127 25 95 9 120 4 1 5 1192 92 1.206 7.9 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .548 3.94 50 18 10 3 0 1 160 141 76 70 14 53 5 66 2 1 3 659 92 1.206 7.9 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26
STL (4 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.77 76 32 13 5 0 0 277.0 240 127 116 23 91 8 109 4 1 5 1136 96 1.195 7.8 0.7 3.0 3.5 1.20
DET (1 yr) 0 0 7.42 15 0 5 0 0 1 13.1 15 11 11 2 4 1 11 0 0 0 56 53 1.425 10.1 1.4 2.7 7.4 2.75
NL (4 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.77 76 32 13 5 0 0 277.0 240 127 116 23 91 8 109 4 1 5 1136 96 1.195 7.8 0.7 3.0 3.5 1.20
AL (1 yr) 0 0 7.42 15 0 5 0 0 1 13.1 15 11 11 2 4 1 11 0 0 0 56 53 1.425 10.1 1.4 2.7 7.4 2.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1980 24 STL NL 9 169 158 20 39 7 4 1 3 1 9 23 .247 .284 .361 .645 .279 57 3 0 0 2 1
1981 25 STL NL 17 407 372 43 85 15 3 10 7 8 26 36 .228 .281 .366 .647 .229 136 9 2 5 2 0
1982 26 STL NL 24 276 244 33 56 16 2 6 3 6 30 21 .230 .314 .385 .699 .230 94 7 0 2 0 3
1983 27 DET AL 15 56 51 11 15 3 0 2 2 2 4 11 .294 .339 .471 .810 .333 24 1 0 0 1 1
1983 27 STL NL 26 284 248 31 60 10 6 6 4 2 26 29 .242 .315 .403 .719 .250 100 5 2 5 3 4
1983 27 TOT MLB 41 340 299 42 75 13 6 8 6 4 30 40 .251 .319 .415 .734 .263 124 6 2 5 4 5
4 Seasons 91 1192 1073 138 255 51 15 25 19 19 95 120 .238 .300 .383 .683 .246 411 25 4 12 8 9
162 Game Avg. 50 659 593 76 141 28 8 14 11 11 53 66 .238 .300 .383 .683 .246 227 14 2 7 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 24 STL NL 9 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 4 .200 0 1 1 0 2 40% 49 70 24 1 0 0 2 3.3 2.2 6.1
1981 25 STL NL 17 15 8 5 2 0 2 9 6 .600 1 0 4 0 10 67% 54 74 22 17 7 3 5 5.0 5.6 6.5
1982 26 STL NL 24 7 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 3 43% 46 61 29 17 6 1 4 4.3 4.5 5.4
1983 27 TOT MLB 41 5 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 .800 2 0 0 0 1 20% 69 27 32 12 3 2 6.1 7.1 5.7
1983 27 STL NL 26 5 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 .800 2 0 0 0 1 20% 46 69 27 21 6 3 2 6.1 7.1 5.7
4 Seasons 76 32 13 12 7 2 5 18 14 .563 3 1 5 0 16 50% 50 74 22 56 19 7 13 4.7 5.1 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 24 STL NL 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0.895 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 8.5
1981 25 STL NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 1 0.871 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8.0
1982 26 STL NL 24 17 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 12 6 50% 5 0.862 7 1 9 3 4 10 8 9 12 4 12 1 4.9
1983 27 TOT MLB 41 36 13 2 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 28 7 25% 0.734 9 8 19 6 3 27 18 18 17 12 17 7 4.3
1983 27 STL NL 26 21 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 5 0.728 4 4 13 0 3 18 8 13 12 4 12 2 5.4
1983 27 DET AL 15 15 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 13 5 38% 9 0.763 5 4 6 6 0 9 10 5 5 8 5 5 2.7
4 Seasons 91 59 18 4 2 2 1 1 50% 7 4 45 15 33% 0.833 16 12 31 10 8 41 28 31 32 18 32 9 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 24 STL NL 169 77% 0.6% 13.6% 5.3% 7.1% 31% 0.55 80% 27 3 11%
1981 25 STL NL 407 81% 2.5% 8.9% 6.4% 6.9% 33% 0.85 81% 53 9 17%
1982 26 STL NL 276 70% 2.2% 7.6% 10.9% 8.7% 43% 0.55 79% 47 7 15%
1983 27 TOT MLB 340 68% 2.4% 11.8% 8.8% 7.9% 36% 0.88 75% 63 6 10%
1983 27 STL NL 284 71% 2.1% 10.2% 9.2% 7.8% 37% 0.88 76% 52 5 10%
1983 27 DET AL 56 54% 3.6% 19.6% 7.1% 8.9% 33% 0.93 70% 11 1 9%
4 Seasons 1192 74% 2.1% 10.1% 8.0% 7.6% 36% 0.74 79% 190 25 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1980 24 STL NL 169 39 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 11 7 1 64% 1 1 0 53 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
1981 25 STL NL 407 85 10 0 4 9 1 4 6 15 11 0 73% 5 0 2 109 7 8 47% 6 8 1 0 0 0 6 6 4 0
1982 26 STL NL 276 56 6 0 1 5 1 4 2 16 9 2 56% 6 1 0 104 3 6 33% 2 6 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 0
1983 27 TOT MLB 340 75 8 0 8 7 1 4 4 27 13 2 48% 6 3 0 117 6 4 60% 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 7 0
1983 27 STL NL 284 60 6 0 6 6 0 3 3 23 10 2 43% 6 3 0 97 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1983 27 DET AL 56 15 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 20 2 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
4 Seasons 1192 255 25 1 18 21 4 12 13 69 40 5 58% 18 5 2 383 19 19 50% 16 17 3 1 0 1 14 12 15 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1980 24 2 3 .400 4.29 9 5 2 1 0 0 42.0 39 20 20 1 9 1 23 0 0 1 169 87 1.143 8.4 0.2 1.9 4.9 2.56 87
1981 25 10 8 .556 3.67 26 20 2 5 0 0 144.2 124 63 59 11 35 1 59 2 1 1 576 98 1.099 7.7 0.7 2.2 3.7 1.69 98
1982 26 14 13 .519 3.84 50 27 5 5 0 0 210.2 180 96 90 17 65 4 80 2 1 2 852 94 1.163 7.7 0.7 2.8 3.4 1.23 94
1983 27 17 14 .548 3.94 91 32 18 5 0 1 290.1 255 138 127 25 95 9 120 4 1 5 1192 92 1.206 7.9 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1980 24 2 2 .500 4.95 40.0 40 24 22 1 9 22 0 1.225 9.0 2.0 5.0 2.44 0.2 9
1981 25 8 8 .500 4.10 145.0 136 73 66 16 42 51 3 1.228 8.4 2.6 3.2 1.21 1.0 17
1982 26 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 58 37 33 6 31 20 0 1.435 8.4 4.5 2.9 0.65 0.9 24
1983 27 3 5 .375 4.74 76.0 79 44 40 8 32 38 2 1.461 9.4 3.8 4.5 1.19 0.9 41
4 Seasons 15 19 .441 4.49 323.0 313 178 161 31 114 131 5 1.322 8.7 3.7 1.15 0.9 91

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