Morrie Martin
Morris Webster Martin (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 3, 1922 in Dixon, MO
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1949
Final Game: April 22, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1949 BRO NL 26 P 10 8 0 7 1 0 .875 0.70 .962 0.91
1951 PHA AL 28 P 35 41 6 33 2 5 .951 1.11 .954 0.99
1952 PHA AL 29 P 5 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 .967 1.04
1953 PHA AL 30 P 58 28 2 26 0 4 1.000 0.48 .954 0.88
1954 TOT AL 31 P 48 8 122.2 24 4 19 1 1 .958 1.69 0.48 .958 2.01 0.93
1954 PHA AL 31 P 13 6 52.2 12 3 8 1 1 .917 1.88 0.85 .958 2.02 0.93
1954 CHW AL 31 P 35 2 70.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.34 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 CHW AL 32 P 37 0 52.0 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.94 0.46 .953 1.99 0.83
1956 TOT AL 33 P 19 0 23.1 6 1 4 1 1 .833 1.93 0.26 .950 1.93 0.82
1956 CHW AL 33 P 10 0 18.1 5 0 4 1 1 .800 1.96 0.40 .960 1.91 0.82
1956 BAL AL 33 P 9 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.11 .900 1.98 0.82
1957 STL NL 34 P 4 1 10.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 1.00 .950 2.02 0.82
1958 TOT MLB 35 P 31 0 43.4 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.23 .957 1.97 0.79
1958 STL NL 35 P 17 0 24.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.24 .950 1.97 0.77
1958 CLE AL 35 P 14 0 18.2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.21 .967 1.98 0.82
1959 CHC NL 36 P 3 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.33 1.000 1.93 0.83
10 Seasons P 250 9 254.1 139 18 116 5 12 .964 4.74 0.54 .955 1.99 0.89
10 Seasons TOT 250 9 254.1 139 18 116 5 12 .964 4.74 0.54 .919 1.99 0.89

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
1949 BRO NL 26 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 28 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 29 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 30 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 31 35 2 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 31 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 32 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 33 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 33 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 34 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 35 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 35 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 36 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 250 9 250 250 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 31 287 80% 23% 9 100% 0 2 0 2 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1954 PHA AL 31 235 81% 24% 10 80% 0 3 0 1 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1955 CHW AL 32 231 80% 31% 17 94% 0 2 0 1 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 CHW AL 33 84 81% 20% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0%
1956 BAL AL 33 30 80% 27% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 34 41 71% 29% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 35 106 72% 31% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1958 CLE AL 35 82 84% 29% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1959 CHC NL 36 14 79% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 1110 79% 26% 54 91% 0 11 0 8 49 39 5 2 1 1 0 1 4 3 4 0 12 75%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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