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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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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
1949 26 BRO NL 1 3 .250 7.04 10 4 2 0 0 0 30.2 39 25 24 5 15 15 2 0 1 143 59 1.761 11.4 1.5 4.4 4.4 1.00
1951 28 PHA AL 11 4 .733 3.78 35 13 9 3 1 0 138.0 139 70 58 13 63 35 5 1 3 609 113 1.464 9.1 0.8 4.1 2.3 0.56
1952 29 PHA AL 0 2 .000 6.39 5 5 0 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 1 15 13 2 0 1 123 61 1.855 11.4 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.87
1953 30 PHA AL 10 12 .455 4.43 58 11 41 2 0 7 156.1 158 85 77 12 59 64 8 0 7 679 96 1.388 9.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.08
1954 31 TOT AL 7 8 .467 3.52 48 8 20 3 0 5 122.2 109 50 48 14 43 55 3 0 1 512 108 1.239 8.0 1.0 3.2 4.0 1.28
1954 31 PHA AL 2 4 .333 5.47 13 6 3 2 0 0 52.2 57 32 32 9 19 24 2 0 0 232 71 1.443 9.7 1.5 3.2 4.1 1.26
1954 31 CHW AL 5 4 .556 2.06 35 2 17 1 0 5 70.0 52 18 16 5 24 31 1 0 1 280 181 1.086 6.7 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.29
1955 32 CHW AL 2 3 .400 3.63 37 0 11 0 0 2 52.0 50 27 21 4 20 2 22 2 0 0 223 109 1.346 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.8 1.10
1956 33 TOT AL 2 1 .667 6.17 19 0 5 0 0 0 23.1 31 16 16 2 9 0 12 1 0 1 109 66 1.714 12.0 0.8 3.5 4.6 1.33
1956 33 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 4.91 10 0 3 0 0 0 18.1 21 10 10 1 7 0 9 0 0 1 80 84 1.527 10.3 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.29
1956 33 BAL AL 1 1 .500 10.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 36 2.400 18.0 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50
1957 34 STL NL 0 0 2.53 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 41 158 0.844 4.2 0.0 3.4 5.9 1.75
1958 35 TOT 5 1 .833 3.74 31 0 11 0 0 1 43.1 39 20 18 3 20 0 21 2 1 1 184 106 1.362 8.1 0.6 4.2 4.4 1.05
1958 35 STL NL 3 1 .750 4.74 17 0 3 0 0 0 24.2 19 13 13 3 12 0 16 2 1 0 104 87 1.257 6.9 1.1 4.4 5.8 1.33
1958 35 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 2.41 14 0 8 0 0 1 18.2 20 7 5 0 8 0 5 0 0 1 80 153 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.4 0.63
1959 36 CHC NL 0 0 19.29 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 20 2.571 19.3 7.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
10 Seasons 38 34 .528 4.29 250 42 101 8 1 15 604.2 607 320 288 56 249 2 245 27 2 15 2637 96 1.416 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.98
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .528 4.29 58 10 24 2 0 3 141 141 75 67 13 58 57 6 0 3 614 96 1.416 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.98
PHA (4 yrs) 23 22 .511 4.47 111 35 53 7 1 7 372.1 386 206 185 35 156 136 17 1 11 1643 94 1.456 9.3 0.8 3.8 3.3 0.87
CHW (3 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.01 82 2 31 1 0 7 140.1 123 55 47 10 51 2 62 3 0 2 583 128 1.240 7.9 0.6 3.3 4.0 1.22
STL (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 4.08 21 1 4 0 0 0 35.1 24 16 16 3 16 0 23 3 1 0 145 101 1.132 6.1 0.8 4.1 5.9 1.44
BRO (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.04 10 4 2 0 0 0 30.2 39 25 24 5 15 15 2 0 1 143 59 1.761 11.4 1.5 4.4 4.4 1.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 19.29 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 20 2.571 19.3 7.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
CLE (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.41 14 0 8 0 0 1 18.2 20 7 5 0 8 0 5 0 0 1 80 153 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.4 0.63
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 10.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 36 2.400 18.0 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50
AL (7 yrs) 34 30 .531 4.08 216 37 94 8 1 15 536.1 539 274 243 46 217 2 206 21 1 14 2335 100 1.410 9.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.95
NL (4 yrs) 4 4 .500 5.93 34 5 7 0 0 0 68.1 68 46 45 10 32 0 39 6 1 1 302 69 1.463 9.0 1.3 4.2 5.1 1.22

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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
1949 26 BRO NL 10 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 1
1951 28 PHA AL 35 57 50 12 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 .220 .264 .220 .484 31 11 0 0 4 1
1952 29 PHA AL 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 /1
1953 30 PHA AL 58 44 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .095 .095 .095 .190 -49 4 1 0 2 1
1954 31 TOT AL 48 35 32 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .188 .188 .250 .438 19 8 1 0 3 0 1
1954 31 PHA AL 13 18 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .294 .529 45 5 0 0 1 0 1
1954 31 CHW AL 35 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .200 .333 -10 3 1 0 2 0 1
1955 32 CHW AL 37 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 33 TOT AL 19 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 33 CHW AL 10 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 33 BAL AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 34 STL NL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 35 TOT 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 35 STL NL 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 35 CLE AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 36 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 250 178 165 15 28 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 45 .170 .189 .182 .371 -0 30 2 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 115 107 10 18 1 0 0 5 0 3 29 .170 .189 .182 .371 -0 19 1 0 6
PHA (4 yrs) 111 128 118 12 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 33 .169 .190 .178 .368 -1 21 1 0 7 0
CHW (3 yrs) 82 33 30 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .200 .226 .233 .459 23 7 1 0 2 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 21 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 10 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 216 161 148 15 26 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 41 .176 .197 .189 .387 4 28 2 0 9 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 34 17 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .118 .235 -38 2 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL--58--3rd
1954 AL--48--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1953 AL--7--6th
1954 AL--5--9th

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL--12--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 AL--7--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--5--9th
1953 AL--8--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 AL--41--2nd
1954 AL--20--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 11 (1454), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

Before 1943 Season: Returned to St Paul (American Association) by the Chicago White Sox after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1944 Season: Obtained by the Brooklyn Dodgers from St Paul (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.

November 16, 1950: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

June 11, 1954: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ed McGhee to the Chicago White Sox for Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, Bill Wilson and $20,000.

July 13, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Chicago White Sox.

September 19, 1957: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles.

July 2, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 23, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Earl Averill to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Bolger and John Briggs.

Before 1961 Season: Returned to ??? by the Chicago Cubs after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1961 Season: Obtained by the Houston Colt .45's from ??? as part of a minor league working agreement.

Before 1961 Season: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Campbell.

April, 1961: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

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