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Pepper Martin

Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin (The Wild Horse Of The Osage)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 29, 1904 in Temple, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1928
Team: Cardinals 1928-1944

Final Game: October 1, 1944
Died: March 5, 1965 in McAlester, OK
Buried: Quinton Cemetery, Quinton, OK
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All-Star

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
1928 24 STL NL 39 16 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 85 4 1 1 /O97
1930 26 STL NL 6 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1931 27 STL NL 123 450 413 68 124 32 8 7 75 16 30 40 .300 .351 .467 .818 114 193 2 4 *8O/7
1932 28 STL NL 85 355 323 47 77 19 6 4 34 9 30 31 .238 .305 .372 .677 78 120 1 1 O85/7
1933 29 STL NL 145 669 599 122 189 36 12 8 57 26 67 46 .316 .387 .456 .843 134 273 9 3 0 *5 AS,MVP-5
1934 30 STL NL 110 489 454 76 131 25 11 5 49 23 32 41 .289 .337 .425 .762 97 193 1 1 1 *5/71 AS
1935 31 STL NL 135 575 539 121 161 41 6 9 54 20 33 58 .299 .341 .447 .789 107 241 7 2 1 *5O9/87 AS,MVP-10
1936 32 STL NL 143 634 572 121 177 36 11 11 76 23 58 66 .309 .373 .469 .842 126 268 11 0 4 *O95/81
1937 33 STL NL 98 373 339 60 103 27 8 5 38 9 33 50 .304 .366 .475 .841 126 161 3 0 1 O98/5 AS
1938 34 STL NL 91 290 269 34 79 18 2 2 38 4 18 34 .294 .340 .398 .738 98 107 2 1 2 O89/57
1939 35 STL NL 88 316 281 48 86 17 7 3 37 6 30 35 .306 .375 .448 .823 115 126 7 1 4 O85/79
1940 36 STL NL 86 253 228 28 72 15 4 3 39 6 22 24 .316 .378 .456 .835 125 104 1 1 2 O978/5 MVP-33
1944 40 STL NL 40 102 86 15 24 4 0 2 4 2 15 11 .279 .386 .395 .781 118 34 3 0 1 O98
13 Yrs 1189 4523 4117 756 1227 270 75 59 501 146 369 438 .298 .358 .443 .801 113 1824 44 13 22
162 Game Avg. 162 616 561 103 167 37 10 8 68 20 50 60 .298 .358 .443 .801 113 249 2 3

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
1928 24 STL NL 39 16 -0 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /O97
1930 26 STL NL 6 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1931 27 STL NL 123 450 7 1 0 -1 -2 5 0.4 13 18 1.7 .504 .503 1.9 -0.3 19 $ *8O/7
1932 28 STL NL 85 355 -10 0 0 -7 -1 -18 -1.9 10 -8 -0.9 .478 .489 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $ O85/7
1933 29 STL NL 145 669 26 1 0 -1 3 29 3.1 20 49 5.0 .522 .520 5.2 0.2 50 $ *5 AS,MVP-5
1934 30 STL NL 110 489 -3 2 0 0 2 2 0.2 14 16 1.6 .502 .501 1.5 0.2 16 $9,000 *5/71 AS
1935 31 STL NL 135 575 4 1 0 -8 2 -2 -0.1 16 15 1.5 .499 .499 2.3 -0.6 23 $ *5O9/87 AS,MVP-10
1936 32 STL NL 143 634 20 0 0 -8 -5 7 0.7 18 25 2.4 .505 .504 3.2 -1.4 33 $ *O95/81
1937 33 STL NL 98 373 11 -0 0 0 -2 8 0.8 11 19 1.9 .509 .505 1.9 -0.3 19 $ O98/5 AS
1938 34 STL NL 91 290 -1 -0 0 -3 -1 -6 -0.7 8 2 0.2 .493 .496 0.5 -0.5 5 $ O89/57
1939 35 STL NL 88 316 6 -0 0 0 -1 4 0.4 9 13 1.3 .505 .503 1.3 -0.2 13 $ O85/79
1940 36 STL NL 86 253 7 -0 0 -4 -3 0 -0.0 9 9 0.9 .501 .500 1.3 -0.8 13 $ O978/5 MVP-33
1944 40 STL NL 40 102 2 -0 0 -1 -1 0 0.0 3 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.5 -0.2 4 $ O98
13 Seasons 1189 4523 69 5 0 -34 -9 30 2.7 132 162 15.8 .503 .502 19.5 -4.7 196 $9,000

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
1928 24 STL NL 16 10 1 2.7 112 .364 .308 .294 .400 .359 .308 .418 .708 .777 85 .255 -0.2 -0.0 .889 .231 .000 .0
1930 26 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 131 .000 .000 .318 .000 .377 .000 .473 .000 .850 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1931 27 STL NL 450 293 67 6.1 108 .320 .300 .291 .351 .351 .467 .411 .818 .762 114 .625 7.3 0.7 .834 .278 .167 9.7
1932 28 STL NL 355 247 36 3.9 107 .253 .238 .289 .305 .342 .372 .419 .677 .761 78 .418 -10.6 -1.0 .650 .254 .133 5.5
1933 29 STL NL 669 419 105 6.7 96 .332 .316 .281 .387 .335 .456 .385 .843 .720 134 .714 29.0 3.0 .881 .295 .140 12.2
1934 30 STL NL 489 325 65 5.3 110 .309 .289 .296 .337 .352 .425 .420 .762 .772 97 .554 -3.3 -0.3 .769 .258 .137 8.2
1935 31 STL NL 575 386 82 5.7 107 .322 .299 .290 .341 .346 .447 .414 .789 .760 107 .587 4.8 0.5 .769 .247 .148 12.4
1936 32 STL NL 634 410 100 6.6 102 .335 .309 .285 .373 .344 .469 .398 .842 .742 126 .649 21.2 2.0 .860 .301 .159 14.9
1937 33 STL NL 373 240 59 6.6 102 .345 .304 .281 .366 .343 .475 .399 .841 .742 126 .665 12.2 1.2 .849 .295 .171 6.4
1938 34 STL NL 290 194 36 5.0 103 .330 .294 .281 .340 .345 .398 .399 .738 .745 98 .556 -0.7 -0.1 .677 .186 .104 2.7
1939 35 STL NL 316 206 47 6.1 108 .342 .306 .288 .375 .354 .448 .411 .823 .765 115 .629 6.0 0.6 .807 .270 .142 4.0
1940 36 STL NL 253 159 39 6.6 102 .343 .316 .278 .378 .343 .456 .399 .835 .742 125 .681 8.0 0.8 .847 .263 .140 4.0
1944 40 STL NL 102 66 13 5.3 97 .301 .279 .272 .386 .339 .395 .381 .781 .720 118 .604 2.7 0.3 .785 .314 .116 2.0
13 Yrs 4523 2956 650 5.9 104 .323 .298 .286 .358 .345 .443 .404 .801 .749 113 .618 76.1 7.6 .802 .270 .145 84.0
162 Game Avg. 616 403 89 5.9 104 .323 .298 .286 .358 .345 .443 .404 .801 .749 113 .618 10 1 .802 .270 .145 11

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 24 STL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 27 STL NL WS PHA W 7 26 24 5 12 4 0 1 5 5 1 2 3 .500 .538 .792 1.330 19 0 0 0 0 0
1934 30 STL NL WS DET W 7 34 31 8 11 3 1 0 4 2 1 3 3 .355 .412 .516 .928 16 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 15 60 55 14 23 7 1 1 9 7 2 5 6 .418 .467 .636 1.103 35 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 15 60 55 14 23 7 1 1 9 7 2 5 6 .418 .467 .636 1.103 35 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 STL NL 29 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 STL NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 STL NL 31 as 3B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1937 STL NL 33 DNP
4 Yrs (3 GP) 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1928 24 STL NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.5 69%
1930 26 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1931 27 STL NL 450 1.6% 8.9% 6.7% 10.4% 38% 1.33 10.3 59.0 5.5 81%
1932 28 STL NL 355 1.1% 8.7% 8.5% 8.2% 38% 1.03 10.4 80.8 9.5 81%
1933 29 STL NL 669 1.2% 6.9% 10.0% 8.4% 30% 0.69 13.0 74.9 10.5 81%
1934 30 STL NL 489 1.0% 8.4% 6.5% 8.4% 31% 1.28 11.1 90.8 9.3 83%
1935 31 STL NL 575 1.6% 10.1% 5.7% 9.7% 35% 1.76 9.3 59.9 10.0 82%
1936 32 STL NL 634 1.7% 10.4% 9.2% 9.2% 33% 1.14 8.7 52.0 7.5 78%
1937 33 STL NL 373 1.3% 13.4% 8.9% 10.7% 39% 1.52 6.8 67.8 8.9 76%
1938 34 STL NL 290 0.7% 11.7% 6.2% 7.6% 28% 1.89 7.9 134.5 7.1 80%
1939 35 STL NL 316 1.0% 11.1% 9.5% 8.5% 31% 1.17 8.0 93.7 7.6 77%
1940 36 STL NL 253 1.2% 9.5% 8.7% 8.7% 31% 1.09 9.5 76.0 5.8 79%
1944 40 STL NL 102 2.0% 10.8% 14.7% 5.9% 25% 0.73 7.8 43.0 21.5 72%
13 Yrs 4523 1.3% 9.7% 8.2% 8.9% 33% 1.19 9.4 69.8 8.2 80%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.5% 8.4% 6.7% 27% 1.01 10.5 66.9 7.9 80%

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
1928 24 39 16 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 85 4 1 1
1929 25 39 16 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 85 4 1 1
1930 26 45 17 14 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 72 4 1 1
1931 27 168 467 427 84 128 32 8 7 75 18 31 42 .300 .351 .461 .813 112 197 3 5
1932 28 253 822 750 131 205 51 14 11 109 27 61 73 .273 .331 .423 .754 97 317 4 6
1933 29 398 1491 1349 253 394 87 26 19 166 53 128 119 .292 .356 .437 .794 113 590 9 7 6
1934 30 508 1980 1803 329 525 112 37 24 215 76 160 160 .291 .352 .434 .786 109 783 10 8 7
1935 31 643 2555 2342 450 686 153 43 33 269 96 193 218 .293 .349 .437 .787 109 1024 17 10 8
1936 32 786 3189 2914 571 863 189 54 44 345 119 251 284 .296 .354 .443 .797 112 1292 28 10 12
1937 33 884 3562 3253 631 966 216 62 49 383 128 284 334 .297 .355 .447 .802 113 1453 31 10 13
1938 34 975 3852 3522 665 1045 234 64 51 421 132 302 368 .297 .354 .443 .797 112 1560 33 11 15
1939 35 1063 4168 3803 713 1131 251 71 54 458 138 332 403 .297 .356 .443 .799 112 1686 40 12 19
1940 36 1149 4421 4031 741 1203 266 75 57 497 144 354 427 .298 .357 .444 .801 113 1790 41 13 21
1941 37 1149 4421 4031 741 1203 266 75 57 497 144 354 427 .298 .357 .444 .801 113 1790 41 13 21
1942 38 1149 4421 4031 741 1203 266 75 57 497 144 354 427 .298 .357 .444 .801 113 1790 41 13 21
1943 39 1149 4421 4031 741 1203 266 75 57 497 144 354 427 .298 .357 .444 .801 113 1790 41 13 21
1944 40 1189 4523 4117 756 1227 270 75 59 501 146 369 438 .298 .358 .443 .801 113 1824 44 13 22

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
1928 24 41 15 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 39
1930 26 6 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1931 27 129 463 427 67 125 32 8 7 74 16 30 42 .293 .342 .454 .796 66 123
1932 28 89 366 334 46 77 19 6 4 33 9 30 32 .231 .296 .359 .655 36 85
1933 29 152 707 632 134 203 39 13 9 62 28 72 48 .321 .393 .467 .860 115 145
1934 30 117 507 473 71 129 25 11 5 46 23 32 44 .273 .320 .404 .724 61 110
1935 31 142 594 558 115 160 41 6 9 51 20 33 61 .287 .329 .430 .759 78 135
1936 32 149 655 592 120 179 36 11 11 75 23 59 69 .302 .366 .456 .822 99 143
1937 33 103 389 354 61 106 28 8 5 39 9 34 53 .299 .361 .466 .827 60 98
1938 34 96 303 282 34 81 18 2 2 38 4 18 36 .287 .332 .387 .719 36 91
1939 35 93 327 292 47 87 17 7 3 36 6 30 37 .298 .365 .435 .800 46 88
1940 36 90 262 237 28 73 15 4 3 39 6 22 25 .308 .369 .443 .812 39 86
1944 40 42 106 89 15 25 4 0 2 4 2 16 11 .281 .390 .393 .784 14 40
13 Yrs 1249 4695 4283 751 1248 274 76 60 497 148 377 460 .291 .351 .433 .783 651 1189
162 Game Avg. 162 609 556 97 162 36 10 8 64 19 49 60 .291 .351 .433 .783 84 1189

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1942 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1948 BBWAA ( 5.8%)
1949 BBWAA (10.5%)
1950 BBWAA ( 4.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 8.4%)
1952 BBWAA (13.2%)
1953 BBWAA (16.3%)
1956 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1958 BBWAA (17.3%)
1960 BBWAA (10.8%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1964 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1964 Run Off ( 2.5%)

All-Star Games
1933 (3B)
1934 *
1935 (3B)
1937

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1933 NL (5, 39%)
1935 NL (10, 20%)
1940 NL (33, 1%)
0.60 Career Shares (389th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1933 NL  5.0 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1933 NL  5.0 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1933 NL  5.2 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 NL  .316 (6th)
Career  .298 (233rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1933 NL  .387 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 NL  .456 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 NL  .843 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1933 NL  599 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1933 NL  669 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1933 NL  122 (1st)
1935 NL  121 (3rd)
1936 NL  121 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1933 NL  189 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 NL  273 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1933 NL  36 (6th)
1935 NL  41 (4th)
1936 NL  36 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1933 NL  12 (3rd)
1934 NL  11 (5th)
1936 NL  11 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 NL  67 (3rd)
1936 NL  58 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1936 NL  66 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 NL  16 (3rd)
1933 NL  26 (1st)
1934 NL  23 (1st)
1935 NL  20 (2nd)
1936 NL  23 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1933 NL  133 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 NL  134 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 NL  105 (3rd)
1936 NL  100 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  29 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 NL  3.0 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 NL  56 (8th)
1935 NL  56 (10th)
1936 NL  58 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1933 NL  259 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1933 NL  .714 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1931 NL  9.7 (9th)
1933 NL  12.2 (2nd)
1934 NL  8.2 (10th)
1935 NL  12.4 (4th)
1936 NL  14.9 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1904-02-29 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 43 (589), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (417), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Fred Schulte (927)
  3. Mule Haas (926)
  4. Ira Flagstead (925)
  5. Billy Southworth (921) *
  6. Johnny Hopp (918)
  7. Ethan Allen (918)
  8. Harry Rice (915)
  9. Charlie Hickman (912)
  10. Charley Jones (912)
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  3. Ira Flagstead (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ira Flagstead (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Kreevich (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Mostil (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ira Flagstead (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roy Johnson (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ira Flagstead (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Paciorek (865)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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