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Pepper Martin
Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin (The Wild Horse Of The Osage)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 29, 1904 in Temple, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1928
Final Game: October 1, 1944
Died: March 5, 1965 in McAlester, OK
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Standard Batting

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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
1928 24 STL NL 39 16 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 86 4 1 1 /O
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 123 449 413 68 124 32 8 7 75 16 30 40 .300 .351 .467 .818 114 193 2 4 *O
1932 28 STL NL 85 355 323 47 77 19 6 4 34 9 30 31 .238 .305 .372 .677 79 120 1 1 O5
1933 29 STL NL 145 669 599 122 189 36 12 8 57 26 67 46 .316 .387 .456 .843 135 273 9 3 0 *5 AS,MVP-5
1934 30 STL NL 110 488 454 74 131 25 11 5 49 23 32 41 .289 .337 .425 .762 98 193 1 1 1 *5/1 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 *5O AS,MVP-10
1936 32 STL NL 143 634 572 121 177 36 11 11 76 23 58 66 .309 .373 .469 .842 125 268 11 0 4 *O5/1
1937 33 STL NL 98 373 339 60 103 27 8 5 38 9 33 50 .304 .366 .475 .841 125 161 3 0 1 O/5 AS
1938 34 STL NL 91 290 269 34 79 18 2 2 38 4 18 34 .294 .340 .398 .738 97 107 2 1 2 O/5
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 O5
1940 36 STL NL 86 253 228 28 72 15 4 3 39 6 22 24 .316 .378 .456 .835 124 104 1 1 2 O/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 O
13 Seasons 1189 4521 4117 754 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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
1934 30 STL NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 94 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 AS
1936 32 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 181 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 2.25 68 0 34 0 0 0 136 68 34 34 0 68 0 0 0 0 442 181 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1928 STL NL 24 OF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 2.30 0-0-4
1931 STL NL 27 OF 110 302 282 10 10 2 .967 2.65 .973 2.38 0-110-0
1932 STL NL 28 OF 69 165 151 10 4 3 .976 2.33 .976 2.41 5-64-0
1932 STL NL 28 3B 15 37 18 18 1 1 .973 2.40 .943 2.74
1933 STL NL 29 3B 145 437 139 273 25 14 .943 2.84 .949 2.89 AS,MVP-5
1934 STL NL 30 3B 107 299 85 195 19 7 .936 2.62 .945 2.73 AS
1934 STL NL 30 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.10 AS
1935 STL NL 31 3B 114 314 113 171 30 17 .904 2.49 .943 2.71 AS,MVP-10
1935 STL NL 31 OF 16 34 32 0 2 0 .941 2.00 .971 2.31 1-5-10 AS,MVP-10
1936 STL NL 32 OF 127 245 226 13 6 5 .976 1.88 .973 2.25 0-3-124
1936 STL NL 32 3B 15 32 13 12 7 1 .781 1.67 .956 2.51
1936 STL NL 32 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
1937 STL NL 33 OF 82 222 204 12 6 3 .973 2.63 .974 2.13 0-40-42 AS
1937 STL NL 33 3B 5 15 6 8 1 2 .933 2.80 .953 2.72 AS
1938 STL NL 34 OF 62 141 138 1 2 1 .986 2.24 .976 2.22 1-38-23
1938 STL NL 34 3B 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.88
1939 STL NL 35 OF 51 120 113 4 3 0 .975 2.29 .975 2.17 8-37-8
1939 STL NL 35 3B 22 49 15 30 4 2 .918 2.05 .943 2.79
1940 STL NL 36 OF 63 114 103 8 3 0 .974 1.76 .977 2.17 16-10-40 MVP-33
1940 STL NL 36 3B 2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 2.80 MVP-33
1944 STL NL 40 OF 29 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1.69 .980 2.31 0-7-22
10 Seasons OF 613 1395 1299 59 37 14 .973 2.22 .974 2.26 31-314-273
9 Seasons 3B 429 1195 393 715 87 44 .927 2.58 .947 2.78
2 Seasons P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.15
13 Seasons TOT 1044 2591 1692 775 124 58 .952 2.36 .914 2.47 31-314-273
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (373rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 NL--.316--6th
Career--.298--234th

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--135--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--30--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 NL--3.1--5th

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 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 43 (573), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (403), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (575), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Ira Flagstead (921)
  3. Mule Haas (918)
  4. Fred Schulte (918)
  5. Billy Southworth (916) *
  6. Ethan Allen (912)
  7. Harry Rice (910)
  8. Charlie Hickman (909)
  9. Charley Jones (909)
  10. Johnny Hopp (907)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jim Gleeson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ira Flagstead (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ira Flagstead (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ira Flagstead (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ira Flagstead (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ira Flagstead (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ira Flagstead (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roy Johnson (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ira Flagstead (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Paciorek (861)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 10, 1944: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Name and misspellings: The Wild Horse Of Johnny Leonard The martinez Pepper Roosevelt Osage Martin

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