Renie Martin

Donald Renie Martin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1955 in Dover, DE
School: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1979
Teams (by GP): Royals/Giants/Phillies 1979-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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
1977	21	KCR-min	Rk,A	5	3	.625	3.18	14	4		2	1	4	51.0	51	19	18	1	19	0	31	1	1	2			1.373	9.0	0.2	3.4	5.5	1.63	ROY,DYB · GULF,FLOR
1978	22	KCR-min	A,AAA	5	6	.455	2.43	39	0		0	0	8	63.0	43	28	17	2	27	0	39	0	1	3			1.111	6.1	0.3	3.9	5.6	1.44	FTM,OMA · FLOR,AA
1979	23	KCR-min	AAA,AA	9	3	.750	2.67	41	0		0	0	3	81.0	66	30	24	5	42	8	61	1	1	3			1.333	7.3	0.6	4.7	6.8	1.45	OMA,JCK · AA,SOUL
1979	23	KCR	AL	0	3	.000	5.19	25	0	11	0	0	5	34.2	32	20	20	1	14	3	25	1	0	2	149	83	1.327	8.3	0.3	3.6	6.5	1.79
1980	24	KCR	AL	10	10	.500	4.39	32	20	8	2	0	2	137.1	133	84	67	18	70	2	68	1	0	4	599	91	1.478	8.7	1.2	4.6	4.5	0.97
1981	25	KCR	AL	4	5	.444	2.77	29	0	12	0	0	4	61.2	55	25	19	2	29	7	25	0	0	2	264	130	1.362	8.0	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.86
1982	26	SFG-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.74	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.0	25	12	10	2	2	0	12	0	0	0			1.421	11.8	0.9	0.9	5.7	6.00	PHX · PCL
1982	26	SFG	NL	7	10	.412	4.65	29	25	1	1	0	0	141.1	148	91	73	14	64	9	63	0	2	2	619	77	1.500	9.4	0.9	4.1	4.0	0.98
1983	27	SFG	NL	2	4	.333	4.20	37	6	6	0	0	1	94.1	95	50	44	11	51	9	43	3	2	2	414	85	1.548	9.1	1.0	4.9	4.1	0.84
1984	28	SFG-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.32	32	1	22	0	0	9	62.0	47	17	16	2	34	3	37	0	1	3			1.306	6.8	0.3	4.9	5.4	1.09	PHX · PCL
1984	28	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	4.15	21	0	4	0	0	0	39.0	46	25	18	4	28	4	13	0	0	2	189	88	1.897	10.6	0.9	6.5	3.0	0.46
1984	28	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	3.86	12	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	29	13	10	2	16	0	8	0	0	1	112	93	1.929	11.2	0.8	6.2	3.1	0.50
1984	28	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	4.60	9	0	1	0	0	0	15.2	17	12	8	2	12	4	5	0	0	1	77	81	1.851	9.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	0.42
1985	29	KCR-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.51	39	0	18	0	0	3	85.0	84	56	52	9	53	4	49	2	1	5			1.612	8.9	1.0	5.6	5.2	0.92	OMA · AA
1986	30	KCR-min	AAA	0	4	.000	5.71	21	0	9	0	0	1	41.0	45	26	26	6	35	1	28	3	3	4			1.951	9.9	1.3	7.7	6.1	0.80	OMA · AA
6 Yrs				24	35	.407	4.27	173	51	42	3	0	12	508.1	509	295	241	50	256	34	237	5	4	14	2234	88	1.505	9.0	0.9	4.5	4.2	0.93
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.407	4.27	53	15	13	1	0	4	154	155	90	73	15	78	10	72	2	1	4	678	88	1.505	9.0	0.9	4.5	4.2	0.93

KCR (3 yrs)				14	18	.438	4.08	86	20	31	2	0	11	233.2	220	129	106	21	113	12	118	2	0	8	1012	97	1.425	8.5	0.8	4.4	4.5	1.04
SFG (3 yrs)				10	15	.400	4.41	78	31	10	1	0	1	259.0	272	154	127	27	131	18	114	3	4	5	1145	81	1.556	9.5	0.9	4.6	4.0	0.87
PHI (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.60	9	0	1	0	0	0	15.2	17	12	8	2	12	4	5	0	0	1	77	81	1.851	9.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	0.42

NL (3 yrs)				10	17	.370	4.42	87	31	11	1	0	1	274.2	289	166	135	29	143	22	119	3	4	6	1222	81	1.573	9.5	1.0	4.7	3.9	0.83
AL (3 yrs)				14	18	.438	4.08	86	20	31	2	0	11	233.2	220	129	106	21	113	12	118	2	0	8	1012	97	1.425	8.5	0.8	4.4	4.5	1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	23	KCR	AL	34.2	25	0	20	5.19	4.75	0.20	-0.38	99.8	4.16	-4	-0.4	1.8	-0.2	-0.3	0	.484	.498	$
1980	24	KCR	AL	137.1	32	20	84	5.50	4.44	0.13	0.06	99.6	4.35	-18	-1.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-3	.443	.489	$
1981	25	KCR	AL	61.2	29	0	25	3.65	4.01	0.06	-0.32	99.1	3.60	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.1	0.4	4	.499	.500	$
1982	26	SFG	NL	141.1	29	25	91	5.79	3.97	-0.44	0.12	97.5	4.41	-23	-2.4	.6	-0.1	-1.3	-8	.416	.485	$
1983	27	SFG	NL	94.1	37	6	50	4.77	4.13	-0.22	-0.18	98.7	4.11	-7	-0.8	.9	-0.1	-0.1	2	.479	.495	$
1984	28	SFG	NL	23.1	12	0	13	5.01	4.05	-0.74	-0.31	98.7	4.41	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	1	.483	.499	$
1984	28	PHI	NL	15.2	9	0	12	6.89	4.07	-0.11	-0.31	100.5	3.88	-5	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.436	.496	$
6 Seasons				508.1	173	51	295	5.22	4.19	-0.14	-0.07	98.8	4.21	-60	-6.2	1.2	-0.7	-2.7	-9	.464	.495	$

KCR (3 yrs)				233.2	86	20	129	4.97	4.37	0.12	-0.11	99.5	4.12	-23	-2.2	1.5	-0.5	-0.7	0	.474	.495	$
SFG (3 yrs)				259.0	78	31	154	5.35	4.03	-0.38	-0.03	98.0	4.30	-32	-3.4	.9	-0.2	-1.5	-5	.456	.493	$
PHI (1 yr)				15.2	9	0	12	6.89	4.07	-0.11	-0.31	100.5	3.88	-5	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.436	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1980	24	KCR	AL	WS	L	PHI	2.79	3	0	9.2	11	3	3	3	2	1	42	1.448	10.2	2.8	1.9	0.67
1981	25	KCR	AL	ALDS	L	OAK	0.00	2	2	5.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	19	0.563	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1.80	5	2	15.0	12	3	3	5	4	1	61	1.133	7.2	3.0	2.4	0.80
1 ALDS							0.00	2	2	5.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	19	0.563	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
1 WS							2.79	3	0	9.2	11	3	3	3	2	1	42	1.448	10.2	2.8	1.9	0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1979	23	KCR	AL	25	149	129	20	32	7	0	1	2	0	14	25	.248	.322	.326	.647	.295	42	5	1	3	2	3	3
1980	24	KCR	AL	32	599	521	84	133	26	2	18	14	7	70	68	.255	.342	.417	.759	.262	217	16	1	3	4	2	7
1981	25	KCR	AL	29	264	225	25	55	12	1	2	7	1	29	25	.244	.322	.333	.655	.259	75	4	0	3	7	7	3
1982	26	SFG	NL	29	619	541	91	148	20	4	14	24	9	64	63	.274	.347	.403	.750	.285	218	10	0	8	6	9	11
1983	27	SFG	NL	37	414	353	50	95	18	2	11	15	8	51	43	.269	.363	.425	.788	.278	150	6	3	3	3	9	2
1984	28	TOT	NL	21	189	156	25	46	9	0	4	8	3	28	13	.295	.402	.429	.832	.302	67	3	0	4	0	4	4
1984	28	PHI	NL	9	77	61	12	17	5	0	2	3	2	12	5	.279	.397	.459	.856	.278	28	0	0	3	0	4	3
1984	28	SFG	NL	12	112	95	13	29	4	0	2	5	1	16	8	.305	.405	.411	.816	.318	39	3	0	1	0	0	1
6 Yrs				173	2234	1925	295	509	92	9	50	70	28	256	237	.264	.349	.399	.748	.277	769	44	5	24	22	34	30
162 Game Avg.				53	678	584	90	155	28	3	15	21	9	78	72	.264	.349	.399	.748	.277	233	13	2	7	7	10	9
MLB Averages																.262	.325	.387	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	23	KCR	AL	-2.3	-0.2	153	0.2	3.2	-3.0	1.27	0.3	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.27	1.4	13	6	5
1980	24	KCR	AL	-9.2	-0.9	626	-1.1	8.3	-9.4	.81	-1.0	-0.3	-8.9	-0.9	0.81	-10.9	4	4	4
1981	25	KCR	AL	4.2	0.4	275	-0.3	4.0	-4.3	.95	0.0	-0.4	0.7	0.1	0.95	0.9	12	6	11
1982	26	SFG	NL	-20.7	-2.1	668	-1.7	10.4	-12.1	1.00	-1.4	-0.3	-22.0	-2.2	1.00	-16.1	1	0	3
1983	27	SFG	NL	-6.7	-0.7	439	-0.8	5.3	-6.0	.79	-0.6	-0.4	-5.6	-0.6	0.79	-7.8	5	10	15
1984	28	TOT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	203	-1.7	2.2	-3.8	.85	-1.0	-0.9	-9.2	-0.9	0.85	-10.4	4	6	11
1984	28	SFG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	119	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	.73	-0.6	-0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.73	-5.5	2	4	6
1984	28	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	84	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	1.02	-0.4	-0.5	-5.9	-0.6	1.02	-4.8	2	2	5
6 Yrs				-39.0	-3.9	2364	-5.4	33.3	-38.7	.91	-3.8	-2.2	-47.8	-4.8	0.91	-42.8	39	32	49

Starting Pitching*

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
1980	24	KCR	AL	32	20	9	9	2	1	2	11	9	.550	0	0	2	0	10	50%	45.9	67	19	29	11	7	6	5.5	6.8	5.7

1982	26	SFG	NL	29	25	7	10	8	2	2	12	13	.480	5	4	1	0	11	44%	46.2	76	23	31	17	2	13	4.7	4.7	5.4
1983	27	SFG	NL	37	6	0	3	3	0	0	1	5	.167	2	2	0	0	1	17%	38.8	59	24	18	10	3	2	4.4	1.8	4.9
3 Yrs				98	51	16	22	13	3	4	24	27	.471	7	6	3	0	22	43%	45	76	19	78	38	12	21	4.9	5.3	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	23	KCR	AL	25	25	11	0	3	7	5	2	71%	9	2	31	11	35%	8	1.274	13	6	5	9	4	12	17	8	12	10	16	6	4.2
1980	24	KCR	AL	32	12	8	1	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	13	1	8%	6	.810	4	4	4	6	0	6	7	5	7	2	8	1	6.1
1981	25	KCR	AL	29	29	12	4	5	5	4	1	80%	6	1	34	9	26%	7	.951	12	6	11	9	5	15	20	9	20	7	22	1	6.4
1982	26	SFG	NL	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	4	1.004	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	3	1	3	0	5.3
1983	27	SFG	NL	37	31	6	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	27	10	37%	2	.788	5	10	15	3	4	24	14	17	21	4	21	1	6.3
1984	28	TOT	NL	21	21	4	1	3	2	0	2	0%	4	2	13	6	46%		.850	4	6	11	4	2	15	8	13	15	1	15	2	5.6
1984	28	SFG	NL	12	12	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	10	4	40%	8	.733	2	4	6	2	0	10	6	6	8	1	8	2	5.8
1984	28	PHI	NL	9	9	1	0	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	3	2	67%	6	1.020	2	2	5	2	2	5	2	7	7	0	7	0	5.2
6 Yrs				173	122	42	8	13	17	12	5	71%	23	6	121	38	31%		.911	39	32	49	31	15	76	67	55	78	25	85	11	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	23	KCR	AL	149	62%	0.7%	16.8%	9.4%	5.4%	25%	1.16	70%	44	5	11%
1980	24	KCR	AL	599	48%	3.0%	11.4%	11.7%	7.7%	35%	0.89	73%	107	16	15%
1981	25	KCR	AL	264	56%	0.8%	9.5%	11.0%	5.7%	27%	0.93	78%	61	4	7%
1982	26	SFG	NL	619	53%	2.3%	10.2%	10.3%	6.1%	26%	1.20	76%	94	10	11%
1983	27	SFG	NL	414	54%	2.7%	10.4%	12.3%	7.5%	33%	1.19	73%	82	6	7%
1984	28	TOT	NL	189	61%	2.1%	6.9%	14.8%	6.9%	28%	1.06	74%	37	3	8%
1984	28	SFG	NL	112	58%	1.8%	7.1%	14.3%	5.4%	21%	1.03	76%	23	3	13%
1984	28	PHI	NL	77	65%	2.6%	6.5%	15.6%	9.1%	41%	1.11	70%	14	0	0%
6 Yrs				2234	54%	2.2%	10.6%	11.5%	6.8%	30%	1.06	74%	425	44	10%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1979	23	KCR	AL	149	32			1	0	10	1	0	0	1	14	9	2	64%	3	2	0	65	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1980	24	KCR	AL	599	133			18	0	13	9	9	5	13	30	16	3	53%	7	4	3	215	14	7	67%	13	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	11	0
1981	25	KCR	AL	264	55			2	0	9	1	1	0	2	18	11	1	61%	3	2	0	121	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
1982	26	SFG	NL	619	148			14	0	13	8	6	9	5	41	15	10	37%	11	2	2	200	24	9	73%	23	7	1	1	0	1	3	0	16	0
1983	27	SFG	NL	414	95			11	0	18	6	5	7	4	26	10	3	38%	2	2	0	156	15	8	65%	13	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
1984	28	TOT	NL	189	46			4	0	7	2	2	3	1	13	5	2	38%	4	2	1	90	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1984	28	SFG	NL	112	29			2	0	4	2	0	2	0	10	3	2	30%	1	1	0	55	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1984	28	PHI	NL	77	17			2	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	2	0	67%	3	1	1	35	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				2234	509			50	0	70	27	23	24	26	142	66	21	46%	30	14	6	847	70	28	71%	65	25	4	1	1	2	6	3	57	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1979	23	0	3	.000	5.19	25	0	11	0	5	34.2	32	20	20	1	14	3	25	1	0	2	149	83	1.327	8.3	0.3	3.6	6.5	1.79	83
1980	24	10	13	.435	4.55	57	20	19	2	7	172.0	165	104	87	19	84	5	93	2	0	6	748	90	1.448	8.6	1.0	4.4	4.9	1.11	90
1981	25	14	18	.438	4.08	86	20	31	2	11	233.2	220	129	106	21	113	12	118	2	0	8	1012	97	1.425	8.5	0.8	4.4	4.5	1.04	97
1982	26	21	28	.429	4.30	115	45	32	3	11	375.0	368	220	179	35	177	21	181	2	2	10	1631	89	1.453	8.8	0.8	4.2	4.3	1.02	89
1983	27	23	32	.418	4.28	152	51	38	3	12	469.1	463	270	223	46	228	30	224	5	4	12	2045	88	1.472	8.9	0.9	4.4	4.3	0.98	88
1984	28	24	35	.407	4.27	173	51	42	3	12	508.1	509	295	241	50	256	34	237	5	4	14	2234	88	1.505	9.0	0.9	4.5	4.2	0.93	88

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1979	23	1	2	.333	5.56	34.0	33	23	21	1	14	25	1	1.382	8.7	3.7	6.6	1.79	0.3	25
1980	24	6	8	.429	4.92	130.0	137	79	71	19	72	64	1	1.608	9.5	5.0	4.4	0.89	1.3	32
1981	25	5	4	.556	3.52	87.0	91	38	34	3	48	35	0	1.598	9.4	5.0	3.6	0.73	0.3	29
1982	26	5	9	.357	5.45	132.0	155	89	80	15	67	59	0	1.682	10.6	4.6	4.0	0.88	1.0	29
1983	27	3	6	.333	5.02	86.0	100	53	48	12	54	39	3	1.791	10.5	5.7	4.1	0.72	1.3	37
1984	28	2	2	.500	4.62	37.0	48	21	19	4	29	12	0	2.081	11.7	7.1	2.9	0.41	1.0	21
6 Yrs		22	31	.415	4.86	506.0	564	303	273	54	284	234	5	1.676	10.0		4.2	0.82	1.0	173

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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