Tippy Martinez
Felix Anthony Martinez
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 31, 1950 in La Junta, CO
High School: La Junta (La Junta, CO)
School: Colorado State University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1974
Final Game: April 18, 1988
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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
1974 NYY AL 24 P 10 0 12.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .950 1.85 0.83
1975 NYY AL 25 P 23 2 37.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.97 0.17 .940 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 26 P 39 0 69.2 26 11 15 0 1 1.000 3.36 0.67 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 26 P 11 0 28.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.21 0.91 .950 1.86 0.85
1976 BAL AL 26 P 28 0 41.2 16 9 7 0 1 1.000 3.46 0.57 .950 1.88 0.85
1977 BAL AL 27 P 41 0 50.0 14 2 12 0 3 1.000 2.52 0.34 .943 1.94 0.84
1978 BAL AL 28 P 42 0 69.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.74 0.50 .952 1.90 0.85
1979 BAL AL 29 P 39 0 78.0 18 4 13 1 2 .944 1.96 0.44 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 BAL AL 30 P 53 0 80.2 21 5 16 0 3 1.000 2.34 0.40 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 BAL AL 31 P 37 0 59.0 19 3 13 3 0 .842 2.44 0.43 .968 1.98 0.81
1982 BAL AL 32 P 76 0 95.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.52 0.21 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 BAL AL 33 P 65 0 103.1 28 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.44 0.43 .957 1.80 0.73 AS,MVP-27
1984 BAL AL 34 P 55 0 89.2 18 2 14 2 0 .889 1.61 0.29 .961 1.79 0.70
1985 BAL AL 35 P 49 0 70.0 20 9 10 1 1 .950 2.44 0.39 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 BAL AL 36 P 14 0 16.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.69 0.21 .975 1.86 0.68
1988 MIN AL 38 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.67
14 Seasons P 546 2 834.0 212 58 145 9 13 .958 2.19 0.37 .955 1.86 0.77
14 Seasons TOT 546 2 834.0 212 58 145 9 13 .958 2.19 0.37 .913 1.86 0.77

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
1974 NYY AL 24 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 25 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 26 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 26 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 27 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BAL AL 28 43 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 BAL AL 29 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 30 54 1 1 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 BAL AL 31 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 32 76 0 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BAL AL 33 65 0 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BAL AL 34 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BAL AL 35 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BAL AL 36 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 38 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 548 1 2 546 546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
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%
1974 NYY AL 24 66 70% 24% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 25 178 70% 26% 1 100% 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 26 188 68% 25% 7 100% 0 8 1 7 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1976 NYY AL 26 116 76% 30% 7 100% 0 2 1 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 27 221 74% 26% 11 73% 1 2 0 1 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 3 100%
1978 BAL AL 28 332 70% 26% 14 93% 0 9 1 6 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1979 BAL AL 29 332 72% 29% 14 93% 0 4 0 3 13 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 50%
1980 BAL AL 30 342 70% 27% 15 100% 0 5 0 3 16 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1981 BAL AL 31 261 69% 28% 18 72% 1 3 1 2 13 10 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 BAL AL 32 403 71% 27% 11 100% 0 6 0 5 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1983 BAL AL 33 425 72% 28% 21 95% 0 5 0 3 23 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1984 BAL AL 34 425 71% 23% 13 92% 0 2 0 2 14 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1985 BAL AL 35 319 74% 32% 13 100% 0 9 1 4 10 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1986 BAL AL 36 78 71% 27% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 38 25 68% 28% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 3711 71% 27% 149 91% 2 59 5 40 146 91 19 9 0 5 4 5 13 11 12 1 25 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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