Bob Martyn
Robert Gordon Martyn
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: August 15, 1930 in Weiser, ID
School: Linfield College
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1957
Final Game: April 10, 1959
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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
1957 26 KCA AL 58 144 131 10 35 2 4 1 12 1 3 11 20 .267 .322 .366 .688 87 48 2 0 1 1 3 97/8
1958 27 KCA AL 95 254 226 25 59 10 7 2 23 1 4 26 36 .261 .336 .394 .730 99 89 2 0 1 1 5 97/8
1959 28 KCA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 154 399 358 35 94 12 11 3 35 2 7 37 56 .263 .330 .383 .713 94 137 4 0 2 2 8
162 Game Avg. 162 420 377 37 99 13 12 3 37 2 7 39 59 .263 .330 .383 .713 94 144 4 0 2 2 8

Advanced Batting

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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
1957 26 KCA AL 144 103 15 4.0 100 .306 .267 .264 .322 .337 .366 .399 .688 .735 87 .450 -2.9 -0.3 .564 .168 .099 1.0
1958 27 KCA AL 254 175 30 4.6 100 .302 .261 .264 .336 .333 .394 .401 .730 .734 99 .530 -0.6 -0.1 .647 .235 .133 1.3
1959 28 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .401 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
3 Seasons 399 279 45 4.3 100 .302 .263 .264 .330 .334 .383 .400 .713 .734 94 .500 -3.7 -0.4 .615 .209 .120 2.4
162 Game Avg. 420 293 47 4.3 100 .302 .263 .264 .330 .334 .383 .400 .713 .734 94 .500 -3.7 -0.4 .615 .209 .120 3

Ratio Batting*

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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
1957 26 KCA AL 144 0.7% 13.9% 7.6% 4.9% 20% 1.82 6.6 131.0 10.9 1.62 77%
1958 27 KCA AL 254 0.8% 14.2% 10.2% 7.5% 32% 1.38 6.3 113.0 9.8 1.15 74%
1959 28 KCA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
3 Seasons 399 0.8% 14.0% 9.3% 6.5% 28% 1.51 6.4 119.3 10.2 1.31 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 26 KCA AL 2 0 20% 56 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 32% 13 9 3 2 2 0 7 1 4
1958 27 KCA AL 2 0 28% 99 1 4 20% 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 50% 9 7 2 5 2 3 12 3 8
1959 28 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4 0 25% 155 2 7 22% 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 9 6 42% 22 16 5 7 4 3 19 4 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 26 KCA AL 135 92% 35 6 0 0 0 0.45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 21 2 10% 15 8 53% 66 13 20% 6 5 83% 9 6 67% 9
1958 27 KCA AL 245 95% 59 28 8 0 2 1.26 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 41 2 5% 21 6 29% 111 20 18% 9 6 67% 18 7 39% 9
1959 28 KCA AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 1.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 381 94% 94 35 8 0 2 1.14 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 62 4 6% 36 14 39% 177 33 19% 15 11 73% 27 13 48% 18
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1957 26 58 144 131 10 35 2 4 1 12 1 3 11 20 .267 .322 .366 .688 87 48 2 0 1 1 3
1958 27 153 398 357 35 94 12 11 3 35 2 7 37 56 .263 .331 .384 .715 95 137 4 0 2 2 8
1959 28 154 399 358 35 94 12 11 3 35 2 7 37 56 .263 .330 .383 .713 94 137 4 0 2 2 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 26 61 149 137 11 36 2 4 1 13 1 11 21 .263 .315 .358 .673 16 58
1958 27 99 267 238 27 63 11 7 2 25 1 28 38 .265 .341 .395 .736 32 95
1959 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
3 Seasons 161 417 376 38 99 13 11 3 38 2 39 59 .263 .331 .380 .711 48 154
162 Game Avg. 162 420 378 38 100 13 11 3 38 2 39 59 .263 .331 .380 .711 48 154

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1958 AL--7--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--5--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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