Randy Martz

Randy Carl Martz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 28, 1956 in Harrisburg, PA
High School: Upper Dauphin Area HS (Elizabethville, PA)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1980
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1980-1983

Final Game: August 5, 1983
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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	CHC-min	AA,Rk	5	4	.556	3.73	14	13		5	0	0	94.0	100	46	39	10	16	1	50	1	0	6			1.234	9.6	1.0	1.5	4.8	3.13	MDL,CBF · TL,GULF
1978	22	CHC-min	AA,AAA	11	13	.458	4.40	29	27		8	0	0	186.0	208	104	91	13	71	4	98	8	1	8			1.500	10.1	0.6	3.4	4.7	1.38	MDL,WCH · TL,AA
1979	23	CHC-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.10	30	26		5	1		178.0	196	96	81	21	47	2	66	2	0	4			1.365	9.9	1.1	2.4	3.3	1.40	WCH · AA
1980	24	CHC-min	AAA,Rk	8	6	.571	3.08	18	18		2	1	0	114.0	103	45	39	10	30	0	55	2	0	6			1.167	8.1	0.8	2.4	4.3	1.83	WCH,CBF · AA,GULF
1980	24	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	2.08	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	28	14	7	1	11	1	5	0	0	0	130	192	1.286	8.3	0.3	3.3	1.5	0.45
1981	25	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	3.68	33	14	10	1	0	6	107.2	103	49	44	6	49	1	32	1	0	3	464	101	1.412	8.6	0.5	4.1	2.7	0.65
1982	26	CHC	NL	11	10	.524	4.21	28	24	2	1	0	1	147.2	157	80	69	17	36	4	40	3	0	1	629	89	1.307	9.6	1.0	2.2	2.4	1.11
1983	27	CHW-min	AAA	8	7	.533	5.12	21	21	0	5	1	0	128.1	158	79	73	15	44	0	60	2	1	7			1.574	11.1	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.36	DEN · AA
1983	27	CHW	AL	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	125	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
1984	28	ATL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.33	36	1	24	0	0	9	62.1	69	36	30	6	24	3	28	2	0	2			1.492	10.0	0.9	3.5	4.0	1.17	RMD · IL
1985	29	HOU-CHC-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.30	28	15	5	0	0	1	108.2	131	74	64	8	45	4	33	2	0	3			1.620	10.8	0.7	3.7	2.7	0.73	TUC,IWA · PCL,AA
4 Yrs				17	19	.472	3.78	68	45	12	2	0	7	290.2	292	145	122	24	100	6	78	4	0	4	1246	100	1.349	9.0	0.7	3.1	2.4	0.78
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.472	3.78	41	27	7	1	0	4	175	176	87	73	14	60	4	47	2	0	2	750	100	1.349	9.0	0.7	3.1	2.4	0.78

CHC (3 yrs)				17	19	.472	3.78	67	44	12	2	0	7	285.2	288	143	120	24	96	6	77	4	0	4	1223	99	1.344	9.1	0.8	3.0	2.4	0.80
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	125	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

NL (3 yrs)				17	19	.472	3.78	67	44	12	2	0	7	285.2	288	143	120	24	96	6	77	4	0	4	1223	99	1.344	9.1	0.8	3.0	2.4	0.80
AL (1 yr)				0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	125	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

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
1980	24	CHC	NL	30.1	6	6	14	4.15	4.20	-0.36	0.14	113.9	5.36	4	0.5		-0.0	0.7	7	.579	.503	$
1981	25	CHC	NL	107.2	33	14	49	4.10	3.99	-0.65	-0.01	106.0	4.91	8	1.0	1.7	0.0	1.9	16	.530	.506	$
1982	26	CHC	NL	147.2	28	24	80	4.88	4.17	-0.20	0.11	103.8	4.65	-5	-0.6	1.4	-0.1	0.5	10	.479	.496	$
1983	27	CHW	AL	5.0	1	1	2	3.60	5.11	0.31	0.17	94.0	4.67	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.564	.500	$
4 Seasons				290.2	68	45	145	4.49	4.12	-0.37	0.07	105.5	4.82	7	0.9	1.7	-0.1	3.2	35	.514	.501	$

CHC (3 yrs)				285.2	67	44	143	4.51	4.11	-0.38	0.07	105.7	4.82	7	0.9	1.7	-0.1	3.1	33	.513	.502	$
CHW (1 yr)				5.0	1	1	2	3.60	5.11	0.31	0.17	94.0	4.67	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.564	.500	$

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
1980	24	CHC	NL	6	130	116	14	28	6	1	1	4	2	11	5	.241	.302	.336	.639	.241	39	2	0	1	2	1	5
1981	25	CHC	NL	33	464	403	49	103	19	8	6	11	7	49	32	.256	.336	.387	.723	.264	156	15	1	8	3	1	9
1982	26	CHC	NL	28	629	578	80	157	32	5	17	9	5	36	40	.272	.317	.433	.749	.268	250	15	3	10	2	4	13
1983	27	CHW	AL	1	23	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.211	.348	.211	.558	.222	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				68	1246	1116	145	292	57	14	24	24	14	100	78	.262	.323	.402	.725	.262	449	32	4	19	7	6	27
162 Game Avg.				41	750	672	87	176	34	8	14	14	8	60	47	.262	.323	.402	.725	.262	270	19	2	11	4	4	16
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.385	.709	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	24	CHC	NL	3.4	0.4	136	-0.1	2.3	-2.3	1.06	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	1.06	1.0	0	0	0
1981	25	CHC	NL	0.5	0.0	488	0.2	9.3	-9.1	1.15	-0.3	0.4	-0.4	-0.0	1.15	-2.0	9	6	3
1982	26	CHC	NL	-8.5	-0.9	644	-0.7	10.6	-11.2	.99	-0.8	0.1	-11.7	-1.2	0.99	-10.3	1	2	1
1983	27	CHW	AL	0.6	0.1	23	0.2	0.5	-0.4	1.29	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.2	1.29	1.0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				-4.1	-0.4	1291	-0.4	22.6	-23.0	1.06	-1.0	0.6	-10.4	-1.0	1.06	-10.3	10	8	4

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	CHC	NL	6	6	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	.500	1	0	0	0	3	50%	50.2	68	35	3	1	0	2	3.4	3.7	5.1
1981	25	CHC	NL	33	14	3	6	5	1	1	5	9	.357	0	2	1	0	5	36%	45.9	68	26	13	6	8	2	3.0	2.8	5.1
1982	26	CHC	NL	28	24	10	9	5	1	1	11	13	.458	2	1	1	0	13	54%	46.4	80	10	27	12	1	10	4.5	5.1	5.7
1983	27	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	48	48	2	1	0	1	4.0	4.5	5.0
4 Yrs				68	45	14	17	14	2	3	19	26	.422	4	3	2	0	21	47%	47	80	10	45	20	9	15	3.8	4.3	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	98	-12					4.3	4.2	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
1981	25	CHC	NL	33	19	10	2	1	7	6	1	86%	8	1	19	6	32%	6	1.150	9	6	3	9	3	7	10	9	13	2	13	4	5.7
1982	26	CHC	NL	28	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	50%	2	0	0	0		6	.990	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	4	3	0	4	1	9.0
2 Yrs				61	23	12	3	2	9	7	2	78%	10	1	19	6	32%		1.058	10	8	4	12	4	7	10	13	16	2	17	5	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	24	CHC	NL	130	49%	0.8%	3.9%	8.5%	6.2%	29%	1.27	86%	14	2	14%
1981	25	CHC	NL	464	55%	1.3%	6.9%	10.6%	7.1%	32%	1.44	79%	63	15	24%
1982	26	CHC	NL	629	51%	2.7%	6.4%	5.7%	8.6%	34%	1.28	83%	103	15	15%
1983	27	CHW	AL	23	52%	0.0%	4.4%	17.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	78%	7	0	0%
4 Yrs				1246	52%	1.9%	6.3%	8.0%	7.6%	33%	1.33	82%	187	32	17%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.0%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.10	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
1980	24	CHC	NL	130	28			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	75%	5	0	0	43	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1981	25	CHC	NL	464	103			6	0	13	4	2	3	3	34	19	2	56%	9	3	1	158	11	7	61%	11	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	0
1982	26	CHC	NL	629	157			17	1	6	8	9	11	6	27	17	0	63%	13	1	1	210	9	5	64%	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1983	27	CHW	AL	23	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1246	292			24	1	23	13	11	14	10	67	39	3	58%	27	4	2	424	24	14	63%	22	12	2	1	0	1	1	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	24	1	2	.333	2.08	6	6	0	0	0	30.1	28	14	7	1	11	1	5	0	0	130	192	1.286	8.3	0.3	3.3	1.5	0.45	192
1981	25	6	9	.400	3.33	39	20	10	1	6	138.0	131	63	51	7	60	2	37	1	3	594	113	1.384	8.5	0.5	3.9	2.4	0.62	113
1982	26	17	19	.472	3.78	67	44	12	2	7	285.2	288	143	120	24	96	6	77	4	4	1223	99	1.344	9.1	0.8	3.0	2.4	0.80	99
1983	27	17	19	.472	3.78	68	45	12	2	7	290.2	292	145	122	24	100	6	78	4	4	1246	100	1.349	9.0	0.7	3.1	2.4	0.78	100

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1980	24	2	1	.667	2.10	30.0	28	8	7	1	11	5	0	1.300	8.4	3.3	1.5	0.45	0.3	6
1981	25	8	9	.471	4.15	154.0	161	79	71	9	77	46	2	1.545	9.4	4.5	2.7	0.60	0.5	33
1982	26	6	9	.400	4.59	143.0	161	81	73	17	37	39	3	1.385	10.1	2.3	2.5	1.05	1.1	28
1983	27	0	0		3.60	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	1.600	7.2	7.2	1.8	0.25	0.0	1
4 Yrs		16	19	.457	4.15	332.0	354	170	153	27	129	91	5	1.455	9.6		2.5	0.71	0.7	68

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