Billy Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA us

Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 21-337d, 10,663rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 33-138d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Agents: Eddie Sapir

Full Name: Alfred Manuel Martin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

3419

877

.257

425

RBI

333

OBP

.300

SLG

.369

OPS

.669

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	8	0	8	0	2B
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		KCA	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
9	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
10	10	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
11	11	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
16	16	May 2	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	17	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
18	18	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
19	19	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
20	20	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
23	23	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
24	24	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
26	26	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
27	27	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
28	28	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	2	2	1	5	2	2B
29	29	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
31	34 (3)	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
32	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
33	37 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
34	38	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
35	39	May 28	CLE		KCA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
36	40	May 30 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
37	41	May 30 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
38	42	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
40	45 (1)	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
41	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	47	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
43	48	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
44	49	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
45	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
46	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
47	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	7	0	13	2	2B
48	58 (5)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
49	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
50	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
51	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	58	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
52	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	71 (7)	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
54	84 (12)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
55	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	60	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
58	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
59	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
60	93 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3		32	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
62	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	98 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	100 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
65	101	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	102	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
67	103	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
68	104	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
69	105	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
70	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
							71gm		587.0	150	153	2	305	37