Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

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

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	KCR		MIN	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	4	Apr 12	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
3	5	Apr 13	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	6	Apr 14	KCR		OAK	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	7	Apr 15	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	8	Apr 16	KCR		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	11 (1)	Apr 20	KCR	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	12	Apr 22	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	30	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
11	15 (1)	Apr 25	KCR		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	16	Apr 26	KCR		CHW	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	17	Apr 27	KCR		CHW	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	18	Apr 28	KCR		CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	19	Apr 29	KCR		CAL	L,1-12	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	20	Apr 30	KCR		CAL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	21	May 1	KCR		CAL	W,11-10	CG	60	13.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
18	22	May 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	24 (1)	May 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
20	25	May 6	KCR		TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
21	26	May 7	KCR		TEX	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	27	May 8	KCR		TEX	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
23	28	May 9	KCR		MIL	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
24	29	May 10	KCR		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	30	May 11	KCR		MIL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
26	31	May 12	KCR	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
27	34 (2)	May 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	38 (3)	May 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
29	41 (2)	May 23	KCR		BAL	W,10-1	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	49 (7)	Jun 1 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	68 (18)	Jun 22 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS	48	11.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
32	71 (2)	Jun 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
33	75 (3)	Jun 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	85 (9)	Jul 10	KCR		DET	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	86	Jul 11	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	87	Jul 12	KCR		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	88	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
39	93 (3)	Jul 21	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	94	Jul 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	96 (1)	Jul 23	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	97	Jul 25 (1)	KCR		TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	100 (2)	Jul 27	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	101	Jul 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	103 (1)	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	105 (1)	Aug 1	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	106	Aug 2	KCR		OAK	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	108 (1)	Aug 4	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	110 (1)	Aug 6	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	111	Aug 7	KCR		MIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	113 (1)	Aug 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	114	Aug 10	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	115	Aug 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	116	Aug 12	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	119 (2)	Aug 16	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
56	121 (1)	Aug 19	KCR		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	124 (2)	Aug 22	KCR		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	125	Aug 23	KCR		CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	128 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
60	130 (1)	Aug 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	132 (1)	Aug 31	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	133	Sep 1 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	134	Sep 1 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
64	135	Sep 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	136	Sep 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	137	Sep 4	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	138	Sep 5	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	139	Sep 6 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	141 (1)	Sep 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	142	Sep 8	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	143	Sep 9	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
72	144	Sep 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	148 (3)	Sep 14	KCR		CAL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	149	Sep 15	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	150	Sep 16	KCR		CHW	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
76	152 (1)	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	153	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	154	Sep 20	KCR		OAK	L,4-16	CG	53	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	160 (5)	Sep 26	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							79gm		617.1	361	39	8	408	4