Buck Martinez
Born: November 7, 1948, Redding, CAHeight: 5'10" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Sacramento State
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Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Kansas City AL 20 72 205 14 47 67 6 1 4 23 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 25 4 .229 .327 .258 1970 Kansas City AL 21 6 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .111 .111 .273 1971 Kansas City AL 22 22 46 3 7 9 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 9 1 .152 .196 .231 1973 Kansas City AL 24 14 32 2 8 12 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 .250 .375 .333 1974 Kansas City AL 25 43 107 10 23 31 3 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 14 0 2 19 1 .215 .290 .317 1975 Kansas City AL 26 80 226 15 51 73 9 2 3 23 6 1 1 0 21 0 1 28 4 .226 .323 .293 1976 Kansas City AL 27 95 267 24 61 95 13 3 5 34 9 3 0 0 15 1 0 45 2 .228 .356 .269 1977 Kansas City AL 28 29 80 3 18 25 4 0 1 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 12 1 .225 .313 .253 1978 Milwaukee AL 29 89 256 26 56 71 10 1 1 20 12 4 1 1 13 1 0 42 4 .219 .277 .255 1979 Milwaukee AL 30 69 196 17 53 73 8 0 4 26 8 2 0 1 8 0 0 25 3 .270 .372 .296 1980 Milwaukee AL 31 76 219 16 49 67 9 0 3 17 5 1 1 0 12 0 1 33 3 .224 .306 .266 1981 Toronto AL 32 45 128 13 29 51 8 1 4 21 3 3 1 0 11 0 1 16 6 .227 .398 .287 1982 Toronto AL 33 96 260 26 63 110 17 0 10 37 2 5 1 1 23 1 0 34 10 .242 .423 .301 1983 Toronto AL 34 88 221 27 56 100 14 0 10 33 1 2 0 1 29 0 0 39 7 .253 .452 .337 1984 Toronto AL 35 102 232 24 51 81 13 1 5 37 1 9 0 3 29 0 2 49 2 .220 .349 .301 1985 Toronto AL 36 42 99 11 16 31 3 0 4 14 0 3 0 0 10 0 1 12 3 .162 .313 .239 1986 Toronto AL 37 81 160 13 29 43 8 0 2 12 4 1 0 0 20 0 0 25 5 .181 .269 .271 TOTALS 1049 2743 245 618 940 128 10 58 321 56 35 5 10 225 5 8 419 59 .225 .343 .284
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1979 Milwaukee AL 30 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Milwaukee AL 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 .400
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Kansas City AL C 420.2 46 9 6 55 290 25 9 7 .972 19 11 6 1969 Kansas City AL RF 8.0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 1970 Kansas City AL C 30.0 3 2 0 5 20 3 1 0 .958 2 3 0 1971 Kansas City AL C 138.1 14 7 2 21 84 6 3 0 .968 6 2 2 1973 Kansas City AL C 94.0 10 4 2 14 52 4 2 1 .966 3 2 0 1974 Kansas City AL C 281.0 31 7 10 38 151 16 4 1 .977 19 7 6 1975 Kansas City AL C 617.1 70 9 16 79 361 39 8 4 .980 61 30 9 1976 Kansas City AL C 739.1 86 8 25 94 420 40 4 4 .991 76 38 5 1977 Kansas City AL C 202.0 22 6 5 28 133 8 1 0 .993 12 6 2 1978 Milwaukee AL C 716.1 85 4 26 89 327 32 8 7 .978 44 24 2 1979 Milwaukee AL C 547.2 67 1 22 68 198 39 8 2 .967 31 23 4 1979 Milwaukee AL P 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1980 Milwaukee AL C 622.0 75 1 28 76 293 33 5 3 .985 38 24 2 1981 Toronto AL C 372.1 43 2 10 45 192 22 2 3 .991 24 13 1 1982 Toronto AL C 677.2 79 14 26 93 382 35 5 8 .988 27 23 2 1983 Toronto AL C 579.1 69 17 26 86 331 25 4 3 .989 29 14 1 1984 Toronto AL C 616.2 66 32 24 98 360 34 2 5 .995 29 15 3 1985 Toronto AL C 270.0 32 10 14 42 155 16 2 5 .988 17 10 1 1986 Toronto AL C 417.2 47 31 24 78 289 19 2 6 .994 27 12 3
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (January 28, 1967 - signed May 21, 1967).
- Selected by Houston Astros from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1968).
- Traded by Houston Astros with Tommy Smith and Mike Sinnerud to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Johnny Jones (December 16, 1968).
- Placed on military list by Kansas City Royals (April 2, 1970)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (August 10, 1970)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (April 12, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (June 23, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (June 26, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (August 12, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (May 20, 1976)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (June 5, 1976)
- Traded by Kansas City Royals with Mark Littell to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Al Hrabosky (December 8, 1977).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for George Frazier (December 8, 1977).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Gil Kubski (May 10, 1981).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 6, 1981).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
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