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Buck Martinez

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Full Name: John Albert Martinez Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/190 First Game: June 18, 1969
Birthdate: November 7, 1948 Final Game: October 3, 1986
Birthplace: Redding, California MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Buck Martinez (John Albert Martinez) was born on November 7, 1948 in Redding, California. He made his Major League debut on June 18, 1969 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .229 with 4 home runs and 23 RBI. Martinez played for the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 17 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 KC A 72 205 14 47 4 23 .229 .258 .327 6 1 8 25 0 1 0 2 4
1970 KC A 6 9 1 1 0 0 .111 .273 .111 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 KC A 22 46 3 7 0 1 .152 .231 .196 2 0 5 9 0 1 0 0 1
1973 KC A 14 32 2 8 1 6 .250 .333 .375 1 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 2
1974 KC A 43 107 10 23 1 8 .215 .317 .290 3 1 14 19 2 0 0 0 1
1975 KC A 80 226 15 51 3 23 .226 .293 .323 9 2 21 28 1 6 1 0 4
1976 KC A 95 267 24 61 5 34 .228 .269 .356 13 3 16 45 0 9 0 1 2
1977 KC A 29 80 3 18 1 9 .225 .253 .313 4 0 3 12 0 2 0 0 1
1978 MIL A 89 256 26 56 1 20 .219 .255 .277 10 1 14 42 0 12 1 1 4
1979 MIL A 69 196 17 53 4 26 .270 .296 .372 8 0 8 25 0 8 0 0 3
1980 MIL A 76 219 16 49 3 17 .224 .266 .306 9 0 12 33 1 5 1 0 3
1981 TOR A 45 128 13 29 4 21 .227 .287 .398 8 1 11 16 1 3 1 0 6
1982 TOR A 96 260 26 63 10 37 .242 .301 .423 17 0 24 34 0 2 1 1 10
1983 TOR A 88 221 27 56 10 33 .253 .337 .452 14 0 29 39 0 1 0 0 7
1984 TOR A 102 232 24 51 5 37 .220 .301 .349 13 1 29 49 2 1 0 0 2
1985 TOR A 42 99 11 16 4 14 .162 .239 .313 3 0 10 12 1 0 0 0 3
1986 TOR A 81 160 13 29 2 12 .181 .271 .269 8 0 20 25 0 4 0 0 5
Total 1049 2743 245 618 58 321 .225 .284 .343 128 10 230 419 8 56 5 5 59

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1969 KC A RF 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 KC A OF 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 KC A C 55 46 420.2 290 25 9 7 0 6 19 11 2 .972
1970 KC A C 5 3 30 20 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .958
1971 KC A C 21 14 138.1 84 6 3 0 0 2 6 2 0 .968
1973 KC A C 14 10 94 52 4 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 .966
1974 KC A C 38 31 281 151 16 4 1 0 6 19 7 0 .977
1975 KC A C 79 70 617.1 361 39 8 4 0 9 61 31 3 .980
1976 KC A C 94 86 739.1 420 40 4 4 0 5 76 38 1 .991
1977 KC A C 28 22 202 133 8 1 0 0 2 12 6 1 .993
1978 MIL A C 89 85 716.1 327 32 8 7 0 2 44 24 0 .978
1979 MIL A C 68 67 547.2 198 39 8 2 0 4 31 23 3 .967
1979 MIL A P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 MIL A C 76 75 622 293 33 5 3 0 2 38 24 2 .985
1981 TOR A C 45 43 372.1 192 22 2 3 0 1 24 13 0 .991
1982 TOR A C 93 79 677.2 382 35 5 8 0 2 27 23 3 .988
1983 TOR A C 86 69 579.1 331 25 4 3 0 1 29 14 0 .989
1984 TOR A C 98 66 616.2 360 34 2 5 0 3 29 15 2 .995
1984 TOR A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TOR A C 42 32 270 155 16 2 5 0 1 17 10 0 .988
1986 TOR A C 78 47 417.2 289 19 2 6 0 3 27 12 0 .994
1986 TOR A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 1009 845 7342.1 4038 396 70 59 0 49 464 258 17 .984
Total P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1979 MIL A 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

[edit] 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 Mickey Sinnerud to Kansas City Royals in exchange for John Jones (December 16, 1968).
  • 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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