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Buck
Martinez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 7, 1948 in Usa, CA, REDDING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 20 STL NL     3 3 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1970 21 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1971 22 SDP NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7
1972 23 SDP NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1973 24 SDP NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1974 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1975 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1976 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
1977 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
1978 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 8 7 7
1979 30 SDP NL $ 1,832,143   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 31 SDP NL $ 1,832,143   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
1981 32 SDP NL $ 1,832,143   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1982 33 BAL AL $ 956,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1983 34 NYG NL $ 1,100,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1984 35 COL NL $ 760,034   6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
1985 36 WAS NL $ 536,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
1986 37 IND AL $ 1,028,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,832,143   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 20 A   137 488 69 124 20 3 26 74 5 5 87 53 .254 .367 .467 .834 86.4  
1970 21 AA   137 529 49 122 18 0 18 64 4 7 58 69 .231 .307 .367 .673 61.0  
1971 22 AA   2 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0  
    A   135 554 82 160 35 1 32 93 2 8 72 59 .289 .371 .529 .899 102.8  
1972 23 AAA   26 112 17 27 7 0 2 16 0 2 16 19 .241 .336 .357 .693 13.6  
    AA   111 432 52 116 22 1 21 55 6 7 52 51 .269 .347 .470 .817 69.3  
1973 24 AAA   111 447 59 121 26 4 27 94 2 5 53 68 .271 .348 .528 .876 79.2  
    AA   26 99 13 27 4 0 5 18 2 0 10 13 .273 .339 .465 .804 15.9  
1974 25 SDP NL 31 75 8 17 3 0 0 6 0 1 9 12 .227 .310 .267 .576 5.5 0.1
    AAA   56 203 33 59 10 1 13 41 3 1 19 27 .291 .351 .542 .893 37.3  
1975 26 SDP NL 19 33 4 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 8 3 .182 .333 .303 .636 4.5 0.4
1976 27 SDP NL 23 77 15 24 4 1 0 12 0 1 6 8 .312 .357 .390 .747 9.9 1.9
    AAA   106 390 44 113 23 1 8 48 5 3 34 39 .290 .347 .415 .762 54.5  
1977 28 SDP NL 101 296 33 71 12 2 6 39 2 0 28 29 .240 .305 .355 .660 30.2 3.4
1978 29 SDP NL 127 365 55 96 16 3 11 73 1 0 30 42 .263 .315 .414 .729 46.2 8.7
1979 30 SDP NL 106 276 38 73 10 1 7 45 0 1 19 37 .264 .311 .384 .695 33.9 5.8
1980 31 SDP NL 93 245 24 64 10 1 4 38 0 0 12 33 .261 .297 .359 .656 24.6 3.2
1981 32 SDP NL 111 295 35 73 14 2 5 36 0 0 18 39 .247 .290 .359 .649 27.6 3.8
1982 33 BAL AL 33 76 7 16 5 0 1 8 0 0 5 13 .211 .259 .316 .575 5.2 0.3
    AAA   17 23 1 8 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 3 .348 .375 .435 .810 3.5  
1983 34 NYG NL 36 120 17 27 1 2 1 16 0 0 11 10 .225 .286 .292 .577 9.6 0.3
    AAA   52 197 29 57 5 0 8 28 1 5 19 31 .289 .352 .437 .788 28.7  
1984 35 COL NL 75 245 27 76 12 0 1 28 0 0 20 42 .310 .361 .371 .732 30.8 6.3
1985 36 WAS NL 84 239 30 77 11 1 4 40 0 1 15 40 .322 .359 .427 .786 32.2 8.1
1986 37 IND AL 84 266 26 55 6 2 1 15 0 0 17 70 .207 .254 .256 .509 14.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 923 2608 319 675 105 15 42 361 3 4 198 378 .259 .310 .359 .668 275.1 42.2
6 Years AAA 368 1372 183 385 73 6 58 231 12 16 142 187 .281 .346 .469 .815 216.9  
4 Years AA 276 1069 114 266 45 1 44 137 12 14 120 134 .249 .325 .416 .741 146.2  
2 Years A 272 1042 151 284 55 4 58 167 7 13 159 112 .273 .369 .500 .869 189.2  
12 Years Minors 916 3483 448 935 173 11 160 535 31 43 421 433 .268 .347 .462 .809 552.3  
162 Game Average 457 55 118 18 2 7 63 0 0 34 66 .259 .310 .359 .668 48.3  
Career Highs 127 365 55 96 16 3 11 73 2 1 30 70 .322 .361 .427 .786 46.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1295 150 317 47 9 15 157 1 0 79 200 .245 .287 .330 .616 121.0
vs LH   1313 169 358 58 6 27 204 2 4 119 178 .273 .331 .388 .719 168.2
Home 443 1240 147 327 43 10 25 186 1 3 91 185 .264 .313 .375 .688 144.4
Away 480 1368 172 348 62 5 17 175 2 1 107 193 .254 .307 .344 .651 144.8
RISP   722 0 192 35 5 12 300 0 0 51 103 .266 .306 .378 .684 84.1
Pinch Hitting   210 34 59 5 3 6 58 0 1 11 26 .281 .307 .419 .726 26.8
Close/Late   371 40 95 14 1 8 54 0 0 30 46 .256 .310 .364 .674 42.3
Mar/Apr 152 431 56 104 13 3 11 66 0 0 33 52 .241 .292 .362 .654 46.6
May 160 479 59 118 26 2 7 59 2 1 34 74 .246 .295 .353 .648 49.3
June 159 434 57 120 21 4 6 62 1 2 32 61 .276 .326 .385 .711 52.7
July 119 349 44 91 13 2 7 59 0 0 21 53 .261 .303 .370 .673 38.4
August 179 517 61 138 20 2 7 68 0 0 37 74 .267 .314 .354 .668 57.3
Sep/Oct 153 398 42 104 12 2 4 47 0 1 41 64 .261 .327 .332 .659 44.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 25 SDP NL C 10 6 63.0 34 8 0 0 1.000 6.00 7 5 .714 0 0.5
    3B 7 6 48.0 4 13 0 3 1.000 3.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 26 SDP NL C 8 7 61.3 30 3 1 0 .971 4.84 5 2 .400 0 0.2
    3B 7 1 19.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 27 SDP NL C 20 20 177.0 68 7 1 0 .987 3.81 12 6 .500 0 0.9
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 28 SDP NL C 75 72 639.3 218 40 3 1 .989 3.63 71 21 .296 1 2.9
    3B 12 1 25.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 SDP NL 3B 73 57 517.3 31 133 4 14 .976 2.85 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 22 20 165.0 57 9 1 0 .985 3.60 18 5 .278 0 0.7
1979 30 SDP NL 3B 58 50 432.3 29 118 5 14 .967 3.06 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 10 2 36.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 31 SDP NL C 75 44 455.0 186 23 2 1 .991 4.13 32 17 .531 2 2.5
    3B 6 1 18.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 32 SDP NL C 87 58 551.0 257 28 8 2 .973 4.66 72 17 .236 0 1.7
    3B 7 3 31.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 33 BAL AL C 23 19 181.3 114 11 2 0 .984 6.20 22 7 .318 0 1.3
    3B 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 34 NYG NL C 22 21 189.7 153 5 1 0 .994 7.50 11 3 .273 1 1.4
1984 35 COL NL C 40 36 322.0 215 9 0 0 1.000 6.26 17 5 .294 0 1.9
    3B 3 2 18.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 36 WAS NL C 66 53 497.0 387 29 1 0 .998 7.53 55 19 .345 0 4.0
    3B 7 0 14.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 37 IND AL C 61 53 467.7 206 23 4 0 .983 4.41 43 14 .326 0 2.9
    3B 12 11 89.0 3 33 1 3 .973 3.64 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 519 411 3805.3 1937 195 24 4 .989 5.04 366 121 .331 4 20.9
  3B 199 132 1222.0 73 328 10 35 .976 2.95 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   722 543 5037.3 2010 524 34 39 .987 4.53 366 121 .331 4 25.2
Career Highs   95 77 682.3 388 142 8 14 1.000 7.50 72 21 .714 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 29 SDP NL 13 32 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .188 .188 .188 .375
1980 31 SDP NL 6 14 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .357 .400 .429 .829
1981 32 SDP NL 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1984 35 COL NL 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522
Career Post-Season Batting 26 61 9 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 .230 .254 .246 .500
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 66th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1969
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 2/7/1971 (Going to SDP: 1B Mike Jorgensen, C Buck Martinez, P Jim Nelson, CF Tito Francona, P Sam Mcdowell. Going to STL: 1B Ron Fairly)
Had first career hit on 4/8/1974, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1975, off Bill Butler (MON)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/24/1978
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $956,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/23/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/26/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $760,034 per year
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 5/1/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $536,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $1,028,000 per year
 
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