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Hersh
Martin		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 19, 1909 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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
1937 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1938 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1939 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
1940 30 NYA AL $ 1,058,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1941 31 NYA AL $ 1,390,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1942 32 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1943 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1944 34 BSN NL $ 549,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,390,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
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
1937 27 NYA AL 126 333 53 94 21 4 3 48 5 0 46 32 .282 .372 .396 .768 49.3 9.5
1938 28 NYA AL 127 371 50 102 22 5 3 65 1 0 47 42 .275 .357 .385 .742 49.8 8.2
1939 29 NYA AL 105 179 26 48 12 1 3 27 0 0 28 23 .268 .370 .397 .767 25.7 4.9
1940 30 NYA AL 106 256 41 77 13 3 5 46 0 0 26 27 .301 .368 .434 .802 39.7 8.8
1941 31 NYA AL 137 314 37 79 24 4 5 52 2 0 36 32 .252 .327 .401 .728 37.1 4.6
1942 32 NYA AL 129 299 40 87 23 2 1 38 0 1 30 33 .291 .353 .391 .745 36.9 7.2
1943 33 NYG NL 6 6 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.167 1.833 2.8 0.8
    AAA   70 223 37 76 20 4 8 43 1 0 33 17 .341 .426 .574 1.000 49.4  
1944 34 BSN NL 33 57 2 15 0 1 0 7 0 0 5 7 .263 .323 .298 .621 5.4 0.6
    AAA   33 91 12 21 5 1 1 10 1 2 15 18 .231 .340 .341 .680 11.0  
8 Years Sim 769 1815 251 506 115 20 21 286 8 1 218 197 .279 .357 .399 .756 246.6 44.5
2 Years AAA 103 314 49 97 25 5 9 53 2 2 48 35 .309 .399 .506 .905 60.4  
162 Game Average 382 52 106 24 4 4 60 1 0 45 41 .279 .357 .399 .756 52.0  
Career Highs 137 371 53 102 24 5 5 65 5 1 47 42 .667 .667 1.167 1.833 49.8  
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   1266 170 348 80 14 13 200 6 1 166 131 .275 .360 .391 .751 180.5
vs LH   549 81 158 35 6 8 86 2 0 52 66 .288 .349 .417 .766 78.0
Home 370 891 120 256 53 11 8 148 5 1 105 106 .287 .363 .398 .762 128.4
Away 399 924 131 250 62 9 13 138 3 0 113 91 .271 .350 .399 .750 130.0
RISP   552 0 173 36 9 7 246 0 0 77 67 .313 .393 .449 .842 95.7
Pinch Hitting   259 36 77 16 1 2 53 0 0 48 23 .297 .408 .390 .798 43.3
Close/Late   265 28 80 17 4 6 47 0 0 40 23 .302 .394 .464 .858 47.4
Mar/Apr 134 290 33 70 14 2 2 40 1 0 31 33 .241 .311 .324 .635 30.6
May 144 361 44 105 22 2 4 53 0 1 38 38 .291 .363 .396 .759 50.2
June 115 261 43 75 20 5 4 47 0 0 27 32 .287 .356 .448 .805 39.7
July 114 241 27 66 20 2 2 35 2 0 28 20 .274 .352 .398 .750 33.4
August 138 329 53 98 19 6 3 59 3 0 48 32 .298 .387 .419 .807 53.9
Sep/Oct 124 333 51 92 20 3 6 52 2 0 46 42 .276 .363 .408 .771 50.5
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
1937 27 NYA AL CF 85 71 636.3 187 6 4 3 .980 2.73 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 10 10 76.7 20 0 2 0 .909 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
1938 28 NYA AL CF 97 80 742.3 219 7 6 2 .974 2.74 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 13 12 95.0 16 0 3 0 .842 1.52 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 29 NYA AL CF 54 35 321.0 107 1 5 1 .956 3.03 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 8 6 46.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 30 NYA AL CF 36 29 270.7 66 1 2 1 .971 2.23 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 28 26 236.3 45 1 2 0 .958 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1941 31 NYA AL CF 43 36 328.0 86 2 5 0 .946 2.41 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 50 28 284.7 57 3 4 2 .938 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
1942 32 NYA AL CF 60 43 406.3 113 2 1 0 .991 2.55 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 40 12 161.7 34 1 1 0 .972 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1943 33 NYG NL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 34 BSN NL LF 16 9 91.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 3 2 20.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 378 296 2725.0 781 19 23 7 .972 2.64 0 0 .000 0 10.1
  LF 166 103 993.0 208 5 13 2 .942 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   548 400 3730.3 993 25 36 9 .966 2.46 0 0 .000 1 10.4
Career Highs   111 92 838.3 235 7 9 3 1.000 3.01 0 0 .000 1  
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
1937 27 NYA AL 7 19 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .263 .364 .474 .837
1939 29 NYA AL 5 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .333 .641
Career Post-Season Batting 12 31 5 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .258 .343 .419 .762
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Kirby Puckett (967)
  2. Wes Schulmerich (966)
  3. Mel Hall (961)
  4. Nick Cullop (961)
  5. Al Wingo (959)
  6. Myril Hoag (957)
  7. Jimmy Wasdell (954)
  8. Tom Oliver (954)
  9. Jim Mosolf (954)
  10. Bill Bruton (950)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1937
Had first career hit on 4/12/1937, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1937, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/12/1938
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,058,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,390,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,390,000 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (A) on 10/22/1942
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 3/2/1943 to a minor league contract
Injured on 4/28/1943 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/15/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $549,000 per year
 
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