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J.C.
Martin		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 13, 1936 in Usa, VA, AXTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1963    1967    1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 PIT NL     5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1960 23 NYA AL     6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1961 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1962 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1963 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1964 27 NYA AL $ 1,971,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
1965 28 NYA AL $ 1,971,429   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1966 29 NYA AL $ 1,971,429   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1967 30 NYA AL $ 2,714,286   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1968 31 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1969 32 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 7 7
1970 33 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 7 7
1971 34 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 5 5 5
1972 35 NYA AL $ 330,000   3 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 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
1959 22 AA   111 436 74 122 12 2 23 77 9 8 61 43 .280 .368 .475 .843 76.0  
    A   26 104 20 36 7 3 8 27 1 1 15 9 .346 .429 .702 1.130 27.1  
1960 23 AAA   111 416 57 117 14 0 18 53 3 1 60 55 .281 .372 .445 .817 70.4  
    AA   26 102 26 37 7 0 6 20 1 1 9 12 .363 .414 .608 1.022 22.4  
1961 24 NYA AL 112 349 40 87 17 1 8 35 0 0 20 41 .249 .297 .372 .669 34.4 4.0
1962 25 NYA AL 136 443 51 143 28 1 10 64 0 2 27 44 .323 .362 .458 .821 65.7 13.4
1963 26 NYA AL 144 502 75 142 27 2 7 57 1 3 55 47 .283 .357 .386 .743 60.3 11.9
1964 27 NYA AL 136 380 53 105 14 2 9 40 3 2 48 44 .276 .360 .395 .754 50.8 9.9
1965 28 NYA AL 134 409 46 111 17 2 6 45 1 1 26 52 .271 .318 .367 .685 42.6 6.2
1966 29 NYA AL 116 356 55 110 21 3 6 30 4 1 40 30 .309 .383 .435 .819 56.0 12.4
    AAA   27 103 13 32 4 0 7 19 3 0 14 8 .311 .393 .553 .947 21.9  
1967 30 NYA AL 148 568 90 172 31 4 9 92 1 4 45 62 .303 .355 .419 .774 75.9 15.1
1968 31 NYA AL 144 547 80 159 18 2 16 58 4 8 30 69 .291 .330 .419 .749 71.7 12.0
1969 32 NYA AL 132 475 51 132 19 3 5 45 0 4 27 51 .278 .318 .362 .680 51.1 7.2
1970 33 NYA AL 150 564 42 150 26 1 0 38 0 0 29 83 .266 .301 .316 .617 51.4 6.5
1971 34 NYA AL 89 192 15 46 1 1 0 14 1 0 13 34 .240 .286 .255 .542 13.2 0.3
1972 35 AAA   127 468 30 98 15 1 2 31 1 2 38 94 .209 .269 .259 .527 31.7  
11 Years Sim 1441 4785 598 1357 219 22 76 518 15 25 360 557 .284 .336 .386 .722 573.3 99.0
3 Years AAA 265 987 100 247 33 1 27 103 7 3 112 157 .250 .326 .368 .694 124.0  
2 Years AA 137 538 100 159 19 2 29 97 10 9 70 55 .296 .380 .500 .880 98.4  
1 Years A 26 104 20 36 7 3 8 27 1 1 15 9 .346 .433 .702 1.135 27.1  
6 Years Minors 428 1629 220 442 59 6 64 227 18 13 197 221 .271 .351 .433 .784 249.5  
162 Game Average 537 67 152 24 2 8 58 1 2 40 62 .284 .336 .386 .722 64.5  
Career Highs 150 568 90 172 31 4 16 92 4 8 55 83 .323 .383 .458 .821 75.9  
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   3701 484 1101 173 18 64 409 13 21 304 397 .297 .353 .406 .759 507.8
vs LH   1084 114 256 46 4 12 109 2 4 56 160 .236 .276 .319 .595 90.2
Home 727 2392 320 700 116 15 38 268 4 12 171 291 .293 .341 .401 .743 311.9
Away 714 2393 278 657 103 7 38 250 11 13 189 266 .275 .330 .371 .701 286.1
RISP   1052 0 296 43 6 21 413 0 0 109 139 .281 .346 .394 .740 144.9
Pinch Hitting   258 30 76 12 0 3 38 0 0 16 39 .295 .332 .376 .708 31.4
Close/Late   644 77 188 26 1 12 87 0 0 51 75 .292 .346 .391 .737 85.1
Mar/Apr 239 791 125 227 26 5 10 84 2 7 65 94 .287 .345 .370 .715 97.4
May 263 841 96 230 41 3 11 72 4 2 59 107 .273 .323 .369 .692 97.5
June 224 757 82 207 32 1 15 94 1 3 48 84 .273 .317 .378 .695 87.9
July 241 795 98 229 43 6 15 89 3 5 60 83 .288 .336 .414 .750 106.3
August 248 835 92 254 36 7 14 100 4 4 65 96 .304 .358 .414 .773 117.6
Sep/Oct 226 766 105 210 41 0 11 79 1 4 63 93 .274 .334 .371 .705 91.3
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
1961 24 NYA AL C 94 88 758.3 685 23 3 0 .996 8.40 23 6 .261 5 4.6
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 25 NYA AL C 102 94 855.3 641 23 1 2 .998 6.99 34 6 .176 5 3.4
    1B 17 3 57.7 65 2 0 2 1.000 10.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 26 NYA AL C 130 126 1124.3 768 44 12 1 .985 6.50 94 25 .266 1 4.6
    1B 10 0 23.0 23 1 0 1 1.000 9.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1964 27 NYA AL C 97 89 756.0 563 38 3 0 .995 7.15 78 19 .244 4 3.3
    1B 7 6 56.0 64 3 0 5 1.000 10.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1965 28 NYA AL C 101 91 806.0 609 38 8 0 .988 7.22 86 25 .291 3 1.7
    1B 7 5 47.0 57 4 2 5 .968 11.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 29 NYA AL C 102 81 765.7 614 42 6 1 .991 7.71 58 22 .379 3 3.3
    1B 2 1 9.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 30 NYA AL C 142 135 1252.3 973 54 11 1 .989 7.38 117 22 .188 8 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 16.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 31 NYA AL C 137 129 1175.7 917 57 9 2 .991 7.46 106 35 .330 6 4.9
    1B 3 1 19.0 24 1 0 1 1.000 11.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 32 NYA AL C 113 97 895.7 569 51 5 0 .992 6.23 107 31 .290 6 4.3
    1B 10 8 73.3 86 7 0 9 1.000 11.41 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1970 33 NYA AL C 106 99 889.3 464 38 9 2 .982 5.08 122 24 .197 0 3.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 34 NYA AL C 32 30 240.3 161 15 3 0 .983 6.59 34 11 .324 1 1.3
    1B 17 14 122.0 138 12 0 11 1.000 11.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1156 1059 9519.0 6964 423 70 9 .991 6.98 859 226 .263 42 34.8
  1B 79 38 418.0 483 30 2 37 .996 11.05 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1238 1097 9943.0 7447 455 72 46 .991 7.15 859 226 .263 42 35.8
Career Highs   144 135 1257.3 982 58 12 11 .999 8.42 122 35 .379 8  
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
1963 26 NYA AL 14 54 4 13 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 .241 .305 .296 .601
1964 27 NYA AL 11 40 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4 .150 .222 .225 .447
1966 29 NYA AL 5 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .182 .190 .372
1967 30 NYA AL 9 34 6 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 4 .382 .462 .471 .932
Career Post-Season Batting 39 149 13 35 4 0 2 18 0 1 14 17 .235 .303 .302 .605
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1962-6-.304*
1967-8-.303
 Runs
1967-10-90
 Hits
1967-5-172
 Singles
1967-4-128
1970-7-123
 RBIs
1967-9-92
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bill Fahey (949)
  2. Ron Pruitt (940)
  3. Dick Brown (935)
  4. Thurman Munson (933)
  5. Joe Ginsberg (933)
  6. John Tamargo (931)
  7. Ron Hodges (931)
  8. Jim Sundberg (925)
  9. Shanty Hogan (922)
  10. Mickey Cochrane (921)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 5/1/1960 (Going to PIT: C Elston Howard. Going to NYA: CF Joe Christopher, C J.c. Martin)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1961, off Nelson Chittum (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1961, off Bob Trowbridge (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1962, hitting .619 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1966, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,714,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
9/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $330,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/1/1972 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
 
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