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Pepper
Martin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 29, 1904 in Usa, OK, TEMPLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930    1934   
Gold Glove 1937   
All-Star Selections 1931    1932    1933    1934   
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
1930 26 HOU NL $ 300,000   63 63 70 34 31 32 86 72 76 52 44 46 83 78 80
1931 27 HOU NL $ 3,178,571   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 9 9
1932 28 MON NL $ 3,421,429   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8
1933 29 MON NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1934 30 MON NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 9 6 5 5 8 8 8
1935 31 MON NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 9 6 5 5 8 8 8
1936 32 MON NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 8
1937 33 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 7
1938 34 BRK NL $ 3,890,000   6 6 7 3 2 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1939 35 BRK NL $ 3,890,000   6 6 6 3 2 3 8 6 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1940 36 BSN NL $ 2,450,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1941 37 BSN NL $ 2,450,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 2 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 2 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,890,000   63 63 70 34 31 32 86 72 76 52 44 46 83 78 80
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
1930 26 HOU NL 157 594 84 184 36 8 9 89 0 0 50 42 .310 .360 .443 .803 88.2 17.2
1931 27 HOU NL 155 587 82 181 26 10 8 107 7 1 63 31 .308 .372 .428 .800 87.5 17.2
1932 28 MON NL 147 558 89 183 41 9 15 113 1 2 46 42 .328 .378 .514 .892 96.6 20.9
1933 29 MON NL 150 567 98 184 30 6 15 87 1 1 51 50 .325 .380 .478 .858 91.5 17.0
1934 30 MON NL 148 553 103 180 37 6 10 103 1 0 62 40 .325 .392 .468 .860 91.4 18.3
1935 31 MON NL 146 543 80 159 27 0 8 84 0 0 59 53 .293 .361 .387 .748 72.8 11.5
1936 32 MON NL 146 517 79 143 26 8 3 82 0 0 43 49 .277 .329 .375 .704 61.3 8.5
1937 33 MON NL 42 150 20 34 12 1 3 15 2 0 7 21 .227 .261 .380 .641 13.1 1.0
  BRK NL 98 319 48 90 15 5 9 48 3 0 47 38 .282 .373 .445 .818 51.5 10.9
  TOT   140 469 68 124 27 6 12 63 5 0 54 59 .264 .340 .424 .764 64.6 12.0
1938 34 BRK NL 140 473 61 127 29 4 11 58 3 5 31 58 .268 .316 .416 .733 57.0 10.0
1939 35 BRK NL 107 307 31 78 12 0 2 35 1 0 27 42 .254 .314 .313 .626 29.3 2.7
1940 36 BSN NL 131 368 44 105 13 3 5 54 12 6 23 56 .285 .327 .378 .705 42.6 5.8
1941 37 BSN NL 110 258 25 76 11 3 0 23 17 7 16 39 .295 .336 .360 .696 29.8 4.5
12 Years Sim 1677 5794 844 1724 315 63 98 898 48 22 525 561 .298 .355 .424 .779 812.5 145.7
162 Game Average 559 81 166 30 6 9 86 4 2 50 54 .298 .355 .424 .779 78.5  
Career Highs 157 594 103 184 41 10 15 113 17 7 63 59 .328 .392 .514 .892 96.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3563 474 982 191 34 61 566 21 10 293 382 .276 .330 .400 .729 461.1
vs LH   2231 370 742 124 29 37 332 27 12 232 179 .333 .394 .464 .858 385.7
Home 837 2878 423 878 156 35 49 445 18 16 244 285 .305 .359 .435 .794 427.4
Away 840 2916 421 846 159 28 49 453 30 6 281 276 .290 .350 .414 .765 419.5
RISP   1611 0 496 90 24 25 754 0 0 198 161 .308 .375 .440 .815 264.5
Pinch Hitting   185 24 52 11 1 1 28 1 0 14 22 .281 .332 .368 .699 22.1
Close/Late   692 108 215 38 9 20 127 0 0 69 53 .311 .371 .478 .850 117.2
Mar/Apr 261 918 137 298 69 7 15 157 9 6 82 83 .325 .378 .464 .842 150.1
May 286 983 155 295 51 7 13 145 5 7 90 99 .300 .358 .406 .764 137.9
June 275 972 143 285 53 15 12 140 12 5 87 105 .293 .349 .416 .765 137.7
July 287 1026 151 274 53 12 24 154 8 0 101 95 .267 .333 .412 .745 141.3
August 296 1022 139 308 49 15 21 169 7 1 89 96 .301 .355 .440 .795 155.3
Sep/Oct 272 873 119 264 40 7 13 133 7 3 76 83 .302 .357 .409 .766 124.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 26 HOU NL 3B 146 144 1277.7 104 385 21 26 .959 3.44   5.3
    RF 5 0 16.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1931 27 HOU NL 3B 149 147 1318.7 96 343 18 32 .961 3.00   4.8
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1932 28 MON NL 3B 139 133 1212.7 83 307 19 27 .954 2.89   5.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 29 MON NL 3B 145 139 1252.0 78 360 22 31 .952 3.15   9.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1934 30 MON NL 3B 139 127 1152.7 75 269 17 23 .953 2.69   6.2
    CF 9 5 43.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.56   0.2
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 31 MON NL 3B 139 133 1194.0 93 281 19 29 .952 2.82   5.2
1936 32 MON NL 3B 131 124 1080.7 85 266 24 22 .936 2.92   4.6
    CF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1937 33 MON NL 3B 38 37 322.8 22 91 5 9 .958 3.15   1.3
    CF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BRK NL 3B 88 87 754.5 53 213 12 20 .957 3.17   2.7
    CF 4 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 126 124 1077.3 75 304 17 29 .957 3.17   4.0
      CF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
      RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1938 34 BRK NL 3B 119 112 996.7 76 247 20 22 .942 2.92   4.2
    RF 16 1 40.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.2
    CF 3 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90    
1939 35 BRK NL 3B 83 78 695.0 45 196 16 18 .938 3.12   3.4
    RF 4 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 36 BSN NL 3B 99 87 777.3 51 230 10 22 .966 3.25   3.3
    CF 8 4 44.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.2
    RF 9 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1941 37 BSN NL RF 52 49 431.0 82 2 2 0 .977 1.75   1.1
    3B 12 7 69.3 5 28 3 3 .917 4.28   0.5
    CF 18 1 38.3 9 0 1 0 .900 2.11    
  3B 1427 1355 12103.9 866 3216 206 284 .952 3.04   55.8
  RF 103 50 537.3 108 2 2 0 .982 1.84   1.5
  CF 54 10 162.7 44 1 2 0 .957 2.49   0.5
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1587 1415 12807.9 1018 3220 210 284 .953 2.98   57.8
Career Highs   155 147 1330.7 110 385 24 32 .967 3.43    
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
1930 26 HOU NL 19 78 13 22 5 1 2 14 2 0 6 4 .282 .333 .449 .782
1931 27 HOU NL 15 61 8 22 4 0 2 14 0 1 5 2 .361 .409 .525 .934
1932 28 MON NL 7 29 4 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .172 .250 .241 .491
1933 29 MON NL 17 73 8 15 1 2 0 13 0 0 2 8 .205 .224 .274 .498
1934 30 MON NL 17 70 11 24 9 0 2 15 0 0 7 4 .343 .397 .557 .955
1935 31 MON NL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1936 32 MON NL 13 51 11 18 6 1 0 8 0 0 5 9 .353 .411 .510 .921
Career Post-Season Batting 91 365 55 107 27 4 6 70 2 1 28 30 .293 .342 .438 .780
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
1932-8-.328
1934-7-.325
 On-Base Pct
1934-6-.392
 Slugging Pct
1932-5-.514
1933-9-.478
 OPS
1932-4-.892
1933-9-.858
1934-9-.860
 XR
1932-5-96.6
1933-6-91.5
1934-7-91.4
 Games
1930-3-157
1933-8-150
Runs
1933-5-98
1934-3-103
 Hits
1932-8-183
1933-5-184
1934-7-180
 Total Bases
1932-5-287
1933-6-271
 Singles
1933-10-133
1934-7-127
 Doubles
1932-4-41
1934-6-37
 Triples
1931-6-10
1932-6-9
1936-8-8
Homeruns
1932-9-15
1933-9-15
 RBIs
1931-8-107
1932-3-113
1934-5-103
 Stolen Bases
1940-8-12
1941-2-17
 Caught Stealing
1938-5-5
1941-3-7
 Walks
1934-10-62
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Dusty Cooke (950)
  2. Barney McCosky (933)
  3. Randy Elliott (932)
  4. Irv Noren (930)
  5. Les Fleming (927)
  6. Bruce Campbell (926)
  7. Ed Stevens (923)
  8. Bobby Estalella (923)
  9. Lenny Green (922)
  10. Jerry White (921)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Dave Keefe (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1930, off Paul Zahniser (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/31/1930, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
6/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1932, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1932, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 3/22/1933 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/20/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Pittsburgh on 9/15/1933
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 5/20/1934
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Injured on 6/20/1935 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 6/1/1937 (Going to BRK: 1B Del Bissonette, 2B Heinie Schuble, 3B Pepper Martin, RF Bobby Estalella. Going to MON: SS Bill Barrett, P Ken Heintzelman)
7/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,890,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1937
Injured on 5/13/1938 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/23/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $2,450,000 per year
Injured on 6/7/1940 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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