Marty Marion

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: December 1, 1916 in Richburg, SC us

Died: March 15, 2011 in Ladue, MO

Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: Tech HS (Atlanta, GA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 23-137d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 6, 1953 (Age 36-217d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Martin Whiteford Marion

Nicknames: Slats, The Octopus or Mr. Shortstop

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Relatives: Brother of Red Marion

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.8

5506

1448

.263

602

RBI

624

OBP

.323

SLG

.345

OPS

.668

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
2	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,10-11	GS	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	STL		PIT	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
7	7	Apr 23	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	8	1	12	1
8	8	Apr 24	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
10	10	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
15	15	May 2	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	16	May 3	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
17	17	May 4	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	18	May 5	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
19	19	May 6	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
20	20	May 7	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	3	0	4	2
21	21	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	50	11.2	2	4	1	7	0
22	22	May 11	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	23	May 12	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	24	May 13	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
25	25	May 15	STL		BSN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	26	May 16	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
27	27	May 17	STL		BSN	L,3-6	CG	52	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	28	May 18	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
29	29	May 20	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	0	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
30	30	May 21	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	31	May 22	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 23	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
33	33	May 24	STL		PIT	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	34	May 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
35	35	May 25 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
36	36	May 26	STL		CHC	W,12-11	CG	51	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
37	37	May 27	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	38	May 28	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	39	May 29	STL		CIN	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	4	7	1	12	4
40	40	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
41	41	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	2	7	0	9	1
42	42	May 31	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	46	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
47	47	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 8 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	38	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 8 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
51	51	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
52	52	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
54	54	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 15 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
57	57	Jun 15 (2)	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 19	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 20	STL		NYG	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
62	62	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 22 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 22 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	65	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	66	Jun 25	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	67	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
68	68	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	69	Jun 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	70	Jun 30	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
72	72	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
76	76	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 10	STL	@	NYG	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	78	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
80	80	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
81	81	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
82	82	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	61	16.0	6	7	0	13	2
83	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
86	86	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	49	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	87	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	88	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	89	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 24	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	91	Jul 25	STL		BSN	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
92	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
93	93	Jul 27 (1)	STL		BSN	L,10-12	GS	0		2	4	1	7	1
94	94	Jul 27 (2)	STL		BSN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
95	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	T,7-7	CG	55	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
97	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,5-9	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	STL		PHI	L,1-2	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
99	99	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
100	100	Aug 3 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 3 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
102	102	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	103	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
104	104	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 9	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
107	107	Aug 10 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
108	108	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
109	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 12	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
111	111	Aug 13	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	112	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	113	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
114	114	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
115	115	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
116	116	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
117	117	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
118	118	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
119	119	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	120	Aug 24 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	121	Aug 24 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	3	2	1	6	1
122	122	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	123	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	124	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
125	125	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	126	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
127	127	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	128	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
129	129	Sep 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	130	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
131	131	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	48	10.1	1	0	3	4	0
132	132	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
133	133	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
135	135	Sep 10 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
136	136	Sep 10 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
137	137	Sep 11	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	0	4	2	6	0
138	138	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
139	139	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 14 (1)	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	141	Sep 14 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
142	142	Sep 16	STL		NYG	T,1-1	GS	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
143	143	Sep 17 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
144	144	Sep 17 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
145	145	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
147	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
148	148	Sep 21 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
149	149	Sep 21 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
150	150	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	2	9	2
151	151	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-0	GS	26	7.0	1	4	0	5	2
152	152	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
153	153	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	25	6.0	2	5	0	7	0
154	154	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
155	155	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	1
							155gm		1370.0	299	489	38	826	85