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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
4	4	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
8	8	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
11	11	Apr 26 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 26 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	44	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 28	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	4	3	1	8	1
14	14	Apr 29	STL		NYG	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 30	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	STL		BSN	W,8-7	GS	30	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	18 (1)	May 3 (1)	STL		BRO	W,14-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	19	May 3 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	20	May 5	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	47	11.0	4	4	0	8	1
20	21	May 6	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
21	22	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	24 (1)	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	25	May 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
24	26	May 12	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	27	May 13	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
26	28	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
27	29	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
28	30	May 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	31	May 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	35 (3)	May 23	STL		CIN	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	36	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	37	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	38	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
34	39	May 26	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	40	May 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	41	May 28	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	1
37	42	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	43	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	44	May 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 2	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	46	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
42	47	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	48	Jun 5	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
44	49	Jun 7 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	50	Jun 7 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	52	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
48	53	Jun 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
49	54	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
51	56	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	4	0	11	1
52	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	58	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	59	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	60	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
56	61	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	62	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
58	63	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	64	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	65	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
61	66	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	68	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
64	69	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	72	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
68	73	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	74	Jul 9	STL		NYG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
70	75	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	76	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
72	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
73	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
74	79	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
76	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	1
77	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
79	84	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
80	85	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
81	86	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
82	87	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
83	88	Jul 21	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
84	89	Jul 22	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
85	90	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	6	0	8	0
86	91	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	92	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	93	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	94	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	95	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
91	96	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	97	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	98	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	6	1	13	4
94	99	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	3	4	0	7	1
95	100	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
96	101	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
97	102	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
98	103	Aug 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
99	104	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
100	105	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	4	5	0	9	2
101	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	107	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
104	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	111	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
107	112	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	113	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
109	114	Aug 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
110	115	Aug 16 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
111	116	Aug 17	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	117	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
113	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
114	119	Aug 21	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
115	120	Aug 22	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
116	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
117	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
118	123	Aug 24	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
119	124	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	3	7	1	11	2
120	125	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	4	6	0	10	0
121	126	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
122	127	Aug 28 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	48	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
123	128	Aug 28 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	129	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
125	130	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
126	131	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132	Sep 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	135 (2)	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
129	136	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
130	137	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
131	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-11	GS	16	5.0	3	1	0	4	1
132	140 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
133	141	Sep 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
134	142	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	143	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	4	1	5	1
136	144	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
137	145	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	146	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	6	5	0	11	1
139	147	Sep 16	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
140	148	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
141	149	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
142	150	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
143	151	Sep 21	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
144	152	Sep 22	STL		PIT	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
145	153	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
146	154	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
147	155	Sep 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							147gm		1273.0	296	448	31	775	87