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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	GS	17	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
2	15	May 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	16	May 13	STL	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	17	May 14	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	1	4	0	5	1
5	18	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
6	19	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	5	0	7	2
7	20	May 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	21	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	22	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	23	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	26 (1)	May 22 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	27	May 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	29 (1)	May 26	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
15	30	May 27	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	31	May 28	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
17	32	May 29	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
18	33	May 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	34	May 30 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
20	35	May 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	37 (1)	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,11-9	CG	54	12.0	2	7	1	10	2
22	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
23	39	Jun 3	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
24	40	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	41	Jun 5 susp	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	42	Jun 6	STL		PHI	T,1-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	43	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
28	44	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
29	45	Jun 12	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
30	46	Jun 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-10	GS	35	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
31	47	Jun 13 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	55	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
32	48	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
33	49	Jun 15	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
34	50	Jun 16	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	46	11.0	1	6	2	9	0
35	51	Jun 17	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
36	52	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
37	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
38	54	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
39	55	Jun 20 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	56	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	58	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
43	59	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	60	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
45	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
46	62	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	63	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	4	4	1	9	0
48	64	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	65	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
50	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
52	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	71 (2)	Jul 6	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
54	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
55	73	Jul 10	STL	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	74	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
57	75	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
58	76	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	78	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
61	79	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
62	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
63	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	23	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
64	82	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	83	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-6	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	84	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	88 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
68	89	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	91 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	92	Jul 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	93	Jul 29	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
72	94	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	2	5	0	7	2
73	95	Jul 31	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	96	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
75	97	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	10	0	12	3
76	98	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	99	Aug 6	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	100	Aug 7	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
79	101	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
80	102	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
81	103	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
82	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
83	105	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
84	106	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
85	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	108	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
88	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
89	111	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
90	112	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
91	113	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
92	114	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
93	115	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	118	Aug 23	STL	@	BSN	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	7	5	0	12	1
97	119	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	120	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	4	1	11	2
99	121	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
100	122	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	2	3	0	5	0
101	123	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	124	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	2
103	125	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	3
104	126	Aug 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	127	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	128	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
107	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
108	130	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	131	Sep 5 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	132	Sep 5 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
111	139 (6)	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	140	Sep 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
113	141	Sep 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
114	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
115	144 (1)	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
116	145	Sep 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
117	146	Sep 24	STL		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
118	147	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	148	Sep 26 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
120	149	Sep 26 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	4	4	1	9	2
121	150	Sep 27	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
122	151	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	3	4	1	8	1
123	152	Sep 28 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
124	153	Sep 29	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	154	Sep 30	STL		NYG	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	155	Oct 1	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
127	156	Oct 2	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
128	157	Oct 3	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
							128gm		1075.0	232	424	20	676	93