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.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jul 1, Jul 15)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
5	5	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	49	12.2	5	4	0	9	1
8	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
16	16	May 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
18	18	May 10	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	19	May 11	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
20	20	May 12	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
21	21	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	23	May 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
24	24	May 15	STL		PHI	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	25	May 16 susp	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
27	27	May 18	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	3
28	28	May 19	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
30	30	May 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	32	May 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	33	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
34	34	May 28 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	May 28 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 29	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	38	May 30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
39	39	May 31	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
41	42 (1)	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
42	43	Jun 4 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
43	44	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	45	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
45	46	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	W,18-0	GS	27	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
46	47	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
47	48	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
48	49	Jun 13	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	50	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
50	51	Jun 17	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
51	52	Jun 18 (1)	STL		PIT	W,12-2	GS	0		0	6	0	6	0
52	53	Jun 18 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
53	54	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
54	55	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
55	56	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
56	57	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	60	14.0	6	8	0	14	1
57	58	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,16-0	GS	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	59	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
60	61	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	62	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
62	63	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	64	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
64	65	Jul 2 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	3	6	0	9	0
65	66	Jul 2 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
66	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
67	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL		NYG	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
68	69	Jul 5	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
69	70	Jul 6	STL		NYG	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
70	71	Jul 7	STL		BSN	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
71	72	Jul 8	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
72	73	Jul 9 (1)	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
73	74	Jul 9 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
74	75	Jul 13	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	76	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	77	Jul 15	STL		CIN	W,12-1	GS	20	6.0	2	3	1	6	1
77	78	Jul 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
78	79	Jul 16 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
79	80	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	10	0	11	1
80	81	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
81	82	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	83	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
83	84	Jul 22	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
84	85	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	86	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	87	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	88	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
88	89	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	47	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
89	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
90	91	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
91	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,14-2	GS	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	94	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	GS	32	6.0	1	6	0	7	0
94	95	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	48	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
95	96	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	97	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,14-3	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	98	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
98	99	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,15-2	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	101	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	3	4	0	7	1
101	102	Aug 9	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	103	Aug 10	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
103	104	Aug 11	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	105	Aug 12	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
105	106	Aug 13 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
106	107	Aug 13 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
107	108	Aug 14	STL		BRO	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	109	Aug 15	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	114 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BSN	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
110	115	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
112	120 (3)	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
113	121	Aug 27 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-14	CG	58	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
114	122	Aug 27 (2)	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	123	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	124	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	125	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
118	126	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
119	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	0		0	3	0	3	0
121	129	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
122	130	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
123	131	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
124	132	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
125	133	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
126	134	Sep 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
127	136 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
128	137	Sep 12 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
129	138	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
130	139	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	140	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
132	141	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
133	142	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
134	143	Sep 17 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
135	144	Sep 17 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	145	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
137	146	Sep 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
138	147	Sep 22	STL	@	BSN	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
139	148	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
140	149	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	3	6	0	9	0
141	151 (1)	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
142	152	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
143	156 (3)	Oct 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	55	12.2	2	9	0	11	1
144	157	Oct 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
							144gm		1271.0	268	461	21	750	90