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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 17	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
5	5	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
7	7	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 27	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 28 (1)	STL		CHC	L,7-9	GS	0		0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14 (1)	May 2	STL		NYG	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	15	May 5 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
15	16	May 5 (2)	STL		BSN	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
16	17	May 7	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
17	18	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
18	19	May 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
19	20	May 12 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
20	21	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
21	22	May 15	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
22	23	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
23	24	May 17	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	8	0	10	1
24	25	May 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	26	May 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
26	27	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	28	May 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	29	May 23	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
29	33 (3)	May 27	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
30	34	May 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
31	35	May 29	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
32	36	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	37	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38	Jun 2 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	39	Jun 2 (2)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	48	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
36	40	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	2	2	2	6	1
37	45 (4)	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	46	Jun 9 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	GS	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	47	Jun 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
40	48	Jun 10	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
41	49	Jun 11	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
42	50	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	51	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
44	52	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
45	53	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS	36	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	54	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	55	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	56	Jun 19	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	57	Jun 20	STL	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	58	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
51	59	Jun 22	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
52	60	Jun 23	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
53	61	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	2
54	62	Jun 26	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
55	63	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
56	64	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
57	65	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	66	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	54	13.0	0	9	0	9	0
59	67	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
60	68	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,16-0	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
62	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
63	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
64	72	Jul 6	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
65	73	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
66	74	Jul 7 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
67	75	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	76	Jul 12 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	78 (1)	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
70	79	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
71	80	Jul 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	4	3	0	7	0
72	81	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
73	82	Jul 16	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
74	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
75	84	Jul 18	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	85	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
77	86	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
78	87	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
79	88	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	8.1	1	5	0	6	0
80	89	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	90	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
82	91	Jul 27	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
83	92	Jul 28	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
84	93	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
85	94	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
86	95	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	96	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
88	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
89	98	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	99	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	100	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
92	101	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	102	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
94	103	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,15-4	GS	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	104	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
96	105	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
97	106	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	107	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
99	108	Aug 16	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
100	109	Aug 17	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
101	110	Aug 18 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	3	9	0	12	2
102	111	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
104	113	Aug 20	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	114	Aug 21	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	9	0	9	1
106	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
107	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
108	117	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
109	118	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
110	119	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
111	120	Aug 25 (2)	STL		BRO	W,14-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
112	121	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	122	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	50	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
114	123	Aug 28 (1)	STL		NYG	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
115	124	Aug 28 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
116	125	Aug 29	STL		NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
117	126	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	127	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
119	128	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
120	129	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
121	130	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
122	131	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
123	132	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
124	133	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
125	134	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
126	135	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	5	6	1	12	2
127	137 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	138	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	139	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	141	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
132	142	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	143	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
134	144	Sep 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
136	147 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
137	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
138	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
139	150	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	4	5	0	9	3
140	151	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
141	152	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
142	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
143	154	Sep 29	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	155	Oct 1	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
145	156	Oct 3	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
							145gm		1279.0	290	480	21	791	105