Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	MIL		BAL	W,16-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 11	MIL		NYY	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	5	Apr 12	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
4	6	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
5	8 (1)	Apr 16 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	10 (1)	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	12 (1)	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	13	Apr 21	MIL	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	15 (1)	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	16	Apr 25	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	18 (1)	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	19	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	20	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21	May 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	22	May 3	MIL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	23	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	24	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	C
18	25	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	30 (2)	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
22	31	May 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	32	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	34 (1)	May 18	MIL		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	36 (1)	May 20	MIL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
26	37	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	38	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
28	40 (1)	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
29	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	43 (1)	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	46 (2)	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
32	47	Jun 2	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	48	Jun 3	MIL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	50 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	52 (1)	Jun 7	MIL		DET	L,1-8	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	56 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
37	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	59 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	61 (1)	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	64 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	66 (1)	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	68 (1)	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	72 (3)	Jun 27	MIL		MIN	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
44	74 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	MIL		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	76 (1)	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	78 (1)	Jul 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	80 (1)	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	83 (2)	Jul 9	MIL		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	84	Jul 13	MIL		KCR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	85	Jul 14	MIL		KCR	L,2-9	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
51	88 (2)	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	89	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	92 (2)	Jul 21	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	C
54	94 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,17-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	96 (1)	Jul 25	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	99 (2)	Jul 28	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	101 (1)	Jul 30	MIL	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	102	Jul 31 susp	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	104 (1)	Aug 3	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	6	1	1	8	1	C
60	105	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	107 (1)	Aug 6	MIL		BOS	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	109 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	5	0	1	6	0	C
63	112 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	115 (2)	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	118 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	120 (1)	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	124 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
68	125	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	126	Aug 24	MIL		CLE	L,8-9	GS	48	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	128 (1)	Aug 26	MIL	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	129	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	131 (1)	Aug 29	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	133 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	134	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	136 (1)	Sep 3	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
76	138 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	139	Sep 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	141 (1)	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
79	143 (1)	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	144	Sep 11	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	146 (1)	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	148 (1)	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	GS	44	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	149	Sep 16	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	151 (1)	Sep 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	153 (1)	Sep 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	155 (1)	Sep 22	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	156	Sep 23	MIL		OAK	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	158 (1)	Sep 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	160 (1)	Sep 29	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							89gm		716.1	327	32	8	367	7