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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	W,18-1	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	5 (2)	Apr 17	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-1	GS	18	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	7 (1)	Apr 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 21	MIL		CLE	W,7-5	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
5	11 (1)	Apr 23	MIL		CLE	L,3-7	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	12	Apr 25	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	14 (1)	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (2)	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	19 (1)	May 5	MIL	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS	40	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
10	22 (2)	May 8	MIL		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	24 (1)	May 10	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
12	27 (2)	May 14	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	28	May 15	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	30 (1)	May 17	MIL	@	MIN	W,14-11	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	32 (1)	May 19	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	33	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	36 (2)	May 24	MIL		MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	37	May 25	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	39 (1)	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	41 (1)	May 29	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
21	42	May 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	44 (1)	Jun 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	46 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	47	Jun 4	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	49 (1)	Jun 7	MIL		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	51 (1)	Jun 10	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	52	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	54 (1)	Jun 13	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	56 (1)	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	57	Jun 16 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	60 (2)	Jun 18	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	63 (2)	Jun 21	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	67 (3)	Jun 25	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
34	68	Jun 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	72 (3)	Jul 1	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	73	Jul 2	MIL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
37	77 (3)	Jul 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	79 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	MIL		BOS	L,0-7	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	82 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	84 (1)	Jul 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	88 (3)	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	89	Jul 19	MIL		CHW	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	92 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	94 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	28	7.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
45	98 (3)	Jul 29	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	100 (1)	Jul 31	MIL		NYY	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	103 (2)	Aug 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
48	106 (2)	Aug 6	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	107	Aug 7	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	109 (1)	Aug 9	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	111 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	112	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	115 (2)	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	116	Aug 15	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
55	117	Aug 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	121 (3)	Aug 19	MIL		DET	L,2-6	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
57	124 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	125	Aug 23	MIL	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
59	127 (1)	Aug 25	MIL		KCR	L,3-9	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	129 (1)	Aug 27	MIL		KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	132 (1)	Aug 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (1)	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	135	Sep 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	137 (1)	Sep 5	MIL		TEX	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	139 (1)	Sep 7	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	GS	39	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
67	140	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-15	GS	38	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	142 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	144 (1)	Sep 14	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	145	Sep 17 (1)	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	149 (3)	Sep 19	MIL		SEA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	151 (1)	Sep 21	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
73	152	Sep 22	MIL		CAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	155 (2)	Sep 26	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	156	Sep 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	161 (4)	Oct 4	MIL		OAK	L,0-4	GS	29	7.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
							76gm		622.0	293	33	5	331	3