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: 1 (Aug 23)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
2	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
3	3	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
5	5	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
8	8	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
11	11	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
14	14	May 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
15	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	16	May 7	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
17	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	18	May 10	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 11 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	41	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	20	May 11 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
21	21	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
22	22	May 14	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
23	23	May 15	STL		BSN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
25	25	May 17	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 18 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
27	27	May 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	45	12.0	1	2	0	3	2
28	28	May 19	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	29	May 21	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	2	8	1	11	0
30	30	May 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
31	32 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,10-5	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	33	May 25 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
33	34	May 26	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	35	May 27	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	36	May 28	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
36	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,8-12	GS	38	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	40	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	41	Jun 3	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
40	42	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
41	43	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	44	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	10.1	1	5	0	6	0
43	45	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
44	46	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	57	14.2	5	1	0	6	0
45	47	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
46	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
47	49	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	52	Jun 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,12-2	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
51	53	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	54	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	55	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
54	57 (1)	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
55	58	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	60 (1)	Jun 23	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
57	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
58	62	Jun 26	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
59	63	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
60	64	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
61	65	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	GS	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	66	Jun 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,17-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	67	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
64	68	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
65	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	6	6	0	12	1
66	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	71	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
68	72	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	73	Jul 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	74	Jul 10	STL	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	75	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
72	76	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,9-17	CG	42	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
74	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
75	79	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
76	80	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	81	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
78	82	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
79	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
80	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
81	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	GS	13	2.2	3	0	1	4	0
82	86	Jul 19	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
83	87	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	36	8.2	2	6	0	8	0
84	88	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
85	89	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	90	Jul 24	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	91	Jul 25	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
88	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	93	Jul 27	STL		BSN	L,3-10	GS	30	5.0	1	3	0	4	1
90	94	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
91	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
92	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,10-11	CG	54	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
93	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	6	0	13	4
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	98	Aug 1	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	99	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
96	100	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	101	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
98	102	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
99	103	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
100	104	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	7	1.1	0	0	1	1	0
101	105	Aug 8	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
102	106	Aug 9	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
103	107	Aug 10 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	108	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
105	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
106	110	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	111	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	112	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	113	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
110	114	Aug 17	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
111	115	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
112	116	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	117	Aug 19	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
114	118	Aug 20	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
115	119	Aug 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS	31	6.0	1	1	1	3	1
116	120	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	121	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.1	2	2	0	4	2
118	122	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
119	123	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
120	124	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
121	125	Aug 26	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
122	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	127	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
125	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
128	132	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
129	133	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	2	7	1	10	2
130	134	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-2	GS	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
131	135	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
132	136	Sep 9	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
133	137	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
134	138	Sep 11	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
135	139	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	140	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	141	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
138	142	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
139	143	Sep 16	STL		NYG	L,2-7	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	144	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	145	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
142	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
144	148	Sep 22 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
145	149	Sep 22 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
146	150	Sep 23	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS	0		3	4	0	7	1
147	151	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
148	152	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,15-3	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	153	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
							141gm		1276.0	329	452	15	796	104