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 (Jun 14)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 24	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
9	9	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	1	6	0	7	2
10	10	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
12	12	May 3	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 4	STL	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
15	15	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
16	16	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	18	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
19	19	May 11	STL	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
20	20	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	21	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
22	22	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 17	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	4	5	3	12	2
24	25 (1)	May 19	STL		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	26	May 20	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	27	May 21	STL		BRO	L,6-15	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	28	May 22 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
28	29	May 22 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
29	30	May 24	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
30	31	May 25	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
31	32	May 26	STL		PIT	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	33	May 27	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
33	34	May 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
34	35	May 29	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
35	36	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
36	37	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	38	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	39	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	56	14.0	2	6	0	8	0
39	40	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	41	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
41	42	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	GS	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	43	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	44	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	46	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	48 (1)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	49	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	51 (1)	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,2-7	GS	22	4.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	52	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
50	53	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	63 (9)	Jun 26	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	64	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
53	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
54	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
55	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
57	69	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	70	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
60	73 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	74	Jul 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	75	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	76	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
64	77	Jul 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
65	78	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
66	80 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
67	81	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
68	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	83	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	GS	29	7.0	3	4	0	7	1
70	84	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	85	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
72	86	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	87	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
74	88	Jul 22	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
75	89	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
76	90	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,14-1	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	2
77	91	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	GS	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	94 (2)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
79	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
81	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	99 (1)	Aug 2	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
83	100	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	101	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
85	102	Aug 5	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	103	Aug 6	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	104	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	105	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
89	106	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
90	107	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,8-0	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	110 (2)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	111	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
93	112	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	1	4	0	5	1
94	113	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	2	9	1	12	1
95	114	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
96	115	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
97	118 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
98	119	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
99	120	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
100	121	Aug 25	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
101	122	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
102	125 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	126	Aug 28 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
104	127	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	128	Aug 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	129	Sep 1	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
107	130	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	CG	72	15.0	2	6	1	9	2
108	131	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	132	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,11-2	GS	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	133	Sep 5 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-1	GS	25	6.0	2	4	0	6	1
111	134	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	0	7	0	7	0
112	135	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
113	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
114	137	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
115	138	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
116	139	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
117	140	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	141	Sep 13	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
119	142	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,9-3	GS	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	1
120	143	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
121	144	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	145	Sep 18	STL		PHI	W,15-3	GS	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
123	146	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	147	Sep 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
125	148	Sep 21 (1)	STL		BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	149	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
127	150	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,6-19	CG	60	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	151	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
129	152	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
130	153	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
131	154	Sep 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
132	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
133	156	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
134	157	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							134gm		1146.2	242	441	17	700	74