Billy Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA us

Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 21-337d, 10,663rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 33-138d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Agents: Eddie Sapir

Full Name: Alfred Manuel Martin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

3419

877

.257

425

RBI

333

OBP

.300

SLG

.369

OPS

.669

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
4	4	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
5	5	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,14-10	GS	52	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12 (6)	May 1	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	13	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
8	14	May 3	NYY		KCA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
9	15	May 4	NYY		KCA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
10	16	May 5	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
11	17	May 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
12	18	May 6 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
13	19	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
14	20	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
15	21	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	GS	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B 3B
16	24 (2)	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	2B
17	25	May 13 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
18	26	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
19	27	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
20	28	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
21	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	2	2B
22	30	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
23	31	May 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
24	32	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
25	33	May 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
26	34	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	GS	34	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
27	35	May 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
28	36	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	GS	26	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
29	37	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9	GS	17	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
30	38	May 28	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
31	39	May 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
32	40	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	2B
33	41	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	GS	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
34	42	May 31	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	43	Jun 1	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
36	44	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
37	45	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
38	46	Jun 5	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	3	5	0	2B
39	49 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-9	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
40	50	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	CG	53	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
41	51	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	52	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
43	53	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
44	59 (5)	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
45	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
46	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	54	11.2	5	2	0	7	0	2B
47	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
48	63	Jun 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
49	64	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
50	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
51	66	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
52	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
53	68	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
54	69	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	70	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	1	11	4	2B
56	71	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
57	72	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	53	12.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
58	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	6	3	0	9	1	2B
59	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
60	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
61	81 (5)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
62	87 (5)	Jul 19	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
63	88	Jul 20	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
64	89	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
65	90	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
66	91	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
67	93 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
68	94	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-9	CG	70	14.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
69	95	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
70	96	Jul 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
71	97	Jul 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
72	98	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	99	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
74	103 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
75	104	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
76	105	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
77	106	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
78	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
79	108	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
80	109	Aug 11	NYY		BAL	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	6	4	1	11	2	2B
81	110	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
82	111	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
83	112	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
84	113	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
85	114	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
86	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
87	116	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	117	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
89	118	Aug 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
90	119	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
91	120	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
92	121	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
93	122	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
94	123	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
95	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
96	125	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
97	126	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
98	127	Aug 28	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	20	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	128	Aug 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
100	129	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
102	131	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
104	133	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
105	134	Sep 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B 3B
106	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	GS	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
107	138 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
108	140 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
109	141	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
110	143 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
111	144	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B 3B
112	145	Sep 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
113	147 (1)	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
114	151 (3)	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
115	152	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
116	153	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GF	30	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	PR 2B
117	154	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
							121gm		978.1	253	288	15	556	87