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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	TOR	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	3	Apr 10	TOR	@	TEX	W,11-10	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	4	Apr 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	5	Apr 12	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 13	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 17 (1)	TOR		BAL	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
7	9	Apr 17 (2)	TOR		BAL	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	10	Apr 18	TOR		KCR	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 20	TOR		KCR	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	13	Apr 21	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	14	Apr 22	TOR		TEX	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 25	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	17	Apr 26	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-11	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21 (3)	May 1	TOR		CAL	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	2	0	1	3	0	PH C
15	22	May 2	TOR		SEA	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
16	23	May 3	TOR		SEA	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
17	26 (2)	May 6	TOR		OAK	L,3-17	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
18	28 (1)	May 8	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
19	30 (1)	May 10	TOR	@	SEA	L,7-8	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	34 (3)	May 14	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-9	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
21	35	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
22	36	May 17	TOR		CLE	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	43 (6)	May 24	TOR	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	47 (3)	May 28	TOR	@	MIN	W,14-8	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	50 (2)	Jun 1	TOR		CHW	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	53 (2)	Jun 4	TOR		MIN	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	55 (1)	Jun 7	TOR	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	56	Jun 8	TOR	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	60 (3)	Jun 12	TOR		DET	W,9-0	CG	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	61	Jun 13	TOR		DET	L,5-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
31	63 (1)	Jun 15	TOR		DET	W,9-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
32	65 (1)	Jun 17	TOR	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
33	66	Jun 18	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	67	Jun 19	TOR		NYY	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	68	Jun 20	TOR		NYY	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
36	69	Jun 21	TOR		NYY	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	71 (1)	Jun 23	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
38	72	Jun 24	TOR		MIL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	74 (1)	Jun 27	TOR	@	NYY	W,14-7	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	76 (1)	Jun 29	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
41	77	Jun 30	TOR	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	79 (1)	Jul 2	TOR	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	85 (5)	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	L,5-8	GS	22	4.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
44	86	Jul 9	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
45	88 (1)	Jul 11	TOR		OAK	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
46	89	Jul 12	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	90	Jul 13	TOR		OAK	L,5-10	GF	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
48	93 (2)	Jul 19	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-9	GS	32	6.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
49	96 (2)	Jul 22	TOR	@	SEA	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	97	Jul 23	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-2	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	98	Jul 25	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	100 (1)	Jul 27	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	101	Jul 28	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	105 (3)	Aug 2	TOR		BAL	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
55	106	Aug 3	TOR		BAL	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	109 (2)	Aug 6	TOR		KCR	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	110	Aug 7	TOR		KCR	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
58	113 (2)	Aug 10	TOR	@	TEX	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
59	114	Aug 11	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	115	Aug 12	TOR	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	119 (3)	Aug 17	TOR		TEX	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	122 (2)	Aug 21	TOR		CHW	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	125 (2)	Aug 24	TOR	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
64	126	Aug 26	TOR	@	CLE	T,6-6	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	127	Aug 27 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	131 (3)	Aug 30	TOR		MIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	133 (1)	Sep 1	TOR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	137 (3)	Sep 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	138	Sep 7	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	139	Sep 9	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
71	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	TOR		NYY	L,5-7	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	142	Sep 12	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	144 (1)	Sep 14	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
74	154 (9)	Sep 25	TOR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	156 (1)	Sep 27	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	158 (1)	Sep 29	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
77	160 (1)	Oct 1	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	161	Oct 3	TOR		MIL	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
							78gm		417.2	289	19	2	310	6