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Buck Martinez Buck Martinez

Full name: John Albert Martinez Born: November 7, 1948, Redding, California First Game: June 18, 1969; Final Game: October 3, 1986 Managed First Game: April 1, 2001; Managed Final Game: May 3, 2002 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 190 Buck Martinez Collectibles! Buck Martinez Memorabilia! Buck Martinez Cards! Buck Martinez Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1969 KC  A Daily Splits   72   205   14   47   6   1   4   23    8   2   25   0   1   0   0   2   4    0   0  .229  .258  .327  -0.6 1969 KC  A
1970 KC  A Daily Splits    6     9    1    1   0   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .111  .273  .111  -0.1 1970 KC  A
1971 KC  A Daily Splits   22    46    3    7   2   0   0    1    5   0    9   0   1   1   0   0   1    0   1  .152  .231  .196  -0.5 1971 KC  A
1973 KC  A Daily Splits   14    32    2    8   1   0   1    6    4   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   2    0   0  .250  .333  .375   0.0 1973 KC  A
1974 KC  A Daily Splits   43   107   10   23   3   1   1    8   14   0   19   2   0   0   0   0   1    0   1  .215  .317  .290  -0.3 1974 KC  A
1975 KC  A Daily Splits   80   226   15   51   9   2   3   23   21   0   28   1   6   1   0   6   4    1   0  .226  .293  .323  -1.0 1975 KC  A
1976 KC  A Daily Splits   95   267   24   61  13   3   5   34   16   1   45   0   9   3   0   3   2    0   0  .228  .269  .356   0.0 1976 KC  A
1977 KC  A Daily Splits   29    80    3   18   4   0   1    9    3   0   12   0   2   0   0   0   1    0   1  .225  .253  .313  -0.4 1977 KC  A
1978 MIL A Daily Splits   89   256   26   56  10   1   1   20   14   1   42   0  12   4   0   3   4    1   1  .219  .255  .277  -1.5 1978 MIL A
1979 MIL A Daily Splits   69   196   17   53   8   0   4   26    8   0   25   0   8   2   0   0   3    0   1  .270  .296  .372  -0.9 1979 MIL A
1980 MIL A Daily Splits   76   219   16   49   9   0   3   17   12   0   33   1   5   1   0   2   3    1   0  .224  .266  .306  -0.4 1980 MIL A
1981 TOR A Daily Splits   45   128   13   29   8   1   4   21   11   0   16   1   3   3   0   2   6    1   0  .227  .287  .398   0.3 1981 TOR A
1982 TOR A Daily Splits   96   260   26   63  17   0  10   37   24   1   34   0   2   5   0   6  10    1   1  .242  .301  .423   0.8 1982 TOR A
1983 TOR A Daily Splits   88   221   27   56  14   0  10   33   29   0   39   0   1   2   0   3   7    0   1  .253  .337  .452   0.4 1983 TOR A
1984 TOR A Daily Splits  102   232   24   51  13   1   5   37   29   0   49   2   1   9   0   4   2    0   3  .220  .301  .349  -0.5 1984 TOR A
1985 TOR A Daily Splits   42    99   11   16   3   0   4   14   10   0   12   1   0   3   0   3   3    0   0  .162  .239  .313  -0.2 1985 TOR A
1986 TOR A Daily Splits   81   160   13   29   8   0   2   12   20   0   25   0   4   1   0   4   5    0   0  .181  .271  .269  -1.1 1986 TOR A
Total            Splits 1049  2743  245  618 128  10  58  321  230   5  419   8  56  35   0  38  59    5  10  .225  .284  .343  -6.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 KC  A Daily Splits    5    15    0    5   0   0   0    4    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .375  .333 1976 KC  A

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1979 MIL A Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      1     5   0    1    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   9.00   0.0 1979 MIL A

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 KC  A Daily   C   55   46   40   420.2   290   25    9    7   0    6   11   19    2  .972
1969 KC  A        RF    1    1    1     8       2    1    0    1   0                     1.000
1969 KC  A        OF    1    1    1     8       2    1    0    1   0                     1.000     0    0    1 
1970 KC  A Daily   C    5    3    3    30      20    3    1    0   0    0    3    2    0  .958
1971 KC  A Daily   C   21   14   12   138.1    84    6    3    0   0    2    2    6    0  .968
1973 KC  A Daily   C   14   10    8    94      52    4    2    1   0    0    2    3    0  .966
1974 KC  A Daily   C   38   31   21   281     151   16    4    1   0    6    7   19    0  .977
1975 KC  A Daily   C   79   70   54   617.1   361   39    8    4   0    9   31   61    3  .980
1976 KC  A Daily   C   94   86   61   739.1   420   40    4    4   0    5   38   76    1  .991
1977 KC  A Daily   C   28   22   17   202     133    8    1    0   0    2    6   12    1  .993
1978 MIL A Daily   C   89   85   59   716.1   327   32    8    7   0    2   24   44    0  .978
1979 MIL A Daily   C   68   67   45   547.2   198   39    8    2   0    4   23   31    3  .967
1979 MIL A         P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1980 MIL A Daily   C   76   75   47   622     293   33    5    3   0    2   24   38    2  .985
1981 TOR A Daily   C   45   43   33   372.1   192   22    2    3   0    1   13   24    0  .991
1982 TOR A Daily   C   93   79   53   677.2   382   35    5    8   0    2   23   27    3  .988
1983 TOR A Daily   C   86   69   43   579.1   331   25    4    3   0    1   14   29    0  .989
1984 TOR A Daily   C   98   66   42   616.2   360   34    2    5   0    3   15   29    2  .995
1984 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1985 TOR A Daily   C   42   32   18   270     155   16    2    5   0    1   10   17    0  .988
1986 TOR A Daily   C   78   47   23   417.2   289   19    2    6   0    3   12   27    0  .994
1986 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
Total              C 1009  845  579  7342.1  4038  396   70   59   0   49  258  464   17  .984
Total             DH    2    0    0                                                          -
Total             RF    1    1    1     8       2    1    0    1   0                     1.000
Total             OF    1    1    1     8       2    1    0    1   0                     1.000     0    0    1 
Total              P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1976 KC  A Daily   C    5    5    3    41      15    4    0    1   0    0    3    3    0 1.000

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2001 TOR A   45   24   21  .533   254   217          5-23    3  3
2001 TOR A  114   55   59  .482   507   529   5-27           3  3
2002 TOR A   27    8   19  .296   132   191          5- 3    5  3
Total       186   87   99  .468   893   937
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (January
28, 1967).

Selected by Houston Astros from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1968).

Traded by Houston Astros with Tommy Smith and Mickey Sinnerud to Kansas City Royals
in exchange for John Jones (December 16, 1968).

Traded by Kansas City Royals with Mark Littell to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange
for Al Hrabosky (December 8, 1977).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for George Frazier
(December 8, 1977).

Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Gil Kubski (May 10,
1981).

Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).

Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 6, 1981).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).

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