Billy Martin
Billy Martin
Full name: Alfred Manuel Martin Born: May 16, 1928, Berkeley, California Died December 25, 1989, Johnson City, New York Buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York First Game: April 18, 1950; Final Game: October 1, 1961 Managed First Game: April 8, 1969 ; Managed Final Game: June 22, 1988 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 165 TSN Manager of the Year
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Billy Martin
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
1950 NY A 1950 NY A 1951 NY A 1951 NY A 1952 NY A 1952 NY A 1953 NY A 1953 NY A 1955 NY A 1955 NY A 1956 NY A 1956 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 KC A 1957 KC A 1957 TOT A 116 410 45 103 14 5 10 39 15 0 34 4 4 4 13 9 2 .251 .282 .383 -2.4 1957 TOT A
1958 DET A 13 6 16 5 3 .255 .279 .339 -3.1 1958 DET A 1959 CLE A 1959 CLE A 1960 CIN N Daily Splits 103 317 34 78 17 1 3 16 27 5 34 0 2 1 0 2 11 0 1 .246 .304 .334 -1.8 1960 CIN N 1961 MIL N Daily Splits 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 1961 MIL N 1961 MIN A Daily Splits 108 374 44 92 15 5 6 36 13 0 42 3 5 3 0 11 9 3 2 .246 .275 .361 -2.3 1961 MIN A 1961 Total 114 380 45 92 15 5 6 36 13 0 43 3 5 3 0 11 9 3 2 .242 .271 .355 -2.5 1961 Total
Total NL 109 323 35 78 17 1 3 16 27 5 35 0 2 1 0 2 11 0 1 .241 .299 .328 -2.0 Total NL
Total AL 912 3096 390 799 120 27 61 317 161 3i 320 32 53 22i 0i 11i 85 34 28 .258 .300 .373 -6.5 Total AL
Total Splits 1021 3419 425 877 137 28 64 333 188 8i 355 32 55 23i 0i 13i 96 34 29 .257 .300 .369 -8.5 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 Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World 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
1951 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1951 NY A
1952 NY A Daily Splits 7 23 2 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .308 .348 1952 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 6 24 5 12 1 2 2 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .500 .520 .958 1953 NY A
1955 NY A Daily Splits 7 25 2 8 1 1 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .320 .346 .440 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 7 27 5 8 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .296 .321 .519 1956 NY A
Total Splits 28 99 15 33 2 3 5 19 5 1 15 1 0 0 0 3 4 1 5 .333 .371 .566 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 Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game 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
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1950 NY A 1950 NY A 1951 NY A 1951 NY A 1951 NY A 1951 NY A 1952 NY A 1953 NY A 121 .985
1953 NY A 1955 NY A 1955 NY A 1956 NY A 1956 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 KC A 1957 KC A 1957 KC A 1957 TOT A 2B 78 179 178 10 46 .973
1957 TOT A 3B 33 40 49 3 6 .967
1958 DET A 1958 DET A 1959 CLE A 1959 CLE A 1960 CIN N Daily 2B 97 88 74 766.2 228 207 11 52 0 .975
1961 MIN A Daily 2B 105 91 85 810 217 224 17 61 0 .963
1961 MIN A Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1952 NY A Daily 2B 7 7 7 64 15 16 1 5 0 .969
1953 NY A Daily 2B 6 6 6 52 13 15 0 3 0 1.000
1955 NY A Daily 2B 7 7 7 60 17 20 0 7 0 1.000
1956 NY A Daily 2B 7 6 5 53.2 12 18 0 4 0 1.000
1956 NY A 3B 2 1 0 8 2 2 0 1 0 1.000
Total 2B 27 26 25 229.2 57 69 1 19 0 .992
Total 3B 2 1 0 8 2 2 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1969 MIN A 1971 DET A 1972 DET A 1973 DET A 1973 TEX A 1974 TEX A 1975 TEX A 1975 NY A 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 1979 NY A 1980 OAK A 1981 OAK A 1982 OAK A 1983 NY A 1985 NY A 1988 NY A Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Division Series Managerial Record Division Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1981 OAK A 3 3 0 1.000 10 2
League Championship Series Managerial Record League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1969 MIN A 3 0 3 .000 5 16
1972 DET A 5 2 3 .400 10 13
1976 NY A 5 3 2 .600 23 24
1977 NY A 5 3 2 .600 21 22
1981 OAK A 3 0 3 .000 4 20
Total 21 8 13 .381 63 95
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1976 NY A 4 0 4 .000 8 22
1977 NY A 6 4 2 .667 26 28
Total 10 4 6 .400 34 50
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1977 AL 1 0 1 .000 5 7
1978 AL 1 0 1 .000 3 7
1982 AL 1 0 1 .000 1 4
Total 3 0 3 .000 9 18
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions Transactions
Sold by Oakland (PCL) to New York Yankees with Jackie Jensen (October 13, 1949 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Ralph Terry , Woodie Held and Bob Martyn to Kansas
City Athletics in exchange for Ryne Duren , Jim Pisoni and Harry Simpson (June 15,
1957 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Gus Zernial , Tom Morgan , Lou Skizas , Mickey
McDermott and Tim Thompson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bill Tuttle , Jim Small ,
Duke Maas , John Tsitouris , Frank House , Kent Hadley and a player to be named later
(November 20, 1957 ); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Al Cicotte to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Don
Mossi , Ray Narleski and Ossie Alvarez (November 20, 1958 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Gordy Coleman and Cal McLish to Cincinnati Reds in
exchange for Johnny Temple (December 15, 1959 ).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Milwaukee Braves (December 3, 1960 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Billy Consolo (June 1,
1961 ).
Released by Minnesota Twins (April 3, 1962 ).
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