Pepper Martin
Pepper Martin
Full name: Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin
Born: February 29, 1904, Temple, Oklahoma
Died March 5, 1965, McAlester, Oklahoma
Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
First Game: April 16, 1928; Final Game: October 1, 1944
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 170
3B on TSN All-Star Team (1935)
Pepper Martin
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1928 STL N 39 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 .308 .400 .308 0.0 1928 STL N
1930 STL N 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1930 STL N
1931 STL N 123 413 68 124 32 8 7 75 30 40 2 4 16 .300 .351 .467 0.5 1931 STL N
1932 STL N 85 323 47 77 19 6 4 34 30 31 1 1 9 .238 .305 .372 -1.4 1932 STL N
1933 STL N 145 599 122 189 36 12 8 57 67 46 3 0 9 26 .316 .387 .456 2.9 1933 STL N
1934 STL N 110 454 74 131 25 11 5 49 32 41 1 1 1 23 .289 .337 .425 -0.4 1934 STL N
1935 STL N 135 539 121 161 41 6 9 54 33 58 2 1 7 20 .299 .341 .447 -0.6 1935 STL N
1936 STL N 143 572 121 177 36 11 11 76 58 66 0 4 11 23 .309 .373 .469 0.6 1936 STL N
1937 STL N 98 339 60 103 27 8 5 38 33 50 0 1 3 9 .304 .366 .475 1.5 1937 STL N
1938 STL N 91 269 34 79 18 2 2 38 18 34 1 2 2 4 .294 .340 .398 -0.5 1938 STL N
1939 STL N 88 281 48 86 17 7 3 37 30 35 1 4 7 6 .306 .375 .448 0.1 1939 STL N
1940 STL N 86 228 28 72 15 4 3 39 22 24 1 2 1 6 .316 .378 .456 0.8 1940 STL N
1944 STL N 40 86 15 24 4 0 2 4 15 11 0 1 3 2 .279 .386 .395 0.1 1944 STL N
Total 1189 4117 754 1227 270 75 59 501 369 438 13 22 44i 146 .298 .358 .443 3.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
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
1928 STL N Daily Splits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1928 STL N
1931 STL N Daily Splits 7 24 5 12 4 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .500 .538 .792 1931 STL N
1934 STL N Daily Splits 7 31 8 11 3 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .355 .412 .516 1934 STL N
Total Splits 15 55 14 23 7 1 1 9 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 .418 .467 .636 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
1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 NL
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1934 NL
1935 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 1935 NL
Total Splits 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 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
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1934 STL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 0.0 1934 STL N
1936 STL N 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 1936 STL N
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 0.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1928 STL N OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
1931 STL N OF 110 282 10 10 2 .967 0 110 0
1932 STL N OF 69 151 10 4 3 .976 5 64 0
1932 STL N 3B 15 18 18 1 1 .973
1933 STL N 3B 145 139 273 25 14 .943
1934 STL N 3B 107 85 195 19 7 .936
1934 STL N P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1935 STL N 3B 114 113 171 30 17 .904
1935 STL N OF 16 32 0 2 0 .941 1 5 10
1936 STL N OF 127 226 13 6 5 .976 0 3 124
1936 STL N 3B 15 13 12 7 1 .781
1936 STL N P 1 0 0 0 0 -
1937 STL N OF 82 204 12 6 3 .973 0 40 42
1937 STL N 3B 5 6 8 1 2 .933
1938 STL N OF 62 138 1 2 1 .986 1 38 23
1938 STL N 3B 4 1 3 0 0 1.000
1939 STL N OF 51 113 4 3 0 .975 8 37 8
1939 STL N 3B 22 15 30 4 2 .918
1940 STL N OF 63 103 8 3 0 .974 16 10 40
1940 STL N 3B 2 3 5 0 0 1.000
1944 STL N OF 29 48 1 1 0 .980 0 7 22
Total OF 613 1299 59 37 14 .973 31 314 273
Total 3B 429 393 715 87 44 .927
Total P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP 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 LF-G CF-G RF-G
1931 STL N Daily OF 7 7 7 62 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
1931 STL N CF 7 7 7 62 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 STL N Daily 3B 7 7 7 65.1 6 9 4 0 0 .789
Total OF 7 7 7 62 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
Total 3B 7 7 7 65.1 6 9 4 0 0 .789
Total CF 7 7 7 62 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 NL Daily 3B 1 1 1 8 0 3 0 0 0 1.000
1935 NL Daily 3B 1 1 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 .500
Total 3B 2 2 2 16 0 4 1 0 0 .800
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 10, 1944 ).
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