Billy Martin (baseball 1950)

Full Name: Alfred Manuel Martin Primary Position: 2B,3B,SS Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/165 First Game: April 18, 1950 Birthdate: May 16, 1928 Final Game: October 1, 1961 Birthplace: Berkeley, California MLB Experience: 11 years Died: December 25, 1989 Deathplace: Johnson City, New York Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Billy Martin (Alfred Manuel Martin) was born on May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, California. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1950 for the New York Yankees. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI. Martin played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Martin's best season was 1953, when he slugged 15 home runs and knocked in 75 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1950	NY	A	34	36	10	9	1	8	.250	.308	.361	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	NY	A	51	58	10	15	0	2	.259	.328	.345	1	2	4	9	2	1	0	0	5
1952	NY	A	109	363	32	97	3	33	.267	.323	.344	13	3	22	31	8	8	3	0	8
1953	NY	A	149	587	72	151	15	75	.257	.314	.395	24	6	43	56	6	9	6	0	19
1955	NY	A	20	70	8	21	1	9	.300	.354	.371	2	0	7	9	0	1	1	1	2
1956	NY	A	121	458	76	121	9	49	.264	.310	.397	24	5	30	56	3	8	7	0	8
1957	NY	A	43	145	12	35	1	12	.241	.257	.324	5	2	3	14	1	2	2	0	6
1957	KC	A	73	265	33	68	9	27	.257	.295	.415	9	3	12	20	3	2	7	0	7
1957	TOT	A	116	410	45	103	10	39	.251	.282	.383	14	5	15	34	4	4	9	0	13
1958	DET	A	131	498	56	127	7	42	.255	.279	.339	19	1	16	62	3	13	5	0	16
1959	CLE	A	73	242	37	63	9	24	.260	.290	.401	7	0	8	18	3	4	0	2	5
1960	CIN	N	103	317	34	78	3	16	.246	.304	.334	17	1	27	34	0	2	0	5	11
1961	MIN	A	108	374	44	92	6	36	.246	.275	.361	15	5	13	42	3	5	3	0	9
1961	MIL	N	6	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Total		114	380	45	92	6	36	.242	.271	.355	15	5	13	43	3	5	3	0	9
Total	NL		109	323	35	78	3	16	.241	.299	.328	17	1	27	35	0	2	0	5	11
Total	AL		912	3096	390	799	61	317	.258	.300	.373	120	27	161	320	32	53	34	3	85
Total			1021	3419	425	877	64	333	.257	.300	.369	137	28	188	355	32	55	34	8	96

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1950	NY	A	2B	22	0	0	24	16	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1950	NY	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	NY	A	SS	6	0	0	7	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1951	NY	A	3B	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1951	NY	A	2B	23	0	0	36	49	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1951	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	NY	A	2B	107	0	0	244	323	9	92	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1953	NY	A	2B	146	0	0	376	390	12	121	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1953	NY	A	SS	18	0	0	13	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1955	NY	A	2B	17	0	0	42	44	2	19	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1955	NY	A	SS	3	0	0	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1956	NY	A	3B	16	0	0	12	28	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1956	NY	A	2B	105	0	0	241	260	10	84	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1957	NY	A	2B	26	25	215.2	58	67	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1957	NY	A	3B	13	12	96.1	11	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1957	KC	A	2B	52	48	417.1	121	111	3	28	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1957	KC	A	3B	20	19	164	29	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1957	KC	A	SS	2	1	13	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	3B	33	31	260.1	40	49	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1957	TOT	A	2B	78	73	633	179	178	10	46	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1958	DET	A	SS	88	88	757.2	159	229	17	58	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1958	DET	A	3B	41	39	342	47	59	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1959	CLE	A	3B	4	1	22	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1959	CLE	A	2B	67	65	565	147	149	1	37	0	0	0	0	0	.997
1960	CIN	N	2B	97	88	766.2	228	207	11	52	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1961	MIN	A	SS	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	MIN	A	2B	105	91	810	217	224	17	61	0	0	0	0	0	.963
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	767	317	2774.2	1734	1840	74	532	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			SS	118	89	771.1	184	269	22	67	0	0	0	0	0	.954
Total			3B	97	71	624.1	104	143	13	14	0	0	0	0	0	.950

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).