Morrie Martin

Full Name: Morris Webster Martin	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/173	First Game: April 25, 1949
Birthdate: September 3, 1922	Final Game: April 22, 1959
Birthplace: Dixon, Missouri	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Rate this Player

1.73

(11 votes)

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 3, 1922 in Dixon, Missouri, Morrie Martin (Morris Webster Martin) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 10 year career. Martin broke into the bigs on April 25, 1949 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 138 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Morrie Martin's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1953, when he posted a 4.43 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 64 batters. However, others believe that it was 1954, when he posted a 3.52 ERA and struck out 55 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1949	BRO	N	10	4	1	3	7.04	15	25	24	0	0	0	30.2	39	5	15	0	1	2
1951	PHI	A	35	13	11	4	3.78	35	70	58	3	1	0	138	139	13	63	0	3	5
1952	PHI	A	5	5	0	2	6.39	13	19	18	0	0	0	25.1	32	1	15	0	1	2
1953	PHI	A	58	11	10	12	4.43	64	85	77	2	0	7	156.1	158	12	59	0	7	8
1954	PHI	A	13	6	2	4	5.47	24	32	32	2	0	0	52.2	57	9	19	0	0	2
1954	CHI	A	35	2	5	4	2.06	31	18	16	1	0	5	70	52	5	24	0	1	1
1954	TOT	A	48	8	7	8	3.52	55	50	48	3	0	5	122.2	109	14	43	0	1	3
1955	CHI	A	37	0	2	3	3.63	22	27	21	0	0	2	52	50	4	20	2	0	2
1956	CHI	A	10	0	1	0	4.91	9	10	10	0	0	0	18.1	21	1	7	0	1	0
1956	BAL	A	9	0	1	1	1.80	3	6	6	0	0	0	5	10	1	2	0	0	1
1956	TOT	A	19	0	2	1	6.17	12	16	16	0	0	0	23.1	31	2	9	0	1	1
1957	STL	N	4	1	0	0	2.53	7	3	3	0	0	0	10.2	5	0	4	0	0	1
1958	STL	N	17	0	3	1	4.74	16	13	13	0	0	0	24.2	19	3	12	0	0	2
1958	CLE	A	14	0	2	0	2.41	5	7	5	0	0	1	18.2	20	0	8	0	1	0
1958	Total		31	0	5	1	3.74	21	20	18	0	0	1	43.1	39	3	20	0	1	2
1959	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	19.29	1	5	5	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		34	5	4	4	5.93	39	46	45	0	0	0	68.1	68	10	32	0	1	6
Total	AL		216	37	34	30	4.08	206	274	243	8	1	15	536.1	539	46	217	2	14	21
Total			250	42	38	34	4.29	245	320	288	8	1	15	604.2	607	56	249	2	15	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1949	BRO	N	P	10	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	.875
1951	PHI	A	P	35	0	0	6	33	2	5	0	.951
1952	PHI	A	P	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PHI	A	P	58	0	0	2	26	0	4	0	1.000
1954	PHI	A	P	13	0	0	3	8	1	1	0	.917
1954	CHI	A	P	35	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	1.000
1954	TOT	A	P	48	0	0	4	19	1	1	0	.958
1955	CHI	A	P	37	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CHI	A	P	10	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	.800
1956	BAL	A	P	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	A	P	19	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	.833
1957	STL	N	P	4	1	10.2	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	P	17	0	24.2	1	3	0	0	1	1.000
1958	CLE	A	P	14	0	18.2	1	2	0	1	0	1.000
1958	Total		P	31	0	43.1	2	5	0	1	1	1.000
1959	CHI	N	P	3	0	2.1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	250	1	56.1	18	116	5	12	1	.964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1949	BRO	N	10	10	0	2	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	0	0
1951	PHI	A	35	50	12	11	4	.220	.264	.220	0	3	11	4	0
1952	PHI	A	5	9	0	1	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	2	0	0
1953	PHI	A	58	42	0	4	1	.095	.095	.095	0	0	16	2	1
1954	PHI	A	13	17	0	4	0	.235	.235	.294	1	0	4	1	0
1954	CHI	A	35	15	1	2	2	.133	.133	.200	1	0	6	2	1
1954	TOT	A	48	32	1	6	2	.188	.188	.250	2	0	10	3	1
1955	CHI	A	37	10	1	3	0	.300	.300	.300	0	0	1	0	0
1956	CHI	A	10	5	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	0	1	1	0	0
1956	BAL	A	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1956	TOT	A	19	5	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	0	1	1	0	0
1957	STL	N	4	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1958	STL	N	17	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1958	CLE	A	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1958	Total		31	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1959	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		34	17	0	2	0	.118	.118	.118	0	0	4	0	0
Total	AL		216	148	15	26	7	.176	.197	.189	2	4	41	9	2
Total			250	165	15	28	7	.170	.189	.182	2	4	45	9	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1941).
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Ed McGhee to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, Bill Wilson and $20000 (June 11, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Chicago White Sox (July 13, 1956).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to St. Louis Cardinals (September 19, 1957).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from St. Louis Cardinals (July 2, 1958).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Earl Averill to Chicago Cubs in exchange for John Briggs and Jim Bolger (January 23, 1959).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Jim Campbell (1961).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (April, 1961).

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Video Gallery

Add Videos

[edit] Picture Gallery

Add Pictures

[edit] See Also

[edit] Categories

Retrieved from "http://armchairgm.wikia.com/Morrie_Martin"

This page was last modified 00:39, 8 November 2007. Content is available under the GFDL.