Pepper Martin

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Full Name: Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin	Primary Position: OF,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/170	First Game: April 16, 1928
Birthdate: February 29, 1904	Final Game: October 1, 1944
Birthplace: Temple, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: March 5, 1965
Deathplace: McAlester, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Pepper Martin (Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin) was born on February 29, 1904 in Temple, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1928 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 7 home runs and 75 RBI. Martin played for the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 12 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Pepper Martin's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1936, when he hit for a .309 average and knocked in 76 runs. However, others believe that it was 1933, when he stole 26 bases, hit for a .316 average and knocked in 57 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1928	STL	N	39	13	11	4	0	0	.308	.400	.308	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0
1930	STL	N	6	1	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931	STL	N	123	413	68	124	7	75	.300	.351	.467	32	8	30	40	2	4	16	0	0
1932	STL	N	85	323	47	77	4	34	.238	.305	.372	19	6	30	31	1	1	9	0	0
1933	STL	N	145	599	122	189	8	57	.316	.387	.456	36	12	67	46	3	0	26	0	9
1934	STL	N	110	454	74	131	5	49	.289	.337	.425	25	11	32	41	1	1	23	0	1
1935	STL	N	135	539	121	161	9	54	.299	.341	.447	41	6	33	58	2	1	20	0	7
1936	STL	N	143	572	121	177	11	76	.309	.373	.469	36	11	58	66	0	4	23	0	11
1937	STL	N	98	339	60	103	5	38	.304	.366	.475	27	8	33	50	0	1	9	0	3
1938	STL	N	91	269	34	79	2	38	.294	.340	.398	18	2	18	34	1	2	4	0	2
1939	STL	N	88	281	48	86	3	37	.306	.375	.448	17	7	30	35	1	4	6	0	7
1940	STL	N	86	228	28	72	3	39	.316	.378	.456	15	4	22	24	1	2	6	0	1
1944	STL	N	40	86	15	24	2	4	.279	.386	.395	4	0	15	11	0	1	2	0	3
Total			1189	4117	754	1227	59	501	.298	.358	.443	270	75	369	438	13	22	146	0	44

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1928	STL	N	OF	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	STL	N	OF	110	0	0	282	10	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1932	STL	N	OF	69	0	0	151	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1932	STL	N	3B	15	0	0	18	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1933	STL	N	3B	145	0	0	139	273	25	14	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1934	STL	N	3B	107	0	0	85	195	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1934	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	STL	N	OF	16	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1935	STL	N	3B	114	0	0	113	171	30	17	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1936	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1936	STL	N	OF	127	0	0	226	13	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1936	STL	N	3B	15	0	0	13	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.781
1937	STL	N	OF	82	0	0	204	12	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1937	STL	N	3B	5	0	0	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1938	STL	N	OF	62	0	0	138	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1938	STL	N	3B	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	STL	N	3B	22	0	0	15	30	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.918
1939	STL	N	OF	51	0	0	113	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1940	STL	N	OF	63	0	0	103	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1940	STL	N	3B	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	STL	N	OF	29	0	0	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	429	0	0	393	715	87	44	0	0	0	0	0	.927
Total			OF	613	0	0	1299	59	37	14	0	0	0	0	0	.973

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1934	STL	N	1	0	0	0	4.50	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1936	STL	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total			2	0	0	0	2.25	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0

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Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 10, 1944).

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