Speed Martin

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Full Name: Elwood Good Martin	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165	First Game: July 5, 1917
Birthdate: September 15, 1893	Final Game: April 17, 1922
Birthplace: Wawawai, Washington	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: June 14, 1983
Deathplace: Lemon Grove, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 15, 1893 in Wawawai, Washington, Speed Martin (Elwood Good Martin) played for the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Martin broke into the bigs on July 5, 1917 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 1.84 ERA in 53.2 innings pitched in 1918, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Speed Martin's best season was 1919, when he posted a 2.47 ERA and struck out 54 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1917	STL	A	9	2	0	2	5.74	5	13	10	0	0	0	15.2	20	0	5	0	2	0
1918	CHI	N	9	5	5	2	1.84	16	19	11	4	1	1	53.2	47	0	14	0	2	1
1919	CHI	N	35	14	8	8	2.47	54	58	45	7	2	2	163.2	158	2	52	0	6	4
1920	CHI	N	35	13	4	15	4.83	44	96	73	6	0	2	136	165	2	50	0	5	1
1921	CHI	N	37	28	11	15	4.35	86	115	105	13	1	1	217.1	245	12	68	0	2	2
1922	CHI	N	1	1	1	0	7.50	2	5	5	0	0	0	6	10	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		117	61	29	40	3.73	202	293	239	30	4	6	576.2	625	16	186	0	15	8
Total	AL		9	2	0	2	5.74	5	13	10	0	0	0	15.2	20	0	5	0	2	0
Total			126	63	29	42	3.78	207	306	249	30	4	6	592.1	645	16	191	0	17	8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1917	STL	A	P	9	0	0	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1918	CHI	N	P	9	0	0	4	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1919	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	9	53	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1920	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	6	44	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1921	CHI	N	P	37	28	216	9	65	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1922	CHI	N	P	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Total			P	126	29	222	31	191	10	6	0	0	0	1	0	.957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1917	STL	A	10	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	CHI	N	9	16	0	3	0	0	.188	.188	.250	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1919	CHI	N	35	44	3	8	0	2	.182	.200	.205	1	0	1	15	0	5	0	0	0
1920	CHI	N	35	44	5	7	1	4	.159	.213	.250	1	0	3	10	0	1	1	0	0
1921	CHI	N	37	73	2	17	0	6	.233	.243	.315	4	1	1	16	0	2	1	0	0
1922	CHI	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		117	178	10	35	1	12	.197	.223	.264	7	1	6	44	0	9	2	0	0
Total	AL		10	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			127	180	10	35	1	12	.194	.220	.261	7	1	6	44	0	9	2	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns (July 14, 1917).

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