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Billy Martin

Full name Alfred Manuel Martin
Born May 16, 1928, Berkeley, California
Died December 25, 1989, Johnson City, New York
Buried at Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, New York (Section 25 Plot 21 Grave 3; N41.05.390 W73.47.823)
First Game: April 18, 1950; Final Game: October 1, 1961
Managed First Game: April 8, 1969; Managed Final Game: June 22, 1988
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 165
Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1981)
Ejections as player: 1953 (2), 1957 (2), 1960 (2). Total: 6
Ejections as manager: 1969 (3), 1971 (4), 1972 (2), 1973 (4), 1974 (5), 1975 (5), 1976 (3), 1977 (2), 1978 (2), 1979 (2), 1980 (4), 1981 (2), 1982 (6), 1983 (3), 1988 (2). Total: 49
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                           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   BFW Year Team
1950 NY  A    Daily Splits   34    36   10    9   1   0   1    8    3   0    3   0   0       0   2   0    0   0  .250  .308  .361  -0.4 1950 NY  A
1951 NY  A    Daily Splits   51    58   10   15   1   2   0    2    4   0    9   2   1       0   1   5    0   1  .259  .328  .345   0.9 1951 NY  A
1952 NY  A    Daily Splits  109   363   32   97  13   3   3   33   22   6   31   8   8       0   9   8    3   6  .267  .323  .344   1.3 1952 NY  A
1953 NY  A    Daily Splits  149   587   72  151  24   6  15   75   43   3   56   6   9       0  10  19    6   7  .257  .314  .395   0.6 1953 NY  A
1955 NY  A    Daily Splits   20    70    8   21   2   0   1    9    7   1    9   0   1   2   0   1   2    1   2  .300  .354  .371   0.1 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A    Daily Splits  121   458   76  121  24   5   9   49   30   0   56   3   8   5   0   8   8    7   3  .264  .310  .397  -0.6 1956 NY  A
1957 NY  A    Daily Splits   43   145   12   35   5   2   1   12    3   0   14   1   2   3   0   4   6    2   1  .241  .257  .324  -0.6 1957 NY  A
1957 KC  A    Daily Splits   73   265   33   68   9   3   9   27   12   0   20   3   2   1   0   5   7    7   1  .257  .295  .415  -1.4 1957 KC  A
1957 TOT A                  116   410   45  103  14   5  10   39   15   0   34   4   4   4   0   9  13    9   2  .251  .282  .383  -2.0 1957 TOT A
1958 DET A    Daily Splits  131   498   56  127  19   1   7   42   16   0   62   3  13   6   0   7  16    5   3  .255  .279  .339  -3.1 1958 DET A
1959 CLE A    Daily Splits   73   242   37   63   7   0   9   24    8   2   18   3   4   2   0   3   5    0   2  .260  .290  .401  -1.3 1959 CLE A
1960 CIN N    Daily Splits  103   317   34   78  17   1   3   16   27   5   34   0   2   1   0   2  11    0   1  .246  .304  .334  -1.9 1960 CIN N
1961 MIL N    Daily Splits    6     6    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.2 1961 MIL N
1961 MIN A    Daily Splits  108   374   44   92  15   5   6   36   13   0   42   3   5   3   0  11   9    3   2  .246  .275  .361  -1.9 1961 MIN A
1961 Total                  114   380   45   92  15   5   6   36   13   0   43   3   5   3   0  11   9    3   2  .242  .271  .355  -2.1 1961 Total
Total NL ( 2 Years)         109   323   35   78  17   1   3   16   27   5   35   0   2   1   0   2  11    0   1  .241  .299  .328  -2.1 Total NL
Total AL (10 Years)         912  3096  390  799 120  27  61  317  161  12  320  32  53  22   0  61  85   34  28  .258  .300  .373  -6.4 Total AL
Total    (11 Years) Splits 1021  3419  425  877 137  28  64  333  188  17  355  32  55  23   0  63  96   34  29  .257  .300  .369  -8.5 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   BFW Year Team

              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
1951 NY  A    Daily Splits    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1951 NY  A
1952 NY  A    Daily Splits    7    23    2    5   0   0   1    4    2   1    2   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .217  .308  .348 1952 NY  A
1953 NY  A    Daily Splits    6    24    5   12   1   2   2    8    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   1    1   2  .500  .520  .958 1953 NY  A
1955 NY  A    Daily Splits    7    25    2    8   1   1   0    4    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   2   1    0   2  .320  .346  .440 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A    Daily Splits    7    27    5    8   0   0   2    3    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .296  .321  .519 1956 NY  A
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits   28    99   15   33   2   3   5   19    5   1   15   1   0   0   0   3   4    1   5  .333  .371  .566 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
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
1956 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1956 AL   


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 NY  A Daily Splits  2B   22    3    3    73.1    24   16    1    5   0  .976
1950 NY  A               3B    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1951 NY  A Daily Splits  2B   24    8    8    97.1    36   49    1   15   0  .988
1951 NY  A               SS    6    2    2    28       7   10    2    2   0  .895
1951 NY  A               3B    2    1    1    10       2    3    1    0   0  .833
1951 NY  A               CF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1951 NY  A               OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1952 NY  A Daily Splits  2B  107  102   91   900     244  323    9   92   0  .984
1953 NY  A Daily Splits  2B  146  144  117  1217.1   376  390   12  121   0  .985
1953 NY  A               SS   19    2    1    71.1    13   19    2    5   0  .941
1955 NY  A Daily Splits  2B   17   17   16   147      42   44    2   19   0  .977
1955 NY  A               SS    3    3    3    27       4    6    1    1   0  .909
1956 NY  A Daily Splits  2B  105  101   83   876     241  260   10   84   0  .980
1956 NY  A               3B   16   11   11   102.1    12   28    5    3   0  .889
1957 NY  A Daily Splits  2B   26   25   21   215.2    58   67    7   18   0  .947
1957 NY  A               3B   13   12    7    96.1    11   25    1    2   0  .973
1957 KC  A Daily Splits  2B   52   48   45   417.1   121  111    3   28   0  .987
1957 KC  A               3B   20   19   12   164      29   24    2    4   0  .964
1957 KC  A               SS    2    1    1    13       1    5    0    1   0 1.000
1957 TOT A               2B   78   73   66   633     179  178   10   46   0  .973
1957 TOT A               3B   33   31   19   260.1    40   49    3    6   0  .967
1958 DET A Daily Splits  SS   88   88   81   757.2   159  229   17   58   0  .958
1958 DET A               3B   41   39   38   342      47   59    3    5   0  .972
1959 CLE A Daily Splits  2B   67   65   54   565     147  149    1   37   0  .997
1959 CLE A               3B    4    1    1    22       3    4    1    0   0  .875
1960 CIN N Daily Splits  2B   97   88   74   766.2   228  207   11   52   0  .975
1961 MIN A Daily Splits  2B  105   91   85   810     217  224   17   61   0  .963
1961 MIN A               SS    1    0    0     0.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
Total (10 Years) Splits  2B  768  692  597  6085.2  1734 1840   74  532   0  .980
Total ( 6 Years)         SS  119   96   88   897.2   184  269   22   67   0  .954
Total ( 6 Years)         3B   97   83   70   737.2   104  143   13   14   0  .950
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1952 NY  A Daily Splits  2B    7    7    7    64      15   16    1    5   0  .969
1953 NY  A Daily Splits  2B    6    6    6    52      13   15    0    3   0 1.000
1955 NY  A Daily Splits  2B    7    7    7    60      17   20    0    7   0 1.000
1956 NY  A Daily Splits  2B    7    6    5    53.2    12   18    0    4   0 1.000
1956 NY  A               3B    2    1    0     8       2    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  2B   27   26   25   229.2    57   69    1   19   0  .992
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    2    1    0     8       2    2    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG


                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1969 MIN A        162   97   65  .599   790   618                  1
1971 DET A        162   91   71  .562   701   645                  2
1972 DET A        156   86   70  .551   558   514                  1
1973 DET A        134   71   63  .530   544   551          8-30    3  3
1973 TEX A         23    9   14  .391    96   110   9- 8           6  6
1974 TEX A        161   84   76  .525   690   698                  2
1975 TEX A         95   44   51  .463   425   451          7-20    4  3
1975 NY  A         56   30   26  .536   234   200   8- 2           3  3
1976 NY  A        159   97   62  .610   730   575                  1
1977 NY  A        162  100   62  .617   831   651                  1
1978 NY  A         94   52   42  .553   411   368          7-23    3  1
1979 NY  A         95   55   40  .579   444   395   6-19           4  4
1980 OAK A        162   83   79  .512   686   642                  2
1981 OAK A        109   64   45  .587   458   403                  1
1982 OAK A        162   68   94  .420   691   819                  5
1983 NY  A        162   91   71  .562   770   703                  3
1985 NY  A        145   91   54  .628   782   588   4-29           7  2
1988 NY  A         68   40   28  .588   363   282          6-22    2  5
Total (16 Years) 2267 1253 1013  .553 10204  9213
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

           Division Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1981 OAK A          3    3    0 1.000    10     2

League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1969 MIN A          3    0    3  .000     5    16
1972 DET A          5    2    3  .400    10    13
1976 NY  A          5    3    2  .600    23    24
1977 NY  A          5    3    2  .600    21    22
1981 OAK A          3    0    3  .000     4    20
Total ( 5 Years)   21    8   13  .381    63    95
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1976 NY  A          4    0    4  .000     8    22
1977 NY  A          6    4    2  .667    26    28
Total ( 2 Years)   10    4    6  .400    34    50
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1977 AL             1    0    1  .000     5     7
1978 AL             1    0    1  .000     3     7
1982 AL             1    0    1  .000     1     4
Total ( 3 Years)    3    0    3  .000     9    18
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING


       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1965 MIN A   4-12  10-14
1966 MIN A   4-12  10- 2
1967 MIN A   4-11  10- 1
1968 MIN A   4-10   5-26
Total ( 4 Years) 



Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-21-1953     BOX  NY  A  Grover Froese       Balls and strikes
 7-26-1953(2)  BOX  NY  A  Joe Paparella       Fighting
 4-28-1957     BOX  NY  A  Joe Paparella       Call at 2B
 6-13-1957     BOX  NY  A  Larry Napp          Fighting
 4-20-1960     BOX  CIN N  Frank Dascoli       Bench jockeying
 8- 4-1960     BOX  CIN N  Stan Landes         Fighting

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 4-22-1969     BOX  MIN A  Larry Barnett       Bench jockeying
 6-24-1969     BOX  MIN A  Jim Odom            Balls and strikes
 9- 6-1969     BOX  MIN A  Jerry Neudecker     Check swing (kicked dirt on umpire
 4-24-1971     BOX  DET A  Larry Napp          Balls and strikes
 5- 9-1971     BOX  DET A  George Maloney      Balls and strikes
 6- 4-1971     BOX  DET A  Jerry Neudecker     Balls and strikes
 6-14-1971     BOX  DET A  Larry Barnett       Balls and strikes
 4-18-1972     BOX  DET A  Dave Phillips       Balls and strikes
 5-29-1972(1)  BOX  DET A  Larry Napp          Call at 2B (on pickoff)
 4-28-1973     BOX  DET A  Russ Goetz          Check swing
 5-25-1973     BOX  DET A  Larry McCoy         Call at HP
 6-22-1973     BOX  DET A  Russ Goetz          Called third strike
 8- 7-1973(1)  BOX  DET A  Larry McCoy         Check swing
 4-27-1974     BOX  TEX A  Joe Brinkman        Call in previous game; Pregame meeting
 5-22-1974(2)  BOX  TEX A  Joe Brinkman        Balls and strikes
 7-14-1974(1)  BOX  TEX A  Ron Luciano         Throwing at batters
 7-14-1974(2)  BOX  TEX A  Ron Luciano         Warning non-call
 8-14-1974     BOX  TEX A  Dave Phillips       Balls and strikes
 4-11-1975     BOX  TEX A  Rich Garcia         Fair/foul call
 5- 7-1975     BOX  TEX A  Marty Springstead   Fair/foul call
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 1-1975     BOX  TEX A  Terry Cooney        Call at HP (Kicked dirt on umpire)
 6-15-1975     BOX  TEX A  Nick Bremigan       Check swing
 9- 6-1975     BOX  NY  A  George Maloney      Second visit to mound
 6- 9-1976     BOX  NY  A  Larry McCoy         Call at 1B
 7- 1-1976     BOX  NY  A  Greg Kosc           Call at 2B
10-21-1976     BOX  NY  A  Bruce Froemming     Throwing baseball onto field
 6- 3-1977     BOX  NY  A  Terry Cooney        Balls and strikes
 9-25-1977(2)  BOX  NY  A  Ted Hendry          Catch/trap call
 6- 5-1978     BOX  NY  A  Steve Palermo       Call at 2B
 6-10-1978     BOX  NY  A  Larry Barnett       Arguing player's ejection
 7-11-1979     BOX  NY  A  Nick Bremigan       Call at 1B
 8-16-1979     BOX  NY  A  Dallas Parks        Balls and strikes (Kicked dirt on HP)
 4-14-1980     BOX  OAK A  Larry McCoy         Check swing
 4-30-1980     BOX  OAK A  Jerry Neudecker     Call at 3B
 6- 8-1980     BOX  OAK A  Dale Ford           Balls and strikes
 8-31-1980     BOX  OAK A  Jerry Neudecker     HBP call
 5-29-1981     BOX  OAK A  Terry Cooney        Request to check baseball (Bumped umpire)
 8-31-1981     BOX  OAK A  Don Denkinger       Balls and strikes
 5- 9-1982     BOX  OAK A  Dallas Parks        Warning to both teams
 5-20-1982     BOX  OAK A  Bill Kunkel         Balls and strikes
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 6-1982     BOX  OAK A  Al Clark            Balls and strikes
 7-25-1982     BOX  OAK A  Durwood Merrill     Throwing at batter
 8-24-1982     BOX  OAK A  Durwood Merrill     Call at 2B
 9- 8-1982     BOX  OAK A  Rich Garcia         Call at HP (Kicked dirt on umpire)
 4-15-1983     BOX  NY  A  Vic Voltaggio       Balls and strikes
 4-29-1983     BOX  NY  A  Drew Coble          Called third strike
 7-31-1983     BOX  NY  A  Dale Ford           Demanding more warmup throws
 5- 6-1988     BOX  NY  A  Tim Welke           Cursing umpire
 5-30-1988     BOX  NY  A  Dale Scott          Catch/trap call (Threw dirt on umpire)





Transaction Information

Traded by Oakland (PCL) with Jackie Jensen to New York Yankees in exchange for cash
and a player to be named later (October 13, 1949); Oakland (PCL) received Eddie
Malone (@July 5, 1950).

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).

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