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Marty Marion

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Full name Martin Whiteford Marion
Born December 1, 1916, Richburg, South Carolina
Died March 15, 2011, Ladue, Missouri
Buried at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
First Game: April 16, 1940; Final Game: July 6, 1953
Managed First Game: April 17, 1951; Managed Final Game: September 30, 1956
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 170
Brother of Red Marion
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1944)
Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1944)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1944)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1944)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1944 to 1945)
Ejections as manager: 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (2), 1955 (2), 1956 (4). Total: 10
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1940 STL N Daily Splits 125 435 44 121 18 1 3 46 21 1 34 0 12 0 15 12 9 4 .278 .311 .345 -1.6 1940 STL N 1941 STL N Daily Splits 155 547 50 138 22 3 3 58 42 7 48 2 28 0 13 10 8 4 .252 .308 .320 -0.7 1941 STL N 1942 STL N Daily Splits 147 485 66 134 38 5 0 54 48 8 50 1 20 0 18 9 8 0 .276 .343 .375 2.6 1942 STL N 1943 STL N Daily Splits 129 418 38 117 15 3 1 52 32 6 37 2 11 0 12 4 1 1 .280 .334 .337 2.6 1943 STL N 1944 STL N Daily Splits 144 506 50 135 26 2 6 63 43 9 50 0 16 0 15 9 1 3 .267 .324 .362 0.8 1944 STL N 1945 STL N Daily Splits 123 430 63 119 27 5 1 59 39 9 39 2 6 0 10 5 2 2 .277 .340 .370 0.3 1945 STL N 1946 STL N Daily Splits 146 498 51 116 29 4 3 46 59 14 53 3 15 0 6 9 1 2 .233 .318 .325 1.6 1946 STL N 1947 STL N Daily Splits 149 540 57 147 19 6 4 74 49 4 58 1 9 0 14 16 3 1 .272 .334 .352 0.6 1947 STL N 1948 STL N Daily Splits 144 567 70 143 26 4 4 43 37 4 54 0 9 0 10 13 1 1 .252 .298 .333 -0.5 1948 STL N 1949 STL N Daily Splits 134 515 61 140 31 2 5 70 37 1 42 2 17 0 10 17 0 0 .272 .323 .369 0.6 1949 STL N 1950 STL N Daily Splits 106 372 36 92 10 2 4 40 44 0 55 0 4 0 8 10 1 1 .247 .327 .317 -0.9 1950 STL N 1952 STL A Daily Splits 67 186 16 46 11 0 2 19 19 0 17 1 4 0 2 6 0 2 .247 .320 .339 -0.6 1952 STL A 1953 STL A Daily Splits 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 1953 STL A Total NL (11 Years) 1502 5313 586 1402 261 37 34 605 451 63 520 13 147 0 131 114 35 19 .264 .323 .346 5.4 Total NL Total AL ( 2 Years) 70 193 16 46 11 0 2 19 19 0 17 1 4 0 2 6 0 2 .238 .310 .326 -0.9 Total AL Total (13 Years) Splits 1572 5506 602 1448 272 37 36 624 470 63 537 14 151 0 133 120 35 21 .263 .323 .345 4.5 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH 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 1942 STL N Daily Splits 5 18 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .158 .222 1942 STL N 1943 STL N Daily Splits 5 14 1 5 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .357 .471 .714 1943 STL N 1944 STL N Daily Splits 6 22 1 5 3 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .227 .292 .364 1944 STL N 1946 STL N Daily Splits 7 24 1 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .280 .333 1946 STL N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 23 78 5 18 7 1 1 11 7 5 7 0 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 .231 .294 .385 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 1943 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1943 NL 1944 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1944 NL 1946 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1946 NL 1947 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1947 NL 1950 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 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

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1940 STL N Daily Splits SS 125 123 105 1069.1 245 366 33 76 0 .949 1941 STL N Daily Splits SS 155 155 140 1375.1 299 489 38 85 0 .954 1942 STL N Daily Splits SS 147 146 126 1285.2 296 448 31 87 0 .960 1943 STL N Daily Splits SS 128 121 109 1076.1 232 424 20 93 0 .970 1944 STL N Daily Splits SS 144 141 132 1262.2 268 461 21 90 2 .972 1945 STL N Daily Splits SS 122 120 107 1065.2 237 372 21 70 0 .967 1946 STL N Daily Splits SS 145 145 137 1275 290 480 21 105 0 .973 1947 STL N Daily Splits SS 149 149 131 1279.2 329 452 15 104 1 .981 1948 STL N Daily Splits SS 142 142 129 1208.2 263 445 19 80 0 .974 1949 STL N Daily Splits SS 134 134 122 1146.2 242 441 17 74 1 .976 1950 STL N Daily Splits SS 101 99 92 858 180 313 11 73 1 .978 1952 STL A Daily Splits SS 63 59 37 455.1 105 138 5 41 0 .980 1953 STL A Daily Splits 3B 2 1 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (12 Years) Splits SS 1555 1534 1367 13358.1 2986 4829 252 978 5 .969 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 2 1 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1942 STL N Daily Splits SS 5 5 5 45 13 16 0 3 0 1.000 1943 STL N Daily Splits SS 5 5 5 43 8 14 1 4 0 .957 1944 STL N Daily Splits SS 6 6 6 55 7 22 0 2 0 1.000 1946 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 62 12 22 2 3 0 .944 Total ( 4 Years) Splits SS 23 23 23 205 40 74 3 12 0 .974 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1943 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 1.000 1944 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 0 1 0 1.000 1946 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8 4 6 0 2 0 1.000 1947 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1950 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 5 Years) Splits SS 5 5 2 33 8 14 0 4 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 1951 STL N 9 6 3 .667 34 29 4-29 2 3 1951 STL N 145 74 70 .514 644 640 5- 2 1 3 1952 STL A 104 42 61 .408 428 516 6-10 7 7 1953 STL A 154 54 100 .351 555 778 8 1954 CHI A 9 3 6 .333 34 32 9-14 3 3 1955 CHI A 155 91 63 .591 725 557 3 1956 CHI A 154 85 69 .552 776 634 3 Total ( 6 Years) 730 355 372 .488 3196 3186 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1950 STL N 4-18 10- 1 1954 CHI A 4-13 9-13 Total ( 2 Years)

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 8-27-1951(1) BOX STL N Scotty Robb Balls and strikes 6-11-1952 BOX STL A Bill McGowan Call at 3B (Reversed 5-15-1953 BOX STL A Art Passarella Balls and strikes 9-20-1953(1) BOX STL A Johnny Stevens Call at 2B 8-16-1955 BOX CHI A Charlie Berry Fair/foul call 9-14-1955(2) BOX CHI A Johnny Stevens Call at 2B 6-14-1956 BOX CHI A Charlie Berry Called third strike 6-20-1956 BOX CHI A Frank Tabacchi Interference call 7-18-1956 BOX CHI A Jim Honochick Balk non-call 8-22-1956(2) BOX CHI A Ed Runge Call at 2B

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1936).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 24, 1951).

Signed by St. Louis Browns (November 29, 1951).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (November 24, 1953).

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