Pepper Martin Stats

Pepper Martin was born on Monday, February 29, 1904, in Temple, Oklahoma. Martin was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1928, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Pepper Martin baseball stats page.
"A chunky, unshaven hobo who (Pepper Martin) ran the bases like a beserk locomotive, slept in the raw, and swore at pitchers in his sleep." - Author Lee Allen in The National League Story (1961)

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Pepper Martin
 
 
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Birth Name:   Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin
Nickname:   Pepper or Wild Horse of the Osage
Born On:   02-29-1904  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Temple, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-05-1965 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   McAlester, Oklahoma
Cemetery:   Quinton Cemetery, Quinton, Oklahoma
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-16-1928 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-01-1944
Draft:   Not Applicable
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1934 30 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 0 2.0 6 1 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
1936 32 Cardinals 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 7 1 0 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 2 0 1 0 0 .000 2.25 0 0 0 4.0 13 2 1 1 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1928 24 Cardinals 39 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 - .308 .400 .308
1930 26 Cardinals 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1931 27 Cardinals 123 413 68 124 32 8 7 0 75 30 - 40 4 - 2 - .300 .351 .467
1932 28 Cardinals 85 323 47 77 19 6 4 0 34 30 - 31 1 - 1 - .238 .305 .372
1933 29 Cardinals 145 599 122 189 36 12 8 0 57 67 - 46 0 - 3 9 .316 .387 .456
1934 30 Cardinals 110 454 74 131 25 11 5 0 49 32 - 41 1 - 1 1 .289 .337 .425
1935 31 Cardinals 135 539 121 161 41 6 9 1 54 33 - 58 1 - 2 7 .299 .341 .447
1936 32 Cardinals 143 572 121 177 36 11 11 1 76 58 - 66 4 - 0 11 .309 .373 .469
1937 33 Cardinals 98 339 60 103 27 8 5 0 38 33 - 50 1 - 0 3 .304 .366 .475
1938 34 Cardinals 91 269 34 79 18 2 2 0 38 18 - 34 2 - 1 2 .294 .340 .398
1939 35 Cardinals 88 281 48 86 17 7 3 0 37 30 - 35 4 - 1 7 .306 .375 .448
1940 36 Cardinals 86 228 28 72 15 4 3 1 39 22 - 24 2 - 1 1 .316 .378 .456
1944 40 Cardinals 40 86 15 24 4 0 2 0 4 15 - 11 1 - 0 3 .279 .386 .395
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
13 Years 1,189 4,117 754 1,227 270 75 59 3 501 369 - 438 22 - 13 44 .298 .358 .443
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1928 Cardinals LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1928 Cardinals RF 4 0 - 2 0.5 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1931 Cardinals CF 110 109 2,643 302 2.7 292 282 10 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.98
1931 Cardinals LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1932 Cardinals 3B 15 15 396 37 2.5 36 18 18 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.45
1932 Cardinals CF 65 64 1,620 1,154 17.8 1,150 1,140 10 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .997 19.17
1932 Cardinals LF 5 5 117 11 2.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.54
1933 Cardinals 3B 145 145 3,873 437 3.0 412 139 273 25 14 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.87
1934 Cardinals 3B 107 103 2,667 299 2.8 280 85 195 19 7 n/a n/a n/a .936 2.83
1934 Cardinals LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1934 Cardinals P 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1935 Cardinals 3B 114 111 2,637 314 2.8 284 113 171 30 17 n/a n/a n/a .904 2.91
1935 Cardinals CF 5 5 111 13 2.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.16
1935 Cardinals LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1935 Cardinals RF 10 10 189 21 2.1 19 19 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 2.71
1936 Cardinals 3B 15 13 348 32 2.1 25 13 12 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .781 1.94
1936 Cardinals CF 3 3 81 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
1936 Cardinals P 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1936 Cardinals RF 123 122 3,138 237 1.9 231 219 12 6 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.99
1937 Cardinals 3B 5 5 123 15 3.0 14 6 8 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.07
1937 Cardinals CF 40 40 1,047 2,129 53.2 2,126 2,120 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .999 54.83
1937 Cardinals RF 42 40 1,032 93 2.2 90 84 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.35
1938 Cardinals 3B 4 2 54 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1938 Cardinals CF 39 39 957 106 2.7 104 103 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.93
1938 Cardinals LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1938 Cardinals RF 22 18 471 35 1.6 35 35 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.01
1939 Cardinals 3B 22 18 255 49 2.2 45 15 30 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .918 4.76
1939 Cardinals CF 37 36 585 296 8.0 294 291 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 13.57
1939 Cardinals LF 9 6 105 12 1.3 11 10 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.83
1939 Cardinals RF 8 7 156 13 1.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1940 Cardinals 3B 2 2 57 8 4.0 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.79
1940 Cardinals CF 10 3 69 9 0.9 8 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 3.13
1940 Cardinals LF 18 11 231 21 1.2 21 20 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1940 Cardinals RF 40 36 645 184 4.6 182 175 7 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 7.62
1944 Cardinals CF 12 5 102 21 1.8 21 21 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.56
1944 Cardinals RF 17 17 213 29 1.7 28 27 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.55
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
3B Totals 429 414 10,410 1,195 2.8 1,108 393 715 87 44 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.87
CF Totals 321 304 7,215 4,037 12.6 4,015 3,985 30 22 7 n/a n/a n/a .995 15.02
RF Totals 266 250 5,844 614 2.3 600 574 26 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.77
LF Totals 37 22 453 44 1.2 43 41 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.56
P Totals 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
12 Years 1,055 990 23,934 5,891 5.6 5,767 4,993 774 124 56 n/a n/a n/a .979 6.51
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1928 Cardinals 2 - - 14 21 n/a 0.0 6.5 0.0 - - -
1930 Cardinals 0 - - 1 5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1931 Cardinals 16 - - 8 5 n/a 59.0 10.3 5.5 - - -
1932 Cardinals 9 - - 0 1 n/a 80.8 10.4 9.5 - - -
1933 Cardinals 26 - - 0 0 n/a 74.9 13.0 10.5 - - -
1934 Cardinals 23 - - 1 1 n/a 90.8 11.1 9.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
1935 Cardinals 20 - - 5 2 n/a 59.9 9.3 10.0 - - -
1936 Cardinals 23 - - 1 1 n/a 52.0 8.7 7.5 0.00 0.00 9.00
1937 Cardinals 9 - - 11 0 n/a 67.8 6.8 8.9 - - -
1938 Cardinals 4 - - 24 1 n/a 134.5 7.9 7.1 - - -
1939 Cardinals 6 - - 13 3 n/a 93.7 8.0 7.6 - - -
1940 Cardinals 6 - - 21 0 n/a 76.0 9.5 5.8 - - -
1944 Cardinals 2 - - 5 6 n/a 43.0 7.8 21.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
13 Years 146 - - 104 46 n/a 69.8 9.4 8.2 0.00 0.00 4.50
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1928 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1930 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1932 St. Louis Cardinals 2 Undetermined n/a -
1933 St. Louis Cardinals 28 Undetermined Stats -
1934 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined Stats Stats
1935 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined Stats -
1936 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1937 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined Stats -
1938 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1939 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1940 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1944 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -




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