Speed Martin Stats

Speed Martin was born on Friday, September 15, 1893, in Wawawai, Washington. Martin was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 5, 1917, with the St. Louis Browns. 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 Speed Martin baseball stats page.

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Speed Martin



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Birth Name:   Elwood Good Martin
Nickname:   Speed
Born On:   09-15-1893  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Wawawai, Washington
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-14-1983 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lemon Grove, California
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   07-05-1917 (Age 23)
Last Game:   04-17-1922
Draft:   Not Applicable

Speed Martin

Speed Martin Pitching Stats

1917 24 Browns 9 2 5 0 2 .000 5.74 0 0 0 15.2 64 20 10 13 0 5 - 5 2 0 0 -
1918 25 Cubs 9 5 3 5 2 .714 1.84 4 1 1 53.2 219 47 11 19 0 14 - 16 2 1 0 -
1919 26 Cubs 35 14 16 8 8 .500 2.47 7 2 2 163.2 679 158 45 58 2 52 - 54 6 4 0 -
1920 27 Cubs 35 13 10 4 15 .211 4.83 6 0 2 136.0 618 165 73 96 2 50 - 44 5 1 0 -
1921 28 Cubs 37 28 7 11 15 .423 4.35 13 1 1 217.1 925 245 105 115 12 68 - 86 2 2 0 -
1922 29 Cubs 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 0 6.0 28 10 5 5 0 2 - 2 0 0 0 0
6 Years 126 63 41 29 42 .408 3.78 30 4 6 592.1 2,533 645 249 306 16 191 - 207 17 8 0 0

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Speed Martin Hitting Stats

1917 24 Browns 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1918 25 Cubs 9 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - .188 .188 .250
1919 26 Cubs 35 44 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 15 5 - 0 - .182 .200 .205
1920 27 Cubs 35 44 5 7 1 0 1 0 4 3 - 10 1 - 0 - .159 .213 .250
1921 28 Cubs 37 73 2 17 4 1 0 0 6 1 - 16 2 - 0 - .233 .243 .315
1922 29 Cubs 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
6 Years 127 180 10 35 7 1 1 0 12 6 0 44 9 0 0 0 .194 .220 .261

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Speed Martin Fielding Stats

1917 Browns P 9 2 47 15 1.7 14 3 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 8.04
1918 Cubs P 9 5 161 23 2.6 22 4 18 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.69
1919 Cubs P 35 14 491 65 1.9 62 9 53 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .954 3.41
1920 Cubs P 35 13 408 54 1.5 50 6 44 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 3.31
1921 Cubs P 37 28 652 75 2.0 74 9 65 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 3.06
1922 Cubs P 1 1 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals 126 63 1,777 232 1.8 222 31 191 10 6 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.37
6 Years 126 63 1,777 232 1.8 222 31 191 10 6 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.37

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Speed Martin Miscellaneous Stats

1917 Browns 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 2.87 2.87
1918 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 1.14 2.68 2.35
1919 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 22.0 1.04 2.97 2.86
1920 Cubs 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 44.0 4.4 11.0 0.88 2.91 3.31
1921 Cubs 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 12.2 1.26 3.56 2.82
1922 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.00 3.00 3.00
6 Years 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 180.0 4.1 15.0 1.08 3.15 2.90

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Speed Martin Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1917 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -

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