Hersh Martin Stats

Hersh Martin was born on Sunday, September 19, 1909, in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 23, 1937, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Hersh Martin baseball stats page.

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Hersh Martin



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Birth Name:   Hershel Ray Martin
Nickname:   Hersh
Born On:   09-19-1909  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Birmingham, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-17-1980 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cuba, Missouri
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Cuba, Missouri
High School:   Ponca City High School (Ponca City, OK)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-23-1937 (Age 27)
Last Game:   09-23-1945
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Hersh Martin Pitching Stats

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Hersh Martin Hitting Stats

1937 28 Phillies 141 579 102 164 35 7 8 0 49 69 - 66 4 - 2 6 .283 .362 .409
1938 29 Phillies 120 466 58 139 36 6 3 0 39 34 - 48 7 - 1 14 .298 .347 .421
1939 30 Phillies 111 393 59 111 28 5 1 0 22 42 - 27 5 - 2 5 .282 .355 .387
1940 31 Phillies 33 83 10 21 6 1 0 0 5 9 - 9 4 - 0 0 .253 .326 .349
1944 35 Yankees 85 328 49 99 12 4 9 0 47 34 - 26 4 - 2 4 .302 .371 .445
1945 36 Yankees 117 408 53 109 18 6 7 0 53 65 - 31 6 - 0 3 .267 .368 .392
6 Years 607 2,257 331 643 135 29 28 0 215 253 - 207 30 - 7 32 .285 .359 .408

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Hersh Martin Fielding Stats

1937 Phillies CF 135 135 402 231 1.7 188 185 3 43 9 n/a n/a n/a .814 12.63
1937 Phillies LF 4 4 102 10 2.5 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1938 Phillies CF 115 110 2,868 1,309 11.4 1,298 1,291 7 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 12.22
1938 Phillies RF 2 2 27 7 3.5 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.00
1939 Phillies CF 73 73 1,935 237 3.2 231 228 3 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 3.22
1939 Phillies LF 9 8 183 29 3.2 28 27 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 4.13
1939 Phillies RF 13 13 324 22 1.7 22 21 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.83
1940 Phillies CF 18 17 396 143 7.9 142 138 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.68
1940 Phillies RF 5 1 24 4 0.8 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1944 Yankees CF 2 2 54 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1944 Yankees LF 78 78 2,049 1,189 15.2 1,182 1,174 8 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .994 15.58
1945 Yankees CF 3 2 57 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.95
1945 Yankees LF 97 97 2,553 2,236 23.1 2,232 2,225 7 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .998 23.61
1945 Yankees RF 3 3 54 7 2.3 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.50
CF Totals 346 339 5,712 1,925 5.6 1,864 1,847 17 61 11 n/a n/a n/a .968 8.81
LF Totals 188 187 4,887 3,464 18.4 3,452 3,436 16 12 5 n/a n/a n/a .997 19.07
RF Totals 23 19 429 40 1.7 40 38 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.52
6 Years 557 545 11,028 5,429 9.7 5,356 5,321 35 73 17 n/a n/a n/a .987 13.11

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Hersh Martin Miscellaneous Stats

1937 Phillies 11 - - 2 0 n/a 72.4 8.8 11.8 - - -
1938 Phillies 8 - - 4 0 n/a 155.3 9.7 11.9 - - -
1939 Phillies 4 - - 15 1 n/a 393.0 14.6 17.9 - - -
1940 Phillies 1 - - 10 0 n/a 0.0 9.2 16.6 - - -
1944 Yankees 5 2 .714 5 0 n/a 36.4 12.6 7.0 - - -
1945 Yankees 4 1 .800 15 0 n/a 58.3 13.2 7.7 - - -
6 Years 33 3 .917 51 1 n/a 80.6 10.9 10.5 - - -

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Hersh Martin Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1937 Philadelphia Phillies 30 Undetermined - -
1938 Philadelphia Phillies 2 Undetermined Stats -
1939 Philadelphia Phillies 25 Undetermined - -
1940 Philadelphia Phillies 25 Undetermined - -
1944 New York Yankees 9, 19 Undetermined - -
1945 New York Yankees 9 Undetermined n/a -

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