Billy Martin
1950–1961 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Braves, New York Yankees
1,022G
.257AVG
.300OBP
.369SLG
More career statistics
877H
64HR
333RBI
34SB
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,419 | 3,418 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 29 | 30 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 355 | 354 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,717 | 3,716 |
| Batting · Runs | 425 | 424 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,022 | 3,717 | 3,419 | 425 | 877 | 137 | 28 | 64 | 333 | 188 | 355 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 1,262 | .257 | .300 | .369 | .669 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1952-06-14 to 1952-06-22
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1956-06-09 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1956-07-30 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1953-08-12 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 486 | 1751 | 409 | 27 | 140 | 97 | 149 | .256 | .289 | .355 |
| Away | 536 | 1965 | 468 | 37 | 193 | 91 | 205 | .257 | .284 | .382 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 73 | 289 | 62 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 23 | .233 | .256 | .331 |
| May | 167 | 609 | 148 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 59 | .266 | .294 | .372 |
| June | 200 | 745 | 181 | 17 | 66 | 37 | 73 | .262 | .293 | .394 |
| July | 213 | 710 | 181 | 14 | 62 | 35 | 64 | .276 | .304 | .399 |
| August | 200 | 749 | 166 | 12 | 79 | 38 | 70 | .242 | .272 | .352 |
| September | 167 | 606 | 138 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 65 | .249 | .285 | .343 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 137 | 489 | 117 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 39 | .257 | .278 | .336 |
| boston-red-sox | 135 | 513 | 126 | 12 | 57 | 30 | 51 | .267 | .304 | .400 |
| cleveland-guardians | 116 | 391 | 85 | 8 | 32 | 15 | 34 | .229 | .256 | .342 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 111 | 427 | 103 | 9 | 44 | 17 | 35 | .263 | .281 | .383 |
| detroit-tigers | 107 | 383 | 92 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 47 | .262 | .287 | .385 |
| baltimore-orioles | 80 | 308 | 80 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 41 | .280 | .299 | .350 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 61 | 259 | 66 | 6 | 40 | 14 | 19 | .284 | .309 | .444 |
| new-york-yankees | 54 | 205 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 21 | .243 | .278 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  New York Yankees | 34 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 8 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | 52 | 58 | 15 | – | 2 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | 109 | 363 | 97 | 3 | 33 | 3 | .267 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | 149 | 587 | 151 | 15 | 75 | 6 | .257 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Yankees | 20 | 70 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 121 | 458 | 121 | 9 | 49 | 7 | .264 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 116 | 410 | 103 | 10 | 39 | 9 | .251 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 131 | 498 | 127 | 7 | 42 | 5 | .255 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Cleveland Guardians | 73 | 241 | 63 | 9 | 24 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 103 | 317 | 78 | 3 | 16 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1961 | Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Braves | 114 | 380 | 92 | 6 | 36 | 3 | .242 | – | – |