Buck Martinez

1969–1986 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays

1,049G

.225AVG

.284OBP

.343SLG

More career statistics

618H

58HR

321RBI

5SB

1.0IP

9.00ERA

0GS

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.

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,049	3,072	2,743	245	618	128	10	58	321	230	419	5	10	8	35	940	.225	.284	.343	.627

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9.00	2.000

Streaks

11longest hitting streak · 1976-05-04 to 1976-05-19

17longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
29	struck out 4 times	1984-08-04	1 in 728 player-games	box score ↗
23	9 total bases	1984-06-23	1 in 419 player-games	box score ↗
14	3 walks	1974-08-14	1 in 192 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	516	1499	325	27	171	107	195	.242	.288	.368
Away	533	1573	293	31	150	123	224	.210	.264	.318

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	121	342	72	5	32	19	42	.230	.266	.335
May	160	485	98	2	53	37	60	.227	.278	.306
June	165	467	98	15	65	42	74	.238	.300	.439
July	180	511	100	13	59	30	89	.216	.254	.345
August	200	620	130	13	60	45	71	.235	.282	.350
September	213	624	118	10	50	55	80	.215	.277	.299
October	10	23	2	0	2	2	3	.100	.174	.200

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-white-sox	110	324	62	5	32	33	39	.219	.293	.343
athletics	93	259	51	2	17	23	41	.228	.286	.299
minnesota-twins	93	284	65	6	34	26	43	.262	.320	.415
new-york-yankees	88	271	43	3	21	21	38	.179	.236	.271
baltimore-orioles	78	224	54	5	24	6	28	.255	.268	.387
california-angels	76	230	49	2	23	12	36	.233	.265	.310
texas-rangers	76	227	41	4	23	19	31	.203	.264	.307
boston-red-sox	75	224	53	6	27	21	30	.269	.330	.416

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1969	Kansas City Royals	72	205	47	4	23	–	.229	–	–
1970	Kansas City Royals	6	9	1	–	–	–	.111	–	–
1971	Kansas City Royals	22	46	7	–	1	–	.152	–	–
1973	Kansas City Royals	14	32	8	1	6	–	.250	–	–
1974	Kansas City Royals	43	107	23	1	8	–	.215	–	–
1975	Kansas City Royals	80	226	51	3	23	1	.226	–	–
1976	Kansas City Royals	95	267	61	5	34	–	.228	–	–
1977	Kansas City Royals	29	80	18	1	9	–	.225	–	–
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	89	256	56	1	20	1	.219	–	–
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	69	196	53	4	26	–	.270	1	–
1980	Milwaukee Brewers	76	219	49	3	17	1	.224	–	–
1981	Toronto Blue Jays	45	128	29	4	21	1	.227	–	–
1982	Toronto Blue Jays	96	260	63	10	37	1	.242	–	–
1983	Toronto Blue Jays	88	221	56	10	33	–	.253	–	–
1984	Toronto Blue Jays	102	232	51	5	37	–	.220	–	–
1985	Toronto Blue Jays	42	99	16	4	14	–	.162	–	–
1986	Toronto Blue Jays	81	160	29	2	12	–	.181	–	–