Hersh Martin
1937–1945 · bats B / throws R · NLS, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
607G
.285AVG
.359OBP
.408SLG
More career statistics
643H
28HR
215RBI
33SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 3 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 207 | 206 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 607 | 2,547 | 2,257 | 331 | 643 | 135 | 29 | 28 | 215 | 253 | 207 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 920 | .285 | .359 | .408 | .767 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1938-06-16 to 1938-06-30
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1944-09-01 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1937-09-14 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1944-09-04 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 288 | 1215 | 326 | 18 | 108 | 122 | 93 | .304 | .369 | .445 |
| Away | 319 | 1332 | 317 | 10 | 107 | 131 | 113 | .267 | .336 | .374 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 164 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 18 | .227 | .329 | .355 |
| May | 117 | 498 | 138 | 6 | 40 | 48 | 45 | .313 | .373 | .456 |
| June | 103 | 436 | 121 | 3 | 32 | 48 | 31 | .317 | .388 | .421 |
| July | 141 | 627 | 166 | 8 | 61 | 58 | 43 | .296 | .357 | .432 |
| August | 120 | 485 | 111 | 5 | 43 | 48 | 38 | .259 | .328 | .364 |
| September | 85 | 333 | 73 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 31 | .243 | .306 | .349 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 63 | 259 | 83 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 14 | .352 | .402 | .487 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 63 | 266 | 72 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 20 | .308 | .380 | .389 |
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 261 | 61 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 30 | .263 | .318 | .384 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 257 | 56 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 13 | .245 | .304 | .349 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 55 | 227 | 54 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 26 | .262 | .326 | .388 |
| new-york-giants | 54 | 218 | 61 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 30 | .318 | .390 | .500 |
| boston-braves | 50 | 212 | 48 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 16 | .250 | .302 | .328 |
| st-louis-browns | 34 | 137 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | .256 | .307 | .384 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 141 | 579 | 164 | 8 | 50 | 11 | .283 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Phillies | 120 | 466 | 139 | 3 | 38 | 8 | .298 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 111 | 393 | 111 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .282 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 33 | 83 | 21 | – | 5 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1944 |  New York Yankees | 85 | 328 | 99 | 9 | 47 | 5 | .302 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Yankees | 117 | 408 | 109 | 7 | 53 | 4 | .267 | – | – |