Marty Marion
1940–1953 · bats R / throws R · NLS, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
1,572G
.263AVG
.323OBP
.345SLG
More career statistics
1,448H
36HR
624RBI
35SB
1Rare feat
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 | 5,506 | 5,504 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 21 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 537 | 538 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,141 | 6,143 |
| Batting · RBI | 624 | 625 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 35 | 36 |
| Batting · Walks | 470 | 474 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,572 | 6,141 | 5,506 | 602 | 1,448 | 272 | 37 | 36 | 624 | 470 | 537 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1,902 | .263 | .323 | .345 | .668 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1942-08-09 to 1942-08-21
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1941-07-27 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1945-09-06 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1944-07-24 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 790 | 2995 | 715 | 9 | 309 | 225 | 265 | .266 | .314 | .341 |
| Away | 782 | 3148 | 733 | 27 | 316 | 249 | 273 | .260 | .312 | .350 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 429 | 92 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 33 | .237 | .287 | .340 |
| May | 260 | 1022 | 226 | 7 | 96 | 86 | 93 | .249 | .305 | .321 |
| June | 287 | 1112 | 264 | 9 | 109 | 85 | 109 | .262 | .314 | .344 |
| July | 319 | 1226 | 299 | 2 | 130 | 79 | 114 | .270 | .308 | .347 |
| August | 303 | 1196 | 289 | 8 | 131 | 96 | 93 | .270 | .322 | .355 |
| September | 281 | 1108 | 265 | 5 | 115 | 91 | 95 | .269 | .321 | .354 |
| October | 12 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .310 | .380 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 232 | 935 | 237 | 3 | 106 | 58 | 67 | .277 | .316 | .355 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 228 | 885 | 199 | 3 | 83 | 84 | 87 | .258 | .320 | .340 |
| boston-braves | 220 | 877 | 222 | 5 | 99 | 45 | 68 | .274 | .304 | .354 |
| cincinnati-reds | 209 | 818 | 197 | 4 | 89 | 57 | 85 | .265 | .311 | .355 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 208 | 814 | 177 | 4 | 80 | 64 | 66 | .246 | .296 | .319 |
| chicago-cubs | 207 | 817 | 198 | 3 | 68 | 70 | 82 | .273 | .328 | .349 |
| new-york-giants | 198 | 780 | 172 | 12 | 81 | 77 | 65 | .251 | .319 | .350 |
| new-york-yankees | 13 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .281 | .286 | .469 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 125 | 434 | 121 | 3 | 45 | 9 | .279 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 155 | 547 | 138 | 3 | 58 | 9 | .252 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | 147 | 484 | 134 | – | 54 | 8 | .277 | – | – |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 418 | 117 | 1 | 51 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 144 | 506 | 135 | 6 | 63 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 430 | 119 | 1 | 60 | 2 | .277 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 498 | 116 | 3 | 46 | 1 | .233 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 149 | 540 | 147 | 4 | 74 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 144 | 567 | 143 | 4 | 45 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 134 | 515 | 140 | 5 | 70 | – | .272 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 372 | 92 | 4 | 40 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Browns | 67 | 186 | 46 | 2 | 19 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |