Speed Martin
1917–1922 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns
127G
.194AVG
.220OBP
.261SLG
More career statistics
35H
1HR
12RBI
2SB
29–42W–L
592.1IP
207K
3.77ERA
63GS
6SV
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 · Plate appearances | 195 | 196 |
| Batting · RBI | 12 | 10 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,533 | 2,537 |
| Pitching · p er | 248 | 240 |
| Pitching · p h | 645 | 638 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,777 | 1,773 |
| Pitching · p k | 207 | 211 |
| Pitching · p w | 191 | 192 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 195 | 180 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | .194 | .220 | .261 | .481 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 592.3 | 126 | 63 | 30 | 29 | 42 | 6 | 645 | 304 | 248 | 16 | 191 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 1.411 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1921-06-21 to 1921-07-13
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1919-07-01 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1920-07-12 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1920-06-29 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  St. Louis Browns | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 15 | 5 |
| 1918 |  Chicago Cubs | 9 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | .188 | 53 | 16 |
| 1919 | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 44 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 163 | 55 |
| 1920 | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .159 | 136 | 45 |
| 1921 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 73 | 17 | – | 5 | 1 | .233 | 216 | 88 |
| 1922 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 2 |