Buck Martinez

John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager, and currently the television play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in the majors with the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays. Since the end of his playing career, he has been a broadcaster, working on Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles radio and television broadcasts, and nationally for TBS.

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Filmography

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Self

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2005

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV Show)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1979

SportsCenter (TV Show)

1976

1976 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Buck Martinez.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1969	KCR	72	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	0	8	25	0.229	0.258	0.327
1970	KCR	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.111	0.273	0.111
1971	KCR	22	46	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	5	9	0.152	0.231	0.196
1973	KCR	14	32	2	8	1	0	1	6	0	4	5	0.250	0.333	0.375
1974	KCR	43	107	10	23	3	1	1	8	0	14	19	0.215	0.317	0.290
1975	KCR	80	226	15	51	9	2	3	23	1	21	28	0.226	0.293	0.323
1976	KCR	95	267	24	61	13	3	5	34	0	16	45	0.228	0.269	0.356
1977	KCR	29	80	3	18	4	0	1	9	0	3	12	0.225	0.253	0.313
1978	MIL	89	256	26	56	10	1	1	20	1	14	42	0.219	0.255	0.277
1979	MIL	69	196	17	53	8	0	4	26	0	8	25	0.270	0.296	0.372
1980	MIL	76	219	16	49	9	0	3	17	1	12	33	0.224	0.266	0.306
1981	TOR	45	128	13	29	8	1	4	21	1	11	16	0.227	0.287	0.398
1982	TOR	96	260	26	63	17	0	10	37	1	24	34	0.242	0.301	0.423
1983	TOR	88	221	27	56	14	0	10	33	0	29	39	0.253	0.337	0.452
1984	TOR	102	232	24	51	13	1	5	37	0	29	49	0.220	0.301	0.349
1985	TOR	42	99	11	16	3	0	4	14	0	10	12	0.162	0.239	0.313
1986	TOR	81	160	13	29	8	0	2	12	0	20	25	0.181	0.271	0.269
Career		1049	2743	245	618	128	10	58	321	5	230	419	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Buck Martinez.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1969	KCR	72	47	428	292	26	9	8	0.972
1970	KCR	6	3	30	20	3	1	0	0.958
1971	KCR	22	14	138	84	6	3	0	0.968
1973	KCR	14	10	94	52	4	2	1	0.966
1974	KCR	38	31	281	151	16	4	1	0.977
1975	KCR	79	70	617	361	39	8	4	0.980
1976	KCR	94	86	739	420	40	4	4	0.991
1977	KCR	28	22	202	133	8	1	0	0.993
1978	MIL	89	85	716	327	32	8	7	0.978
1979	MIL	69	67	548	198	39	8	2	0.967
1980	MIL	76	75	622	293	33	5	3	0.985
1981	TOR	45	43	372	192	22	2	3	0.991
1982	TOR	93	79	677	382	35	5	8	0.988
1983	TOR	86	69	579	331	25	4	3	0.989
1984	TOR	98	66	616	360	34	2	5	0.995
1985	TOR	42	32	270	155	16	2	5	0.988
1986	TOR	78	47	417	289	19	2	6	0.994
Career		1029	846	-	4040	397	70	60	-

Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Buck Martinez.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1979	MIL	0-0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Career		0-0	-	1	0	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	1	0

First Name	John
Middle Name	Albert
Last Name	Martinez
Full Name at Birth	John Albert Martinez
Age	64
Date of Birth	November 7, 1948
Birthplace	Redding, CA
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Build	Athletic
Hair Color	Grey
Star Sign	Scorpio
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Elk Grove High School
University	Sacramento City College Sacramento State University Missouri State University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Catcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	18 June 1969
Last MLB Game	3 October 1986
Draft	Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1967.
Claim to Fame	Kansas City Royals