Marty Marion

Shortstop

1940—1953

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
#79

Player Detail

Martin Whiteford
GIVEN NAME
Marion
SURNAME
December 1, 1916, in Richburg, SC
BORN
March 15, 2011, in Ladue, MO, USA
DIED
1940—1953
Playing Career
Played from 23-36
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
St. Louis Cardinals
PRIMARY TEAM
1942, 1944, 1946
World Series titles
Slats,The Octopus,Mr. Shortstop
NICKNAME
4
UNIFORM NUMBER
#7 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 16, 1940
Major League Debut
July 6, 1953
FINAL GAME

Related Content

WHO IS Marty Marion?

That great shortstop who helped the Cardinals win pennants in and around World War II. Usually gets Hall of Fame consideration.
Marty played for both St. Louis teams (the Browns and Cardinals), and also later managed them.

40

HITTING

30

POWER

50

RUNNING

80

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1572
1448
36
624
.263
7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1944 NL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
28.7
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.668
.655
102.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.263
.323
.345

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.266
.325
.341

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Marty Marion Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Marion
538
141
59
27
4
4
61
46
52
3
186
189
.263
.323
.345
668
AVG SS
538
136
64
22
4
5
49
49
6
181
187
.253
.318
.337
.655

Marty Marion Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
79
69
93
66
73
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
61
67
57
80
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Marty Marion PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
31.4
26.1
20.6
13.7
3.23
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Marty Marion
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
176.6
127.0
UNK
60.5
18.1
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Marty Marion
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS