Buck Martinez

C · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1969–1986 BORN: REDDING, USA
Career
618 H · 58 HR · 321 RBI · 5 SB
.225 AVG · .627 OPS · 1049 G
1986 Season
.181 AVG · 2 HR · 12 RBI · 0 SB
.271 OBP · .269 SLG · .539 OPS
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Buck Martinez was a catcher in MLB. Across 1049 career games, with a .225 batting average and 58 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 KC 72 205 14 47 6 1 4 23 0 8 25 .229 .258 .327 .585
1970 KC 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .111 .273 .111 .384
1971 KC 22 46 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 5 9 .152 .231 .196 .426
1973 KC 14 32 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 4 5 .250 .333 .375 .708
1974 KC 43 107 10 23 3 1 1 8 0 14 19 .215 .317 .290 .607
1975 KC 80 226 15 51 9 2 3 23 1 21 28 .226 .293 .323 .616
1976 KC 95 267 24 61 13 3 5 34 0 16 45 .228 .269 .356 .625
1977 KC 29 80 3 18 4 0 1 9 0 3 12 .225 .253 .313 .566
1978 ML4 89 256 26 56 10 1 1 20 1 14 42 .219 .255 .277 .533
1979 ML4 69 196 17 53 8 0 4 26 0 8 25 .270 .296 .372 .669
1980 ML4 76 219 16 49 9 0 3 17 1 12 33 .224 .266 .306 .572
1981 TOR 45 128 13 29 8 1 4 21 1 11 16 .227 .287 .398 .685
1982 TOR 96 260 26 63 17 0 10 37 1 24 34 .242 .301 .423 .724
1983 TOR 88 221 27 56 14 0 10 33 0 29 39 .253 .337 .452 .790
1984 TOR 102 232 24 51 13 1 5 37 0 29 49 .220 .301 .349 .651
1985 TOR 42 99 11 16 3 0 4 14 0 10 12 .162 .239 .313 .552
1986 TOR 81 160 13 29 8 0 2 12 0 20 25 .181 .271 .269 .539
Career Totals 1049 2743 245 618 128 10 58 321 5 230 419 .225 .284 .343 .627
Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1979 ML4 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2.00
Career Totals 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2.00
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$356,300
1986$347,096

Career Total: $703,396 (2 seasons)

Average: $351,698

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.