MLB / Players

Speed Martin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 165 lb
BornSeptember 15, 1893 · Wawawai, WA, USA
MLB debutJuly 5, 1917
Final gameApril 17, 1922
Seasons6 (1917–1922)

St. Louis Browns 1917; Chicago Cubs 1918–1922

Percentile snapshot

1921 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
62.2
GS
28
63.1
W
11
45
L
15
13.5
SV
1
47.7
CG
13
50.5
SHO
1
34.2
H
245
35.1
ER
105
19.8
BB
68
27.9
SO
86
72.1
HR
12
14.4
IP
217.3
62.2
ERA
4.35
23.4
WHIP
1.440
33.3
K/9
3.56
61.3
FIP
3.88
58.6
FIP-
102.3
34.2
ERA+
87.3
9
sWAR
0.9
23.4

of 112 qualified 1921 pitchers (min 153 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.3
71.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
191710220000000000.000.000.000.000-124.8-100.0.000-0.5
1918917160310000200.188.188.250.43818.432.6.2051.2
191935504438100211500.182.200.205.40511.722.5.1942.3
192035484457101431010.159.213.250.46323.631.5.222-1.5
1921377673217410611610.233.243.315.55838.346.3.2530.9
19221210000001100.000.500.000.500110.538.3.379-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19179202000201055015.75.741.5962.872.4694.145.5-0.5
1918955214147111416053.71.841.1372.682.5491.6150.41.2
19193514882721584552542163.72.471.2832.972.97103.4116.02.3
192035134152601657350442136.04.831.5812.913.27102.765.9-1.5
1921372811151131245105688612217.34.351.4403.563.88102.387.30.9
192211100001052206.07.502.0003.003.4182.055.4-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
127
PA
195
AB
180
R
10
H
35
2B
7
3B
1
HR
1
RBI
12
BB
6
SO
44
SB
2
BA
.1944
OBP
.2204
SLG
.2611
OPS
.4815

Pitching

G (P)
126
GS
63
W
29
L
42
SV
6
CG
30
SHO
4
IP
592
SO (P)
207
BB allowed
191
ERA
3.783
WHIP
1.4114
K/9
3.15

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1921-05-07CIN @ CHC Gameday403010205
1920-09-18CHC @ PHI Gameday111001304
1921-05-17CHC @ ATL Gameday302100103
1921-06-28PIT @ CHC Gameday402100103
1919-08-07ATL @ CHC Gameday412100003

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1921-08-26CHC @ LAD Gameday9.0733371
1921-08-11CHC @ PIT Gameday10.21455360
1918-08-19ATL @ CHC Gameday9.0300260
1919-08-07ATL @ CHC Gameday9.0422160
1920-06-29PIT @ CHC Gameday11.0843750

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.