Martin had a seven-year minor league career, then enjoyed success in Japan, where he played for six seasons (1974–1979), five for the Chunichi Dragons, and one with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. Over the course of his Japanese career, he hit 189 home runs (averaging over 30 per season) while batting .272.
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gene, martin, confused, with, american, baseball, manager, scout, executive, baseball, executive, thomas, eugene, martin, born, january, 1947, american, former, major, league, baseball, left, fielder, appeared, nine, games, during, 1968, season, washington, se. Not to be confused with the American baseball manager scout and executive Gene Martin baseball executive Thomas Eugene Martin born January 12 1947 is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder who appeared in nine games during the 1968 season for the Washington Senators Born in Americus Georgia he attended Dougherty Comprehensive High School in Albany then was selected by Washington in the third round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft He batted left handed threw right handed stood 6 feet 1 8 m tall and weighed 190 pounds 86 kg Gene MartinOutfielderBorn 1947 01 12 January 12 1947 age 77 Americus Georgia U S Batted LeftThrew RightProfessional debutMLB July 28 1968 for the Washington SenatorsNPB April 6 1974 for the Chunichi DragonsLast appearanceMLB September 13 1968 for the Washington SenatorsNPB October 25 1979 for the Yokohama Taiyo WhalesMLB statisticsBatting average 364Home runs1Runs batted in1NPB statisticsBatting average 272Home runs189Runs batted in498TeamsWashington Senators 1968 Chunichi Dragons 1974 1978 Yokohama Taiyo Whales 1979 Martin then 21 years old made the most of his very brief major league career In his nine appearances in 1968 seven of them as a pinch hitter he hit 364 with two singles a double and a home run in just 11 at bats His home run was hit September 8 at Yankee Stadium against 1968 American League Rookie of the Year Stan Bahnsen The solo blast accounted for Martin s lone run batted in Martin had a seven year minor league career then enjoyed success in Japan where he played for six seasons 1974 1979 five for the Chunichi Dragons and one with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales Over the course of his Japanese career he hit 189 home runs averaging over 30 per season while batting 272 Vietnam War veteran editMartin was drafted into the United States Army in 1965 and became a parachute rigger In February 1967 he deployed to Vietnam during the Vietnam War 1 References edit Ryczek William J Baseball on the Bring The Crisis of 1968 Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company Inc Publishers 2017 ISBN 9781476668482 print p 80 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet or Pelota Binaria Venezuelan Winter League Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gene Martin amp oldid 1194385623, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
