{"id":10242,"date":"2016-05-11T03:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2016-05-11T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T02:26:38","slug":"91-dave-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/91-dave-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"#91 &#8211; Dave Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/91-dave-martinez\/dave_martinez\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10291\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dave_martinez.jpg\" alt=\"dave_martinez\" width=\"358\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dave_martinez.jpg 358w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dave_martinez-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Martinez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank:<\/strong>\u00a091<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0OF\/1B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01995-1997<\/p>\n<p>Following the resolution of the strike that prematurely ended the 1994 season and delayed the start of the 1995 season, Dave Martinez signed with the White Sox as a free agent. \u00a0Martinez saw little playing time early in the season, until manager Gene Lamont was fired and replaced by Terry Bevington. \u00a0He split time between the outfield and first base, finishing the year with a .307 average and setting a career high with an .806 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez returned to the White Sox in 1996, serving as the fourth outfielder and again backing up at first base. \u00a0He set a career high with 146 games played, a .318 batting average, an .861 OPS and 53 RBIs. \u00a01997 was another good year for Martinez, where he set career highs in home runs and RBIs. \u00a0Following the season, Martinez became a free agent and his White Sox career came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><b>Career Batting<\/b><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">BA<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">At Bats<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Runs<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Hits<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">RBI<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Walks<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Strike Outs<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Doubles<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Triples<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">HR<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">SB<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">GIDP<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Errors<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Games<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.412<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.302<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1247<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">212<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">377<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">145<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">139<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">162<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">52<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">27<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">35<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">410<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0Dave Martinez Rank:\u00a091 Position:\u00a0OF\/1B Years With White Sox:\u00a01995-1997 Following the resolution of the strike that prematurely ended the 1994 season and delayed the start of the 1995 season, Dave Martinez signed with the White Sox as a free agent. \u00a0Martinez saw little playing time early in the season, until manager Gene Lamont was fired and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[77,895,2801,4199,49],"class_list":["post-10242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-1994-strike","tag-dave-martinez","tag-gene-lamont","tag-terry-bevington","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10242"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10294,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions\/10294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}