Английская Википедия:Gene Martin
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Thomas Eugene Martin (born January 12, 1947) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder who appeared in nine games during the Шаблон:Mlby 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 Шаблон:Convert tall and weighed Шаблон:Convert.
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 (Шаблон:Baseball year–Шаблон:Baseball year), 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
Martin 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
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- ↑ Ryczek, William J. Baseball on the Bring: The Crisis of 1968 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017, Шаблон:ISBN (print)), p. 80.
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