Marty Marion
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Marion in about 1953
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Born: December 1, 1917 Richburg, South Carolina |
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Died: March 15, 2011 (aged 93) Ladue, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 16, 1940, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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| July 6, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 36 | ||
| Runs batted in | 624 | ||
| Managerial record | 356–372 | ||
| Winning % | .489 | ||
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Martin Whiteford Marion (December 1, 1917 – March 15, 2011) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1953. Marion played with the St. Louis Cardinals for the majority of his career before ending with the St. Louis Browns as a player-manager. He later became the manager of the Chicago White Sox.
Marion was born in Richburg, South Carolina. He grew up in Atlanta, where he attended Tech High School and played baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. His older brother, Red Marion, was briefly an outfielder in the American League and a long-time manager in the minor leagues. Nicknamed "Slats", Marion had unusually long arms which reached for grounders like tentacles, prompting sportwriters to call him "The Octopus".
From 1940-50, Marion led the National League shortstops in fielding percentage four times, despite several other players being moved around the infield during these years. In 1941 he played all 154 games at shortstop (also a league-high) and in 1947 he made only 15 errors for a consistent .981 percentage.
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