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Buck Martinez

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Buck Martinez

John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and is currently the television color commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Toronto Blue Jays. Since the end of his playing career, he has been a broadcaster, working on the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles radio and television broadcasts, and nationally for TBS and MLB Network. Martinez managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 to May 2002 and Team USA at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.

Infobox

Batting average
225
Home runs
58
Runs batted in
321
Managerial record
100–115
Winning %
465

Tables

· Managerial career › Record
Games
Games
Team
Games
Year
Won
Regular Season
Lost
Regular Season
Win %
Regular Season
Finish
Regular Season
Won
Regular Season
Lost
Postseason
Win %
Postseason
Result
TOR
TOR
Team
TOR
Year
2001
Regular Season
162
Regular Season
80
Regular Season
82
Regular Season
494
Regular Season
3rd in AL East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
TOR
TOR
Team
TOR
Year
2002
Regular Season
53
Regular Season
20
Regular Season
33
Regular Season
377
Regular Season
fired
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Total
Total
Team
Total
Year
215
Regular Season
100
Regular Season
115
Regular Season
465
Regular Season
–
Regular Season
0
Postseason
0
Postseason
–
Team
Year
Regular Season
Postseason
Games
Won
Lost
Win %
Finish
Won
Lost
Win %
Result
TOR
2001
162
80
82
494
3rd in AL East
–
–
–
–
TOR
2002
53
20
33
377
fired
–
–
–
–
Total
215
100
115
465
–
0
0
–

References

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    https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martibu01.shtml?redir
  2. TBS
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081006094209/http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0%2C%2C136584%2C00.html
  3. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/17/archives/royals-trade-a-catcher-for-three-astro-players.html
  4. Baseball-Reference.com
    https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA196906181.shtml
  5. Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History
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  6. Herald and Review
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-and-review-cards-trade-hrabosky-t/109146333/
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    https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA197908290.shtml
  8. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/12/sports/transactions-116980.html
  9. CBC.ca
    https://www.cbc.ca/archives/buck-martinez-s-broken-leg-and-his-journey-into-broadcasting-1.4963392
  10. The Sacramento Bee
    https://www.sacbee.com/sports/other-sports/river-cats/article2606284.html
  11. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxxQF0jFM2o
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    https://www.espn.com/espn/magazine/archives/news/story?page=magazine-20010122-article38
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  14. CNN
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  15. Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame
    https://www.sacsportshof.com/buckmartinez
  16. The Baltimore Sun
    https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2010-03-buck_stops_here-story.html
  17. Toronto Blue Jays
    https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/team/broadcasters
  18. Boston.com
    https://www.boston.com/sports/extra-bases/2009/04/30/remy_out_for_to/
  19. Toronto Star
    https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/737294--buck-martinez-returns-as-blue-jays-tv-announcer
  20. Sportsnet
    http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/martinez-tabler-to-return-for-five-more-years/
  21. Metro News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161010025503/http://www.metronews.ca/sports/2016/10/05/sportsnet-touts-four-million-viewers-for-jays-vs-orioles-matchup.html
  22. CBC.ca
    https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/buck-martinez-cancer-treatment-blue-jays-1.6422155
  23. Toronto Star
    https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2022/07/23/blue-jays-broadcaster-buck-martinez-set-to-return-to-booth-next-week-after-completing-cancer-treatments.html
  24. Sportsnet.ca
    https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/buck-martinez-wins-canadian-baseball-hall-of-fames-jack-graney-award/
  25. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100212&page=1
  26. CBC.ca
    https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/blue-jays-fire-buck-martinez-1.349252
  27. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/04/sports/american-league-blue-jays-lose-patience-with-buck-martinez.html
  28. MLB.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080411230052/http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/releases/releases.jsp?content=1205c
  29. Baseball-Reference.com
    https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=martin002cas
  30. Baseball-Reference.com
    https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=2000&draft_round=47&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round
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    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-tuesday-march-22-2016-1.3501928/why-buck-martinez-feels-bad-for-today-s-baseball-players-1.3501932
  32. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    https://baseballhalloffame.ca/legendary-blue-jays-broadcaster-buck-martinez-named-winner-of-canadian-baseball-hall-of-fame-and-museums-jack-graney-award/
  33. MLB.com
    https://www.mlb.com/news/eduardo-perez-named-baseball-assistance-team-president
  34. Bluebird Banter
    https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2020/11/3/21512433/today-in-blue-jays-history-buck-martinez-introduced-as-manager-20-years-ago
  35. "Karuk Tribal Member Martinez named Team USA Manager." Karuk Newsletter, Winter 2006, p. 9.
    https://www.karuk.us/images/docs/newsletters/Winter06Newsletter.pdf
  36. "Buck Martinez Karuk Tribal Member." Karuk Newsletter, Spring 2017, p. 18.
    https://www.karuk.us/images/docs/newsletters/2017_Spring_Newsletter.pdf
  37. MLB.com
    https://www.mlb.com/cut4/buck-martinez-inducted-into-hispanic-heritage-baseball-hall-of-fame/c-36051674
  38. CTV News
    https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/blue-jays-broadcaster-buck-martinez-leaving-tv-booth-following-cancer-diagnosis/
  39. MD Anderson Cancer Center
    https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/md-anderson-helps-major-league-baseball-broadcaster-overcome-head-and-neck-cancer-squamous-cell-carcinoma.h00-159542112.html
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