Jose Martinez vs. Danny Shay — Career Comparison

Jose Martinez
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Danny Shay
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueShortstop

Looking at the career totals, Jose Martinez and Danny Shay are closely matched on the surface stats. Danny Shay posted stronger numbers in OPS (.620 vs .579) and on-base percentage (.325 vs .286). Jose Martinez had the advantage in home run production (1 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Danny Shay had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Jose Martinez and Danny Shay

Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
286.57
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
156.43
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
201
600
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
886
600
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
561.19
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
775
524.83
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.693
0.693
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
137.31
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
125.96
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
116.42
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
103.61
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.91
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
17.61
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.39
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.35
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.9
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
22.35
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
13.99
41.77
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93.74
63.48
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
164.18
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
154.4
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
57
170.15
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
192.33
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.642
0.642
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
62.69
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.27
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
47.76
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
41.99
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
107.46
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
100.9
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
15.56
46.46
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101.58
68.79
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
6.77
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
29.85
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
59.59
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
110.45
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
36.57
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
5.43
5.43
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.41
16.41
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.63
1.63
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.97
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
8.8
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.93
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
35.21
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Danny Shay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.94
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
35.21
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
25
25
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Jose Martinez and Danny Shay

Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.66
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.05
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.84
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.91
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1314
27
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5682
27
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
9
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1894
9
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.01
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.91
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
3.06
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.14
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.48
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
5.26
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
5.53
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
5.08
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1063
5.05
Jose Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.48
96.48
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.32
91.32
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.049
3.049
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.832
4.832
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.62
50.62
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.27
87.27
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.72
Danny Shay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.28
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Shay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0