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Martin spent seven years in the Cardinals farm system. In 1930 he batted .363 for Rochester in the International League. In 1931 Martin batted .300 as the Cardinals won the National LeagueThis article refers to the American baseball league. For the English cricket league of the same name, please see National League (cricket). The term National League generally refers to the organization more properly referred to as the National League of P pennantA pennant is usually a narrow tapering flag most commonly flown by ships at sea. A commissioning pennant is the traditional sign of a warship, and is flown from the masthead while the ship is in commission. A broad pennant in the Royal Navy is a swallow-t. In the World SeriesIn baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. that year, Martin batted .500 and stole 5 bases as the Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. They are in the Western Division of the American League. The team is often called the A's . Founded 1893, as the Indianapolis, Indiana franchise in the minor Western Leag 4 games to 3. During the series Martin was asked how he had learned to run so fast; he replied “I grew up in Oklahoma, and once you start runnin' out there there ain't nothin' to stop you”. [1] That year Martin was selected as male athlete of the yearAssociated Press Athlete of the Year In 1931, the first and most prestigious Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP). At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP off by the Associated PressThe Associated Press or AP is an American news agency that claims to be the world's oldest and largest. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, who both contribute stories to it and use material written by its staffers. As of 2004, A.
Martin was a speedy runner who was often was near the league lead in runs scored, triples and stolen baseBaseball statistics Rickey Henderson, swipes third in 1985 In baseball statistics, stolen bases (denoted by SB is a count of the number of bases successfully stolen by a player. In the 19th century, stolen bases were credited when a baserunner reached ans.
In 1934 Martin helped the Cardinals to win the World Series again as he batted .355 and stole 2 more bases to beat the Detroit Tigers in seven games.
Pepper has the third highest World Series career batting average ever at .418, and is tied for ninth in stolen bases with seven.
Martin retired at the age of 40 in 1944 having played his whole career with the Cardinals. Over his 13 seasons he had a .298 batting average and stole 146 bases.