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Dominican-American baseball game pitcher

Pedro Martínez
Martínez on the field at Fenway Park in 2010
Pitcher
Born: (1971-ten-25) Oct 25, 1971 (age l) Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic
Batted: Right Threw: Correct
MLB debut
September 24, 1992, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Concluding MLB appearance
September xxx, 2009, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Win–loss tape	219–100
Earned run average	ii.93
Strikeouts	3,154
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1992–1993) Montreal Expos (1994–1997) Boston Red Sox (1998–2004) New York Mets (2005–2008) Philadelphia Phillies (2009)
Career highlights and awards
8× All-Star (1996–2000, 2002, 2005, 2006) Globe Serial champion (2004) iii× Cy Immature Award (1997, 1999, 2000) Triple Crown (1999) MLB wins leader (1999) 5× MLB ERA leader (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) 3× AL strikeout leader (1999, 2000, 2002) Boston Reddish Sox No. 45 retired Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Fellow member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2015
Vote	91.1% (first ballot)

Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American one-time professional baseball game starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 2009, for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from 1998 to 2004.

At the time of his retirement as an active player, his career tape of 219 wins and 100 losses placed him fourth-highest in winning percentage in MLB history, and was the highest such accomplishment past a right-hander since the modern pitching era began, in 1903.^[i] Martínez ended his career with an earned run average (ERA) of 2.93, the 6th-lowest by a pitcher with at least 2,500 innings pitched, since 1920. He reached the three,000 strikeout marker in fewer innings than any bullpen except Randy Johnson, and is the only pitcher to compile over 3,000 career strikeouts with fewer than three,000 innings pitched; Martínez' career strikeout charge per unit of 10.04 per nine innings trails but Johnson (x.61) among pitchers with over i,500 innings.

An eight-fourth dimension All-Star, Martínez was at his peak from 1997 to 2003, establishing himself as one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball history.^{[two] [3] [four] [5] [6]} He won iii Cy Young Awards (1997, 1999, 2000) and was runner-up twice (1998, 2002), posting a cumulative record of 118–36 (.766) with a two.20 ERA, while leading his league in ERA five times and in winning percentage and strikeouts 3 times each. In 1999, Martínez was runner-up for the American League (AL) Nigh Valuable Actor Accolade, after winning the pitching Triple Crown with a 23–4 tape, two.07 ERA, and 313 strikeouts, and—along with Johnson—joined Gaylord Perry in the rare feat of winning the Cy Young Award in both the American and National Leagues (a feat since accomplished past Roger Clemens, Roy Halladay, and Max Scherzer). He is also the record holder for the lowest single-season WHIP in major league history (0.737 in 2000), and is the record holder for the lowest single-flavour Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) in the live ball era (1.39 in 1999). Although his performance suffered a steep pass up in 2004, Martínez ended the season memorably, by helping the Red Sox cease a long drought in winning their first World Series championship in 86 years.

Officially listed at five ft 11 in (1.eighty thou) and 170 pounds (77 kg), Martínez was unusually modest for a modern-mean solar day power pitcher, and is believed to have been somewhat smaller than his officially listed pinnacle and weight.^{[7] [viii]} In his early 30s, injuries began to continue him off the field to an increasing extent, with his appearances and success dropping off sharply, in his concluding seasons. Modernistic sabermetric analysis has strongly highlighted Martínez' achievements; his WHIP is the everyman of any live-ball era starting pitcher, his adjusted ERA+ is the best of whatsoever starting pitcher in major league history,^[9] and he has the tertiary-highest strikeout-to-walk ratio in modern history. He dominated while pitching most often in a hitter-friendly ballpark and facing some of the toughest competition during the steroid era, which is by and large thought to have favored batters.^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} His say-so, reflected past mod statistics, has led many to consider Martínez as one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history.^[fourteen] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 in his first year of eligibility, joining Juan Marichal as the 2nd Dominican to be enshrined; his number (45) was retired by the Blood-red Sox in a anniversary, two days later his Hall induction.^[fifteen]

Early life [edit]

Martínez grew upward in the Dominican Republic in the Santo Domingo suburb of Manoguayabo. He was the 5th of six siblings living in a palm woods house with a tin roof and dirt floors. His male parent, Pablo Jaime Abreu,^{[note one]} worked odd jobs. His mother, Leopoldina Martínez, worked for traditionally wealthy families, washing their wearing apparel. When Pedro was quondam enough to work, he held a job every bit a mechanic.^[17]

He did not have enough money to afford baseballs, and so he improvised with oranges. His older brother, Ramón Martínez, was pitching at a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball camp in the Dominican Republic. As a young teenager, Martínez carried his blood brother's bags at the camp. One day at the camp, Ramón Martínez clocked his 14-year-old brother's pitches at betwixt 78 and lxxx miles per 60 minutes.^[18]

Martínez debuted professionally with the Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League during the 1989–ninety flavor. He then pitched briefly for the Azucareros del Este, before rejoining Licey in 1991–92 in a nine-thespian transaction that included George Bell, José Offerman and Julio Solano, amidst others.^[19]

Career [edit]

Los Angeles Dodgers [edit]

Martínez was originally signed past the Dodgers as an amateur costless agent in 1988. In his start season in the minors he was assigned to the Great Falls Dodgers where he worked with motorbus Guy Conti to develop a circle changeup which Conti had learned from Johnny Podres. Conti as well worked with the young pitcher on his English and helped him assimilate to the United States; Martínez later described Conti every bit his "white daddy."^[20] Equally a small leaguer in the Dodgers farm system, he was a highly touted prospect although some talent evaluators took issue with his "poise" despite his having a "not bad fastball and circumvolve-changeup."^[21] He fabricated his MLB debut on September 24, 1992, for the Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds, working two scoreless innings of relief. He made his commencement start for the Dodgers on September 30, taking the loss while giving up 2 runs in a 3–1 loss to the Reds.

Although Pedro's brother Ramón, so a star pitcher for the Dodgers, declared that his brother was an even meliorate pitcher than he, the younger Martínez was idea by manager Tommy Lasorda too small to be an effective starting bullpen at the MLB level; Lasorda used Pedro Martínez almost exclusively as a relief pitcher.^[22] Lasorda was not the first to question Martínez'southward stature and durability; in the minor leagues, the then-135-pound pitcher was threatened with a $500 fine if he was defenseless running. Martínez turned in a strong 1993 season every bit the Dodgers' setup human, going 10–5 with a 2.61 ERA and 119 strikeouts, in 65 games; his 107 innings led all NL relievers.^[23] With the Dodgers in need of a 2nd baseman after a contract dispute with Jody Reed, Martínez was traded to the Montreal Expos for Delino DeShields before the 1994 flavor.

Montreal Expos [edit]

It was with the Expos that Martínez developed into one of the top pitchers in baseball. Despite possessing a live fastball, he had difficulty maintaining control. It was during a bullpen session that manager Felipe Alou encouraged him to modify his primary grip on the fastball from ii-seam to iv-seam. The transformation was dramatic: the fastball − already among the fastest in the game − now was thrown with near-impeccable control and interruption that routinely overwhelmed hitters. On April thirteen, 1994, Martínez took a perfect game through 7+ 1⁄3 innings until throwing a brushback pitch at Reggie Sanders that led Sanders to immediately charge the mound, starting a bench-clearing brawl. Martínez ended up with a no-determination in the game, which the Expos somewhen won 3–ii.

On June 3, 1995, Martínez pitched nine perfect innings in a game against the San Diego Padres, before giving upwards a hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. He was immediately removed from the game, and was the winning pitcher in Montreal'southward 1–0 victory. [See Memorable Games]

In 1996, during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Mike Williams attempted to hit Martínez with retaliatory pitches for an earlier hit batter but failed with ii consecutive attempts. Later on the second attempt, Martínez charged the mound, and started a bench-clearing fight.

In 1997, Martínez posted a 17–8 tape for the Expos, and led the league in one-half a dozen pitching categories, including a 1.xc ERA, 305 strikeouts and 13 complete games pitched, while becoming the only Expo ever to win the National League Cy Young Award. The 13 complete games were tied for the second-highest single-season total in the modern era of baseball game since Martínez'south career began (Brusk Schilling had 15 in 1998; Chuck Finley and Jack McDowell also reached 13 in a year). Even so, this 1997 total is past far the highest in Martínez's career, as he only completed more than five games in ane other flavour (vii, in 2000). Martínez was the commencement right-handed bullpen to reach 300 strikeouts with an ERA nether 2.00 since Walter Johnson in 1912.

Boston Red Sox [edit]

1998–1999 [edit]

Budgeted free agency, Martínez was traded to the Boston Red Sox in November 1997 for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, Jr., and was before long signed to a six-year, $75 million contract (with an selection for a seventh at $17 million) by Red Sox general managing director Dan Duquette, at the fourth dimension the largest ever awarded to a pitcher. Martínez paid immediate dividends in 1998, with a 19–7 tape, and finishing 2nd in the American League in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, and the Cy Young voting.

In 1999, Martínez finished 23–iv with a 2.07 ERA and 313 strikeouts (earning the pitching Triple Crown) in 31 games (29 starts), pitching 213+ 1⁄iii innings. He led the entire major leagues with G/9 and K/BB ratios of 13.twenty and viii.46 and his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) (a defense contained pitching statistic measuring a pitchers effectiveness to limit walks, homers and hits and accumulate strikeouts) of i.39 was the lowest in modern major league history and the 3rd lowest in history behind Christy Mathewson in 1908 and Walter Johnson in 1910 (by comparison the adjacent all-time FIP in baseball was Randy Johnson's two.76 and no one else in the American League had an FIP below 3.25). unanimously winning his second Cy Immature Award (this time in the American League), and coming in 2d in the Almost Valuable Player (MVP) election.^[24] The MVP effect was controversial, equally Martínez received the most first-place votes of whatever player (8 of 28), but was omitted from the ballot of two sportswriters, New York's George King and Minneapolis' LaVelle Neal. The 2 writers argued that pitchers were not sufficiently all-around players to be considered. (However, George King had given MVP votes to two pitchers only the flavour before: Rick Helling and David Wells; King was the only author to cast a vote for Helling, who had gone 20–7 with a iv.41 ERA and 164 strikeouts.) MVP ballots accept ten ranked slots, and sportswriters are traditionally asked to recuse themselves if they feel they cannot vote for a pitcher. "It really made us all look very dumb", said Buster Olney, then a sportswriter for The New York Times. "People were operating under different rules. The question of eligibility is a very basic thing. People were determining eligibility for themselves."^[25] The Times does not let its writers to participate in award voting. Martínez finished second to Texas Rangers catcher Iván Rodríguez, by a margin of 252 points to 239. Rodríguez had been included on all 28 ballots. When asked virtually the consequence by WEEI-FM radio in January 2012, Martínez said, "I'yard not afraid to say that the way that George King and Mr. LaVelle Neal III went well-nigh it was unprofessional."^[26]

In 1999, Martínez became simply the ninth mod pitcher to have a second 300-strikeout season, along with Nolan Ryan (6 times), Randy Johnson (third time in 1999, and three more times since), Sandy Koufax (3 times), Rube Waddell, Walter Johnson, Sam McDowell, J. R. Richard, Steve Carlton, and Curt Schilling; Schilling would later add a third 300-K flavour. An anomaly in power pitching register, Martínez is the just 20th-century pitcher to notch 300 strikeouts in a season without being at least half-dozen feet tall. He was non agape to pitch inside. On May 1, 1999, against Oakland, he came inside to Olmedo Saenz, hitting him. Previously, Saenez had striking a three-run homer off him. Questioned later on the game he said ``I have no reason to hit [Saenz], Merely believe me ... if you get fresh with me or do something to testify me up, I'll drill your donkey. ^[27]

Between Baronial 1999 and April 2000, Martínez had x consecutive starts with 10 or more than strikeouts. Only three pitchers accept had as many equally seven such starts in a row, and one of those was Martínez himself, in Apr–May 1999. He averaged more than than 15 strikeouts per 9 innings during his tape x-game streak.^[28] During the 1999 flavour, he prepare the record for most consecutive innings pitched with a strikeout, with 40. For his career, Martínez has compiled 15 or more than strikeouts in a game ten times, which is tied with Roger Clemens for the third-most fifteen-K games in history. (Nolan Ryan had 27, and Randy Johnson had 29.)

Martínez was named the AL Bullpen of the Month in April, May, June and September 1999—4 times in a single flavor. Martínez punctuated his authorisation in the 1999 All-Star Game start at Fenway Park, when he struck out Barry Larkin, Larry Walker, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Jeff Bagwell in two innings. It was the first time any bullpen struck out the side to commencement an All-Star Game, and the performance earned Martínez the All-Star Game MVP award. Martínez later said that the 1999 All-Star break was specially memorable for him considering he was able to see the members of the MLB All-Century Team and get an shorthand from Ted Williams.^[29]

Martínez was a focal point of the 1999 playoffs against the Cleveland Indians. Starting the series opener, he was forced out of the game later on four shutout innings due to a strained back with the Red Sox up 2–0. The Ruby Sox, however, lost the game 3–2. Boston won the adjacent two games to tie the series, merely Martínez was still too injured to outset the fifth and final game. However, neither team's starters were effective, and the game became a slugfest, tied at 8–8 at the stop of three innings. Martínez entered the game as an emergency relief option. Unexpectedly, Martínez neutralized the Cleveland lineup with six no-hit innings for the win. He struck out eight and walked three, despite non existence able to throw either his fastball or changeup with any command. Relying totally on his curve, Martínez and the Red Sox won the deciding game 12–8.

In the American League Title Series, Martínez pitched vii shutout innings to beat Red Sox nemesis Roger Clemens and the New York Yankees in Game 3, handing the World Champions their only loss of the 1999 postseason.

2000–2004 [edit]

Following upward 1999, Martínez had perhaps his best year in 2000. Martínez posted an exceptional one.74 ERA, the AL's lowest since 1978, while winning his third Cy Immature Award. His ERA was about a 3rd of the park-adjusted league ERA (iv.97). No other single season by a starting pitcher has had such a large differential. Roger Clemens' three.70 was the 2d-lowest ERA in the AL, but was still more double that of Martínez. Martínez as well set a record in the bottom-known sabermetric statistic of Weighted Runs immune per 9 innings pitched (Wtd. RA/9), posting a remarkably low 1.55 Wtd. RA/9. He gave up only 128 hits in 217 innings, for an boilerplate of just v.31 hits allowed per nine innings pitched: the third-lowest marker on record.

Martínez's record was xviii–6, but could have been even improve. In his six losses, Martínez had threescore strikeouts, eight walks, and xxx hits allowed in 48 innings, with a 2.44 ERA and an 0.79 WHIP, while averaging eight innings per start. Martínez's ERA in his losing games was less than the leading ERA total in the lower-scoring National League (Kevin Brown's 2.58). The Yankees' Andy Pettitte outdueled Martínez twice; Martínez's other four losses were each past i run. Martínez's first loss of the yr was a ane–0 consummate game in which he had 17 strikeouts and one walk. All of Martínez'south losses were quality starts, and he pitched eight or more than innings in all just one of his losses. Martínez received 2 runs or fewer of run support in 10 of his starts (over 1-third of his starts), in which his ERA was a minuscule one.25 with 4 complete games and 2 shutouts, but his win–loss record was iv–five.

Martínez's WHIP in 2000 was 0.74, breaking both the 87-year-old modern Major League record set by Walter Johnson, too every bit Guy Hecker's marker of 0.77 in 1882. The American League slugged just .259 against him. Hitters also had a .167 batting average and .213 on-base percentage, setting two more than modern era records. Martínez became the only starting bullpen in history to have more than twice as many strikeouts in a season (284) as hits allowed (128). Martínez also set an American League tape in K/BB, with a ratio of 8.88, surpassing the previous record set by Martínez in 1999 of eight.46.

When opposing teams had runners in scoring position, however, Martínez was even stingier. There were 138 such plate appearances against Martínez in 2000, in which opponents batted .133 with a .188 on-base per centum. Martínez struck out 58 while walking six, and allowed 17 hits.^[xxx]

On May 6 of that 2000 season, Martínez struck out 17 Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a 1–0 loss. In his adjacent start half dozen days later on, he struck out 15 Baltimore Orioles in a 9–0, two-hit victory. The 32 strikeouts tied Luis Tiant's 32-yr American League record for nearly strikeouts over 2 games.

In the bridge of 1999 and 2000, Martínez allowed 288 hits and 69 walks in 430 innings, with 597 strikeouts, an 0.83 WHIP, and a i.90 ERA. Some^[5] statisticians believe that in the circumstances—with lefty-friendly Fenway Park equally his home field, in a league with a designated hitter, during the peak era of steroid usage in the MLB—this operation represents the acme for any pitcher in baseball history.

Though he continued his dominance when healthy, carrying a sub-2.00 ERA to the midpoint of the following flavour, Martínez spent much of 2001 on the disabled list with a rotator cuff injury as the Cherry Sox slumped to a poor finish. Martínez finished with a 7–3 record, a ii.39 ERA, and 163 strikeouts, just but threw 116 innings.

Healthy in 2002, he rebounded to lead the league with a 2.26 ERA, 0.923 WHIP and 239 strikeouts, while going twenty–4. However, that season's American League Cy Young Award narrowly went to 23-game winner Barry Zito of the Oakland A's, despite Zito's higher ERA, college WHIP, fewer strikeouts, and lower winning per centum. Martínez became the outset pitcher since the introduction of the Cy Immature Honor to lead his league in each of those four statistics, nevertheless not win the accolade.

Martínez'south record was 14–4 in 2003. He led the league in ERA for the 5th time with ii.22, also led in WHIP for the fifth time at one.04, and finished 2nd to league leader Esteban Loaiza by a single strikeout. Martínez came in third for the 2003 Cy Young Award, which went to Toronto'south Roy Halladay.

Derek Lowe (left) and Pedro Martínez at the Cerise Sox Earth Series Victory Parade in 2004.

Martínez went xvi–9 in 2004, despite an uncharacteristic 3.90 ERA, as the Red Sox won the American League wild-carte booth. He pitched effectively in the playoffs, contributing to the squad'due south first World Serial win in 86 years. He earned the win in game 2 of the ALDS against Anaheim, in the ALCS he recorded his only loss of the postseason equally well as a no-conclusion. In game 3 of the World Series he carried a shutout into the eighth inning and retired the terminal fourteen batters he faced. Martínez again finished second in AL strikeouts, and was 4th in that winter's Cy Young voting.

The 7-year contract he received from the Red Sox had been considered a huge risk in the 1997 off-season, but Martínez had rewarded the squad'due south hopes with two Cy Young Awards, and six Superlative-four finishes. Martínez finished his Ruddy Sox career with a 117–37 record, the highest winning percent any pitcher has had with any team in baseball game history.

New York Mets [edit]

Martínez pitching with the Mets

Later on Boston'due south World Series triumph in 2004, Martínez became a free agent and signed a four-year, $53 million contract with the New York Mets. In 2005, his first flavour every bit a Met, Martínez posted a fifteen–eight record with a 2.82 ERA, 208 strikeouts, and a league-leading 0.95 WHIP. It was his sixth league WHIP championship, and the fifth time that he led the Major Leagues in the category. Opponents batted .204 against him.

Martínez started the 2006 flavor at the acme of his game. At the cease of May, he was 5–1 with a two.50 ERA, with 88 strikeouts and 17 walks and 44 hits immune in 76 innings; Martínez's record was worse than it could have been, with the Mets bullpen costing him two victories. However, during his May 26 start against the Florida Marlins, Martínez was instructed past the umpires to change his undershirt. He slipped in the corridor, injuring his hip, and his promising season curdled. The result was non immediately apparent; although Martínez lost the Marlins game, his following start was a scintillating 0–0 duel with Arizona's Brandon Webb. Just after that, kickoff on June half dozen, Martínez went 4–seven with a vii.10 ERA in a series of spotty starts interrupted twice by stays on the disabled listing. A right calf injury plagued him for the last two months of the season. After Martínez was removed from an ineffective September xv outing, television cameras found him in the Mets dugout, apparently crying.^[31] Subsequent MRI exams revealed a torn muscle in Martínez'south left calf, and a torn rotator cuff. Martínez underwent surgery which sidelined him for most of the 2007 season.^[32]

On November iii, 2006, Martínez stated that if he could not return to full strength, he might end upwardly retiring later the 2007 season. "Information technology's getting better, and progress is in a higher place all what is hoped for", Martínez told the Associated Press. "To get back, I have to recover, I take to be healthy. But if God doesn't want that, then I would have to retrieve almost giving it all up." Martínez added, "It'southward going to exist a biting winter considering I am going to have to do a lot of work. The hurting I feel was one of the worst I take felt with any injury in my career." But by December 30, 2006, Martínez was more than optimistic: "The progress has been splendid. I don't have problems anymore with my reach or flexibility, so far everything is going very well. The problem has to do with the calcification of the bone that was broken with the tear, and that had to be operated on. You accept to let information technology run its form." Martínez also reported bulking upwards as role of his recuperative regimen: "I've put on about 10 pounds of muscle, because that's ane of our strategies."^[33]

On September 3, 2007, Martínez returned from the disabled listing with his 207th career win, assuasive two earned runs in five efficient innings and collecting his 3000th career strikeout, becoming the 15th pitcher to do then. "I thought I was going to accept butterflies and similar that", said Martínez, "but I guess I'yard too old." Martínez'due south improvement was considered a neat success, as the right-hander went 3–1 in five starts with a 2.57 ERA. Merely his last start was a crucial 3–0 loss to St. Louis in the final week of the 2007 Mets' celebrated collapse; Martínez provided a good pitching performance (7 IP, 2 ER, vii H, 1 BB, 8 K) just his teammates failed to score.

Martínez became just the quaternary pitcher to accomplish 3,000 strikeouts with fewer than i,000 walks (in Martínez'southward case, 701). Ferguson Jenkins, Greg Maddux and Brusk Schilling had previously done likewise. Martínez also joined Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson to become the third 3,000-strikeout pitcher to accept more strikeouts than innings pitched, and is too the first Latin American bullpen to accept three,000 strikeouts.

His unexpectedly strong finish in 2007 raised hopes, but 2008 was a lost flavour for Martínez. He was injured just iv innings into his first game of the flavour, an April 1 no-decision against the Florida Marlins. He afterward told reporters he'd felt a "pop" in his left leg. Martínez was diagnosed with a strained hamstring^[34] and did non render to action for more two months. Following his return, his fastball typically topped out in the 90–91 mph range,^[35] a lower velocity than he'd had during his prime but slightly college than in recent seasons. Martínez finished the season on a low note, losing all three of his decisions in September en route to a 5–6 record, the first losing record of his career. (Martínez was 0–1 in two appearances in 1992.) His 5.61 ERA and 1.57 WHIP were too Martínez's worst ever, and for the first time in his career, he failed to strike out at least twice as many batters as he walked (87–44).

During his four-year Met contract, Martínez was 32–23 in 79 starts, with a iii.88 ERA and a one.16 WHIP.

Philadelphia Phillies [edit]

A free agent, Martínez did not sign with a major league squad during the winter. In March, he joined the Dominican Democracy'south team for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, in an endeavour to showcase his arm. Martínez pitched half dozen scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts and no walks, but the squad was rapidly eliminated from the tournament and no MLB contract was forthcoming. In July 2009, Phillies scouts evaluated Martínez in 2 simulated games confronting the Phillies DSL team, leading to a one-twelvemonth, $1-million contract.^[36] Martínez told reporters, "I would just like to be the backup. If I could exist the backup, that would be a slap-up matter to take—a good for you Pedro behind everybody else, in case something happens. That would be a great feeling to have on a team, eh?"^[37]

Martínez pitching during his cursory stint with the Phillies in 2009

Replacing Jamie Moyer as a starter in the Phillies rotation on Baronial 12, Martínez won his 2009 debut. In his return to New York on August 23, Martínez's win against the Mets was preserved by a rare unassisted triple play by 2nd baseman Eric Bruntlett in the bottom of the ninth inning. With his win on September 3—his third as a Philadelphia Phillie and his 100th as a National Leaguer—Martínez became the 10th pitcher in history to win at to the lowest degree 100 games in each league.^{[38] [39]} On September xiii, Martínez pitched viii innings to beat the Mets over again, by a terminal score of i–0. His 130 pitches were the near he had thrown in a game since the ALDS in October 2003. Philadelphia won each of Martínez'due south first vii starts, the outset time in franchise history that this had occurred with any debuting Phillies bullpen.^[40] In the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he pitched vii shutout innings while allowing but 2 hits, but the Philadelphia bullpen faltered in the following inning, costing Martínez the win.

Intense media involvement preceded Martínez's "render to Yankee Stadium" in Game ii of the World Series. At the pre-game printing briefing, he seemed to relish the attending, telling reporters, "When you accept 60,000 people chanting your name, waiting for y'all to throw the ball, you have to consider yourself someone special, someone that really has a purpose out there."^[41] Martínez pitched effectively in his second-ever Globe Series beginning, simply left the game in the 7th inning trailing, 2–1, and wound up taking the loss. Earlier his second get-go of the Series, Martínez chosen himself and opposing pitcher Andy Pettitte "old goats", and acknowledged that Ruby Sox fans were rooting for him: "I know that they don't like the Yankees to win, not fifty-fifty in Nintendo games."^[42] However, Martínez allowed four runs in iv innings, falling to 0–ii equally the Phillies lost the sixth game and the 2009 World Series to the New York Yankees.

Post-obit the Series, Martínez announced that he had no intention of retiring,^[43] but the 2010 flavour came and went without his signing with a team. Media reports surfaced that the Phillies had been discussing a deal to bring Martínez back for some other one-half-flavor,^[44] but Martínez'southward agent announced in July that he would non be pitching at all in 2010, while remaining interested in a 2011 return.^[45] In December 2010, Martínez told a reporter for El Día "I'thou realizing what information technology is to exist a normal person. ... It's most likely that I don't render to agile baseball ... but honestly I don't know if I'll definitively announce my retirement."^[46] The pitcher received some initial inquiries during the winter, simply did not sign with whatsoever squad for 2011. On Dec 4, 2011, he officially appear his retirement.

In December 2009, Sports Illustrated named Martínez as one of the five pitchers in the starting rotation of its MLB All-Decade Squad. In Feb 2011, the Smithsonian'south National Portrait Gallery announced that it had acquired an oil painting of Martínez for its collection.^[47]

After retirement [edit]

On January 24, 2013, Martínez joined the Boston Red Sox equally a special assistant to general manager Ben Cherington.^[48]

Martínez was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2022 with 91.1% of the vote. His Hall of Fame plaque has him wearing a Boston Red Sox cap. "I cannot exist any prouder to accept Red Sox Nation to the Hall of Fame with the logo on my plaque", Martínez said in a statement. "I am extremely proud to stand for Boston and all of New England with my Hall of Fame career. I'1000 grateful to all of the teams for which I played, and specially fans, for making this amazing award come up truthful."^[49]

In 2015, Martínez was hired by the MLB Network as a studio analyst and also released an autobiography, Pedro, which he co-authored with Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald.^{[50] [51]} Reflecting on his career, he named Barry Bonds, Edgar Martínez, Derek Jeter, Kenny Lofton and Ichiro Suzuki as the most difficult hitters he had to face.^[52] All-Stars Sandy Alomar, Jr., Moisés Alou, Carlos Beltrán, David Ortiz, Dean Palmer, Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Soriano accept named Martínez as the toughest bullpen they ever had to face.^{[53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59]}

On June 22, 2015, it was announced that Martínez' number 45 would be retired by the Carmine Sox on July 28, two days after his Hall of Fame induction. Ruby-red Sox chief owner John Henry stated, "to exist elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame upon his first year of eligibility speaks volumes regarding Pedro's outstanding career, and is a testament to the respect and admiration and then many in baseball have for him."^[sixty]

On February 1, 2018, Martínez was announced as part of the 2022 induction grade for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pedro Martínez is an MLB on TBS studio annotator for Postseason coverage with Gary Sheffield, Jimmy Rollins, and Casey Stern.

Memorable games [edit]

Imperfect hit-by-pitch [edit]

On Apr 13, 1994, in his second start equally a Montreal Expo, Martínez lost a perfect game with one out in the 8th inning when he hitting Cincinnati's Reggie Sanders with a pitch. An angered Sanders charged the mound, and threw Martínez to the ground, before both teams cleared the benches and broke upwardly any potential fight. Sanders was later ridiculed in the press for assuming that a pitcher would abandon a perfect game in guild to hit a batter intentionally. Martínez allowed a leadoff unmarried in the 9th inning, breaking upwardly his no-hitter, and was removed for reliever John Wetteland (who loaded the bases, then immune two sacrifice flies, thus saddling Martínez with a no-determination).^[61] Three years later, in 1997, Martínez had a one-hitter confronting the Reds; the one hit came in the 5th inning.^[62]

Ix perfect innings [edit]

On June 3, 1995, while pitching for Montreal, he retired the first 27 Padres hitters he faced. Still, the score was still tied 0–0 at that point and the game went into extra innings. The Expos scored a run in the top of the 10th, only Martínez surrendered a double to the 28th batter he faced, Bip Roberts. Expos managing director Felipe Alou and then removed Martínez from the game, bringing in reliever Mel Rojas, who retired the next three batters.^[63] Martínez officially recorded neither a perfect game nor a no-hitter. Until 1991, the rules would take judged it differently; nevertheless, a rule clarification specified that perfect games, fifty-fifty across nine innings, must remain perfect until the game is completed for them to be considered perfect. This retroactively decertified many no-striking games, including Ernie Shore's perfect relief stint in 1917 and Harvey Haddix's legendary 12 perfect innings in 1959 (lost in the 13th).

All-Star strikeout streak [edit]

Martínez was selected equally the starting bullpen for the American League All-Star team in 1999. The game, on July 13, 1999, was at Fenway Park, Martínez'southward habitation field. Martínez struck out Barry Larkin, Larry Walker, and Sammy Sosa consecutively in the showtime inning. He and then struck out Mark McGwire leading off the 2d, condign the first pitcher to begin an All-Star game by striking out the commencement four batters. (The National League's Brad Penny matched the feat in 2006.) The side by side batter, Matt Williams, managed to accomplish first base from an fault past Roberto Alomar. Martínez then proceeded to strike out Jeff Bagwell while Williams was caught stealing.

Yankee Stadium one-hitter [edit]

Martínez again came close to a perfect game on September 10, 1999, when he beat the New York Yankees, three–1. He faced just 28 batters while striking out 17 and walking none (Martínez hit the Yankees' first concoction, Chuck Knoblauch, but he was then caught stealing). Only a solo habitation run by Chili Davis separated Martínez from a no-hitter. The Davis home run came in the second inning, eliminating any suspense, but sportswriter Thomas Boswell called information technology the all-time game ever pitched at Yankee Stadium.^[64] Martínez not only retired the final 22 batters in a row, but over the last iii+ ii⁄3 innings, (11 batters), Martínez threw 53 consecutive pitches without allowing a base runner, and without a single brawl being put in play. (Nine strikeouts, two foul-brawl fly outs.) The Yankees managed only ONE off-white brawl on his concluding 70 pitches. One unmarried off-white ball….later the fourth inning.

Hitless clincher [edit]

On October xi, 1999, in Game 5 of the ALDS, Charles Nagy started for Cleveland and Bret Saberhagen started for Boston, both on just iii days rest. Boston jumped out to a quick two-run lead in the peak of the start inning, just Cleveland responded with three runs of their own in the lesser one-half of the innings. The hitting continued, knocking Saberhagen out of the game in the second inning having immune five runs, so Nagy out of the game after only finishing simply iii innings and allowing eight runs. Going into the fourth inning, manager Jimy Williams opted to supervene upon Derek Lowe with the ailing Pedro Martínez, who had left Game ane with a back injury. This determination would prove to be wise, every bit Martínez threw six hitless innings in relief to win and clinch the ALDS.^[65]

1999 ALCS [edit]

Game 3 of the American League Championship Series was the long-anticipated matchup between Pedro Martínez and Roger Clemens. The Red Sox scored first. After a leadoff triple by Offerman, Valentin homered to put the Red Sox ahead 2–0. The onslaught connected as the Red Sox scored in all but two innings. Clemens was done in the 3rd inning and the Carmine Sox would become on to win 13–1 and make the series 2 games to one. When Clemens was knocked out, Red Sox fans chanted "Where is Roger?" and then a response chant of "In the Shower". Martínez struck out 12 Yankees in 7 scoreless innings and assuasive just two hits, to beat Cerise Sox nemesis Roger Clemens and the New York Yankees in Game 3, handing the World Champions their just loss of the 1999 postseason. Martínez finished 1999 with a streak of 17 scoreless innings in the playoffs.

Faceoff vs. Roger Clemens on ESPN [edit]

On May 28, 2000, Martínez and Roger Clemens had a dramatic duel on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball game" telecast. Both pitchers excelled, combining to allow just nine hits and 1 walk while striking out 22. A scoreless game was finally broken up in the 9th inning by Trot Nixon's abode run off Clemens. In the lesser of the ninth, the Yankees loaded the bases against a tiring Martínez, just New York could non score, as Martínez completed the shutout.^[66]

Another close phone call [edit]

On August 29, 2000, Martínez took a no-hitter into the 9th against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, losing it on a leadoff single past John Flaherty. Martínez had begun the night by hit the leadoff batter, Gerald Williams, in the hand. Williams started towards first base before charging the mound and knocking down Martínez; in the scrum, Williams was tackled by Boston catcher Jason Varitek. Martínez and then retired the next 24 hitters in a row until assuasive Flaherty's unmarried, and finished with a one-hitter. He had 13 strikeouts and no walks in the game; the Flaherty single would have broken up a perfect game, if not for the leadoff hit batsman.^[67] Martínez never threw an official no-hitter. However, he has professed a lack of interest in the matter: "I think my career is more interesting than one game."

Martínez vs. Zimmer [edit]

In the testy Game three of the 2003 ALCS, afterwards allowing single runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and quaternary innings, Martínez hit Yankees correct fielder Karim García near the shoulders with a pitch, sparking a shouting match between Martínez and the New York demote. Directing his attending at Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, Martínez jabbed a finger into the side of his own head, which some, including an enraged Yankee demote coach Don Zimmer, interpreted as a threatened beanball. Emotions remained high in the bottom of the inning, which was led off by Boston slugger Manny Ramírez. Ramírez became irate over a high pitch from Roger Clemens, and both benches cleared. During the ensuing commotion, the 72-year-quondam Zimmer ran onto the field and started straight for Martínez; as he approached Martínez threw Zimmer to the ground.^[68] Later, Martínez claimed that he was not indicating that he would hit Posada in the head, but that he would remember what Posada was saying to him.^[69] In 2009, Martínez stated that he regretted the incident but denied existence at fault. Zimmer did non requite much credence to Pedro's statements.^[seventy] Martínez wrote in 2022 that the altercation with Zimmer was his just regret in his entire career.^[71]

Grady Little'southward visit [edit]

Martínez was also on the mound for Game vii of the 2003 ALCS versus the Yankees. With the Red Sox ahead 5–2 at the offset of the 8th inning, a tiring Martínez pitched his way into trouble. He was visited on the mound by managing director Grady Niggling, just was left in to pitch, in a controversial non-move. The Yankees tied the score confronting Martínez in that inning on four successive hits, leading to a dramatic actress-inning, serial-ending victory for New York, costing Grady Fiddling his task with the Red Sox as his contract was not renewed.^[72]

Globe Serial debut [edit]

After a comparatively lackluster season in 2004 (though still a solid flavour past general standards), Pedro Martínez got the win in Game 3 of the World Series. He close out the St. Louis Cardinals through seven innings, recording his final 14 outs consecutively in what would turn out to be his last game for Boston.^[73]

Mets [edit]

With the Mets, on April 10, 2005, at Turner Field, Martínez outdueled John Smoltz, pitching a 2-hitting, one-run, complete game en route to his first Mets victory. On Baronial 14, 2005, against the Dodgers, he pitched 7+ 1⁄3 hitless innings, just ended up losing the no-hitter and the game.^[74]

Return to Fenway [edit]

In June 2006, the Mets played an interleague series against the Red Sox, which was Martínez'due south first appearance at Fenway Park since leaving the squad. The Carmine Sox gave their erstwhile ace a two-minute video tribute on June 27, simply showed no courtesies to Martínez the following nighttime. In his June 28, 2006 beginning, Martínez lasted but three innings, and was rocked for eight runs (six earned) on vii hits, losing his worst game equally a Met only before going onto the disabled list.^[75] It was Martínez'due south only career advent against the Red Sox, the simply Major League squad against which he did non record a victory.

Who's Your Daddy? [edit]

In both the 2004 ALCS and the 2009 World Serial, Martínez was greeted with the dirge "Who'due south your daddy?" from New York Yankees fans whenever Pedro was pitching due to his statement before in the 2004 ALCS maxim, "I hateful what can I say? But tip my lid and call the Yankees my daddies."

Quotes [edit]

"I'm not agape of striking anyone, because I tin can put the ball where I desire to. I but hit nine guys last year. When I exercise hit them, it's usually but a nibble. I can crumb their jersey with the ball. That'southward how much I tin control the ball." − Martinez to Sports Illustrated ^[76]

Pitching manner [edit]

Martínez threw five pitches. His 4-seam fastball, power curveball, cutter, sinker, and circle changeup were all well above average; combined with his historically excellent control, they proved to be an overpowering package. Martínez threw from a low three-quarters position (almost sidearm) that hid the ball very well from batters, who have remarked on the difficulty of picking up Martínez's delivery. Additionally, Martínez threw three different types of fastballs - a straight high-velocity four-seam fastball he used to overpower hitters, a two-seamer that ran to his throwing arm side, and a cut fastball that ran abroad from his throwing arm side - each with the pinpoint control that divers him.

Early in his career, Martínez's fastball was consistently clocked in the 95–98 mph range. Using it in combination with his devastating changeup and occasionally mixing in his curveball, he was as ascendant a pitcher as the game has always seen. Sports Illustrated 'south Joe Posnanski wrote, "There has never been a pitcher in baseball history—non Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens—who was more overwhelming than the immature Pedro."^[77]

As injuries and the aging process took their toll, Martínez made the aligning to rely more on finesse than power. His fastball settled into the 85–88 mph range, although he was occasionally able to reach xc–91 mph when the demand arose. Martínez continued to use a curveball, a circumvolve changeup, and an occasional slider. With his command of the strike zone, he remained an effective strikeout pitcher despite the drop in velocity. Baseball historian Neb James described Martínez equally being substantially more constructive than his pitching peers due to his diversity of pitches, pitch speeds, pinpoint control, and numerous modes of deception.^{[78] [79]}

Personal life [edit]

Pedro is married to former ESPN Deportes sideline reporter Carolina Cruz de Martínez, who now runs his charitable organization, Pedro Martínez and Brothers Foundation.^[80] He has iv children. One of his sons, Pedro Martínez Jr., signed with the Detroit Tigers every bit an international gratis amanuensis in September 2017.^[81] Another son, Pedro Isaías Martínez, signed at Nova Southeastern Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His other son, Enyol Martínez, and a daughter, Nayla Martínez, are still studying in college.^{[ citation needed ]} Martínez has been a naturalized American citizen since 2006.^[82]

See also [edit]

• 3,000 strikeout order
• List of Major League Baseball game career wins leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
• List of Major League Baseball game annual strikeout leaders
• Listing of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders
• List of Major League Baseball game career strikeout leaders
• List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning
• Major League Baseball titles leaders
• List of Boston Red Sox Opening Twenty-four hours starting pitchers
• Listing of New York Mets Opening Twenty-four hours starting pitchers

Notes [edit]

1. ^ His father, Pablo Jaime Abreu, is start-cousin of folk merengue musician Cheché Abreu.^[16]

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External links [edit]

• Pedro Martínez at the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Pedro Martínez at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
• Pedro Martínez on Twitter

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Roger Clemens	American League Pitching Triple Crown 1999	Succeeded by Johan Santana
Preceded by David Wells	American League All-Star Game Starting Pitcher 1999	Succeeded by David Wells
Preceded by Roger Clemens CC Sabathia	AL hits per nine innings 1999–2000 2002–2003	Succeeded by CC Sabathia Johan Santana
Preceded past Al Leiter	NL hits per 9 innings 1997	Succeeded past Kerry Wood

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez

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