Pedro Martinez

⭐ Hall of Fame 2015

Born: 10/25/1971 in Manoguayabo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

MLB Debut: 1992-09-24 | Final Game: 2009-09-30

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 170 lbs

Full name: Pedro Jaime Martinez

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Biography

Pedro Martinez, born in 1971, was a dominant pitcher who left an indelible mark on Major League Baseball during his career from 1992 to 2009. Known for his electrifying fastball and devastating changeup, Martinez compiled a remarkable record of 219-100 and established himself as one of the premier pitchers of his era. His career earned run average (ERA) of 2.93 and a staggering 3,154 strikeouts underscored his ability to overpower hitters. Notably, he was a significant figure in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a period characterized by offensive prowess and the rise of the designated hitter, yet he consistently excelled on the mound. Martinez's accolades reflected his extraordinary talent and influence in the game. He was a three-time Cy Young Award winner, earning the prestigious honor in 1997, 1999, and 2000, and was named the All-Star Game MVP as well. His eight All-Star selections highlighted his status as a fan favorite and a respected competitor among his peers. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to baseball, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015. Pedro Martinez's legacy as one of the game's all-time greats is cemented not only by his statistical achievements but also by his charismatic presence and passion for the sport.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
219	100	476	409	46	17	3	2827.3	2221	919	239	760	3154	2.93	0

Career ERA 2.93 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — 33.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	LAD	NL	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	1	8	2.25	—	-
1993	LAD	NL	10	5	65	2	0	0	2	107.0	76	31	57	119	2.61	4.19 (+38%)	-
1994	WSN	NL	11	5	24	23	1	1	1	144.7	115	55	45	142	3.42	4.51 (+24%)	-
1995	WSN	NL	14	10	30	30	2	2	0	194.7	158	76	66	174	3.51	4.45 (+21%)	-
1996	WSN	NL	13	10	33	33	4	1	0	216.7	189	89	70	222	3.70	4.61 (+20%)	-
1997	WSN	NL	17	8	31	31	13	4	0	241.3	158	51	67	305	1.90	4.39 (+57%)	-
1998	BOS	AL	19	7	33	33	3	2	0	233.7	188	75	67	251	2.89	4.43 (+35%)	6315.0
1999	BOS	AL	23	4	31	29	5	1	0	213.3	160	49	37	313	2.07	4.71 (+56%)	18448.0
2000	BOS	AL	18	6	29	29	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	32	284	1.74	4.77 (+63%)	14726.4
2001	BOS	AL	7	3	18	18	1	0	0	116.7	84	31	25	163	2.39	4.42 (+46%)	8387.8
2002	BOS	AL	20	4	30	30	2	0	0	199.3	144	50	40	239	2.26	4.28 (+47%)	10574.7
2003	BOS	AL	14	4	29	29	3	0	0	186.7	147	46	47	206	2.22	4.40 (+50%)	10602.0
2004	BOS	AL	16	9	33	33	1	1	0	217.0	193	94	61	227	3.90	4.46 (+13%)	5018.0
2005	NYN	NL	15	8	31	31	4	1	0	217.0	159	68	47	208	2.82	4.29 (+34%)	7620.5
2006	NYN	NL	9	8	23	23	0	0	0	132.7	108	66	39	137	4.48	4.53 (+1%)	1620.4
2007	NYN	NL	3	1	5	5	0	0	0	28.0	33	8	7	32	2.57	4.47 (+43%)	1798.7
2008	NYN	NL	5	6	20	20	0	0	0	109.0	127	68	44	87	5.61	4.32 (-30%)	-2379.6
2009	PHI	NL	5	1	9	9	0	0	0	44.7	48	18	8	37	3.63	4.32 (+16%)	42.9

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
477	434	22	43	6	2	0	18	0	15	190	0.099	0.134	0.122	0.256	-3099.8

Career AVG .099 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 62.7% below league average.

Career OBP .134 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 60.0% below league average.

Career SLG .122 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 70.9% below league average.

Career OPS 0.256 vs. league average 0.756 across their career seasons — 66.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	LAD	NL	66	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	WSN	NL	24	44	1	4	0	1	5	3	21	0.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	WSN	NL	30	63	2	7	0	0	2	0	30	0.111	.266 (-58%)	.337 (-60%)	.417 (-73%)	.755 (-67%)	-765.5
1996	WSN	NL	33	64	5	6	1	0	4	4	29	0.094	.269 (-65%)	.340 (-53%)	.426 (-74%)	.767 (-65%)	-740.6
1997	WSN	NL	31	69	5	8	2	1	0	3	28	0.116	.266 (-57%)	.336 (-55%)	.419 (-59%)	.756 (-57%)	-700.5
1998	BOS	AL	33	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BOS	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	BOS	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	BOS	AL	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	NYN	NL	31	69	2	6	0	0	1	1	26	0.087	.264 (-67%)	.330 (-70%)	.418 (-79%)	.749 (-75%)	-893.2
2006	NYN	NL	23	38	2	4	1	0	1	2	16	0.105	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYN	NL	5	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	0.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYN	NL	20	39	3	6	1	0	4	0	15	0.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PHI	NL	9	14	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	0.071	—	—	—	—	0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
2009	NLCS	PHI	1	2	0	0	0.000
2009	WS	PHI	2	0	0	0	.000
2004	ALCS	BOS	3	0	0	0	.000
2004	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	0	.000
2004	WS	BOS	1	2	1	2	0.000
2003	ALCS	BOS	2	0	0	0	.000
2003	ALDS2	BOS	2	0	0	0	.000
1999	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	0	.000
1999	ALDS1	BOS	2	0	0	0	.000
1998	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
6	4	16	14	0	96.3	74	37	30	96	3.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2009	NLCS	PHI	0	0	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	3	0.00
2009	WS	PHI	0	2	2	2	10.0	9	7	4	13	6.30
2004	ALCS	BOS	0	1	3	2	13.0	14	9	9	14	6.23
2004	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	3	2	6	3.86
2004	WS	BOS	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	0	2	6	0.00
2003	ALCS	BOS	0	1	2	2	14.3	16	9	2	14	5.65
2003	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	2	2	14.0	13	6	5	9	3.86
1999	ALCS	BOS	1	0	1	1	7.0	2	0	2	12	0.00
1999	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	2	1	10.0	3	0	4	11	0.00
1998	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	3	0	8	3.86

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	476	409	155	263	23	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	LAN	P	2	1	0	0	0	0
1993	LAN	P	65	2	4	4	0	1
1994	MON	P	24	23	9	15	4	0
1995	MON	P	30	30	14	23	2	0
1996	MON	P	33	33	11	17	3	1
1997	MON	P	31	31	7	31	1	1
1998	BOS	P	33	33	11	18	4	3
1999	BOS	P	31	29	13	15	1	0
2000	BOS	P	29	29	14	28	0	2
2001	BOS	P	18	18	5	5	0	0
2002	BOS	P	30	30	16	16	2	1
2003	BOS	P	29	29	14	20	0	0
2004	BOS	P	33	33	16	16	1	0
2005	NYN	P	31	31	6	19	0	0
2006	NYN	P	23	23	7	13	5	0
2007	NYN	P	5	5	1	0	0	0
2008	NYN	P	20	20	6	17	0	1
2009	PHI	P	9	9	1	6	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position	Games
Pitcher	476

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2000	Cy Young Award
2000	TSN All-Star	RHP
2000	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1999	All-Star Game MVP
1999	Cy Young Award
1999	Pitching Triple Crown
1999	TSN All-Star	RHP
1999	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1998	TSN All-Star	RHP
1997	Cy Young Award
1997	TSN All-Star	RHP
1997	TSN Pitcher of the Year

Featured In Rankings

#3

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Ranked 3 of 25

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Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	NYN	NL	$11,813,351
2007	NYN	NL	$14,002,234
2006	NYN	NL	$14,875,000
2005	NYN	NL	$10,875,000
2004	BOS	AL	$17,500,000
2003	BOS	AL	$15,500,000
2002	BOS	AL	$14,000,000
2001	BOS	AL	$13,000,000
2000	BOS	AL	$11,500,000
1999	BOS	AL	$11,100,000
1998	BOS	AL	$7,575,000
1997	MON	NL	$3,615,000
1996	MON	NL	$315,000
1995	MON	NL	$270,000
1994	MON	NL	$200,000
1993	LAN	NL	$119,000
Total Career Earnings			$146,259,585

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2004	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	1.0	140	0
2003	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	20.0	140	0
2003	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	7.0	392	0
2002	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	96.0	140	11
2002	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	1.0	392	0
2000	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	140.0	140	28
2000	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	103.0	392	0
1999	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	140.0	140	28
1999	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	239.0	392	8
1998	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	65.0	140	0
1998	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	1.0	392	0
1997	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	134.0	140	25
1997	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	6.0	392	0
1993	Rookie of the Year	NL	9th	2.0	140	0