Dennis Martinez
Jose Dennis (Emilia) Martinez (El Presidente)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 14, 1955 in Granada, Nicaragua
High School: Granada (Granada, NI)
Signed
by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 25 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 TOT MLB 19 31 30 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 .100 .129 .167 .296 -19 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 MON NL 19 31 30 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .100 .129 .167 .296 -19 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 32 MON NL 22 53 46 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .065 .122 .065 .188 -49 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1988 33 MON NL 34 90 78 2 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 25 .192 .213 .218 .430 22 17 0 1 10 0 0 1
1989 34 MON NL 34 86 72 5 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 19 .125 .182 .125 .307 -11 9 1 0 9 0 0 1
1990 35 MON NL 32 82 68 0 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .103 .129 .118 .246 -30 8 3 1 12 0 0 1 AS
1991 36 MON NL 32 83 72 8 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .153 .164 .208 .373 5 15 1 0 10 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
1992 37 MON NL 32 84 74 3 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .189 .189 .189 .378 8 14 1 0 10 0 0 1 AS
1993 38 MON NL 36 82 69 1 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .159 .178 .188 .366 -3 13 1 0 9 2 0 1
1998 43 ATL NL 51 13 11 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .091 .167 .182 .348 -8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
23 Seasons 293 604 520 25 74 12 0 0 33 1 0 15 154 .142 .169 .165 .334 -7 86 8 2 65 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 334 288 14 41 7 0 0 18 1 0 8 85 .142 .169 .165 .334 -7 48 4 1 36 1 0
MON (8 yrs) 241 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 161 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
ATL (1 yr) 51 13 11 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .091 .167 .182 .348 -8 2 1 0 1 0 0
BAL (11 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 292 604 520 25 74 12 0 0 33 1 0 15 168 .142 .169 .165 .334 -7 86 8 2 65 2 0
AL (15 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 27 1 1.0 97 .100 .100 .261 .129 .331 .167 .394 .296 .726 -19 .064 -4.9 -0.5 .222 .100 .067
1986 31 MON NL 31 27 1 1.0 97 .188 .100 .261 .129 .331 .167 .394 .296 .726 -19 .064 -4.9 -0.5 .222 .100 .067
1987 32 MON NL 53 47 1 0.6 108 .103 .065 .273 .122 .343 .065 .425 .188 .767 -49 .020 -10.3 -1.0 .140 .065 .000
1988 33 MON NL 90 73 4 1.5 93 .283 .192 .261 .213 .325 .218 .383 .430 .708 22 .140 -8.2 -0.9 .302 .038 .026
1989 34 MON NL 86 73 2 0.7 92 .170 .125 .256 .182 .324 .125 .382 .307 .705 -11 .042 -10.8 -1.2 .234 .083 .000 .0
1990 35 MON NL 82 76 1 0.4 95 .163 .103 .260 .129 .325 .118 .390 .246 .715 -30 .010 -12.0 -1.2 .156 .029 .015
1991 36 MON NL 83 72 3 1.1 93 .229 .153 .256 .164 .324 .208 .384 .373 .708 5 .082 -9.2 -1.0 .258 .069 .056
1992 37 MON NL 84 71 3 1.1 91 .259 .189 .258 .189 .323 .189 .380 .378 .703 8 .087 -9.2 -1.0 .230 .000 .000
1993 38 MON NL 82 70 3 1.2 108 .204 .159 .277 .178 .343 .188 .422 .366 .764 -3 .072 -10.5 -1.0 .254 .058 .029
1998 43 ATL NL 13 12 0 0.0 107 .250 .091 .269 .167 .340 .182 .424 .348 .764 -8 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .182 .091
23 Seasons 604 521 18 0.9 97 .201 .142 .262 .169 .329 .165 .394 .334 .723 -7 .057 -76.7 -8.0 .229 .054 .023 .0
162 Game Avg. 334 288 10 0.9 97 .201 .142 .262 .169 .329 .165 .394 .334 .723 -7 .057 -76.7 -8.0 .229 .054 .023
MON (8 yrs) 591 509 18 1.0 96 .209 .143 .262 .169 .329 .165 .393 .334 .722 -7 .060 -75.0 -7.8 .228 .051 .022 .0
ATL (1 yr) 13 12 0 0.0 107 .250 .091 .269 .167 .340 .182 .424 .348 .764 -8 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .182 .091
NL (9 yrs) 604 521 18 0.9 97 .209 .142 .262 .169 .329 .165 .394 .334 .723 -7 .057 -76.7 -8.0 .229 .054 .023 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 BAL AL WS PIT L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 40 CLE AL WS ATL L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 43 ATL NL NLCS SDP L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 MON NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 36
1992 MON NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 40
4 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 0.0% 45.2% 3.2% 6.5% 67% 14.00 2.1 10.0 2.25 52%
1986 31 MON NL 31 0.0% 45.2% 3.2% 6.5% 67% 14.00 2.1 10.0 2.25 52%
1987 32 MON NL 53 0.0% 32.1% 5.7% 0.0% 0% 5.67 2.7 15.3 2.63 55%
1988 33 MON NL 90 0.0% 27.8% 1.1% 2.2% 13% 25.00 3.1 11.1 1.43 2.13 59% 16% 0.0% 29%
1989 34 MON NL 86 0.0% 22.1% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 3.80 3.8 24.0 1.94 3.00 62% 5% 0.0% 24%
1990 35 MON NL 82 0.0% 30.5% 1.2% 1.2% 14% 25.00 2.7 11.3 1.16 2.53 52% 18% 0.0% 32%
1991 36 MON NL 83 0.0% 28.9% 1.2% 4.8% 36% 24.00 3.0 36.0 1.00 1.94 58% 19% 0.0% 13%
1992 37 MON NL 84 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 37.0 1.08 1.60 64% 14% 0.0% 15%
1993 38 MON NL 82 0.0% 20.7% 2.4% 2.4% 18% 8.50 4.1 17.3 0.71 1.35 66% 24% 0.0% 16%
1998 43 ATL NL 13 0.0% 53.9% 7.7% 7.7% 100% 7.00 1.6 3.7 3.00 31% 0% 0.0% 0%
23 Seasons 604 0.0% 27.8% 2.5% 2.0% 16% 11.20 3.1 15.8 1.17 2.09 59% 16% 0.0% 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 31 TOT MLB 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 31 MON NL 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 32 MON NL 2 0 83% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 33 MON NL 0 0 12% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1989 34 MON NL 2 0 36% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18% 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 2
1990 35 MON NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1991 36 MON NL 0 0 67% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1992 37 MON NL 0 0 21% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1993 38 MON NL 1 0 8% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 43 ATL NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Seasons 6 0 28% 152 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 9% 17 16 1 4 4 0 11 8 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 35% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 22 4 18% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1986 31 MON NL 31 35% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 22 4 18% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1987 32 MON NL 53 34% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 0 0% 8 3 38% 33 3 9% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1988 33 MON NL 90 27% 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 12 0 0% 18 8 44% 65 8 12% 9 5 56% 14 10 71% 0
1989 34 MON NL 86 30% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 15 1 7% 19 5 26% 49 3 6% 5 1 20% 8 4 50% 0
1990 35 MON NL 82 41% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 86% 20 3 15% 26 7 27% 69 6 9% 5 2 40% 7 2 29% 0
1991 36 MON NL 83 19% 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 17 1 6% 20 5 25% 53 2 4% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1992 37 MON NL 84 38% 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 18 1 6% 19 9 47% 55 2 4% 7 2 29% 3 0 0% 0
1993 38 MON NL 82 18% 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.42 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 17 1 6% 18 6 33% 48 4 8% 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 0
1998 43 ATL NL 13 15% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 14 3 21% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
23 Seasons 604 29% 74 19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 81 65 80% 113 8 7% 137 45 33% 408 35 9% 44 17 39% 41 21 51% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 33 MON NL 89 271 3.04 202 75% 15% 27% 27% 31% 85% 0% 63% 68% 58% 0% 0 0 8% 7 5 1% 1 1 28% 1 0 0
1989 34 MON NL 86 264 3.07 192 73% 18% 20% 28% 32% 80% 0% 58% 73% 56% 0% 0 0 5% 4 1 1% 1 0 33% 0 0 4
1990 35 MON NL 65 178 2.74 134 75% 13% 25% 29% 34% 87% 0% 66% 72% 65% 2% 1 0 6% 4 2 2% 1 0 28% 17 0 0
1991 36 MON NL 83 253 3.05 195 77% 15% 22% 33% 30% 85% 0% 66% 74% 69% 0% 0 0 5% 4 1 0% 0 0 21% 0 0 0
1992 37 MON NL 84 244 2.90 184 75% 13% 24% 29% 35% 88% 0% 66% 73% 73% 1% 1 0 2% 2 0 2% 2 1 35% 0 0 0
1993 38 MON NL 82 243 2.96 169 70% 14% 25% 24% 37% 86% 0% 60% 71% 56% 2% 2 0 10% 8 4 1% 1 1 18% 0 0 0
1998 43 ATL NL 13 48 3.69 31 65% 45% 19% 19% 16% 55% 0% 35% 65% 15% 0% 0 0 8% 1 1 8% 1 0 71% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 502 1501 2.99 1107 74% 15% 24% 28% 32% 84% 0% 62% 72% 61% 1% 4 0 6% 30 14 1% 7 3 29% 18 0 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 31 20 31 30 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .100 .129 .167 .296 -19 5 0 0 0 0 0
1987 32 42 84 76 6 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 17 .079 .125 .105 .230 -38 8 0 0 4 0 0
1988 33 76 174 154 8 21 4 0 0 13 0 0 5 42 .136 .169 .162 .331 -8 25 0 1 14 0 0
1989 34 110 260 226 13 30 4 0 0 16 1 0 10 61 .133 .173 .150 .323 -9 34 1 1 23 0 0
1990 35 142 342 294 13 37 5 0 0 22 1 0 11 86 .126 .163 .143 .306 -14 42 4 2 35 0 0
1991 36 174 425 366 21 48 9 0 0 24 1 0 12 110 .131 .163 .156 .319 -10 57 5 2 45 0 0
1992 37 206 509 440 24 62 9 0 0 26 1 0 12 130 .141 .167 .161 .329 -7 71 6 2 55 0 0
1993 38 242 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 147 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
1994 39 242 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 147 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
1995 40 242 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 147 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
1996 41 242 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 147 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
1997 42 242 591 509 25 73 11 0 0 30 1 0 14 147 .143 .169 .165 .334 -7 84 7 2 64 2 0
1998 43 293 604 520 25 74 12 0 0 33 1 0 15 154 .142 .169 .165 .334 -7 86 8 2 65 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 31 19 32 31 1 4 3 0 0 4 0 1 14 .129 .156 .226 .382 1 19
1987 32 22 53 48 8 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 17 .104 .189 .104 .293 1 22
1988 33 34 83 81 2 18 2 0 0 8 0 1 25 .222 .241 .247 .488 5 34
1989 34 34 83 76 6 13 0 0 0 4 1 7 19 .171 .241 .171 .412 3 34
1990 35 32 70 68 0 7 1 0 0 6 0 1 25 .103 .129 .118 .246 1 32
1991 36 32 74 73 9 12 4 0 0 2 0 1 24 .164 .176 .219 .395 3 32
1992 37 32 74 74 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 32
1993 38 36 75 71 1 13 2 0 0 4 0 2 17 .183 .200 .211 .411 3 36
1998 43 51 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 51
9 Seasons 292 556 533 30 72 12 0 0 35 1 19 168 .135 .167 .158 .325 20 292
162 Game Avg. 162 308 296 17 40 7 0 0 19 1 11 93 .135 .167 .158 .325 11 292

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 *
1991 *
1992 *
1995 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1981-AL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1981-AL--5--2%
1991-NL--5--3%
0.05 Career Shares (208th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1990 NL--12--5th
1991 NL--10--10th
1992 NL--10--10th

Salary s c a p y
1991 NL--$3,333,333--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1993 NL--born 1955-05-14--7th
1994 AL--born 1955-05-14--6th
1995 AL--born 1955-05-14--4th
1996 AL--born 1955-05-14--1st
1997 AL--born 1955-05-14--1st
1998 NL--born 1955-05-14--1st

                           
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