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Tippy Martinez
Felix Anthony Martinez
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 31, 1950 in La Junta, CO
High School: La Junta (La Junta, CO)
School: Colorado State University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1974
Final Game: April 18, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 24 NYY AL 0 0 4.26 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 14 7 6 0 9 2 10 1 2 4 60 83 1.816 9.9 0.0 6.4 7.1 1.11
1975 25 NYY AL 1 2 .333 2.68 23 2 13 0 0 8 37.0 27 15 11 2 32 3 20 1 1 5 167 139 1.595 6.6 0.5 7.8 4.9 0.63
1976 26 TOT AL 5 1 .833 2.33 39 0 21 0 0 10 69.2 50 19 18 1 42 3 45 1 1 2 287 144 1.321 6.5 0.1 5.4 5.8 1.07
1976 26 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 1.93 11 0 3 0 0 2 28.0 18 6 6 1 14 0 14 0 1 0 108 179 1.143 5.8 0.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
1976 26 BAL AL 3 1 .750 2.59 28 0 18 0 0 8 41.2 32 13 12 0 28 3 31 1 0 2 179 126 1.440 6.9 0.0 6.0 6.7 1.11
1977 27 BAL AL 5 1 .833 2.70 41 0 29 0 0 9 50.0 47 17 15 2 27 2 29 0 1 3 210 142 1.480 8.5 0.4 4.9 5.2 1.07
1978 28 BAL AL 3 3 .500 4.83 42 0 16 0 0 5 69.0 77 41 37 4 40 2 57 1 1 6 318 73 1.696 10.0 0.5 5.2 7.4 1.43
1979 29 BAL AL 10 3 .769 2.88 39 0 23 0 0 3 78.0 59 29 25 0 31 4 61 1 0 6 318 139 1.154 6.8 0.0 3.6 7.0 1.97
1980 30 BAL AL 4 4 .500 3.01 53 0 26 0 0 10 80.2 69 30 27 5 34 5 68 1 0 6 329 132 1.277 7.7 0.6 3.8 7.6 2.00
1981 31 BAL AL 3 3 .500 2.90 37 0 24 0 0 11 59.0 48 21 19 4 32 6 50 0 0 3 248 125 1.356 7.3 0.6 4.9 7.6 1.56
1982 32 BAL AL 8 8 .500 3.41 76 0 44 0 0 16 95.0 81 39 36 6 37 5 78 1 0 4 389 119 1.242 7.7 0.6 3.5 7.4 2.11
1983 33 BAL AL 9 3 .750 2.35 65 0 51 0 0 21 103.1 76 30 27 10 37 3 81 0 0 6 406 170 1.094 6.6 0.9 3.2 7.1 2.19 AS,MVP-27
1984 34 BAL AL 4 9 .308 3.91 55 0 42 0 0 17 89.2 88 42 39 9 51 13 72 0 0 7 402 99 1.550 8.8 0.9 5.1 7.2 1.41
1985 35 BAL AL 3 3 .500 5.40 49 0 20 0 0 4 70.0 70 48 42 8 37 8 47 0 0 5 312 75 1.529 9.0 1.0 4.8 6.0 1.27
1986 36 BAL AL 0 2 .000 5.62 14 0 5 0 0 1 16.0 18 10 10 1 12 1 11 0 0 1 74 74 1.875 10.1 0.6 6.8 6.2 0.92
1988 38 MIN AL 0 0 18.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 8 9 8 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 24 23 3.000 18.0 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75
14 Seasons 55 42 .567 3.45 546 2 320 0 0 115 834.0 732 357 320 53 425 57 632 8 7 58 3544 111 1.387 7.9 0.6 4.6 6.8 1.49
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .567 3.45 68 0 40 0 0 14 103 91 44 40 7 53 7 78 1 1 7 440 111 1.387 7.9 0.6 4.6 6.8 1.49
BAL (11 yrs) 52 40 .565 3.46 499 0 298 0 0 105 752.1 665 320 289 49 366 52 585 5 2 49 3185 112 1.370 8.0 0.6 4.4 7.0 1.60
NYY (3 yrs) 3 2 .600 2.67 44 2 20 0 0 10 77.2 59 28 23 3 55 5 44 2 4 9 335 135 1.468 6.8 0.3 6.4 5.1 0.80
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 18.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 8 9 8 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 24 23 3.000 18.0 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 29 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
1983 33 BAL AL ALCS W CHW 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 25 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 7.5 1.67
1983 33 BAL AL WS W PHI 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.74 8 0 5 0 0 2 10.1 11 2 2 0 3 0 6 1 1 1 44 1.355 9.6 0.0 2.6 5.2 2.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 25 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 7.5 1.67
2 WS 0 0 4.15 6 0 3 0 0 2 4.1 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 1.385 12.5 0.0 0.0 2.1

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
1978 28 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 30 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 29 BAL AL WS PIT L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 33 BAL AL WS PHI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 NYY AL 24 P 10 0 12.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .950 1.85 0.83
1975 NYY AL 25 P 23 2 37.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.97 0.17 .940 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 26 P 39 0 69.2 26 11 15 0 1 1.000 3.36 0.67 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 26 P 11 0 28.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.21 0.91 .950 1.86 0.85
1976 BAL AL 26 P 28 0 41.2 16 9 7 0 1 1.000 3.46 0.57 .950 1.88 0.85
1977 BAL AL 27 P 41 0 50.0 14 2 12 0 3 1.000 2.52 0.34 .943 1.94 0.84
1978 BAL AL 28 P 42 0 69.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.74 0.50 .952 1.90 0.85
1979 BAL AL 29 P 39 0 78.0 18 4 13 1 2 .944 1.96 0.44 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 BAL AL 30 P 53 0 80.2 21 5 16 0 3 1.000 2.34 0.40 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 BAL AL 31 P 37 0 59.0 19 3 13 3 0 .842 2.44 0.43 .968 1.98 0.81
1982 BAL AL 32 P 76 0 95.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.52 0.21 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 BAL AL 33 P 65 0 103.1 28 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.44 0.43 .957 1.80 0.73 AS,MVP-27
1984 BAL AL 34 P 55 0 89.2 18 2 14 2 0 .889 1.61 0.29 .961 1.79 0.70
1985 BAL AL 35 P 49 0 70.0 20 9 10 1 1 .950 2.44 0.39 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 BAL AL 36 P 14 0 16.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.69 0.21 .975 1.86 0.68
1988 MIN AL 38 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.67
14 Seasons P 546 2 834.0 212 58 145 9 13 .958 2.19 0.37 .955 1.86 0.77
14 Seasons TOT 546 2 834.0 212 58 145 9 13 .958 2.19 0.37 .913 1.86 0.77

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1983

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (27, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  76 (2nd)
1983 AL  65 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1976 AL  10 (8th)
1981 AL  11 (6th)
1982 AL  16 (8th)
1983 AL  21 (7th)
1984 AL  17 (9th)
Career  115 (100th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1981 AL  24 (10th)
1982 AL  44 (6th)
1983 AL  51 (5th)
1984 AL  42 (9th)
Career  320 (86th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (840), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 35th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

July 22, 1972: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1976: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rick Dempsey, Rudy May, Scott McGregor and Dave Pagan to the Baltimore Orioles for Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Ellie Hendricks, Ken Holtzman and Grant Jackson.

June 4, 1987: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 4, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

April 21, 1988: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Baltimore Orioles$440,000
1986Baltimore Orioles$487,078
Career (may be incomplete)$927,078
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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