Tippy Martinez

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: May 31, 1950 in La Junta, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 35th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Junta HS (La Junta, CO).

High School: La Junta HS (La Junta, CO)

School: Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

Last Game: April 18, 1988 (Age 37-323d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Felix Anthony Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

ERA

3.45

546

115

834.0

632

WHIP

1.387

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1972	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A-	NYY	1	0	1.000	3.72	3.72	7	3		1	1	1	29.0	25	12	12	0	23	0	27	0	0	0		1.655	7.8	0.0	7.1	8.4	1.17
1972	22	-0.2	Kinston	CARL	A	NYY	0	0		4.50	4.50	5	2		0	0	0	20.0	22	10	10	0	13	0	18	0	0	0		1.750	9.9	0.0	5.9	8.1	1.38
1972	22	2.4	Oneonta	NYPL	A-	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	2	1		1	1	1	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	0	9	0	0	0		1.444	3.0	0.0	10.0	9.0	0.90
1973	23	1.0	Kinston	CARL	A		13	8	.619	2.66	3.26	54	2		0	0	15	105.0	74	38	31	2	61	1	160	5	0	17		1.286	6.3	0.2	5.2	13.7	2.62
1974	24	-1.3	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYY	7	5	.583	3.80	4.08	36	0		0	0	8	64.0	49	29	27	2	32	1	70	2	0	6		1.266	6.9	0.3	4.5	9.8	2.19
1974	24	-4.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		4.26	4.97	10	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	14	7	6	0	9	2	10	1	2	4	60	1.816	9.9	0.0	6.4	7.1	1.11
1975	25	0.4	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYY	8	2	.800	2.05	3.19	14	14		4	1	0	110.0	91	39	25	3	35	3	105	0	0	5		1.145	7.4	0.2	2.9	8.6	3.00
1975	25	-3.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	2.68	3.65	23	2	13	0	0	8	37.0	27	15	11	2	32	3	20	1	1	5	167	1.595	6.6	0.5	7.8	4.9	0.63
1976	26		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BAL-NYY	5	1	.833	2.33	2.45	39	0	21	0	0	10	69.2	50	19	18	1	42	3	45	1	1	2	287	1.321	6.5	0.1	5.4	5.8	1.07
1976	26	-1.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	11	0	3	0	0	2	28.0	18	6	6	1	14	0	14	0	1	0	108	1.143	5.8	0.3	4.5	4.5	1.00
1976	26	-1.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	1	.750	2.59	2.81	28	0	18	0	0	8	41.2	32	13	12	0	28	3	31	1	0	2	179	1.440	6.9	0.0	6.0	6.7	1.11
1977	27	-0.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	1	.833	2.70	3.06	41	0	29	0	0	9	50.0	47	17	15	2	27	2	29	0	1	3	210	1.480	8.5	0.4	4.9	5.2	1.07
1978	28	0.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	3	.500	4.83	5.35	42	0	16	0	0	5	69.0	77	41	37	4	40	2	57	1	1	6	318	1.696	10.0	0.5	5.2	7.4	1.43
1979	29	1.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	10	3	.769	2.88	3.35	39	0	23	0	0	3	78.0	59	29	25	0	31	4	61	1	0	6	318	1.154	6.8	0.0	3.6	7.0	1.97
1980	30	2.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	4	4	.500	3.01	3.35	53	0	26	0	0	10	80.2	69	30	27	5	34	5	68	1	0	6	329	1.277	7.7	0.6	3.8	7.6	2.00
1981	31	3.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	3	.500	2.90	3.20	37	0	24	0	0	11	59.0	48	21	19	4	32	6	50	0	0	3	248	1.356	7.3	0.6	4.9	7.6	1.56
1982	32	3.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	8	8	.500	3.41	3.69	76	0	44	0	0	16	95.0	81	39	36	6	37	5	78	1	0	4	389	1.242	7.7	0.6	3.5	7.4	2.11
1983	33	4.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	9	3	.750	2.35	2.61	65	0	51	0	0	21	103.1	76	30	27	10	37	3	81	0	0	6	406	1.094	6.6	0.9	3.2	7.1	2.19
1984	34	5.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	4	9	.308	3.91	4.22	55	0	42	0	0	17	89.2	88	42	39	9	51	13	72	0	0	13	402	1.550	8.8	0.9	5.1	7.2	1.41
1985	35	6.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	3	.500	5.40	6.17	49	0	20	0	0	4	70.0	70	48	42	8	37	8	47	0	0	5	312	1.529	9.0	1.0	4.8	6.0	1.27
1986	36	9.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	4	0	0	1		1.667	10.5	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
1986	36	7.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	2	.000	5.63	5.63	14	0	5	0	0	1	16.0	18	10	10	1	12	1	11	0	0	1	74	1.875	10.1	0.6	6.8	6.2	0.92
1987	37	14.4	Hagerstown	CARL	A	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.86	5.14	6	0	1	0	0	1	7.0	6	4	3	1	5	0	8	0	0	1		1.571	7.7	1.3	6.4	10.3	1.60
1988	38	9.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		18.00	20.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	8	9	8	1	4	0	3	1	1	0	24	3.000	18.0	2.3	9.0	6.8	0.75
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		55	42	.567	3.45	3.85	546	2	320	0	0	115	834.0	732	357	320	53	425	57	632	8	7	64	3544	1.387	7.9	0.6	4.6	6.8	1.49
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		30	16	.652	2.86	3.53	120	21	1	5	2	25	321.0	252	126	102	8	159	5	374	7	0	30		1.280	7.1	0.2	4.5	10.5	2.35
All Levels (17 Seasons)							85	58	.594	3.29	3.76	666	23	321	5	2	140	1155.0	984	483	422	61	584	62	1006	15	7	94	3544	1.358	7.7	0.5	4.6	7.8	1.72

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		15	8	.652	2.80	3.60	53	16	0	4	1	8	180.0	147	72	56	5	70	4	179	2	0	12		1.206	7.4	0.3	3.5	9.0	2.56
A (3 seasons)					Minors		14	8	.636	3.00	3.55	65	4	1	0	0	16	132.0	102	52	44	3	79	1	186	5	0	18		1.371	7.0	0.2	5.4	12.7	2.35
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	2	1		1	1	1	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	0	9	0	0	0		1.444	3.0	0.0	10.0	9.0	0.90