Dennis Martínez

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: May 14, 1954 in Granada, Nicaragua ni

High School: Granada (Granada, Nicaragua)

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 44-136d)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: José Dennis Martínez

Nicknames: El Presidente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.7

245

193

ERA

3.70

692

562

3999.2

2149

WHIP

1.266

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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
1974	20	-0.8	Miami	FLOR	A	BAL	15	6	.714	2.06	2.41	25	25		10	4	0	179.0	124	48	41	4	53	1	162	6	2	1		0.989	6.2	0.2	2.7	8.1	3.06
1975	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA-AAA	BAL	16	5	.762	2.68	3.42	28	26		13	4	0	195.0	177	74	58	5	49	1	136	5	0	4		1.159	8.2	0.2	2.3	6.3	2.78
1975	21	-3.6	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		5.40	7.20	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	7	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	1		1.800	12.6	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
1975	21	-1.2	Asheville	SOUL	AA	BAL	4	1	.800	2.60	3.20	6	6		4	1	0	45.0	45	16	13	4	12	1	18	0	0	0		1.267	9.0	0.8	2.4	3.6	1.50
1975	21	0.2	Miami	FLOR	A	BAL	12	4	.750	2.61	3.35	20	20		9	3	0	145.0	125	54	42	1	35	0	114	5	0	3		1.103	7.8	0.1	2.2	7.1	3.26
1976	22	-2.3	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	14	8	.636	2.50	3.20	25	23		16	1	0	180.0	148	64	50	15	50	2	140	6	1	2		1.100	7.4	0.8	2.5	7.0	2.80
1976	22	-5.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	2	.333	2.60	2.60	4	2	1	1	0	0	27.2	23	8	8	1	8	0	18	0	0	1	106	1.120	7.5	0.3	2.6	5.9	2.25
1977	23	-4.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	14	7	.667	4.10	4.64	42	13	19	5	0	4	166.2	157	86	76	10	64	5	107	8	0	5	709	1.326	8.5	0.5	3.5	5.8	1.67
1978	24	-3.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	11	.593	3.52	3.94	40	38	0	15	2	0	276.1	257	121	108	20	93	4	142	3	0	8	1140	1.267	8.4	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.53
1979	25	-2.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	15	16	.484	3.66	3.97	40	39	0	18	3	0	292.1	279	129	119	28	78	1	132	1	2	9	1206	1.221	8.6	0.9	2.4	4.1	1.69
1980	26	4.5	Miami	FLOR	A	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.75	2	2		0	0	0	12.0	3	1	0	0	5	1	7	0	0	0		0.667	2.3	0.0	3.8	5.3	1.40
1980	26	-1.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	4	.600	3.97	3.97	25	12	8	2	0	1	99.2	103	44	44	12	44	6	42	2	1	0	428	1.475	9.3	1.1	4.0	3.8	0.95
1981	27	-0.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	14	5	.737	3.32	4.22	25	24	0	9	2	0	179.0	173	84	66	10	62	1	88	2	1	6	753	1.313	8.7	0.5	3.1	4.4	1.42
1982	28	-0.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	12	.571	4.21	4.39	40	39	0	10	2	0	252.0	262	123	118	30	87	2	111	7	1	7	1093	1.385	9.4	1.1	3.1	4.0	1.28
1983	29	0.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	16	.304	5.53	6.35	32	25	3	4	0	0	153.0	209	108	94	21	45	0	71	2	0	2	688	1.660	12.3	1.2	2.6	4.2	1.58
1984	30	1.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	9	.400	5.02	5.15	34	20	4	2	0	0	141.2	145	81	79	26	37	2	77	5	0	7	599	1.285	9.2	1.7	2.4	4.9	2.08
1985	31	2.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	13	11	.542	5.15	5.50	33	31	1	3	1	0	180.0	203	110	103	29	63	3	68	9	1	4	789	1.478	10.2	1.5	3.2	3.4	1.08
1986	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL	3	6	.333	4.73	4.90	23	15	2	1	1	0	104.2	114	57	55	11	30	4	65	3	2	3	449	1.376	9.8	0.9	2.6	5.6	2.17
1986	32	5.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	2	1	.667	6.05	6.52	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	18	14	13	5	9	0	14	0	0	0		1.397	8.4	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.56
1986	32	3.7	MON	NL	Maj	MON	3	6	.333	4.59	4.78	19	15	1	1	1	0	98.0	103	52	50	11	28	4	63	3	2	2	416	1.337	9.5	1.0	2.6	5.8	2.25
1986	32	3.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		6.75	6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	11	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	33	1.950	14.9	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
1987	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A		4	3	.571	5.02	5.34	10	10	0	1	1	0	57.1	53	34	32	5	16	1	41	4	2	2		1.203	8.3	0.8	2.5	6.4	2.56
1987	33	6.5	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	3	2	.600	4.46	4.70	7	7	0	1	1	0	38.1	32	20	19	5	13	1	30	1	2	0		1.174	7.5	1.2	3.1	7.0	2.31
1987	33	10.3	Miami	FLOR	A		1	1	.500	6.16	6.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	21	14	13	0	3	0	11	3	0	2		1.263	9.9	0.0	1.4	5.2	3.67
1987	33	4.8	MON	NL	Maj	MON	11	4	.733	3.30	3.67	22	22	0	2	1	0	144.2	133	59	53	9	40	2	84	6	2	4	599	1.196	8.3	0.6	2.5	5.2	2.10
1988	34	5.5	MON	NL	Maj	MON	15	13	.536	2.72	3.59	34	34	0	9	2	0	235.1	215	94	71	21	55	3	120	6	10	5	968	1.147	8.2	0.8	2.1	4.6	2.18
1989	35	6.2	MON	NL	Maj	MON	16	7	.696	3.18	3.41	34	33	1	5	2	0	232.0	227	88	82	21	49	4	142	7	2	5	950	1.190	8.8	0.8	1.9	5.5	2.90
1990	36	7.6	MON	NL	Maj	MON	10	11	.476	2.95	3.19	32	32	0	7	2	0	226.0	191	80	74	16	49	9	156	6	1	1	908	1.062	7.6	0.6	2.0	6.2	3.18
1991	37	8.9	MON	NL	Maj	MON	14	11	.560	2.39	2.84	31	31	0	9	5	0	222.0	187	70	59	9	62	3	123	4	0	3	905	1.122	7.6	0.4	2.5	5.0	1.98
1992	38	9.7	MON	NL	Maj	MON	16	11	.593	2.47	2.98	32	32	0	6	0	0	226.1	172	75	62	12	60	3	147	9	0	2	900	1.025	6.8	0.5	2.4	5.8	2.45
1993	39	10.8	MON	NL	Maj	MON	15	9	.625	3.85	4.41	35	34	1	2	0	1	224.2	211	110	96	27	64	7	138	11	4	2	945	1.224	8.5	1.1	2.6	5.5	2.16
1994	40	10.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	11	6	.647	3.52	3.82	24	24	0	7	3	0	176.2	166	75	69	14	44	2	92	7	3	4	730	1.189	8.5	0.7	2.2	4.7	2.09
1995	41	12.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	12	5	.706	3.08	3.42	28	28	0	3	2	0	187.0	174	71	64	17	46	2	99	12	0	3	771	1.176	8.4	0.8	2.2	4.8	2.15
1996	42	13.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	6	.600	4.50	5.06	20	20	0	1	1	0	112.0	122	63	56	12	37	2	48	2	0	0	483	1.420	9.8	1.0	3.0	3.9	1.30
1997	43	14.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	5	.167	7.71	8.45	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	65	46	42	8	29	1	17	7	0	0	239	1.918	11.9	1.5	5.3	3.1	0.59
1998	44	15.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	6	.400	4.45	5.24	53	5	11	1	1	2	91.0	109	53	45	8	19	5	62	3	0	2	396	1.407	10.8	0.8	1.9	6.1	3.26
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 (23 seasons)					Majors		245	193	.559	3.70	4.13	692	562	51	122	30	8	3999.2	3897	1835	1643	372	1165	71	2149	122	30	83	16754	1.266	8.8	0.8	2.6	4.8	1.84
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		51	23	.689	2.72	3.29	94	90	0	40	10	0	642.2	523	235	194	34	182	6	500	21	5	9		1.097	7.3	0.5	2.5	7.0	2.75
All Levels (25 Seasons)							296	216	.578	3.56	4.01	786	652	51	162	40	8	4642.1	4420	2070	1837	406	1347	77	2649	143	35	92	16754	1.242	8.6	0.8	2.6	5.1	1.97

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		19	11	.633	3.15	3.78	38	34	0	17	2	0	242.2	205	102	85	25	74	3	188	7	3	3		1.150	7.6	0.9	2.7	7.0	2.54
AA (1 season)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.60	3.20	6	6		4	1	0	45.0	45	16	13	4	12	1	18	0	0	0		1.267	9.0	0.8	2.4	3.6	1.50
A (4 seasons)					Minors		28	11	.718	2.43	2.97	50	50	0	19	7	0	355.0	273	117	96	5	96	2	294	14	2	6		1.039	6.9	0.1	2.4	7.5	3.06