Dennis Martínez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: May 14, 1954 in Granada, Nicaragua ni

High School: Granada (Granada, Nicaragua)

Debut: September 14, 1976 (Age 22-123d, 11,423rd in MLB history)
vs. DET 5.2 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

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: Jose Dennis Martinez

Nicknames: El Presidente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.7

W

245

L

193

ERA

3.70

G

692

GS

562

SV

IP

3999.2

SO

2149

WHIP

1.266

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	20	BAL-min	A	15	6	.714	2.06	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	MIA FLOR
1975	21	BAL-min	A,AA,AAA	16	5	.762	2.68	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	MIA,AVL,ROC FLOR,SOUL,IL
1976	22	BAL-min	AAA	14	8	.636	2.50	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	ROC IL
1976	22	BAL	AL	1	2	.333	2.60	4	2	1	1	0	0	27.2	23	8	8	1	8	0	18	0	0	1	106	128	2.67	1.120	7.5	0.3	2.6	5.9	2.25
1977	23	BAL	AL	14	7	.667	4.10	42	13	19	5	0	4	166.2	157	86	76	10	64	5	107	8	0	5	709	93	3.53	1.326	8.5	0.5	3.5	5.8	1.67
1978	24	BAL	AL	16	11	.593	3.52	40	38	0	15	2	0	276.1	257	121	108	20	93	4	142	3	0	8	1140	100	3.54	1.267	8.4	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.53
1979	25	BAL	AL	15	16	.484	3.66	40	39	0	18	3	0	292.1	279	129	119	28	78	1	132	1	2	9	1206	110	3.88	1.221	8.6	0.9	2.4	4.1	1.69
1980	26	BAL-min	A	0	0		0.00	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	MIA FLOR
1980	26	BAL	AL	6	4	.600	3.97	25	12	8	2	0	1	99.2	103	44	44	12	44	6	42	2	1	0	428	100	4.86	1.475	9.3	1.1	4.0	3.8	0.95
1981	27	BAL	AL	14	5	.737	3.32	25	24	0	9	2	0	179.0	173	84	66	10	62	1	88	2	1	6	753	110	3.42	1.313	8.7	0.5	3.1	4.4	1.42	CYA-5,MVP-23
1982	28	BAL	AL	16	12	.571	4.21	40	39	0	10	2	0	252.0	262	123	118	30	87	2	111	7	1	7	1093	96	4.50	1.385	9.4	1.1	3.1	4.0	1.28
1983	29	BAL	AL	7	16	.304	5.53	32	25	3	4	0	0	153.0	209	108	94	21	45	0	71	2	0	2	688	72	4.53	1.660	12.3	1.2	2.6	4.2	1.58
1984	30	BAL	AL	6	9	.400	5.02	34	20	4	2	0	0	141.2	145	81	79	26	37	2	77	5	0	7	599	77	4.96	1.285	9.2	1.7	2.4	4.9	2.08
1985	31	BAL	AL	13	11	.542	5.15	33	31	1	3	1	0	180.0	203	110	103	29	63	3	68	9	1	4	789	78	5.22	1.478	10.2	1.5	3.2	3.4	1.08
1986	32	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	6.05	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	ROC IL
1986	32	TOT	MLB	3	6	.333	4.73	23	15	2	1	1	0	104.2	114	57	55	11	30	4	65	3	2	3	449	80	3.84	1.376	9.8	0.9	2.6	5.6	2.17
1986	32	BAL	AL	0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	11	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	33	65	3.07	1.950	14.9	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
1986	32	MON	NL	3	6	.333	4.59	19	15	1	1	1	0	98.0	103	52	50	11	28	4	63	3	2	2	416	81	3.89	1.337	9.5	1.0	2.6	5.8	2.25
1987	33	MON-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.46	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	INA AA
1987	33	MON	NL	11	4	.733	3.30	22	22	0	2	1	0	144.2	133	59	53	9	40	2	84	6	2	4	599	128	3.47	1.196	8.3	0.6	2.5	5.2	2.10
1988	34	MON	NL	15	13	.536	2.72	34	34	0	9	2	0	235.1	215	94	71	21	55	3	120	6	10	5	968	133	3.69	1.147	8.2	0.8	2.1	4.6	2.18
1989	35	MON	NL	16	7	.696	3.18	34	33	1	5	2	0	232.0	227	88	82	21	49	4	142	7	2	5	950	111	3.44	1.190	8.8	0.8	1.9	5.5	2.90
1990	36	MON	NL	10	11	.476	2.95	32	32	0	7	2	0	226.0	191	80	74	16	49	9	156	6	1	1	908	124	3.08	1.062	7.6	0.6	2.0	6.2	3.18	AS
1991	37	MON	NL	14	11	.560	*2.39*	31	31	0	9	5	0	222.0	187	70	59	9	62	3	123	4	0	3	905	153	3.17	1.122	7.6	0.4	2.5	5.0	1.98	AS,CYA-5,MVP-20
1992	38	MON	NL	16	11	.593	2.47	32	32	0	6	0	0	226.1	172	75	62	12	60	3	147	9	0	2	900	141	3.09	1.025	6.8	0.5	2.4	5.8	2.45	AS
1993	39	MON	NL	15	9	.625	3.85	35	34	1	2	0	1	224.2	211	110	96	27	64	7	138	11	4	2	945	109	4.32	1.224	8.5	1.1	2.6	5.5	2.16
1994	40	CLE	AL	11	6	.647	3.52	24	24	0	7	3	0	176.2	166	75	69	14	44	2	92	7	3	4	730	133	3.99	1.189	8.5	0.7	2.2	4.7	2.09
1995	41	CLE	AL	12	5	.706	3.08	28	28	0	3	2	0	187.0	174	71	64	17	46	2	99	12	0	3	771	152	4.16	1.176	8.4	0.8	2.2	4.8	2.15	AS
1996	42	CLE	AL	9	6	.600	4.50	20	20	0	1	1	0	112.0	122	63	56	12	37	2	48	2	0	0	483	108	4.75	1.420	9.8	1.0	3.0	3.9	1.30
1997	43	SEA	AL	1	5	.167	7.71	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	65	46	42	8	29	1	17	7	0	0	239	58	6.74	1.918	11.9	1.5	5.3	3.1	0.59
1998	44	ATL	NL	4	6	.400	4.45	53	5	11	1	1	2	91.0	109	53	45	8	19	5	62	3	0	2	396	94	3.64	1.407	10.8	0.8	1.9	6.1	3.26
23 Yrs				245	193	.559	3.70	692	562	51	122	30	8	3999.2	3897	1835	1643	372	1165	71	2149	122	30	83	16754	106	3.91	1.266	8.8	0.8	2.6	4.8	1.84
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.559	3.70	38	30	3	7	2	0	217	211	100	89	20	63	4	117	7	2	5	909	106	3.91	1.266	8.8	0.8	2.6	4.8	1.84
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BAL (11 yrs)				108	93	.537	4.16	319	243	37	69	10	5	1775.0	1822	899	820	187	583	24	858	39	6	50	7544	93	4.15	1.355	9.2	0.9	3.0	4.4	1.47
MON (8 yrs)				100	72	.581	3.06	239	233	3	41	13	1	1609.0	1439	628	547	126	407	35	973	52	21	24	6591	122	3.49	1.147	8.0	0.7	2.3	5.4	2.39
CLE (3 yrs)				32	17	.653	3.58	72	72	0	11	6	0	475.2	462	209	189	43	127	6	239	21	3	7	1984	132	4.23	1.238	8.7	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.88
ATL (1 yr)				4	6	.400	4.45	53	5	11	1	1	2	91.0	109	53	45	8	19	5	62	3	0	2	396	94	3.64	1.407	10.8	0.8	1.9	6.1	3.26
SEA (1 yr)				1	5	.167	7.71	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	65	46	42	8	29	1	17	7	0	0	239	58	6.74	1.918	11.9	1.5	5.3	3.1	0.59

AL (15 yrs)				141	115	.551	4.11	400	324	37	80	16	5	2299.2	2349	1154	1051	238	739	31	1114	67	9	57	9767	99	4.22	1.343	9.2	0.9	2.9	4.4	1.51
NL (9 yrs)				104	78	.571	3.13	292	238	14	42	14	3	1700.0	1548	681	592	134	426	40	1035	55	21	26	6987	120	3.50	1.161	8.2	0.7	2.3	5.5	2.43

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WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

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