Dennis Martinez | Major Leaguer 1976-1998

Full Name: Jose Dennis Martinez
Born: May 14,1955 in Granada, Nicaragua
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Orioles in 1973

Transactions: [Dec 10,1973] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Orioles. [Jun 16,1986] - Traded by Orioles with John Stefero to Expos for Rene Gonzales. [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [May 6,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 18,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos. [Oct 25,1993] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 2,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Nov 18,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 20,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [May 24,1997] - Released by Mariners. [Jan 30,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves. [Nov 2,1998] - Granted Free Agency.

Signed by: Ray Poitevint and Julio Blanco Herrera

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1974	Miami	FSL	19	Bal	A+	15	6	2.06	25	25	10	4		0	179.0	124	48	41		53	162			6.23	---	2.66	8.15	0.99	--
1975	Miami	FSL	20	Bal	A+	12	4	2.61	20	20	9	3		0	145.0	125	54	42		35	114			7.76	---	2.17	7.08	1.10	--
	Asheville	Sou	20	Bal	AA	4	1	2.60	6	6	4	1		0	45.0	45	16	13		12	18			9.00	---	2.40	3.60	1.27	--
	Rochester	IL	20	Bal	AAA	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	0		0	5.0	7	4	3		2	4			12.60	---	3.60	7.20	1.80	--
1976	Rochester	IL	21	Bal	AAA	14	8	2.50	25	23	16	1		0	180.0	148	64	50		50	140			7.40	---	2.50	7.00	1.10	--
	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	1	2	2.60	4	2	1	0	1	0	27.2	23	8	8	1	8	18	1	0	7.48	0.33	2.60	5.86	1.12	60%
1977	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	14	7	4.10	42	13	5	0	19	4	166.2	157	86	76	10	64	107	5	0	8.48	0.54	3.46	5.78	1.33	48%
1978	Baltimore	AL	23	Bal	MLB	16	11	3.52	40	38	15	2	0	0	276.1	257	121	108	20	93	142	8	0	8.37	0.65	3.03	4.62	1.27	56%
1979	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	15	16	3.66	40	39	18	3	0	0	292.1	279	129	119	28	78	132	9	2	8.59	0.86	2.40	4.06	1.22	56%
1980	Miami	FSL	25	Bal	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0		0	12.0	3	1	0	0	5	7	0		2.25	0.00	3.75	5.25	0.67	--
	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	6	4	3.97	25	12	2	0	8	1	99.2	103	44	44	12	44	42	0	1	9.30	1.08	3.97	3.79	1.48	44%
1981	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	14	5	3.32	25	24	9	2	0	0	179.0	173	84	66	10	62	88	6	1	8.70	0.50	3.12	4.42	1.31	55%
1982	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	16	12	4.21	40	39	10	2	0	0	252.0	262	123	118	30	87	111	7	1	9.36	1.07	3.11	3.96	1.38	52%
1983	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	7	16	5.53	32	25	4	0	3	0	153.0	209	108	94	21	45	71	2	0	12.29	1.24	2.65	4.18	1.66	54%
1984	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	6	9	5.02	34	20	2	0	4	0	141.2	145	81	79	26	37	77	13	0	9.21	1.65	2.35	4.89	1.28	45%
1985	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	13	11	5.15	33	31	3	1	1	0	180.0	203	110	103	29	63	68	4	1	10.15	1.45	3.15	3.40	1.48	42%
1986	Rochester	IL	31	Bal	AAA	2	1	6.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	18	14	13	5	9	14	0		8.38	2.33	4.19	6.52	1.40	--
	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	3	6	4.59	19	15	1	1	1	0	98.0	103	52	50	11	28	63	2	2	9.46	1.01	2.57	5.79	1.34	50%
	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	0	0	6.76	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.2	11	5	5	0	2	2	1	0	14.86	0.00	2.70	2.70	1.95	67%
1987	Miami	FSL	32		A+	1	1	6.16	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	21	14	13	0	3	11	2		9.95	0.00	1.42	5.21	1.26	--
	Indy	Amer	32	Mtl	AAA	3	2	4.46	7	7	1	1	0	0	38.1	32	20	19	5	13	30	0		7.51	1.17	3.05	7.04	1.17	--
	Montreal	NL	32	Mtl	MLB	11	4	3.30	22	22	2	1	0	0	144.2	133	59	53	9	40	84	4	2	8.27	0.56	2.49	5.23	1.20	47%
1988	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	15	13	2.72	34	34	9	2	0	0	235.1	215	94	71	21	55	120	5	10	8.22	0.80	2.10	4.59	1.15	42%
1989	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	16	7	3.18	34	33	5	2	1	0	232.0	227	88	82	21	49	142	5	2	8.81	0.81	1.90	5.51	1.19	51%
1990	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	10	11	2.95	32	32	7	2	0	0	226.0	191	80	74	16	49	156	1	1	7.61	0.64	1.95	6.21	1.06	53%
1991	Montreal	NL	36	Mtl	MLB	14	11	2.39	31	31	9	5	0	0	222.0	187	70	59	9	62	123	3	0	7.58	0.36	2.51	4.99	1.12	53%
1992	Montreal	NL	37	Mtl	MLB	16	11	2.47	32	32	6	0	0	0	226.1	172	75	62	12	60	147	2	0	6.84	0.48	2.39	5.85	1.03	53%
1993	Montreal	NL	38	Mtl	MLB	15	9	3.85	35	34	2	0	1	1	224.2	211	110	96	27	64	138	2	4	8.45	1.08	2.56	5.53	1.22	54%
1994	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	11	6	3.52	24	24	7	3	0	0	176.2	166	75	69	14	44	92	4	3	8.46	0.71	2.24	4.69	1.19	54%
1995	Cleveland	AL	40	Cle	MLB	12	5	3.08	28	28	3	2	0	0	187.0	174	71	64	17	46	99	3	0	8.37	0.82	2.21	4.76	1.18	54%
1996	Cleveland	AL	41	Cle	MLB	9	6	4.50	20	20	1	1	0	0	112.0	122	63	56	12	37	48	0	0	9.80	0.96	2.97	3.86	1.42	48%
1997	Seattle	AL	42	Sea	MLB	1	5	7.71	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	65	46	42	8	29	17	0	0	11.94	1.47	5.33	3.12	1.92	--
1998	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	4	6	4.45	53	5	1	1	11	2	91.0	109	53	45	8	19	62	2	0	10.78	0.79	1.88	6.13	1.41	53%

Major League Totals - 23 Season(s)						245	193	3.70	692	562	122	30	51	8	3,999.2	3897	1835	1643	372	1165	2149	89	30	8.77	0.84	2.62	4.84	1.27	51%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						51	23	2.72	94	90	40	10		0	642.2	523	235	194		182	500			7.33	---	2.55	7.01	1.10	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1976	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	p	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Baltimore	AL	23	Bal	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	p	9	19	30	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.129	.167	296	65%
	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Indy	Amer	32	Mtl	AAA	p		7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	500	--
	Montreal	NL	32	Mtl	MLB	p	9	22	46	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	17	0	0	4	0	0	.065	.122	.065	187	50%
1988	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	p	9	34	78	2	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	25	1	0	10	0	0	.192	.213	.218	431	55%
1989	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	p	9	34	72	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	19	0	0	9	0	1	.125	.182	.125	307	53%
1990	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	68	0	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	25	1	0	12	0	3	.103	.129	.118	247	66%
1991	Montreal	NL	36	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	72	8	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	24	0	0	10	0	1	.153	.164	.208	372	58%
1992	Montreal	NL	37	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	74	3	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	0	0	10	0	1	.189	.189	.189	378	46%
1993	Montreal	NL	38	Mtl	MLB	p	9	36	69	1	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	17	0	0	9	2	1	.159	.178	.188	366	45%
1994	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Cleveland	AL	40	Cle	MLB	p	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	41	Cle	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Seattle	AL	42	Sea	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	p	9	51	11	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	1	.091	.167	.182	349	56%

Major League Totals - 23 Season(s)								692	520	25	74	12	0	0	33	1	0	15	168	2	0	65	2	8	.142	.169	.165	334	54%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	500	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	Baltimore	AL	24		Ch	0	0	3.24	1		0			0	8.1	8		3		0	4			8.64	---	0.00	4.32	0.96	--
	Baltimore	AL	24		Ws	0	0	27.07	2		0			0	1.1	6		4		0	0			40.60	---	0.00	0.00	4.51	--
1995	Cleveland	AL	40		Div	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	6.0	5		2		0	2			7.50	---	0.00	3.00	0.83	--
	Cleveland	AL	40		Ch	1	1	2.03	2		0			0	13.1	10		3		3	7			6.75	---	2.03	4.73	0.98	--
	Cleveland	AL	40		Ws	0	1	3.48	2		0			0	10.1	12		4		8	5			10.45	---	6.97	4.36	1.94	--
1998	Atlanta	NL	43		Ch	1	0	0.00	4		0			0	3.1	1		0		1	0			2.70	---	2.70	0.00	0.60	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						2	2	3.37	12		0			0	42.2	42		16		12	18			8.86	---	2.53	3.80	1.27	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Cleveland	AL	40	Cle	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	40	Cle	Ws	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1998	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1976	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	P	4		27.2	3	4	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.28

1977	Baltimore	AL	22	Bal	MLB	P	42		166.2	9	26	1	36	2	-	-	-	.972	1.89

1978	Baltimore	AL	23	Bal	MLB	P	40		276.1	27	51	1	79	6	-	-	-	.987	2.54

1979	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	P	40		292.1	26	59	5	90	3	-	-	-	.944	2.62

1980	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	P	25		99.2	5	16	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.90

1981	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	P	25		179	20	44	2	66	4	-	-	-	.970	3.22

1982	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	40		252	13	38	1	52	2	-	-	-	.981	1.82

1983	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	32		153	16	42	1	59	8	-	-	-	.983	3.41

1984	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	P	34		141.2	17	19	2	38	4	-	-	-	.947	2.29

1985	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	P	33		180	17	26	1	44	0	-	-	-	.977	2.15

1986	Rochester	IL	31	Bal	AAA	P	4			2	3	2	7	0	-	-	-	.714	--
1986	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	P	4		6.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.05
1986	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	P	19		98	3	23	1	27	0	-	-	-	.963	2.39

1987	Miami	FSL	32		A+	P	3			0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Indy	Amer	32	Mtl	AAA	P	7			3	11	3	17	1	-	-	-	.824	--
1987	Montreal	NL	32	Mtl	MLB	P	22		144.2	10	23	1	34	3	-	-	-	.971	2.05

1988	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	P	34		235.1	19	39	6	64	3	-	-	-	.906	2.22

1989	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	P	34		232	11	50	2	63	6	-	-	-	.968	2.37

1990	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	P	32		226	16	35	1	52	2	-	-	-	.981	2.03

1991	Montreal	NL	36	Mtl	MLB	P	31		222	21	48	4	73	5	-	-	-	.945	2.80

1992	Montreal	NL	37	Mtl	MLB	P	32		226.1	20	45	4	69	3	-	-	-	.942	2.58

1993	Montreal	NL	38	Mtl	MLB	P	35		224.2	17	46	1	64	1	-	-	-	.984	2.52

1994	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	P	24		176.2	11	33	0	44	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.24

1995	Cleveland	AL	40	Cle	MLB	P	28		187	15	46	4	65	3	-	-	-	.938	2.94

1996	Cleveland	AL	41	Cle	MLB	P	20		112	10	26	1	37	1	-	-	-	.973	2.89

1997	Seattle	AL	42	Sea	MLB	P	9		49	6	6	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	2.20

1998	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	P	53		91	6	16	1	23	2	-	-	-	.957	2.18

Awards

[1981] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #23), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5) [1990] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1991] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1992] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1995] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [2004] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (16 votes - 3.16%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	560,000		299,108	21
1986	560,458		325,466	25
1987	162,500		292,853	42
1988	735,000		325,305	18
1989	735,000		375,257	19
1990	1,400,000	78	426,358	8
1991	3,333,333	15	617,627	2
1992	3,348,333	48	798,185	5
1993	2,833,333		815,723	10
1994	4,500,000	27	914,157	3
1995	4,550,000	53	831,504	5
1996	3,816,766	76	835,262	7
1997	*150,000		996,990	80
1998	550,000		1,054,037	35

Career:	$27,234,723	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 4 All-Star games during his career (1990-1992, 1995)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
2005	Quad Cities [Midw]	Coach
2007	GCL Cardinals [Gcl]	Pitching Coach
2008	Palm Beach [Fsl]	Pitching Coach