Ramón Martínez (pitcher)
| Ramón Martínez | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: March 22, 1968 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 13, 1988, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 1, 2001, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 135–88 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.67 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,427 | ||
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Ramón Jaime Martínez (born March 22, 1968, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He won 135 games over a 13-year career, mostly with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is the older brother of Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martínez, and is currently a senior advisor in Latin America for the Baltimore Orioles.
Martínez was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent on September 1, 1984 and was the youngest player in the National League when he made his major league debut on August 13, 1988 against the San Francisco Giants. He allowed only one run on four hits in 7 2/3 innings in a game the Dodgers eventually won in 11 innings. He got his first career win on August 29 against the Montreal Expos.
He had a breakout season in 1990, when he won 20 games, struck out 18 batters in a game (on June 4), was selected an All-Star, and finished second in strikeouts as well as in the Cy Young Award balloting. He remained a solid pitcher for several years and threw a no-hitter against the Florida Marlins on July 14, 1995. In his no-hitter, the only thing that kept him from a perfect game was a walk to Tommy Gregg with two outs in the 8th inning.
Early in the 1998 season, Martínez suffered a torn rotator cuff and torn cartilage, which was surgically repaired on June 30. The Dodgers did not pick up a $5.6 million option after 1998 and he signed with the Boston Red Sox.
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