Joe Martinez

Joseph Andrew Martinez

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6'3", Weight 185 lb.
• School Boston College
• High School Seton Hall Preparatory School
• Debut April 7, 2009
• Final Game July 5, 2013
• Born February 26, 1983 in South Orange, NJ USA

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Biographical information

Joe Martinez is a pitcher who made his debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2009. With Boston College in 2002, he went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in seven games (26 innings). In 2003, he went 1-0 with a 9.16 ERA in 6 games (18 2/3 innings). He went 2-4 with a 0.87 ERA in 15 games in 2004 (52 innings, striking out 56 batters. In 2005 with Boston College, he was used entirely as a starting pitcher, making 12 appearances and going 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA.

He was drafted in the 23rd round of the 2005 amateur draft, was signed by scout Glenn Tufts, and began his professional career that same year. He played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2005, going 4-3 with a 4.30 ERA in 15 games (13 starts). In 2006, he played for the Augusta Greenjackets, going 15-5 with a 2.99 ERA in 26 starts. For the San Jose Giants in 2007, Martinez went 10-10 with a 4.26 ERA in 28 starts, and in 27 starts with the Connecticut Defenders in 2008 he went 10-10 with a 2.49 ERA.

Joe made his major league debut with the Giants on April 7, 2009, earning a win in relief over the Milwaukee Brewers even though he gave up 2 runs in as many innings. After another relief appearance two days later, he went back to the minors and did not come back to San Francisco until August. On his return on August 5th, he started a game against the Houston Astros and received credit for a 10-6 win, after pitching 5 innings and allowing 3 runs. He was the last Giants pitcher to record a win in his first major league start until Dereck Rodriguez did so in 2018. However, he pitched poorly the rest of the month while taking a regular turn as a starter, his ERA reaching 7.52 by the end of August. He then made a couple of relief appearances in September to finish at 3-2, 7.50 in 9 games.

He continued pitching from time to time in the majors until 2013, but made only one start after his first season and only won one more game, in his final season with the Cleveland Indians.

Related Sites

• Joe Martinez on mlb.com