Tippy Martinez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: May 31, 1950 in La Junta, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 35th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Junta HS (La Junta, CO).

High School: La Junta HS (La Junta, CO)

School: Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

Debut: August 9, 1974 (Age 24-070d, 13,525th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 18, 1988 (Age 37-323d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Felix Anthony Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

ERA

3.45

546

115

834.0

632

WHIP

1.387

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 53 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 7 tying, 15 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	49
NYY	3
MIN	1

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	25

Outs
2	23
0	16
1	14

13 Opps
DET	12
NYY	7
KCR	6
TOR	5
TEX	4
SEA	4
BOS	3
CLE	3
CHW	3
CAL	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
OAK	1

46 Batters
Cliff Johnson	3
Lance Parrish	3
Dave Henderson	2
Larry Herndon	2
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Joe Carter	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Paul Molitor	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Dave Winfield	1
Don Baylor	1
Hal McRae	1
John Wockenfuss	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Nelson Simmons	1
Gary Sutherland	1
Don Slaught	1
Luis Salazar	1
Roy Smalley	1
Mark Brouhard	1
Wayne Gross	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Greg Pryor	1
George Vukovich	1
Reggie Walton	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Bert Campaneris	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Amos Otis	1
Julio Franco	1
Steve Kemp	1
Richie Zisk	1
Carney Lansford	1
Iván Calderón	1
Marv Foley	1
Buddy Bell	1
Stan Papi	1
Jim Morrison	1
Steve Balboni	1
Graig Nettles	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
U L Washington	1
Roy White	1
George Bell	1

13 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	21
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	11
8	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	52
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	13
-2-	4
1-3	3
12-	2
123	1

83 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	30
1 on	17
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
3	1
6	4
7	4
8	22
9	16
Extra	6

1-3	1
4-6	4
7-end	48

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	3
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	14
-1	4
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	22
Tied	14
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	52
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	9
RF	7
C	6
PH	5
CF	5
LF	5
1B	4
DH	4
PH/DH	3
SS	3
2B	2

OrderPos
8th	9
6th	8
5th	7
4th	7
7th	6
3rd	4
1st	4
9th	4
2nd	4

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-07-27 (2)	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	3	3	10%	72%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1975-09-09	Gary Sutherland	DET	@	NYY	behind 5-9	t 9	2	---		1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1976-05-20	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	NYY	tied 2-2	t 8	0	1--		2	5	3	31%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fisk Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1977-07-26	Cliff Johnson	NYY		BAL	behind 2-4	b 9	1	1--		2	9	PH	47%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. White Scores
5	5	2	1	1977-07-28	Roy White	NYY		BAL	ahead 12-2	b 8	1	1--		2	8	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Johnson Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1978-04-18	Reggie Jackson	NYY		BAL	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---		1	4	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1978-04-23	Hal McRae	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---		1	2	DH	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1978-05-12	Richie Zisk	TEX		BAL	ahead 7-3	b 8	2	1--		2	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Oliver Scores
9	9	4	1	1978-05-30	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		BAL	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	1--		2	8	PH	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Corcoran Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1980-04-19	Marv Foley	CHW	@	BAL	tied 4-4	t 12	2	---		1	1	2	41%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1980-05-12	Jim Sundberg	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	---		1	8	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1980-08-25	Reggie Walton	SEA		BAL	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	1--		2	8	PH	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Roberts Scores
13	13	4	1	1980-09-08 (2)	Stan Papi	DET		BAL	behind 4-8	b 9	0	1--		2	9	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stegman Scores
14	14	5	1	1980-09-16	Lance Parrish	DET	@	BAL	ahead 6-2	t 8	0	---		1	6	2	2%	98%		Home Run
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1981-05-24 (2)	Lance Parrish	DET		BAL	tied 3-3	b 8	1	1--		2	6	2	33%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Jones Scores
16	16	2	1	1981-06-03	Graig Nettles	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 11	2	-2-		2	6	5	40%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores
17	17	3	1	1981-08-30	Bert Campaneris	CAL	@	BAL	ahead 6-0	t 6	2	---		1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1981-10-01	Kirk Gibson	DET		BAL	behind 2-4	b 9	2	1--		2	2	8	49%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1982-04-17 (2)	Jim Morrison	CHW		BAL	tied 6-6	b 8	0	---		1	8	5	26%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1982-05-01	Don Baylor	CAL	@	BAL	tied 4-4	t 13	0	1--		2	5	DH	34%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Beníquez Scores
21	21	3	1	1982-08-16	Carney Lansford	BOS		BAL	ahead 6-4	b 8	2	1-3		3	5	5	6%	99%		Home Run; D. Evans Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
22	22	4	1	1982-08-21	Buddy Bell	TEX		BAL	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---		1	3	5	24%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1982-09-23	Larry Herndon	DET	@	BAL	ahead 8-5	t 8	1	-2-		2	3	7	4%	98%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores/unER
24	24	6	1	1982-09-29	John Wockenfuss	DET		BAL	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---		1	7	PH/DH	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1983-04-09	George Vukovich	CLE		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	123		4	8	9	12%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Thornton Scores; R. Hassey Scores; M. Trillo Scores
26	26	2	2	1983-04-09	Julio Franco	CLE		BAL	ahead 7-2	b 8	2	---		1	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	3	1	1983-05-08	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 8	0	---		1	3	5	25%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1983-05-22	Cliff Johnson	TOR		BAL	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	---		1	4	PH/DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	1983-05-27	Amos Otis	KCR		BAL	behind 3-6	b 8	1	---		1	5	8	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	6	1	1983-06-13	Paul Molitor	MIL		BAL	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---		1	1	5	10%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	7	1	1983-06-25	Larry Herndon	DET	@	BAL	ahead 7-3	t 9	1	-2-		2	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run; K. Gibson Scores/unER
32	32	8	1	1983-08-25	Barry Bonnell	TOR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 10	2	---		1	7	9	41%	81%		Home Run
33	33	9	1	1983-09-01	Willie Upshaw	TOR		BAL	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---		1	4	3	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	10	1	1983-09-18	Mark Brouhard	MIL	@	BAL	behind 8-9	t 9	2	---		1	6	PH	36%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1984-04-25	Greg Pryor	KCR		BAL	tied 2-2	b 9	2	---		1	8	5	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
36	36	2	1	1984-05-19	Dave Henderson	SEA	@	BAL	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---		1	5	8	38%	83%		Home Run
37	37	3	1	1984-06-23	Steve Kemp	NYY	@	BAL	behind 2-4	t 9	1	1--		2	6	7	36%	44%		Home Run; D. Baylor Scores/unER
38	38	4	2	1984-06-23	Roy Smalley	NYY	@	BAL	tied 4-4	t 11	0	---		1	7	5	34%	84%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1984-07-04	Tom Brunansky	MIN		BAL	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---		1	8	9	3%	5%		Home Run
40	40	6	1	1984-07-08	Don Slaught	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	12-		3	7	2	12%	99%		Home Run; B. Davis Scores; S. Balboni Scores
41	41	7	2	1984-07-08	U L Washington	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---		1	9	6	1%	99%		Home Run
42	42	8	1	1984-08-05	Cliff Johnson	TOR	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---		1	5	PH/DH	25%	75%		Home Run
43	43	9	1	1984-08-31	Dave Henderson	SEA		BAL	behind 5-7	b 8	2	---		1	6	8	10%	19%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1985-04-18	Joe Carter	CLE		BAL	ahead 8-5	b 7	0	---		1	6	DH	3%	97%		Home Run
45	45	2	1	1985-04-30	Luis Salazar	CHW	@	BAL	behind 3-9	t 9	2	1-3		3	7	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Walker Scores; C. Fisk Scores
46	46	3	1	1985-05-18	Iván Calderón	SEA		BAL	behind 4-7	b 8	2	1-3		3	1	PH	44%	53%		Home Run; D. Henderson Scores; B. Bonnell Scores
47	47	4	1	1985-06-10	Lance Parrish	DET		BAL	behind 4-5	b 7	2	---		1	4	2	24%	52%		Home Run
48	48	5	1	1985-07-03	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	BAL	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--		2	1	4	52%	71%		Home Run; B. Garbey Scores
49	49	6	1	1985-07-19	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 9-3	t 9	0	---		1	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)
50	50	7	1	1985-07-31	George Bell	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	---		1	4	7	12%	87%		Home Run
51	51	8	1	1985-09-16	Nelson Simmons	DET		BAL	behind 4-8	b 6	2	12-		3	8	7	23%	33%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores; A. Sánchez Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1986-04-11	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		BAL	behind 1-4	b 8	2	-2-		2	4	9	14%	20%		Home Run; P. O'Brien Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1988-04-18	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 16-4	t 6	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); G. Ward Scores