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, 13,815th in major league 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: José Dennis Martínez

Nicknames: El Presidente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.7

245

193

ERA

3.70

692

562

3999.2

2149

WHIP

1.266

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-20 / in Starts: 19-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	87	3	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	9	5	4	2	2	0	0	5.40	3.03	29	9	8	1	3	8	38			0	3	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.185	1.41	-0.17%	-1.67	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d4
2	88	8	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-11	GS-5		5	4.2	7	6	6	2	0	4	0	7.94	8.03	22	8	5	1	2	7	24			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.330	1.12	-0.29%	-3.62	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d4
3	89	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.2	5	3	2	3	1	2	0	5.68	7.63	30	11	10	0	1	5	57			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.038	.93	-0.03%	0.75	1b start a 1	8b --3 2 out d2
4	90	15	Apr 22(1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	9	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.50	6.45	38	12	11	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.02	0.230	1.21	0.17%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	91	19	Apr 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-7		3	6.2	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.89	5.67	27	7	10	0	5	4	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.219	1.98	0.19%	2.02	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	92	24	May 1	BAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.30	4.91	34	15	7	0	3	6	75			3	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.540	2.22	0.58%	3.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
7	93	27	May 6	BAL		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.73	4.54	31	14	10	0	0	2	84			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.234	1.15	0.29%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	94	31	May 10	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.48	4.24	31	13	9	0	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.461	2.05	0.55%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	95	35	May 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	6.0	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	2.93	4.31	27	8	9	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.193	2.21	-0.34%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
10	96	39	May 20	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.82	4.11	32	14	11	0	1	4	72			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.91	0.308	2.12	0.43%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
11	97	42	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	10	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.84	3.90	36	9	14	1	0	10	58			3	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.188	3.75	0.38%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	98	46	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-9		3	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.95	3.87	37	14	9	0	0	9	54			0	1	0	35	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.50	-0.100	3.74	-0.15%	0.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	99	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-1		4	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.33	3.90	5	0	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.323	3.34	-0.46%	-4.35	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d3
14	100	54	Jun 6	BAL		KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.04	3.63	31	9	9	1	0	4	88			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.476	1.92	0.63%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	101	58	Jun 10	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	7	4	3	4	0	1	0	3.04	3.78	36	14	11	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	2	1	.99	-0.074	2.52	-0.11%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	102	62	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.16	3.82	30	11	5	2	1	6	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.037	4.08	0.06%	0.43	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
17	103	66	Jun 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG(5)	W(10-2)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.25	3.89	20	7	4	1	0	7	41			1	2	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.016	2.38	-0.03%	-0.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
18	104	70	Jun 24	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS-9	L(10-3)	3	8.1	9	6	6	4	5	1	0	3.45	3.93	38	11	9	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.417	3.47	-0.62%	-1.37	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d1
19	105	74	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	L(10-4)	3	8.0	10	6	6	1	6	1	0	3.64	3.89	35	9	9	2	0	10	43			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.273	1.49	-0.40%	-2.28	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	106	79	Jul 2	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(10-5)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.56	3.83	31	13	7	3	0	6	63			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.061	1.54	0.08%	2.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	107	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-10	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	6.1	12	6	6	3	3	0	0	3.77	3.80	31	8	6	0	2	11	25			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.161	2.72	-0.25%	-1.67	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out d3
22	108	87	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.61	3.78	40	12	12	1	1	7	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.532	4.62	0.88%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	109	90	Jul 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.48	3.68	30	9	13	0	2	4	79			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	0	.57	0.310	1.58	0.52%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	110	91	Jul 19(1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	GS-11	L(12-7)	3	10.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	1	3.44	3.71	39	11	13	1	0	6	68			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	2	1	1	.81	-0.333	2.37	-0.58%	-0.26	1t start tie	11t 1-3 0 out d1
25	111	97	Jul 24(1)	BAL		SEA	W,7-6	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	7.0	7	6	5	0	3	1	0	3.55	3.71	30	12	7	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.143	2.40	-0.22%	-2.44	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
26	112	102	Jul 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS-5	L(13-8)	3	4.2	7	5	4	2	1	1	0	3.65	3.78	23	6	7	0	1	7	31			3	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.167	1.89	-0.22%	-2.57	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	113	106	Aug 1	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.57	3.79	34	8	15	2	4	8	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.361	2.07	0.45%	2.72	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
28	114	110	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.59	3.83	30	4	10	2	1	7	49			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.100	1.41	0.09%	0.37	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
29	115	114	Aug 10	BAL		NYY	W,8-6	GS-6		3	5.0	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.71	3.91	22	9	3	1	0	6	37			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.351	1.93	-0.40%	-2.94	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out tie
30	116	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	L(14-9)	5	9.0	9	4	3	3	6	1	0	3.69	3.91	39	11	11	1	0	8	58			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.056	1.59	-0.07%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	117	123	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	L(14-10)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.62	3.95	35	14	8	2	0	8	66			0	1	1	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.199	2.22	0.26%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	118	127	Aug 27(1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(14-11)	5	8.0	8	4	3	1	8	1	0	3.61	3.91	33	14	2	0	1	8	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.204	1.84	-0.17%	0.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	119	130	Aug 29(2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	7-7	H(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.91	3	2	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	0.019	4.38	0.01%	-0.37	7b 123 1 out a3	7b 3 out a1
34	120	132	Aug 31	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-12)	1	6.2	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.61	3.92	30	6	10	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.084	.58	-0.03%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	121	137	Sep 6	BAL		TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-12)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.49	3.85	31	14	7	1	0	3	82			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.416	.13	0.04%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	122	141	Sep 10	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(15-13)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.82	33	13	8	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	1	1	.77	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
37	123	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	GS-7	L(15-14)	4	6.1	10	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.54	3.80	31	7	9	0	0	10	36			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
38	124	150	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-7	L(15-15)	3	7.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	3.61	3.78	31	8	9	1	2	8	41			3	1	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
39	125	153	Sep 23(1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	L(15-16)	3	8.0	11	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.63	3.81	37	10	10	1	0	11	44			3	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.62	-0.204	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
40	126	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-6		6	5.0	8	4	3	2	2	2	0	3.66	3.88	24	5	7	1	2	8	37			1	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-1.77	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
							20-20		W-L:15-16,Hld:1	3.5	292.1	279	129	119	78	132	28	1	3.66	3.88	1206	1.17		4%	4%	269	54	3	67%	32	11	2	1102	43	8	1	24	12	10	1.02	0.571	1.85	1.06%	19.72

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