Dennis Martinez

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 160 lb

BornMay 14, 1954 · Granada, Granada, Nicaragua

MLB debutSeptember 14, 1976

Final gameSeptember 27, 1998

Seasons23 (1976–1998)

Baltimore Orioles 1976–1986; Montreal Expos 1986–1993; Cleveland Indians 1994–1996; Seattle Mariners 1997; Atlanta Braves 1998

Percentile snapshot

1995 season — qualified pitchers

10.8

51.4

94.6

52.7

SHO

75.7

174

62.2

90.5

87.8

18.9

62.2

187.0

45.9

ERA

3.08

89.2

WHIP

1.176

90.5

K/9

4.76

10.8

FIP

4.19

44.6

FIP-

89.2

67.6

ERA+

152.7

95.9

sWAR

5.0

93.2

of 75 qualified 1995 pitchers (min 144 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

106.1

62.1

sWAR

50.0

98.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1976	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1977	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1978	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1979	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.2
1980	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1981	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1982	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1983	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2
1984	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1985	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1986	23	31	30	1	3	2	3	1	14	0	.100	.129	.167	.296	-31.4	-18.5	.139	-0.3
1987	22	53	46	5	3	0	3	3	17	0	.065	.122	.065	.188	-59.2	-48.9	.101	2.7
1988	34	90	78	2	15	2	7	1	25	0	.192	.213	.218	.430	13.3	22.3	.203	5.1
1989	34	86	72	5	9	0	3	5	19	1	.125	.182	.125	.307	-15.9	-10.5	.157	3.1
1990	32	82	68	0	7	1	6	1	25	0	.103	.129	.118	.246	-40.7	-30.2	.119	4.0
1991	32	83	72	8	11	4	2	1	24	0	.153	.164	.208	.373	-4.5	5.7	.171	5.5
1992	32	84	74	3	14	0	2	0	20	0	.189	.189	.189	.378	-7.0	8.4	.176	5.2
1993	36	82	69	1	11	2	4	2	17	0	.159	.178	.188	.366	-12.0	-2.1	.169	2.9
1994	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8
1995	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1996	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1997	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2
1998	53	13	11	0	1	1	3	1	7	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	-12.8	-7.3	.168	0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1976	4	2	1	2	0	1	0	23	8	8	18	1	27.7	2.60	1.120	5.86	2.65	80.3	127.0	0.5
1977	42	13	14	7	4	5	0	157	76	64	107	10	166.7	4.10	1.326	5.78	3.54	92.3	93.4	1.1
1978	40	38	16	11	0	15	2	257	108	93	142	20	276.3	3.52	1.267	4.62	3.51	99.0	100.8	2.8
1979	40	39	15	16	0	18	3	279	119	78	132	28	292.3	3.66	1.221	4.06	3.92	96.7	110.6	4.2
1980	25	12	6	4	1	2	0	103	44	44	42	12	99.7	3.97	1.475	3.79	4.87	122.9	99.7	1.0
1981	25	24	14	5	0	9	2	173	66	62	88	10	179.0	3.32	1.313	4.42	3.36	92.5	109.3	2.4
1982	40	39	16	12	0	10	2	262	118	87	111	30	252.0	4.21	1.385	3.96	4.48	110.8	95.9	2.0
1983	32	25	7	16	0	4	0	209	94	45	71	21	153.0	5.53	1.660	4.18	4.60	115.7	72.0	-1.2
1984	34	20	6	9	0	2	0	145	79	37	77	26	141.7	5.02	1.285	4.89	4.94	126.3	77.8	-0.4
1985	33	31	13	11	0	3	1	203	103	63	68	29	180.0	5.15	1.478	3.40	5.28	130.1	78.8	-0.4
1986	23	15	3	6	0	1	1	114	55	30	65	11	104.7	4.73	1.376	5.59	3.82	102.6	78.9	-0.3
1987	22	22	11	4	0	2	1	133	53	40	84	9	144.7	3.30	1.196	5.23	3.47	82.9	126.9	2.7
1988	34	34	15	13	0	9	2	215	71	55	120	21	235.3	2.72	1.147	4.59	3.63	101.6	131.5	5.1
1989	34	33	16	7	0	5	2	227	82	49	142	21	232.0	3.18	1.190	5.51	3.34	95.0	110.5	3.1
1990	32	32	10	11	0	7	2	191	74	49	156	16	226.0	2.95	1.062	6.21	3.08	84.0	124.4	4.0
1991	31	31	14	11	0	9	5	187	59	62	123	9	222.0	2.39	1.122	4.99	3.10	86.0	150.8	5.5
1992	32	32	16	11	0	6	0	172	62	60	147	12	226.3	2.47	1.025	5.85	3.08	88.6	141.0	5.2
1993	35	34	15	9	1	2	0	211	96	64	138	27	224.7	3.85	1.224	5.53	4.31	105.0	106.8	2.9
1994	24	24	11	6	0	7	3	166	69	44	92	14	176.7	3.52	1.189	4.69	4.05	87.1	132.3	3.8
1995	28	28	12	5	0	3	2	174	64	46	99	17	187.0	3.08	1.176	4.76	4.19	89.2	152.7	5.0
1996	20	20	9	6	0	1	1	122	56	37	48	12	112.0	4.50	1.420	3.86	4.83	98.0	109.5	1.6
1997	9	9	1	5	0	0	0	65	42	29	17	8	49.0	7.71	1.918	3.12	6.78	149.4	58.8	-1.2
1998	53	5	4	6	2	1	1	109	45	19	62	8	91.0	4.45	1.407	6.13	3.57	85.7	93.7	0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

695

604

520

RBI

168

.1423

OBP

.1688

SLG

.1654

OPS

.3342

Pitching

G (P)

692

131st-most career G (P)

562

26th-most career GS

245

55th-most career W

193

51st-most career L

122

323rd-most career CG

SHO

111th-most career SHO

4,000

41st-most career IP

SO (P)

2,149

74th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,165

60th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.697

WHIP

1.2656

408th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.84

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1990-06-08	STL @ WSH Gameday	3	0	2	1	3	3
1986-09-23	WSH @ CHC Gameday	2	1	2	1	2	3
1991-05-06	SF @ WSH Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	3
1990-05-05	SF @ WSH Gameday	2	0	2	0	1	2
1992-05-22	ATL @ WSH Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1978-08-03	MIL @ BAL Gameday	10.0	7	2	2	0	10	0
1988-06-14	WSH @ PHI Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0
1992-07-29	WSH @ STL Gameday	8.1	6	4	4	3	10	2
1990-05-25	CIN @ WSH Gameday	8.0	5	1	1	3	10	0
1994-05-06	CLE @ BAL Gameday	10.0	3	2	2	4	9	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.