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: 19-21 / in Starts: 19-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 1

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	47	2	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-16	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	inf	inf	5	0	0	0	0	5	20			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.451	1.83	-0.36%	-4.62	1b start a 3	1b -2- 0 out d1
2	48	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-13	4-8		0	4.1	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	16.62	7.89	20	8	3	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.04	0.007	.05	0.01%	-1.29	4b --- 1 out d8	8b 12- 2 out d9
3	49	6	Apr 14	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.1	7	5	5	2	7	2	0	10.03	6.10	30	10	5	2	0	6	49			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.037	1.11	-0.02%	-1.69	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
4	50	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	7.32	4.92	30	11	7	0	0	7	55			1	2	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.087	1.30	0.06%	0.65	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
5	51	14	Apr 23	BAL		KCR	L,5-6	GS-4		4	3.2	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	6.56	4.51	19	7	2	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	-0.179	1.17	-0.10%	-1.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out tie
6	52	17	Apr 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.1	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.97	4.48	36	10	11	0	0	11	45			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.055	.54	0.02%	0.03	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a2
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
7	53	21	May 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	7	5	0	0	4.87	4.33	37	13	8	0	3	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.488	1.50	0.30%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	54	24	May 6	BAL		MIN	L,7-8	GS-9		3	8.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.62	3.94	33	13	7	4	0	8	57			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.173	.61	0.09%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a4
9	55	27	May 11	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	L(3-2)	4	8.1	8	5	4	3	6	1	0	4.58	3.92	35	9	9	0	0	8	52			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	1	.76	-0.069	.62	-0.03%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
10	56	31	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-9	GS-5		3	4.1	4	6	3	4	1	1	0	4.70	4.20	21	7	5	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.46	-0.276	.88	-0.10%	-2.49	1b start a 3	5b 12- 1 out tie
11	57	34	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-3		3	2.2	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.92	4.16	14	5	0	0	0	5	36			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.259	.56	-0.08%	-2.02	1b start a 2	3b 12- 2 out d1
12	58	39	May 24(1)	BAL		DET	L,2-3	GS-9	L(3-3)	4	8.1	12	3	3	2	7	0	0	4.73	3.87	35	11	7	1	0	8	52			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.241	.74	-0.09%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
13	59	44	May 28(1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.65	3.80	30	11	6	2	0	7	51			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.196	.67	-0.06%	-0.86	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 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
14	60	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,10-9	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	5.1	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.89	3.92	25	11	3	0	1	8	31			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.120	.43	-0.04%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a3
15	61	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS-8	W(5-3)	3	7.0	6	6	5	2	1	0	1	5.01	3.89	31	11	10	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	3	1.01	-0.173	1.06	-0.11%	-1.81	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
16	62	58	Jun 12	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.0	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	5.07	3.86	26	5	5	0	1	7	45			1	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.042	1.12	-0.03%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
17	63	62	Jun 16	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	9	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.64	3.81	37	11	10	3	0	9	68			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.426	1.26	0.30%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	64	66	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	6.0	7	5	4	1	3	0	0	4.71	3.72	26	6	9	0	1	7	42			2	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	1	.63	-0.215	1.14	-0.23%	-2.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
19	65	70	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(6-5)	3	8.0	7	4	3	4	5	1	0	4.62	3.77	32	11	5	0	0	7	55			1	1	0	27	1	2	1	1	0	0	.54	-0.087	1.10	-0.11%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	66	75	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	L(6-6)	3	8.1	6	4	3	2	5	2	0	4.53	3.86	35	13	9	0	1	6	60			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.435	1.01	-0.27%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d1
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
21	67	79	Jul 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	4.57	4.00	23	8	2	0	0	7	43			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.176	.44	-0.06%	-1.04	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out a3
22	68	84	Jul 8	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-11	GS-2	L(7-7)	3	1.2	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.78	3.98	12	2	0	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.288	.50	-0.09%	-3.47	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
23	69	88	Jul 15(1)	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GS-6		6	5.2	11	7	7	1	5	0	0	5.03	3.87	29	7	5	0	1	11	23			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.445	.50	-0.13%	-3.75	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
24	70	97	Jul 24	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-6	GS-5		8	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.08	3.83	17	7	2	0	2	5	41			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.154	.52	-0.05%	-1.46	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 0 out a2
25	71	99	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	L,6-9	3-3		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.13	3.83	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.136	.79	-0.08%	-2.33	3b 12- 1 out d2	3b 1-- 2 out d5
26	72	102	Jul 29	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	L(7-8)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.95	3.72	34	14	12	2	1	3	70			1	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.78	-0.044	2.52	-0.04%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	73	106	Aug 3	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(8-8)	4	10.0	7	2	2	0	10	0	1	4.76	3.55	37	9	10	0	0	7	80			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.350	1.36	0.24%	2.43	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
28	74	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-9)	3	8.0	3	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.64	3.47	30	12	7	0	2	3	72			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.077	.77	0.03%	1.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	75	114	Aug 11	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG(6)	L(8-10)	3	6.0	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	4.53	3.47	25	7	8	3	0	5	55			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.022	.65	0.01%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
30	76	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS-7	W(9-10)	3	6.2	8	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.47	3.45	29	8	9	0	2	8	48			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.036	.33	0.01%	-0.15	1b start a 3	7b 12- 2 out a2
31	77	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS-11		4	11.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	4.22	3.39	39	11	17	0	3	5	90			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.908	.12	0.05%	4.97	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
32	78	126	Aug 25	BAL		SEA	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-10)	4	9.0	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	4.03	3.40	35	12	11	1	0	2	81			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.408	.14	0.04%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
33	79	130	Aug 29	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	2	0	3.95	3.45	34	9	13	2	0	8	67			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.216	.09	0.02%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
34	80	135	Sep 2(1)	BAL		CHW	W,9-4	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	10	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.95	3.53	35	12	10	0	0	10	52			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	0	.70	0.102	.06	0.01%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	81	140	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	L,0-2	CG	L(12-11)	3	9.0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.87	3.56	31	14	11	1	0	2	75			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.069	.35	0.02%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
36	82	144	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	5	9.0	3	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.80	3.54	31	9	10	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.553	.22	0.06%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	83	148	Sep 16	BAL		TOR	W,11-1	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.70	3.54	35	11	9	0	0	6	70			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.215	.05	0.01%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
38	84	153	Sep 23(1)	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS-9		6	8.0	8	3	2	3	5	0	0	3.66	3.50	33	9	8	1	0	8	58			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.74	-0.083	.01	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
39	85	157	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	10	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.57	3.49	37	15	5	0	0	10	62			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.463	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
40	86	161	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(16-11)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.52	3.54	34	13	11	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.29	0.328	.00	0.00%	2.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							19-21		W-L:16-11	3.5	276.1	257	121	108	93	142	20	3	3.52	3.54	1140	1.32		4%	3%	248	55	2	100%	24	11	2	1029	29	8	4	32	7	13	1.05	0.877	.68	-0.82%	7.97

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