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: 21-13 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	395	1	Apr 4	MON		PIT	W,6-5	GS-7		99	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.86	1.91	26	90	51	14	7	10	13	6	1	0	52			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.25	-0.059	1.91	-0.05%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	396	6	Apr 9	MON		NYM	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.40	1.70	32	102	67	15	9	8	19	9	3	0	65			1	1	0	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.296	2.14	0.32%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
3	397	10	Apr 14	MON	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	9	5	4	1	5	0	1	3.18	1.88	34	128	88	19	12	14	13	6	2	0	47			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.062	.98	0.05%	-0.09	1b start a 3	8b 1-3 2 out a3
4	398	15	Apr 19	MON		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.93	2.40	34	106	64	15	7	14	13	4	2	0	61			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.155	2.99	0.19%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
5	399	20	Apr 25	MON	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.44	2.95	27	108	68	15	5	7	15	8	1	0	41			2	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.191	1.63	-0.18%	-1.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	400	28	May 4	MON		HOU	L,4-5	GS-5		8	5.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.46	3.34	20	62	42	11	2	9	8	4	1	0	50			0	0	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.075	1.63	0.08%	0.21	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
7	401	33	May 9	MON	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.1	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.24	3.32	34	118	77	18	10	14	12	2	2	0	65			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.280	1.24	0.23%	1.71	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 1 out a3
8	402	37	May 14	MON		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	7	2	0	3.26	3.50	30	103	71	18	9	8	14	3	3	0	66			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.162	1.98	0.16%	0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
9	403	42	May 20	MON		LAD	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.05	3.41	28	84	53	12	3	13	12	7	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.068	1.13	0.05%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	404	46	May 25	MON	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.2	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.69	3.16	31	115	75	14	11	12	10	2	0	0	81			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.471	1.50	0.35%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
11	405	51	May 30	MON	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.81	3.15	30	106	63	16	8	13	13	6	1	0	41			0	1	0	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.076	1.48	-0.08%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
12	406	55	Jun 4	MON	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-8	W(5-1)	4	7.1	10	4	4	1	1	3	1	2.99	3.61	33	109	72	15	4	16	14	6	1	0	42			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.196	2.10	0.24%	-0.76	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a3
13	407	60	Jun 9	MON		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.71	3.47	32	102	66	19	9	12	12	2	1	0	85			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.308	1.28	0.35%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	408	65	Jun 15	MON	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.40	28	93	66	18	5	13	14	4	2	0	54			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.205	4.31	0.35%	1.16	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
15	409	70	Jun 20	MON	@	NYM	W,8-5	GS-7		4	7.0	13	5	5	2	5	0	1	2.94	3.35	36	129	77	14	11	16	12	6	4	0	34			3	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.282	1.41	-0.43%	-2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	410	74	Jun 25	MON	@	CHC	W,5-0	GS-6	W(7-1)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.79	3.33	23	71	49	14	7	11	10	5	2	0	66			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.17	0.347	3.47	0.62%	2.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
17	411	79	Jun 30	MON		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(8-1)	4	9.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.59	3.24	35					17	10	1	3	0	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.48	0.228	1.31	0.38%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
18	412	84	Jul 5	MON	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-5	W(9-1)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.83	3.32	24	73	46	13	3	6	13	7	0	0	30			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.320	1.96	-0.53%	-2.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
19	413	88	Jul 13	MON	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-1)	7	6.0	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	2.90	3.45	26	97	58	21	4	13	9	3	4	0	46			3	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.124	1.77	-0.22%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
20	414	93	Jul 18	MON		ATL	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	9	6	6	0	5	0	0	3.15	3.34	26	96	68	23	13	9	12	2	3	0	36			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.064	2.00	-0.11%	-1.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
21	415	98	Jul 23	MON		CIN	W,12-4	GS-5	W(11-1)	4	5.0	8	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.23	3.46	25	92	59	19	11	9	8	2	1	0	43			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.078	4.33	-0.14%	-0.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
22	416	103	Jul 29	MON		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-1)	5	9.0	8	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.04	3.43	35	127	81	20	11	15	11	4	2	0	72			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.565	4.96	1.31%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
23	417	108	Aug 3	MON	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.91	3.36	26	86	60	19	8	11	9	3	1	0	71			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.410	3.36	0.75%	2.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
24	418	113	Aug 8	MON	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	L(12-2)	4	7.0	4	3	3	1	8	3	0	2.95	3.49	25	88	55	18	12	7	9	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.126	4.59	-0.40%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	419	118	Aug 14	MON		PIT	L,1-6	GS-5	L(12-3)	5	5.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	3.02	3.54	23	79	53	14	6	8	10	0	1	0	45			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.129	2.29	-0.22%	-0.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
26	420	123	Aug 19	MON		SDP	W,6-4	GS-9	W(13-3)	4	8.2	8	4	3	0	8	1	0	3.03	3.49	35	121	84	22	15	15	12	7	0	0	62			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.17	-0.093	2.37	-0.11%	-0.49	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
27	421	127	Aug 23	MON		LAD	L,0-1	21-GF(22)	L(13-4)	3	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.04	3.53	7					1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.194	3.30	-0.31%	-0.12	21t --- 0 out tie	22t end d 1
28	422	128	Aug 25	MON	@	SFG	W,12-2	GS-5	W(14-4)	1	5.0	6	2	1	1	5	0	1	3.01	3.49	22	73	51	14	9	8	7	3	2	0	53			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.042	3.29	0.07%	0.12	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
29	423	133	Aug 30	MON	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.92	3.39	33	114	79	27	9	17	7	2	2	0	78			1	2	1	30	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.09	0.256	1.99	0.28%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
30	424	137	Sep 4	MON	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(15-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.01	3.38	27	85	53	16	2	8	15	6	6	0	42			0	0	0	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.249	3.62	-0.50%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
31	425	142	Sep 9	MON		PHI	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	2.96	3.36	22	76	51	13	9	10	5	2	0	0	68			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.181	1.67	0.22%	1.62	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
32	426	147	Sep 15	MON		NYM	L,0-5	GS-5	L(15-6)	5	4.0	5	5	5	3	1	1	2	3.12	3.47	21	77	42	7	4	9	6	1	1	0	30			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.248	.41	-0.06%	-3.57	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d4
33	427	153	Sep 21	MON	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-7	W(16-6)	5	6.1	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.23	3.50	25	92	59	14	4	9	12	3	1	1	40			2	1	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.140	.02	0.00%	-2.28	1b start a 4	7b --- 1 out a1
34	428	158	Sep 26	MON		CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(16-7)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	7	0	0	3.18	3.44	35	133	81	22	14	13	13	4	2	0	66			0	1	0	33	1	1	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.084	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							21-13		W-L:16-7	4.3	232.0	227	88	82	49	142	21	7	3.18	3.44	950	3135	65%	17%	8%	1.00		18%	8%	2	55	0	---%	23	13	4	884	37	9	4	21	2	10	.99	1.850	2.13	2.66%	15.86

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