Pedro Martínez

  • Cy Young Award in 1997, 1999, 2000
  • Triple Crown 1999
  • All-Star Game 1996 - 2000, 2002, 2005 ( MVP 1999)

Pedro Martínez ( born October 25, 1971 in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic ) is a former Dominican baseball player. He was regarded in 2006 as the highest paid pitcher in the world. For the 2005-2008 season, he will have received a total of 56 million dollars.

He emigrated with his family to the United States and pitched for the first time in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Biography

He won three times in his career, the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher for the American League (1999 and 2000) or the National League (1997), and once the Triple Crown (1999). Martinez also played eight times in the All-Star Game. In 2004, he won with the Boston Red Sox the World Series. Due to a torn muscle in his left calf in September 2006 had Martínez eight months pause hurt and so missed the playoffs in both 2006 and the first half of the season 2007. For the 2009 season Martínez spent a year with the Philadelphia Phillies. For the 2010 season, he signed a contract, but was known to want to play again in 2011. In December 2010, Martinez told a reporter for the newspaper El Día "I am to understand it, what it's like to be an Everyman ... It's so wonderful that I do not want to return to professional baseball ... but honestly white I do not know if I'll finish my career at this time. " Although the pitcher received during the off-season some requests, but signed with any team for the 2011 season. On December 4, 2011, he finally gave his official resignation.

Throwing technique

Especially feared was Martinez ' extremely good changeup, which he used very frequently in order to bring his opponent to the strikeout. After several injuries his fastball lost after several operations significantly speed one, so he compensated by an excellent control over the so-called "Breaking Balls" ( Slider, Curve ) and the " offspeed pitches " (Circle changeup, forkball ). Martínez was one of the best pitchers of his generation, although he never threw a no- hitter: In 1994, he lost a perfect game in the 8th inning when he hit a batter with a wild pitch; In 1995 he was even once over nine innings perfectly, but since the game was 0-0, it went into overtime, where he cashed a hit at the 28th batter; 2000, finally he lost a no-hitter in the 9th inning.

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