What years did Carlos Martinez play?

Carlos Martinez played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021.

Was Carlos Martinez a pitcher?

Yes. Carlos Martinez pitched in the major leagues, recording 62 wins and 927 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Carlos Martinez hit?

Carlos Martinez hit 1 career home run with 46 hits.

What teams did Carlos Martinez play for?

Carlos Martinez played for one team, the St. Louis Cardinals (2013–2021).

Did Carlos Martinez win a Cy Young Award?

No. Carlos Martinez did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Carlos Martinez win?

Carlos Martinez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Carlos Martinez's career stats?

In 274 games, Carlos Martinez went 62-52 with a 3.74 ERA, 927 strikeouts, 967.0 innings pitched, and 31 saves. At the plate he had 46 hits and 1 home runs.

What was Carlos Martinez's salary?

Carlos Martinez's last recorded salary was $539,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $539,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $505,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position did Carlos Martinez play?

Carlos Martinez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Carlos Martinez and how much did he weigh?

Carlos Martinez was listed at 6 feet and 200 pounds.

What was Carlos Martinez's career ERA?

Carlos Martinez finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 62-52 with 927 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Carlos Martinez have?

Carlos Martinez recorded 927 career strikeouts.

Is Carlos Martinez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Carlos Martinez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Carlos Martinez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2021)

Carlos Martinez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021 for the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 9 seasons. Across 274 career appearances, he went 62-52 with a 3.74 ERA, 927 strikeouts, and 31 saves. He also batted .185 with 1 home runs. Carlos Martinez was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 12332.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 62–52

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.30

SO 927

Pitcher PIV 12332.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 200 lb
Born: 9/21/1991 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2013-05-03
Last Game: 2021-07-04
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Carlos Ernesto Martinez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Carlos Martinez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
62	52	274	139	2	2	31	967.0	885	402	81	373	927	3.74	12332.6

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 9.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Carlos Martinez (b. 1991) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	SLN	NL	2	1	21	1	0	0	1	28.1	31	16	9	24	5.08	3.87 (-31%)	557.4
2014	SLN	NL	2	4	57	7	0	0	1	89.1	90	40	36	84	4.03	3.74 (-8%)	1281.9
2015	SLN	NL	14	7	31	29	0	0	0	179.2	168	60	63	184	3.01	3.96 (+24%)	3493.2
2016	SLN	NL	16	9	31	31	0	0	0	195.1	169	66	70	174	3.04	4.19 (+27%)	2959.3
2017	SLN	NL	12	11	32	32	2	2	0	205.0	179	83	71	217	3.64	4.36 (+16%)	2398.9
2018	SLN	NL	8	6	33	18	0	0	5	118.2	100	41	60	117	3.11	4.15 (+25%)	1876.5
2019	SLN	NL	4	2	48	0	0	0	24	48.1	39	17	18	53	3.17	4.51 (+30%)	2004.7
2020	SLN	NL	0	3	5	5	0	0	0	20.0	32	22	10	17	9.90	4.45 (-122%)	-1219.1
2021	SLN	NL	4	9	16	16	0	0	0	82.1	77	57	36	57	6.23	4.27 (-46%)	-1020.1
Career · 9 seasons			62	52	274	139	2	2	31	967.0	885	402	373	927	3.74	—	12,333

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Carlos Martinez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
280	249	14	46	9	0	1	23	0	2	87	.185	.199	.233	.432	-1,204

Career AVG .185 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 26.5% below league average.

Career OBP .199 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 37.6% below league average.

Career SLG .233 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 43.3% below league average.

Career OPS .432 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 40.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Carlos Martinez (b. 1991) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	SLN	NL	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SLN	NL	57	12	0	3	0	0	2	0	4	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SLN	NL	32	56	2	8	2	0	0	1	23	.143	.254 (-44%)	.316 (-46%)	.404 (-56%)	.721 (-51%)	-454.4
2016	SLN	NL	33	59	5	14	1	0	6	0	13	.237	.255 (-7%)	.321 (-24%)	.417 (-39%)	.738 (-32%)	-312.2
2017	SLN	NL	34	62	5	11	3	0	11	1	19	.177	.254 (-30%)	.324 (-37%)	.425 (-47%)	.750 (-43%)	-437.1
2018	SLN	NL	34	33	1	8	2	1	4	0	11	.242	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SLN	NL	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	SLN	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SLN	NL	16	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	15	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			280	249	14	46	9	1	23	2	87	.185	—	—	—	—	-1,204

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Carlos Martinez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Carlos Martinez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2019	NLCS	SLN	1	0	0	.000
2019	NLDS2	SLN	3	1	1	.000
2014	NLCS	SLN	3	0	0	.000
2014	NLDS2	SLN	1	0	0	.000
2013	NLCS	SLN	4	0	0	.000
2013	NLDS1	SLN	3	0	0	.000
2013	WS	SLN	5	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Carlos Martinez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	20	0	0	20.1	16	12	11	18	5.31

Playoff Pitching by Year

Carlos Martinez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	NLCS	SLN	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	1	0.00
2019	NLDS2	SLN	1	1	3	3.1	6	6	3	4	16.20
2014	NLCS	SLN	0	0	3	2.2	3	0	3	1	0.00
2014	NLDS2	SLN	0	0	1	1.1	0	1	1	1	6.75
2013	NLCS	SLN	0	0	4	4.2	1	0	1	4	0.00
2013	NLDS1	SLN	0	1	3	2.0	1	2	1	2	9.00
2013	WS	SLN	0	0	5	6.0	5	3	1	5	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Carlos Martinez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	142	118	7	20	1	7	.169
Away	138	131	7	26	0	16	.198

Pitching — Home / Away

Carlos Martinez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	138	482.2	453	193	172	455	3.60
Away	136	484.1	432	209	201	472	3.88

Last 10 Games — Batting

Carlos Martinez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	SO
2021-07-04	STL	COL	L	1	0	0	1
2021-06-29	STL	AZ	W	2	0	0	2
2021-06-24	STL	PIT	L	1	0	0	0
2021-06-18	STL	ATL	L	1	0	0	1
2021-06-13	STL	CHC	L	1	0	0	1
2021-06-08	STL	CLE	L	1	0	0	1
2021-06-02	STL	LAD	L	0	0	0	0
2021-05-27	STL	AZ	W	3	1	1	2
2021-05-21	STL	CHC	L	1	0	0	1
2021-05-08	STL	COL	W	2	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Carlos Martinez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-07-04	STL	COL	—	3.1	1	1	1	1	2	1
2021-06-29	STL	AZ	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	6	0
2021-06-24	STL	PIT	L	5.0	5	5	5	7	2	1
2021-06-18	STL	ATL	L	3.0	8	8	8	4	3	2
2021-06-13	STL	CHC	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0
2021-06-08	STL	CLE	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	7	1
2021-06-02	STL	LAD	L	0.2	6	10	10	4	1	0
2021-05-27	STL	AZ	—	6.0	3	3	3	1	6	0
2021-05-21	STL	CHC	—	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	1
2021-05-08	STL	COL	W	5.0	6	5	5	5	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Carlos Martinez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	274	139	97	119	16	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Carlos Martinez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	SLN	P	21	1	4	3	0	1
2014	SLN	P	57	7	11	23	1	2
2015	SLN	P	31	29	18	26	2	3
2016	SLN	P	31	31	25	17	3	3
2017	SLN	P	32	32	12	12	4	4
2018	SLN	P	33	18	8	19	3	3
2019	SLN	P	48	0	6	7	1	0
2020	SLN	P	5	5	3	3	1	1
2021	SLN	P	16	16	10	9	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Carlos Martinez (b. 1991) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	274

Salary History

Carlos Martinez's recorded salaries total $1,564,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Martinez's career ran from 2013 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Carlos Martinez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SLN	NL	$539,000
2015	SLN	NL	$520,000
2014	SLN	NL	$505,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,564,000

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Carlos Martinez: the record in brief

Carlos Martinez played a first major league game on May 3, 2013 and a last one on July 4, 2021. Martinez spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the St. Louis Cardinals. Martinez played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on September 21, 1991, in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, D.R. and a listed size of 6-foot-0 and 200 pounds. The given name on file is Carlos Ernesto Martinez.

Martinez went 62-52 with a 3.74 ERA in 274 games, 139 of them starts. Also on Martinez's record: 927 strikeouts and 31 saves. That 3.74 ERA compares with a 4.14 league average across the same seasons, 9.7% better. Martinez won 16 games in 2016, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 217 in 2017. The most saves in one season was 24, in 2019. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.01 in 2015, when the league's was 3.96.

Frequently Asked Questions about Carlos Martinez

What years did Carlos Martinez play?: Carlos Martinez played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2021.
Was Carlos Martinez a pitcher?: Yes. Carlos Martinez pitched in the major leagues, recording 62 wins and 927 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Carlos Martinez hit?: Carlos Martinez hit 1 career home run with 46 hits.
What teams did Carlos Martinez play for?: Carlos Martinez played for one team, the St. Louis Cardinals (2013–2021).
Did Carlos Martinez win a Cy Young Award?: No. Carlos Martinez did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Carlos Martinez win?: Carlos Martinez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Carlos Martinez's career stats?: In 274 games, Carlos Martinez went 62-52 with a 3.74 ERA, 927 strikeouts, 967.0 innings pitched, and 31 saves. At the plate he had 46 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Carlos Martinez earn in his career?: Carlos Martinez's recorded salaries total $1,564,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Martinez's career ran from 2013 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Carlos Martinez's salary?: Carlos Martinez's last recorded salary was $539,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $539,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $505,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position did Carlos Martinez play?: Carlos Martinez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Carlos Martinez and how much did he weigh?: Carlos Martinez was listed at 6 feet and 200 pounds.
What was Carlos Martinez's career ERA?: Carlos Martinez finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 62-52 with 927 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Carlos Martinez have?: Carlos Martinez recorded 927 career strikeouts.
Is Carlos Martinez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Carlos Martinez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.