What years did Ramon Martinez play?

Ramon Martinez played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.

Was Ramon Martinez a pitcher?

Yes. Ramon Martinez pitched in the major leagues, recording 135 wins and 1427 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ramon Martinez hit?

Ramon Martinez hit 1 career home run with 91 hits.

What teams did Ramon Martinez play for?

Ramon Martinez played for 3 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (1988–1998), the Boston Red Sox (1999–2000), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001).

Did Ramon Martinez win a Cy Young Award?

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

What awards did Ramon Martinez win?

Ramon Martinez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Ramon Martinez's career stats?

In 301 games, Ramon Martinez went 135-88 with a 3.67 ERA, 1,427 strikeouts, and 1,895.2 innings pitched. At the plate he had 91 hits and 1 home runs.

What was Ramon Martinez's salary?

Ramon Martinez's last recorded salary was $6,320,000, in 2000. His highest recorded salary was $6,320,000, in 2000, and his lowest was $85,000, in 1989. The Salary History table lists each season from 1989 to 2000.

What position did Ramon Martinez play?

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

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

Ramon Martinez was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 165 pounds.

What was Ramon Martinez's career ERA?

Ramon Martinez finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 135-88 with 1,427 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ramon Martinez have?

Ramon Martinez recorded 1,427 career strikeouts.

Is Ramon Martinez in the Hall of Fame?

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

Ramon Martinez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-2001)

Ramon Martinez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 14 seasons. Across 301 career appearances, he went 135-88 with a 3.67 ERA and 1,427 strikeouts. He also batted .153 with 1 home runs. Ramon Martinez was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 10235.2.

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 135–88

ERA 3.67

WHIP 1.31

SO 1,427

Pitcher PIV 10235.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 165 lb
Born: 3/22/1968 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1988-08-13
Last Game: 2001-05-01
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Ramon Jaime Martinez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ramon Martinez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
135	88	301	297	37	20	0	1895.2	1,691	772	170	795	1,427	3.67	10235.2

Career ERA 3.67 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — 13.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ramon Martinez (b. 1968) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	LAN	NL	1	3	9	6	0	0	35.2	27	15	22	23	3.79	3.73 (-1%)	362.8
1989	LAN	NL	6	4	15	15	2	2	98.2	79	35	41	89	3.19	3.71 (+14%)	-237.9
1990	LAN	NL	20	6	33	33	12	3	234.1	191	76	67	223	2.92	3.86 (+24%)	5077.3
1991	LAN	NL	17	13	33	33	6	4	220.1	190	80	69	150	3.27	3.91 (+16%)	1844.0
1992	LAN	NL	8	11	25	25	1	1	150.2	141	67	69	101	4.00	3.75 (-7%)	-450.3
1993	LAN	NL	10	12	32	32	4	3	211.2	202	81	104	127	3.44	4.19 (+18%)	-263.0
1994	LAN	NL	12	7	24	24	4	3	170.0	160	75	56	119	3.97	4.51 (+12%)	1363.8
1995	LAN	NL	17	7	30	30	4	2	206.1	176	84	81	138	3.66	4.45 (+18%)	1279.5
1996	LAN	NL	15	6	28	27	2	2	168.2	153	64	86	133	3.42	4.61 (+26%)	1830.7
1997	LAN	NL	10	5	22	22	1	0	133.2	123	54	68	120	3.64	4.39 (+17%)	183.1
1998	LAN	NL	7	3	15	15	1	0	101.2	76	32	41	91	2.83	4.43 (+36%)	1975.6
1999	BOS	AL	2	1	4	4	0	0	20.2	14	7	8	15	3.05	4.71 (+35%)	164.2
2000	BOS	AL	10	8	27	27	0	0	127.2	143	87	67	89	6.13	4.77 (-29%)	-1230.4
2001	PIT	NL	0	2	4	4	0	0	15.2	16	15	16	9	8.62	4.42 (-95%)	-1664.0
Career · 14 seasons			135	88	301	297	37	20	1,895.2	1,691	772	795	1,427	3.67	—	10,235

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

Ramon Martinez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
305	596	33	91	12	1	1	33	0	7	200	.153	.163	.181	.345	-4,080

Career AVG .153 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 42.1% below league average.

Career OBP .163 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Career SLG .181 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 55.7% below league average.

Career OPS .345 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ramon Martinez (b. 1968) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	LAN	NL	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	LAN	NL	16	37	4	6	1	0	0	3	1	14	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	LAN	NL	33	80	2	10	0	0	0	6	1	32	.125	.257 (-52%)	.324 (-55%)	.385 (-68%)	.710 (-62%)	-783.4
1991	LAN	NL	33	77	6	9	1	0	1	9	1	25	.117	.255 (-54%)	.323 (-60%)	.384 (-56%)	.708 (-58%)	-704.3
1992	LAN	NL	26	50	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	14	.120	.255 (-53%)	.322 (-63%)	.377 (-68%)	.699 (-66%)	-505.4
1993	LAN	NL	32	70	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	23	.129	.265 (-51%)	.332 (-62%)	.403 (-65%)	.735 (-63%)	-728.8
1994	LAN	NL	24	66	4	18	3	0	0	3	1	18	.273	.269 (+1%)	.338 (-16%)	.424 (-25%)	.763 (-21%)	-233.5
1995	LAN	NL	30	64	2	11	4	0	0	4	1	19	.172	.266 (-36%)	.337 (-45%)	.417 (-44%)	.755 (-45%)	-481.7
1996	LAN	NL	30	59	3	7	0	0	0	2	2	22	.119	.269 (-56%)	.340 (-57%)	.426 (-72%)	.767 (-65%)	-643.2
1997	LAN	NL	22	42	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	11	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	LAN	NL	15	34	3	6	1	1	0	1	0	16	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BOS	AL	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	PIT	NL	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			305	596	33	91	12	1	1	33	7	200	.153	—	—	—	—	-4,080

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

Ramon Martinez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ramon Martinez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1999	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1999	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1996	NLDS1	LAN	1	3	2	.000
1995	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ramon Martinez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	4	4	0	24.2	24	13	11	20	4.74

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ramon Martinez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1999	ALCS	BOS	1	1	1	6.2	6	3	3	5	4.05
1999	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	5.2	5	2	3	6	3.18
1996	NLDS1	LAN	0	1	1	8.0	3	1	3	6	1.12
1995	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	1	4.1	10	7	2	3	14.54

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ramon Martinez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	163	302	16	44	1	14	.146
Away	142	294	17	47	0	19	.160

Pitching — Home / Away

Ramon Martinez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	160	1028.1	906	408	425	808	3.57
Away	141	867.1	785	364	370	619	3.78

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ramon Martinez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2001-05-01	PIT	SFG	L	0	0
2001-04-25	PIT	LAD	L	2	1
2001-04-20	PIT	CHC	L	1	1
2001-04-14	PIT	CHC	L	2	0
2000-09-28	BOS	CHW	W	0	0
2000-09-22	BOS	BAL	L	0	0
2000-09-17	BOS	DET	L	0	0
2000-09-12	BOS	CLE	W	0	0
2000-09-07	BOS	MIN	W	0	0
2000-09-02	BOS	SEA	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ramon Martinez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-05-01	PIT	SFG	L	2.2	3	4	4	3	1	2
2001-04-25	PIT	LAD	—	5.0	4	5	5	5	3	1
2001-04-20	PIT	CHC	L	3.0	2	3	3	5	0	0
2001-04-14	PIT	CHC	—	5.0	7	3	3	3	5	1
2000-09-28	BOS	CHW	—	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0
2000-09-22	BOS	BAL	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	2
2000-09-17	BOS	DET	L	5.0	8	5	3	2	3	1
2000-09-12	BOS	CLE	W	5.0	5	5	5	2	2	1
2000-09-07	BOS	MIN	W	5.2	8	6	6	0	7	2
2000-09-02	BOS	SEA	—	5.1	2	0	0	4	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ramon Martinez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	301	296	171	237	14	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ramon Martinez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	LAN	P	9	6	1	5	0	0
1989	LAN	P	15	15	11	14	0	1
1990	LAN	P	33	33	16	27	1	0
1991	LAN	P	33	33	22	21	2	0
1992	LAN	P	25	25	10	18	2	1
1993	LAN	P	32	32	28	31	0	4
1994	LAN	P	24	23	21	17	3	0
1995	LAN	P	30	30	16	27	3	2
1996	LAN	P	28	27	6	29	2	1
1997	LAN	P	22	22	10	20	1	1
1998	LAN	P	15	15	11	17	0	1
1999	BOS	P	4	4	1	2	0	1
2000	BOS	P	27	27	16	7	0	0
2001	PIT	P	4	4	2	2	0	2

Career Games by Position

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Ramon Martinez (b. 1968) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	301

Awards & Honors

Ramon Martinez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-07-15
1990	Pitcher of the Month	June

Salary History

Ramon Martinez's recorded salaries total $32,052,500 over 12 seasons, 1989 to 2000. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Martinez's career ran from 1988 to 2001. No salary is recorded for 1988 and 2001.

Ramon Martinez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2000	BOS	AL	$6,320,000
1999	BOS	AL	$1,500,000
1998	LAN	NL	$4,800,000
1997	LAN	NL	$4,800,000
1996	LAN	NL	$4,800,000
1995	LAN	NL	$3,925,000
1994	LAN	NL	$2,687,500
1993	LAN	NL	$1,775,000
1992	LAN	NL	$725,000
1991	LAN	NL	$485,000
1990	LAN	NL	$150,000
1989	LAN	NL	$85,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$32,052,500

Award Voting History

Ramon Martinez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1995	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	8.0	140	0
1990	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	70.0	120	1
1990	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	9.0	336	0

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Ramon Martinez: the record in brief

Ramon Martinez's major league career runs from a debut on August 13, 1988 to a final game on May 1, 2001. The season rows list, in order, the Los Angeles Dodgers (1988 through 1998), the Boston Red Sox (1999 to 2000), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001). Born on March 22, 1968, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R., Martinez is listed as a pitcher and hit left-handed while throwing right-handed. Size on record: 6'4" and 165 pounds. Martinez's full given name, per the bio, is Ramon Jaime Martinez.

Martinez's career pitching line is 135 wins, 88 losses and a 3.67 ERA over 301 appearances. Also on Martinez's record: 1,427 strikeouts, 37 complete games, and 20 shutouts. The leagues Martinez pitched in allowed 4.26 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 13.9% better than average. The best win total was 20, in 1990. 1990 was Martinez's sharpest full season, a 2.92 ERA against the league's 3.86.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ramon Martinez

What years did Ramon Martinez play?: Ramon Martinez played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.
Was Ramon Martinez a pitcher?: Yes. Ramon Martinez pitched in the major leagues, recording 135 wins and 1427 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ramon Martinez hit?: Ramon Martinez hit 1 career home run with 91 hits.
What teams did Ramon Martinez play for?: Ramon Martinez played for 3 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (1988–1998), the Boston Red Sox (1999–2000), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001).
Did Ramon Martinez win a Cy Young Award?: No. Ramon Martinez did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Ramon Martinez win?: Ramon Martinez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Ramon Martinez's career stats?: In 301 games, Ramon Martinez went 135-88 with a 3.67 ERA, 1,427 strikeouts, and 1,895.2 innings pitched. At the plate he had 91 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Ramon Martinez earn in his career?: Ramon Martinez's recorded salaries total $32,052,500 over 12 seasons, 1989 to 2000. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Martinez's career ran from 1988 to 2001. No salary is recorded for 1988 and 2001.
What was Ramon Martinez's salary?: Ramon Martinez's last recorded salary was $6,320,000, in 2000. His highest recorded salary was $6,320,000, in 2000, and his lowest was $85,000, in 1989. The Salary History table lists each season from 1989 to 2000.
What position did Ramon Martinez play?: Ramon Martinez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ramon Martinez and how much did he weigh?: Ramon Martinez was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 165 pounds.
What was Ramon Martinez's career ERA?: Ramon Martinez finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 135-88 with 1,427 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ramon Martinez have?: Ramon Martinez recorded 1,427 career strikeouts.
Is Ramon Martinez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ramon Martinez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.