Domingo Martínez

Domingo Martínez is one of those quietly fascinating baseball journeymen who somehow slipped through the cracks of baseball history despite having a genuinely interesting career. A first baseman out of Santo Domingo who made it to the Toronto Blue Jays in the early 1990s — a team that was winning back-to-back World Series, no less — he never got a sustained shot at the majors, but he didn't disappear either. He packed his bags and headed to Japan, playing for the Seibu Lions and the Yomiuri Giants, which takes a certain kind of confidence and adaptability most players simply don't have. The fact that he later became a scout for the Chunichi Dragons tells you he stayed in love with the game long after his playing days ended. Not every baseball story ends in Cooperstown, and Martínez's is a reminder that the game is bigger than any one league or country.

Name (English)

Domingo Martínez

Name (Japanese)

ドミンゴ・マルティネス

Reading

どみんご・まるてぃねす

Born

August 4, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Height

185 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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