Pedro Martinez

Honestly, Pedro Martinez might be the most purely dominant pitcher I've ever watched. This guy came out of a tiny town in the Dominican Republic and, at barely 180 cm, made the best hitters in baseball look completely overmatched — not through sheer size but through a devastating changeup, pinpoint command, and a competitive fire that was almost scary to watch from the stands. The late-1990s and early 2000s run he put together, especially those years in Boston, was genuinely historic: a stretch of ERA and strikeout numbers that statisticians still pull out to settle arguments. Three Cy Young Awards, a Baseball Hall of Fame induction in 2015, and a World Series ring in 2004 — the resume speaks for itself, but the highlight reels really don't do justice to how utterly unfair he was to face on any given night.

Name (English)

Pedro Martinez

Name (Japanese)

ペドロ・マルティネス

Reading

ぺどろ・まるてぃねす

Born

October 25, 1971 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic

Height

180 cm

Occupation

baseball player

University

Ohio Dominican University

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Cy Young Award
• 2018 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
• 2014 Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/45pedromartinez/
• Xhttps://x.com/45PedroMartinez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Santo Domingo Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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