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2011
Pedro Martinez To Retire
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Pedro Martinez will soon announce his official retirement, according to MLB.com.
Pedro Martinez, who put together one of the best four-year stretches as a starter in Major League history, told MLB.com’s Evan Drellich that he’s planning to officially announce his retirement soon.
Martinez, 40, last pitched in the Majors in 2009 with the Phillies, making nine starts.
“I’m going to [officially announce it], I’m going to do it, but I want to throw a party too,” Martinez said. “I want to make it part of every place that I’m going to be remembered and loved by the fans.”
Martinez told MLB.com the itch is still there to play, but he’s enjoying his home life too much.
“I wouldn’t say I wouldn’t [play again] in any situation, but I find it very difficult for me to come back,” Martinez said. “Now I have tasted the normal life, life as a family member, being a family man, being a father. You know what? I like it, honestly. I do miss some of the things in baseball, but not all of it. I think right now my family’s my priority.”
Martinez pitched 18 seasons in the Majors for the Dodgers, Expos, Red Sox, Mets and Phillies, posting a career record of 219-100 with a 2.93 ERA. Martinez was an eight-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner, winning the National League honor in 1997 with the Expos and taking home the American League hardware in 1999 and 2000 with the Red Sox.
Martinez was the game’s most dominant hurlers around the turn of the century, winning those three Cy Young Awards and also finishing second in 1998. He averaged a 19-6 record and 2.16 ERA per season from 1997-2000.
Pedro went 32-23 with a 3.88 ERA in 79 career starts with the Mets from 2005-2008.
We’ll see you in the Hall of Fame, Pedro.
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Cost himself a year of hall of fame voting by not doing it when his career was officially done.
Best pitcher in his prime I ever saw.
Bobby Jones.
“Pedro went 32-23 with a 3.88 ERA in 79 career starts with the Mets from 2005-2008.”
They were also Jose’s best years. Is there a connection for the Mets?
Most Met fans would look at his career in New York and say he wasn’t worth the money but the truth is that his signing paved the way for our team to attract the stars it needed to complement Reyes and Wright. He is a first ballot Hall of Famer no doubt and I am so glad that I got to watch him pitch for us if even for a few years. I felt like he was a matador on the mound!
….and in the clubhouse!
Pedro was a lot of fun to many fans!
Never see the guy without a smile other than on the mound. Pedro is a gift that grew up throwing anything round in such poverty…I think that he would have played this game just for a suppy of clean drinking water and a tomato sanwhich. One of your millions’s of fans…Thank you sir.