Pedro Martinez New York Mets Publications

New York Mets-Carlos Beltran & Pedro Martinez-Sporting News magazine, March 11, 2005 issue.

Pedro Martinez is a starting pitcher who played for the Mets from 2005-2008. He has won three Cy Young Awards and is considered to be one of the top pitchers of his era. At the time of his 200th win in April 2006, Martinez had the highest winning percentage of any 200-game winner in modern baseball history (he has since slipped .006 behind Whitey Ford). In 2007, Martinez became the 15th pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. Officially listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and 193 pounds (88 kg), Martinez is unusually small for a modern-day power pitcher, and he is believed to be somewhat smaller than his officially listed height and weight. After Boston's World Series triumph in 2004, Martinez became a free agent and signed a 4-year, $53 million contract with the New York Mets. During his four-year Met contract, Martinez was 32-23 in 79 starts, with a 3.88 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP.