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Tippy
Martinez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 193
 
Born: May 31, 1950 in , ,
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 LAD NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1975 25 LAD NL $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1976 26 LAD NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1977 27 LAD NL $ 2,078,571 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 28 LAD NL $ 3,957,143 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 29 LAD NL $ 3,957,143 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 30 LAD NL $ 6,500,000 6 10 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1981 31 DET AL $ 6,500,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1982 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1983 33 DET AL $ 6,500,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1984 34 DET AL $ 6,500,000 7 9 9 9 4 3 3 7 7 7
1985 35 DET AL $ 6,500,000 7 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 7 10 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 27 LAD NL $ 2,078,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 28 LAD NL $ 3,957,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 29 LAD NL $ 3,957,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 30 LAD NL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 31 DET AL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 33 DET AL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 34 DET AL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1985 35 DET AL $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 24 LAD NL 14 12 .538 32 32 3 0 0 217.0 190 109 18 118 161 4.52 .238 .335 .368 .704 10.0
1975 25 LAD NL 8 10 .444 27 26 3 1 0 175.7 151 85 16 112 150 4.36 .234 .346 .375 .721 8.6
1976 26 LAD NL 7 10 .412 32 32 2 1 0 208.3 195 104 19 127 153 4.49 .247 .351 .375 .726 11.3
1977 27 LAD NL 10 10 .500 31 31 1 0 0 202.7 162 76 14 96 160 3.38 .220 .308 .334 .642 15.1
1978 28 LAD NL 13 9 .591 32 32 0 0 0 219.3 191 84 9 99 153 3.45 .236 .319 .330 .650 15.1
1979 29 LAD NL 11 15 .423 32 32 1 0 0 210.3 181 99 16 112 165 4.24 .235 .328 .348 .676 7.8
1980 30 LAD NL 9 13 .409 32 32 1 1 0 197.7 179 93 21 102 143 4.23 .240 .331 .385 .717 6.8
1981 31 DET AL 11 7 .611 32 32 3 1 0 212.3 174 87 20 100 181 3.69 .225 .313 .366 .680 12.8
1982 32 DET AL 14 8 .636 32 32 4 2 0 219.0 175 74 7 102 171 3.04 .220 .309 .321 .630 17.5
1983 33 DET AL 16 8 .667 34 34 2 0 0 235.3 194 116 31 109 199 4.44 .222 .308 .405 .713 10.4
1984 34 DET AL 11 12 .478 31 31 0 0 0 226.0 185 85 23 93 167 3.38 .223 .300 .355 .655 15.0
11 Years Sim 124 114 .521 347 346 20 6 0 2323.6 1977 1012 194 1170 1803 3.92 .231 .322 .360 .683 130.4
Season Average 11 10 .524 31 31 1 0 0 211.2 179 92 17 106 163 3.92 .231 .322 .360 .683  
Career Highs 16 15 .667 34 34 4 2 0 235.3 195 116 31 127 199 4.52 .247 .351 .405 .726  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1563 790 161 901 1367   .240 .332 .376 .708
vs LH   414 222 33 269 436   .203 .295 .310 .606
Home 62 54 .534 177 177 8 2 1 1196.3 974 504 111 618 920 3.79 .223 .320 .351 .671
Away 62 60 .508 170 169 12 4 0 1127.3 1003 508 83 552 883 4.06 .238 .327 .370 .697
Mar/Apr 12 27 .308 55 55 2 0 0 357.0 336 187 34 189 279 4.71 .250 .343 .401 .743
May 25 19 .568 63 63 3 1 0 437.0 360 166 34 216 319 3.42 .227 .320 .352 .672
June 21 20 .512 54 53 3 2 0 342.6 306 169 31 185 269 4.44 .241 .338 .382 .720
July 22 15 .595 54 54 5 1 0 378.0 275 155 35 183 295 3.69 .201 .295 .331 .626
August 18 21 .462 63 63 3 0 0 412.6 362 193 38 212 325 4.21 .234 .327 .369 .696
Sep/Oct 26 12 .684 58 58 5 2 1 396.3 338 142 22 185 316 3.22 .232 .319 .331 .650
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 24 LAD NL 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1976 26 LAD NL 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1977 27 LAD NL 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
3 Years Sim 28 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
162 Game Average 23 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1  
Career Highs 12 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Away 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 24 LAD NL P 32 32 217.0 6 29 0 3 1.000 1.45    
1975 25 LAD NL P 27 26 175.7 7 23 0 2 1.000 1.54    
1976 26 LAD NL P 32 32 208.3 7 38 3 3 .938 1.94    
1977 27 LAD NL P 31 31 202.7 12 32 0 5 1.000 1.95    
1978 28 LAD NL P 32 32 219.3 5 36 0 3 1.000 1.68    
1979 29 LAD NL P 32 32 210.3 6 43 1 4 .980 2.10    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 30 LAD NL P 32 32 197.7 6 26 1 1 .970 1.46    
1981 31 DET AL P 32 32 212.3 16 27 0 1 1.000 1.82    
1982 32 DET AL P 32 32 219.0 15 44 0 4 1.000 2.42    
1983 33 DET AL P 34 34 235.3 16 40 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1984 34 DET AL P 31 31 226.0 11 40 2 2 .962 2.03    
  P 347 346 2323.6 107 378 7 28 .986 1.88    
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   349 346 2325.6 107 378 7 28 .986 1.88    
Career Highs   34 34 235.3 16 44 3 5 1.000 2.42    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 29 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 1 4.7 3 1 1 0 5 1.93 .188 .188 .375 .563
1981 31 DET AL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 24.3 21 14 5 16 21 5.18 .226 .339 .462 .802
1982 32 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 16 10 1 8 7 7.72 .320 .414 .500 .914
1983 33 DET AL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 19 11 1 13 11 5.50 .279 .395 .471 .866
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 4 .500 14 9 1 0 1 58.7 59 36 8 37 44 5.52 .260 .364 .467 .831
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1982-5-3.04
 Wins
1983-5-16
 Losses
1979-9-15
 Winning Pct
1982-7-.636
1983-5-.667
 Shutouts
1982-4-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1983-3-31
Strikeouts
1976-9-153
1977-8-160
1979-9-165
1981-5-181
1982-4-171
1983-1-199
1984-9-167
 Walks Allowed
1974-3-118
1975-4-112
1976-2-127
1978-9-99
1979-5-112
1980-9-102
1981-7-100
1982-5-102
1983-1-109
1984-8-93
 Hits per 9IP
1974-7-7.9
1975-6-7.7
1977-4-7.2
1978-10-7.8
1979-9-7.7
1981-5-7.4
1982-4-7.2
1983-1-7.4
1984-3-7.4
CAR-34-7.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1974-8-6.7
1975-4-7.7
1976-5-6.6
1977-4-7.1
1978-7-6.3
1979-4-7.1
1980-8-6.5
1981-3-7.7
1982-2-7.0
1983-1-7.6
 OAVG
1974-9-.238
1975-7-.234
1977-4-.220
1979-10-.235
1981-5-.225
1982-4-.220
1983-1-.222
1984-3-.223
CAR-40-.231
 OSLG
1977-9-.334
1978-10-.330
1982-4-.321
1984-10-.355
OOPS
1977-9-.642
1982-6-.630
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 81    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Dick Lemay (937)
  2. Bud Daley (931)
  3. Bill Caudill (929)
  4. Don Stanhouse (920)
  5. Jerry Koosman (914)
  6. Joe Sambito (911)
  7. Bill Gogolewski (911)
  8. Balor Moore (909)
  9. Jim Beattie (909)
  10. Mike McQueen (907)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1974
Earned first career win on 4/15/1974
Injured on 5/26/1975 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1976, going 3-0, 1.46
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/17/1977 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,957,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,957,143 through salary arbitration
10/23/1979: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Los Angeles to Detroit on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: CF Amos Otis. Going to DET: LF Al Bumbry, P Tippy Martinez, RF Dave Kingman)
Injured on 9/28/1981 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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