Tippy Martinez | Major Leaguer 1974-1988

Full Name: Felix Anthony Martinez
Born: May 31,1950 in La Junta, Colorado
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College: Colorado State University

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Drafted: Selected by Washington Senators II in 35th Round (797th overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 22,1972] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees. [Jun 15,1976] - Traded by Yankees with Rick Dempsey, Scott McGregor, Dave Pagan and Rudy May to Orioles for Jimmy Freeman, Ellie Hendricks, Grant Jackson, Doyle Alexander and Ken Holtzman. [Jun 4,1987] - Released by Orioles. [Apr 4,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Apr 21,1988] - Released by Twins.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1972	Oneonta	NYPL	22	Nyy	A-	1	0	2.00	2						9.0	3	2	2		10	9			3.00	---	10.00	9.00	1.44	--
	Kinston	Caro	22	Nyy	A+	0	0	4.50	5						20.0	22	10	10		13	18			9.90	---	5.85	8.10	1.75	--
1973	Kinston	Caro	23	Nyy	A+	13	8	2.66	54						105.0	74	38	31		61	160			6.34	---	5.23	13.71	1.29	--
1974	Syracuse	IL	24	Tor	AAA	7	5	3.80	36						64.0	49	29	27		32	70			6.89	---	4.50	9.84	1.27	--
	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	0	0	4.27	10	0	0	0	4	0	12.2	14	7	6	0	9	10	4	2	9.95	0.00	6.40	7.11	1.82	51%
1975	Syracuse	IL	25	Tor	AAA	8	2	2.05	14						110.0	91	39	25		35	105			7.45	---	2.86	8.59	1.15	--
	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	1	2	2.68	23	2	0	0	13	8	37.0	27	15	11	2	32	20	5	1	6.57	0.49	7.78	4.86	1.59	61%
1976	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	2	0	1.93	11	0	0	0	3	2	28.0	18	6	6	1	14	14	0	1	5.79	0.32	4.50	4.50	1.14	50%
	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	3	1	2.59	28	0	0	0	18	8	41.2	32	13	12	0	28	31	2	0	6.91	0.00	6.05	6.70	1.44	57%
1977	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	5	1	2.70	41	0	0	0	29	9	50.0	47	17	15	2	27	29	3	1	8.46	0.36	4.86	5.22	1.48	55%
1978	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	3	3	4.83	42	0	0	0	16	5	69.0	77	41	37	4	40	57	6	1	10.04	0.52	5.22	7.43	1.70	55%
1979	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	10	3	2.88	39	0	0	0	23	3	78.0	59	29	25	0	31	61	6	0	6.81	0.00	3.58	7.04	1.15	59%
1980	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	4	4	3.01	53	0	0	0	26	10	80.2	69	30	27	5	34	68	6	0	7.70	0.56	3.79	7.59	1.28	62%
1981	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	3	3	2.90	37	0	0	0	24	11	59.0	48	21	19	4	32	50	3	0	7.32	0.61	4.88	7.63	1.36	59%
1982	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	8	8	3.41	76	0	0	0	44	16	95.0	81	39	36	6	37	78	4	0	7.67	0.57	3.51	7.39	1.24	51%
1983	Baltimore	AL	33	Bal	MLB	9	3	2.35	65	0	0	0	51	21	103.1	76	30	27	10	37	81	6	0	6.62	0.87	3.22	7.06	1.09	58%
1984	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	4	9	3.91	55	0	0	0	42	17	89.2	88	42	39	9	51	72	7	0	8.83	0.90	5.12	7.23	1.55	53%
1985	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	3	3	5.40	49	0	0	0	20	4	70.0	70	48	42	8	37	47	5	0	9.00	1.03	4.76	6.04	1.53	59%
1986	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	0	2	5.63	14	0	0	0	5	1	16.0	18	10	10	1	12	11	1	0	10.13	0.56	6.75	6.19	1.88	63%
1987	Hagerstown	Caro	37	Bal	A+	1	0	3.86	6	0	0	0	1	1	7.0	6	4	3	1	5	8	1		7.71	1.29	6.43	10.29	1.57	--
1988	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	0	0	18.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	8	9	8	1	4	3	0	1	18.00	2.25	9.00	6.75	3.00	55%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						55	42	3.45	546	2	0	0	320	115	834.0	732	357	320	53	425	632	58	7	7.90	0.57	4.59	6.82	1.39	57%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						30	15	2.80	117						315.0	245	122	98		156	370			7.00	---	4.46	10.57	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	p	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	p	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	p	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Baltimore	AL	33	Bal	MLB	p	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	p	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								548	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	Baltimore	AL	29		Ws	0	0	9.00	3		0			0	1.0	3		1		0	1			27.00	---	0.00	9.00	3.00	--
1983	Baltimore	AL	33		Ch	1	0	0.00	2		0			0	6.0	5		0		3	5			7.50	---	4.50	7.50	1.33	--
	Baltimore	AL	33		Ws	0	0	3.00	3		0			2	3.0	3		1		0	0			9.00	---	0.00	0.00	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						1	0	1.80	8		0			2	10.0	11		2		3	6			9.90	---	2.70	5.40	1.40	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1983	Baltimore	AL	33	Bal	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Baltimore	AL	33	Bal	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1974	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	P	10		12.2	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.42

1975	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	P	23		37	2	2	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	.97

1976	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	P	28		41.2	9	7	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.46
1976	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	11		28	2	8	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.21

1977	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	41		50	2	12	0	14	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.52

1978	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	42		69	8	13	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.74

1979	Baltimore	AL	29	Bal	MLB	P	39		78	4	13	1	18	2	-	-	-	.944	1.96

1980	Baltimore	AL	30	Bal	MLB	P	53		80.2	5	16	0	21	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.34

1981	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	P	37		59	3	13	3	19	0	-	-	-	.842	2.44

1982	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	P	76		95	6	10	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1983	Baltimore	AL	33	Bal	MLB	P	65		103.1	5	23	0	28	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.44

1984	Baltimore	AL	34	Bal	MLB	P	55		89.2	2	14	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	1.61

1985	Baltimore	AL	35	Bal	MLB	P	49		70	9	10	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	2.44

1986	Baltimore	AL	36	Bal	MLB	P	14		16	0	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	1.69

1987	Hagerstown	Caro	37	Bal	A+	P	6			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1988	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	P	3		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1983] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #27), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	440,000		299,108	29
1986	487,078		325,466	29
1988	*62,500		325,305	80

Career:	$989,578	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles in 1983.

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1983)

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