Pedro Martínez

This article is about the multiple all-star/Cy Young right-handed pitcher. For the left-handed reliever, see Pedro A. Martínez.

Facts

• * Martínez is one of ten Red Sox pitchers with 100 or more wins (117). Cy Young (193), Roger Clemens (192), Tim Wakefield (130), Mel Parnell (123), Luis Tiant (122), Smokey Joe Wood (116), Bob Stanley (115), Joe Dobson (106), and Lefty Grove (105), are the others.
• Martínez's brother Ramón Martínez was also a Major League pitcher and the brothers have twice been teammates, with the Dodgers (1992-93) and Red Sox (1999-2000). Their younger brother, Jesús, also pitched in the Dodgers farm system for several years.
• Martínez's first cousin, Denny Bautista, is a Major League pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.
• Pedro pulled out of the 2005 All Star Game because of short rest, pitching Sunday July 10th. This was not the first time Martínez had pulled out of an All-Star Game.
• Pedro Martinez also skipped his last start in 2002, after the Red Sox had been eliminated from the postseason; some have suggested that this hurt him in the Cy Young voting that year, when he finished second to Oakland's Barry Zito.
• Pedro has a friend from the Dominican Republic named Nelson de la Rosa who is only 2 feet tall, and was believed to be the Red Sox good luck charm during the 2004 season.