Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Pedro Jaime Martínez,, is a Dominican–American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five teams from 1992 to 2009, most notably the Boston Red Sox. From 2002 to 2006 he held the major league record for the highest career winning percentage by a pitcher with at least 200 decisions; with a final record of 219 wins and 100 losses, he retired with the fourth highest percentage in history, and the highest by a right-hander since the modern...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 October 1971
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
CountryDominica
I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.
When I go to the plate, I think about putting the ball in play. It's important to get on base and get some walks, but I don't go to the plate thinking of walking.
Baseball is a game of the soul.
My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.
You can't have a family when you're playing because you're away from home so much. So believe me, I won't be pitching forever. I won't make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.
I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.
There was always something missing in Montreal.
I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.
We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.
I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.
I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.
I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.
I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.