Pedro Martinez: I didn't need steroids to dominate.

I hate Pedro Martinez, with a passion, though surprisingly less than Schilling. That said, he was always that guy in the late '90s, that when he pitched you watched just to see if he might strike out 20. Him and Randy Johnson were fun to watch. And to a degree Clemens as well, though he wasn't as dominant during that time span.

 

During the years in which he actually was a starter, Pedro has averaged 6.7 innings per start. This includes his last two seasons with the Mets, in which he has averaged 5.7 innings per start. I don't think anyone in their right mind would say he has been dominant over the last couple seasons.

However, to call Pedro anything but dominant over the bulk of his career is ignorance.

 

Pretty poor math there, Hondo.

Pedro Martinez has made 380 starts in his career. He pitched 2566.1 IP in those 380 starts (excluding the 107.1 IP in 67 relief appearances for a total of 2673.2 IP in 447 career games)

IP/GS = avg. IP per start
2566.333333/380 = 6.75350877.

5.9 is a little off.

 

And Buck takes his number out to eight decimal places . . . impressive.

I'm an admitted Pedro fangirl, so I've got nothing to add.

 

Just for a quick comparison, Jim Palmer (with 211 CGs to his credit) didn't average "8 or 9 IP" a start, either -- actually, it was 7.4 IP.

And, yes, that's discounting his 37 relief appearances (for 90 IP.)

 

My bad. I included the games in which he was a relief pitcher in the mix. But that still doesn't mean I'd like to have him on my team in the last 5-6 years. He spends half his time peeking into the bench looking for the manager to call the bullpen after the fourth inning.
I like 9-inning guys. Sue me.

 

Gee, how many starters are routinely going nine innings these days?

 

Fair enough I'm sure every team would like a 9 inning guy. Please could you name one just one. Roy Halladay off the top of my mind is considered a work horse. I highly doubt he averages 8 innings per start

 

I'll never forget the 9-inning no-hitter in SD, where the Expos couldn't score either.... Or the time, with a perfecto, he plunked Reggie Sanders in the 7th inning... and the arrogant asshole charged the mound.

 

First of all, he's not talking about the last several years. He's saying he dominated in his prime. That's pretty much inarguable. Secondly, who are these 9-inning guys of whom you speak?

 

Kofaux...Gibson...They've been dominant since being called up in 2000.

 

not even close