Ramon Martinez  
Starting Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
His sinking two-seam fastball and slider produce tons of groundballs. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Martinez also has a decent changeup. The Chicago White Sox hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. His composure needs work. When Martinez starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Martinez has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. Martinez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Martinez has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 COL 82 88 60 60 62 46 52 45 52 67 73 0 48 52 0 0 28 10 Overhand DL 0 10 21 52 398
1999 CAL 86 88 60 61 62 46 52 45 52 67 73 0 48 52 0 0 29 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 403
2000 ANA 87 89 60 48 62 46 52 45 52 67 74 0 51 52 0 0 30 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 395
2001 ANA 96 87 60 35 62 46 52 45 52 74 74 0 48 52 0 0 31 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 31 395
2002 ANA 95 87 60 22 62 46 52 45 52 74 74 0 52 52 0 0 32 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 20 383
2003 ANA 95 87 60 23 62 46 52 45 52 74 74 0 52 52 0 0 33 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 22 383
2004 ANA 96 85 60 25 62 46 52 45 52 74 74 0 52 52 0 0 34 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 22 383
2005 ANA 96 88 60 25 62 46 52 45 52 74 74 0 52 52 0 0 35 17 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 22 386
2006 ANA 95 88 60 23 62 46 52 45 52 76 73 0 52 52 0 0 36 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 22 383
2007 CHW 94 85 60 22 62 46 52 45 52 76 73 0 52 52 0 0 37 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 23 376
2008 CHW 92 84 60 22 62 46 52 45 52 76 73 0 52 52 0 0 38 20 Overhand DL 0 0 0 23 371
2009 CHW 94 84 60 22 62 46 52 45 52 76 73 0 52 52 0 0 39 21 Overhand Active 0 0 0 21 373
2010 CHW 93 86 60 22 62 46 52 45 52 76 73 0 52 52 0 0 40 22 Overhand Active 0 0 0 18 373
Ratings Delta   -1 +2                             +1 +1           -3  
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.