Pedro Martinez - The Little Giant: Born on the 25th of October 1971 in small suburb of Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, Pedro Martinez is a legendary Major League Baseball pitcher. Although now retired he is still widely remembered and is still actively involved with Major League Baseball. He has numerous records to his name and is one of the fiercest pitchers the world of Major League Baseball has ever seen.
Standing at just 5 feet 10 inches Pedro Martinez is unusually small as compared to the modern day power pitchers. However he was deadlier than any of his larger counterparts.
Pedro Martinez is a 3 time CY young Award winner, a 2004 World Series champion and an eight time All-Star.
He has the highest Earned Run Average than any starting pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball.
Pedro Martinez had a very unusual pitching style and he relied on numerous “out” pitches. He has exceptionally good control and a well above average cutter, circle changeup, curveball and fastball. Both combined he was a very dominant pitcher in the history of the game.
His overpowering pitching earned him a record 3,154 strikeouts. Very few have been able to achieve this feat.
He played his last Major League Match for the Philadelphia Phillies on the 30th of September 2009.
