Nick Martinez
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Martinez with the Texas Rangers
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| Born: August 5, 1990 Miami, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 5, 2014, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through October 4, 2015) |
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| Win–loss record | 12–19 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.27 | ||
| Strikeouts | 154 | ||
| WHIP | 1.455 | ||
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Nicholas Andres "Nick" Martinez (born August 5, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Martinez graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida, and enrolled at Fordham University. He is the 34th Fordham alumnus to make it to the Major League Baseball (MLB). He was 1-3 with a 5.33 ERA in 15 games, over 2 seasons for Fordham as a relief pitcher. But he was mostly a second basemen, batting .295 with 4 HR, 66 RBI, 167 hits, and 22 stolen bases over 3 seasons and 148 games. Martinez also played in a collegiate summer baseball league, the New England Collegiate Baseball League, for the Vermont Mountaineers. He is the seventh Mountaineer to make it to the MLB.
Career
Martinez was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 18th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, out of Fordham University.[1]
Martinez was named the Rangers' fifth starter on March 26, 2014.[2] In his first career start against the Tampa Bay Rays, Martinez went six innings, struck out three and allowed three earned runs on four hits. He received a no decision as the Rangers lost 5-4. After two straight starts against the Oakland Athletics, the Rangers got Matt Harrison back from the DL and moved Martinez to the bullpen. Martinez went 6.2 innings, struck out six and allowed only one earned run in four relief appearances. In a game against the Houston Astros, Harrison injured his lower back and had spinal fusion surgery. The Rangers then put Martinez back into the starting rotation.[3]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Nick Martinez on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Miami, Florida
- Baseball players from Florida
- American sportspeople of Cuban descent
- Texas Rangers players
- Fordham Rams baseball players
- Arizona League Rangers players
- Spokane Indians players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans players
- Frisco RoughRiders players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
