On July 28, 1991, Montreal Expos’
Dennis Martinez pitches the thirteenth perfect game in Major League Baseball
history against the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
Martinez followed Lee Richmond,
Monte Ward, Cy Young, Addie Joss, Charlie Robertson, Don Larsen, Jim Bunning,
Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter, Len Barker, Mike Witt in throwing perfect games.
Since Martinez’ perfect game Kenny
Rogers, David Wells, David Cone, and Randy Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Dallas
Braden, Roy Halladay, Phillip Humber, Matt Cain and Felix Hernandez have all
achieved perfect game status.
Martinez would finish his career
with four All-Star appearnces, including three consecutive appearances from
1990-1992. He was a World Series Champion in 1983 with the Baltimore Orioles.
He was also in the top five in CY Young Award voting twice and in the running
for the MVP award twice.
Martinez nicknamed “El Presidente”
would finish his 23-season career with 245 wins and 193 losses and eight saves
in 692 games with 562 starts over 3,999.2 innings pitched. He totaled a 3.70
ERA with 2,149 strikeouts and just 1,165 walks. Martinez would throw 122
complete games, with his highest total, and a season high of 18 coming in 1979.
He also had 30 shutouts with his highest single season total coming in 1991
when he threw five, one of them being the perfect game against the Dodgers.
Martinez led the league in wins in
1981 with 14, while in 1991 he led the league in ERA with a 2.39 mark.
Martinez is the all-time
winningest Latin American pitcher with his 245 wins, setting the record on Aug.
9, 1998 with win number 244.
Check out the video below of the final out from El Presidente's perfect game:
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