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Pedro Martinez
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Career Notes

1996
Emerged as one of the premier pitchers in the National League, setting career highs in innings (216.2), strikeouts (222) and complete games (4) ... Pitched into the seventh inning in 14 of his final 20 starts ... Earned his first selection to the National League All-Star team ... Tossed a two-hit shutout, his career low-hit game, on May 1 at New York ... Struck out 11 in a four-hit shutout at Cincinnati on June 14 ... Struck out 12 Dodgers in a 2-1 duel loss to his Brother, Ramon, on Aug. 29 ... Expos scored only 22 runs in his 10 losses.

1995
Led the club with fourteen wins (T fifth in NL), 194.2 innings pitched (tenth in NL), 174 strikeouts (fifth in NL), and a .227 opponents batting average (third in NL) ... Third in NL with eleven hit batsmen.

1993
Appeared in a Dodger rookie-record 65 games, posting the third-highest win total (10) among NL rookies ... Also compiled the third-highest strikeout total for major league rookies with 119 ... 10 wins led all NL relievers ... Limited opposing hitters to a .201 average ... Stranded 26 of the 33 runners he inherited ... Relieved his brother, Ramon, in his first appearance of the season, marking the first time since 1979 (Rick and Mickey Mahler) that two brothers had pitched for the same team in the same game ... Won his first major league decision, May 5 vs. the Mets ... Won eight consecutive decisions from May 25 to Aug. 6 ... Was 5-0 with a 0.79 ERA 14 games in which he had pitched the night before ... Was 9-1 at night ... Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Delino Deshields on Nov. 19, 1993.

1992
Spent most of the season with Albuquerque (AAA) where he finished third in the PCL with a team-high 124 strikeouts ... Named the 10th-best prospect in the Annual Top 100 Poll by Baseball America ... Was also named as the third-best prospect in the PCL ... Selected to pitch in the Triple-A All-Star Game ... Accolades helped earn him a September promotion to the majors ... Earned a no-decision in his major league debut, Sept. 24 vs. Cincinnati ... Had successful postseason surgery performed on his left, non pitching shoulder following the season.


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