When you win over 100 Games for the Dodgers, you would think you would be held in higher regard, but Ramon Martinez's long Dodgers tenure did not see a lot of playoff action.
Signed as an amateur Free Agent in 1984, the native of the Dominican Republic was the youngest player in the Majors when he debuted four years later for L.A.. The Dodgers won the World Series that year, though Martinez was not on the roster. He bounced back and forth between the Majors and Minors in 1989 but was a Major League player to stay in 1990, a year that was also his best in Baseball. This season, he was the Cy Young runner-up, All-Star, and the owner of a 20-6 Record, a 2.92 ERA, and 223 Strikeouts.
Martinez did not have an All-Star year again but was still a competent starter for many more years, including three more 15-Win years, but as Los Angeles slipped away from contention, the spotlight was not as intense. He left for Boston as a Free Agent in 1999, leaving behind a record of 123-77 with 1,314 Strikeouts.
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