Pedro Martínez
Martínez in 2010, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Pedro Jaime Martínez
Place of Birth: Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic
Date of Birth: October 25, 1971
Ethnicity: African-Dominican Republic
Pedro Martinez is an American professional baseball player. A starting pitcher, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Montreal Expos, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Mets, and the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015.
Pedro is the son of Leopoldina Martínez Taveras and Paulino Jaime Abréu. He is married to ESPN Deportes sideline reporter Carolina Cruz de Martínez. Carolina runs Pedro’s charity, Pedro Martínez and Brothers Foundation. He has four children, two of whom, Pedro Martínez, Jr. and Pedro Isaías Martínez, are also baseball players. Pedro became a U.S. citizen in 2006.
Pedro’s paternal grandfather was Vicente Jaime Encarnación (the son of Otilio Jaime and Virginia Encarnación).
Pedro’s paternal grandmother was Julia Abréu Martinez (the daughter of Basilio Abreu and María Martinez).
Pedro’s maternal grandfather was Guillermo Taveras Ubiera (the son of Nicolás Taveras Pérez and Cándida Ubiera).
Pedro’s maternal grandmother was named Inés Martínez Garcia.
Source: Genealogy of Pedro Martinez – http://hoy.com.do
From 1997 to 2001 he was just unhittable. I was a big fan. Fast, curve and that bugs bunny change up.
He really was! I had no doubt in my mind he would easily make the Hall of Fame.
Of course he would make HOF.
Yea I know he got in last year first ballot I believe.