Tippy Martinez
Tippy Martinez
Full name: Felix Anthony Martinez
Born: March 31, 1950, La Junta, Colorado
First Game: August 9, 1974 ; Final Game: April 18, 1988
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Tippy Martinez
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1974 NY A 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1974 NY A
1975 NY A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 NY A
1976 NY A 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 NY A
1976 BAL A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 BAL A
1976 TOT A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 TOT A
1977 BAL A 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 BAL A
1978 BAL A 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1978 BAL A
1979 BAL A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1979 BAL A
1980 BAL A 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 BAL A
1981 BAL A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1981 BAL A
1982 BAL A 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 BAL A
1983 BAL A 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 BAL A
1984 BAL A 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1984 BAL A
1985 BAL A 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1985 BAL A
1986 BAL A 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1986 BAL A
1988 MIN A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 MIN A
Total 546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1983 BAL A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1983 BAL A
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 BAL A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1983 BAL A
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1974 NY A Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 4 0 12.2 14 60 0 7 6 9 2 10 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.26 -0.1 1974 NY A
1975 NY A Daily Splits 23 2 0 0 13 8 37 27 167 2 15 11 32 3 20 2 2 5 1 1 6 0 4 4 1 2 2.68 0.4 1975 NY A
1976 NY A Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 3 2 28 18 108 1 6 6 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 1.93 0.5 1976 NY A
1976 BAL A Daily Splits 28 0 0 0 18 8 41.2 32 179 0 13 12 28 3 31 4 2 2 1 0 6 0 4 2 3 1 2.59 0.6 1976 BAL A
1976 TOT A 39 0 0 0 21 10 69.2 50 287 1 19 18 42 3 45 4 2 2 1 1 9 1 6 2 5 1 2.33 1.1 1976 TOT A
1977 BAL A Daily Splits 41 0 0 0 29 9 50 47 210 2 17 15 27 2 29 4 2 3 0 1 7 1 8 1 5 1 2.70 1.0 1977 BAL A
1978 BAL A Daily Splits 42 0 0 0 16 5 69 77 318 4 41 37 40 2 57 2 1 6 1 1 10 3 6 6 3 3 4.83 -1.0 1978 BAL A
1979 BAL A Daily Splits 39 0 0 0 23 3 78 59 318 0 29 25 31 4 61 2 3 6 1 0 9 2 6 7 10 3 2.88 1.6 1979 BAL A
1980 BAL A Daily Splits 53 0 0 0 26 10 80.2 69 329 5 30 27 34 5 68 4 2 6 1 0 15 2 13 3 4 4 3.01 1.1 1980 BAL A
1981 BAL A Daily Splits 37 0 0 0 24 11 59 48 248 4 21 19 32 6 50 5 3 3 0 0 5 0 9 4 3 3 2.90 0.8 1981 BAL A
1982 BAL A Daily Splits 76 0 0 0 44 16 95 81 389 6 39 36 37 5 78 7 7 4 1 0 12 2 11 5 8 8 3.41 1.2 1982 BAL A
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 65 0 0 0 51 21 103.1 76 406 10 30 27 37 3 81 3 5 6 0 0 10 2 9 4 9 3 2.35 3.0 1983 BAL A
1984 BAL A Daily Splits 55 0 0 0 42 17 89.2 88 402 9 42 39 51 13 72 7 5 7 0 0 18 2 7 6 4 9 3.91 0.1 1984 BAL A
1985 BAL A Daily Splits 49 0 0 0 20 4 70 70 312 8 48 42 37 8 47 3 4 5 0 0 11 2 8 5 3 3 5.40 -1.0 1985 BAL A
1986 BAL A Daily Splits 14 0 0 0 5 1 16 18 74 1 10 10 12 1 11 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 2 5.62 -0.3 1986 BAL A
1988 MIN A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 24 1 9 8 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 18.00 -0.3 1988 MIN A
Total Splits 546 2 0 0 320 115 834 732 3544 53 357 320 425 57 632 43 40 58 8 7 122 19 89 49 55 42 3.45 7.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 5 25 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 1983 BAL A
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1979 BAL A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 1983 BAL A
Total Splits 6 0 0 0 3 2 4.1 6 19 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.15 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1974 NY A Daily P 10 0 0 12.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 NY A Daily P 23 2 0 37 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .800
1976 NY A Daily P 11 0 0 28 2 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000
1976 BAL A Daily P 28 0 0 41.2 9 7 0 1 0 1 3 3 2 1.000
1976 TOT A P 39 0 0 69.2 11 15 0 1 0 1 8 3 2 1.000
1977 BAL A Daily P 41 0 0 50 2 12 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 1.000
1978 BAL A Daily P 42 0 0 69 8 13 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 1.000
1979 BAL A Daily P 39 0 0 78 4 13 1 2 0 1 5 2 0 .944
1980 BAL A Daily P 53 0 0 80.2 5 16 0 3 0 1 3 1 2 1.000
1981 BAL A Daily P 37 0 0 59 3 13 3 0 0 3 2 4 1 .842
1982 BAL A Daily P 76 0 0 95 6 10 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 1.000
1983 BAL A Daily P 65 0 0 103.1 5 23 0 1 0 1 7 2 4 1.000
1984 BAL A Daily P 55 0 0 89.2 2 14 2 0 0 1 3 8 0 .889
1985 BAL A Daily P 49 0 0 70 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .950
1986 BAL A Daily P 14 0 0 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .750
1988 MIN A Daily P 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 546 2 0 834 58 145 9 13 0 9 44 33 12 .958
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1983 BAL A Daily P 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 BAL A Daily P 3 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1983 BAL A Daily P 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 6 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Washington Senators in the 35th round of the free-agent draft - did not
sign (June 5, 1969 ).
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (July 22, 1972 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Rudy May , Dave Pagan , Scott McGregor and Rick
Dempsey to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ken Holtzman , Doyle Alexander , Grant
Jackson , Elrod Hendricks and Jimmy Freeman (June 15, 1976 ).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (June 4, 1987 ).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (April 4, 1988 ).
Released by Minnesota Twins (April 21, 1988 ).
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