Red Sox: What if the Sox re-signed Pedro Martinez after 2004?

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Jul 29, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; Hall of Fame player Pedro Martinez stops to smell the roses during his number retirement ceremony performed in Spanish before the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

Pedro’s numbers in Boston

As a member of the Red Sox? Pedro’s first three seasonal numbers went as follows:

Numbers in BOLD denote League lead

1998:
Record – 19-8
ERA – 2.89
K’s – 251
Innings Pitched – 233 2/3

1999:
Record – 23-4
ERA – 2.07
K’s – 313
Innings Pitched – 213 1/3

2000:
Record 18-6
ERA – 1.74
K’s – 284
Innings Pitched – 217

1998 – 2000 Totals:
Record – 60-17
ERA – 2.25
K’s – 848
Innings Pitched – 664

SEASON AVERAGE – 20-6 Record 2.25 ERA 283 K’s 221 Innings Pitched

Pedro’s Career Boston Red Numbers:
Record – 117-37
Win % – .760
ERA – 2.52
K’s – 1683
Innings Pitched – 1383 2/3
K/9 Ratio – 10.9

For a three year increment, few players meant more to their teams than Pedro meant to Boston. Taking in an injury riddled season in 2001, Pedro bounced back to have three more great years in Boston, winning 20 games in 2002. Martinez also twice led the league in ERA (2.26 – 2002 & 2.22 – 2003) and added 200+ strike outs each season leading the league in 2002 with 239 K’s. Late 90’s going into early 2000’s domination started and ended with Pedro Martinez in the American League.

Martinez struck out 200+ batters every year except for 2001 when he only started 18 games and still managed 163 K’s. A 12.9 K/9 ratio certainly helped and Pedro was still Pedro as he managed a 7-3 record and 2.39 ERA. No other pitcher made a bigger impact in baseball in that time in the AL.

In 2004, after seven years of playing for the Red Sox, Pedro finally won a World Series ring. The Sox total investment over seven years cost them $92 million. Talk about a bargain.

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