Tom Martin (baseball)

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Tom Martin
position=Relief pitcher
team=Long Island Ducks
number=--
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|5|21
debutdate=April 2
debutyear=1997
debutteam=Houston Astros
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=11-9
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=224
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.92
teams=
*Houston Astros (by|1997)
*Cleveland Indians (by|1998-by|2000)
*New York Mets (by|2001)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|2002)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2003-by|2004)
*Atlanta Braves (by|2004-by|2005)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2006-by|2007)

Thomas Edgar Martin (born May 21, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently playing for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. He bats and throws left-handed.

Martin was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the by|1988 free agent draft. Martin was traded to the San Diego Padres on February 17, by|1992 for Jim Lewis and Steve Martin. In the by|1993 minor league draft, Martin was selected from the Padres by the Atlanta Braves where he made it as high as Triple-A before being released on January 25, by|1995. On February 21, 1995, The Houston Astros signed him, where in by|1997, Martin made his major league debut. He appeared in relief in 55 games that season with an impressive 2.09 ERA. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Martin in the 1997 expansion draft, but traded him to the Cleveland Indians along with Travis Fryman for Matt Williams thirteen days later. For the next three seasons, Martin would be up and down between the majors and minors, before he was traded to the New York Mets for Javier Ochoa on January 11, by|2001. Becoming a free agent at the end of the season, Martin signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but was released on September 9, by|2002.

On February 26, by|2003, Martin signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers where he enjoyed success keeping his ERA under 4. On July 31, by|2004, the day of the non-waiver trade deadline, the Dodgers traded Martin to the Atlanta Braves for Matt Merricks. Released by the Braves on April 14, by|2005, he was signed by the team he made his major league debut for, the Houston Astros, but was released two and a half months later without appearing in a major league game. Martin signed with the Colorado Rockies on January 18, by|2006, spending the entire year in the majors. After being released by the Rockies in July of by|2007, Martin signed a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training with the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 26, by|2008. He was released by the Dodgers on March 10.

On April 22, 2008, Martin signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League.

Since his debut in 1997, Martin has played for 7 different teams.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=martito02 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martito02.shtml Baseball Reference]