120 average, and fanned 11 times (one of every three plate appearances – one of every 2.3 at bats) against Pedro. Edgar collected just three hits (seven walks and one hit by pitch), for a. The two Martinez faced each other in 33 plate appearances (25 at bats) – and Pedro clearly came out on top. While Edgar Martinez was a superb hitter, his “toughest” label from Pedro was a bit of a surprise.

His answer was two-time batting champ and future Hall of Famer (elected in 2019) Edgar Martinez. Notably, after his 2015 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Pedro Martinez was asked to name the toughest hitter he ever faced. Then there are the Edgar/Pedro Martinez match ups. Hoffpauir’s three-for-three day off Martinez gives him the most hits of any player never retired by the hard-throwing righty. Hoffpauir added a single off reliever Scott Schoeneweis in the eighth to complete a five-for-five, five RBI day – and the Cubs still lost 7-6. Hoffpauir hit Ricon’s first pitch for a three-run home run.

Hoffpauir was to have a chance to complete a cycle against Martinez in the seventh inning, when he came up with two on and no outs, but Martinez was replaced by Met’s reliever Ricardo Rincon. Hoffpauir homered off Martinez in the first inning (it was Hoffpauir’s first major-league dinger), slashed an RBI double off him in the third, and singled off him in the fifth. It came in Martinez’ second-to-last MLB season (age 36) and Hoffpauir’s rookie campaign (age 28). 251 over his three-season MLB career (162 games), only faced Pedro Martinez in one game (September 25, 2008). The tale of those two batters will provide the segue into the Pedro Martinez chapter of Baseball Roundtable ongoing “Who’s your daddy?” series.Ĭubs’ first baseman Micah Hoffpauir, who hit. 251 hitter over three MLB seasons – had as many hits and more than twice as many total bases in his one game against Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez as Hall of Famer (.312 career hitter) Edgar Martinez had in his entire career against Pedro (10 games). Chicago Cubs’ 1B Micah Hoffpauir – a career.

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