On the blog today we have a "not so missing" card for former pitcher Silvio Martinez, who started his career with 10 games with the Chicago White Sox in 1977:
Martinez appeared in
10 games for the South-Siders in 1977, going 0-1 with an earned run
average of 5.57 over 21 innings of work.
He would move on to
the St. Louis Cardinals in 1978 after a trade as a "player to be named
later", and would go on to play for the Red Birds for the remainder of
his Big League career.
Over those next four seasons he would
primarily be used as a starter, having his best season in 1979 when he
posted a record of 15-8 over 32 appearances, 29 of them starts, with an
ERA of 3.27 along with seven complete games and two shutouts, all
career-bests.
He would pitch until 1981 when he posted a record of 2-5 with a 3.99 ERA over 18 games, but after a season in the Cleveland Indians Minor League system in 1982 he would call it a career, finishing with a record of 31-32, with a 3.88 ERA over 107 appearances, with four shutouts and a save.
