Carlos Martinez Trades and Transactions

The Carlos Martinez trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Carlos Martinez has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Carlos Martinez

Carlos Martinez Autograph on a 1990 Donruss (#531)

Carlos Martinez Autograph on a 1990 Donruss (#531)
 

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Birth Name:   Carlos Alberto Escobar (Martinez)
Nickname:   Cafe
Born On:   08-11-1965  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-24-2006
Place of Death Data Died In:   La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
Cemetery:   Cementerio Municipal de La Guaira, La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-05   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-02-1988 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-20-1995
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Carlos Martinez

Trades & Transactions

11-17-1983: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees.
07-30-1986: Traded by New York Yankees (with Ron Hassey and Bill Lindsey) to Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle, Wayne Tolleson and Joel Skinner.
02-23-1991: Granted free agency.
04-02-1991: Signed by Cleveland Indians.
04-00-1994: Released by Cleveland Indians.
12-28-1994: Signed by California Angels.
07-21-1995: Released by California Angels.
07-28-1995: Signed by California Angels.
08-22-1995: Released by California Angels.
11-30-1995: Signed by Texas Rangers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Carlos Martinez trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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