Tom Martin

Who is Tom Martin?

Thomas Edgar Martin Attended Bay High School in Panama City, Florida is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is a free agent. He bats and throws left-handed.

Martin was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. Martin was traded to the San Diego Padres on February 17, 1992 for Jim Lewis and Steve Martin. In the 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, 1995. On February 21, 1995, The Houston Astros signed him, where in 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 MLB 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, 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, 2002.