On July 14, 1995, Ramón Martinez threw a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 7-0 win at Dodger Stadium against the then-Florida Marlins. The no-hitter was the only such game of Martinez’s 14-year career.
Although Martinez is most known for being the older brother of Pedro Martinez, once a Dodgers prospect, he enjoyed a successful 11-year career with the team himself. The 1995 season was Martinez’s eighth with the Dodgers.
While the year was a rather successful one for the right-hander, he was booed in a home start prior to making history. As Martinez worked on the 22nd no-hitter in Dodgers franchise history, the Dodger Stadium faithful voiced their support as the moment drew closer.
Martinez nearly saw a hit fall when Terry Pendleton drove a ball deep into the gap in right-center field. Rookie Todd Hollandsworth, who made first career start, came up with a running catch on the warning track.
Hollandsworth added three hits and two RBI, and Jose Offerman and Mike each contributed an RBI single in the win. The Dodgers provided Martinez with a 2-0 lead in the second inning, extended it in the third, and created more separation with a four-run sixth.
Then-Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda later shared he sensed in the second inning that Martinez would finish with a special game. Martinez struck out eight and issued just one walk.
Lasorda conveyed his sentiment to coach Bill Russell, but stopped short of explicitly sharing he knew a no-hitter was on the horizon. Lasorda only told Russell that he would share something with him after the game.
Martinez went on to finish 17-7 with a 3.66 ERA that season. It was the second-highest win total of his career, bested only by the 20 victories he posted during a 1990 All-Star campaign. Martinez placed fifth in voting for the 1995 National League Cy Young Award.
In his 14 seasons with the Dodgers, Martinez went 123-77 with a 3.45 ERA in 266 games (262 starts).
Dodgers no-hitters
The Dodgers have thrown the most no-hitters of any MLB team with 26. Thirteen of those have come in Los Angeles, while 10 occurred when the team played in Brooklyn, and the remaining three happened before 1890.
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