Just so we remember what place Pedro Martinez has in history, here is the top all-time career ERA+ numbers for pitchers through age 35 (minimum 1,500 IP):
1. Pedro Martinez 160
2. Walter Johnson 154
3. Three-Finger Brown 153
4. Roger Clemens 151
5. Lefty Grove 147
6. Ed Walsh 146
7. Greg Maddux 145
8. Cy Young 143
9. Addie Joss 142
T10. Grover Alexander/Kid Nichols 140
12. Carl Hubbell 139
T13. Tom Seaver/Harry Brecheen 136
T15 Christy Mathewson/Whitey Ford 135
ERA+ concept (ERA+ of 100 in any season is a league average ERA for that season by a pitcher in a neutral home park – the better the ERA, that is the lower the ERA, the higher the ERA+) and numbers are from baseball-reference.com.
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