All-Time #MLBRank, Nos. 20-11
— -- It's here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the top 100 baseball players across all positions.
To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value.
The top 100 will roll out this week. Here are Nos. 20-11.
So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 40-31 | 30-21.
We've also rolled out the top 10 players at each position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders
All-Time #MLBRank: 20-11
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New York Mets ('05-08), Philadelphia Phillies ('09)
Honors
Four-time NL All-Star (1996, '97, 2005, '06), four-time AL All-Star ('98-00, '02), NL Cy Young (1997), two AL Cy Youngs (1999, 2000), All-Star MVP ('99), Hall of Fame ('15)
Championships
1 -- Boston (2004)
Career stats
W-L: 219-100, 17 shutouts, 2,827.1 innings pitched, 2.93 ERA, 3,154 strikeouts, 1.054 WHIP
Did you know?
Martinez peaked in 2000, posting a 1.74 ERA, the lowest mark by an AL starter since 1978. It's even more impressive considering that the second-lowest ERA in the AL that year was Roger Clemens' 3.70. The average AL starter had a 5.09 ERA. -- Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info