Pedro’s Rainbow 
Scott Glab, BaseballEvolution.com
 
  Check out these two stat lines:
 
 W L IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
 
A 16 9 217.0 193 99 94 26 61 227 3.90
 
B 13 10 216.7 189 100 89 19 70 222 3.70
 
Very similar, huh? A is Pedro Martinez, 2004. B is
Pedro Martinez, 1996. Arched very high between them
is Pedro's 2000 effort, perhaps the best season by a
pitcher ever. 
 
Of course, Pedro has more refined stuff now than he
did as a 24-year old, and is likely to have several
more excellent seasons ahead of him, barring
catastrophe. But, these two years were the highest
ERAs of his career.