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Pedro Martinez

Born: Oct. 25, 1971
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one of baseball's premier pitchers; won 1997 NL Cy Young award with Montreal; traded to Boston Red Sox in Nov. 1997; 2-time AL Cy Young Award winner with Boston (1999,2000); went to N.Y. Mets in 2005.

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