Héctor Martínez

Héctor Martínez may refer to:

Héctor Martínez (outfielder)

Rodolfo Héctor Martínez (May 11, 1939 – December 1999) was a Cuban baseball player who played in professional baseball on the North American mainland in 1957–1958, 1960–1964, and 1966–1967, mostly in the Kansas City Athletics' minor league system. He was an outfielder who threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). During his career, he had two separate trials in Major League Baseball with the 1962–1963 Athletics, appearing in seven games played, and making four hits in 15 at bats. He was born in Las Villas (Cuba).

Martínez' two most successful professional seasons came with the Albuquerque Dukes — in 1960, when they played in the Class D Sophomore League, and 1962, when the Dukes were members of the Double-A Texas League. In the former season, Martínez batted .310 and was named the second baseman of the Sophomore League's all-star team. In 1962, Martínez batted .352 with 68 runs batted in in only 83 games for the TL Dukes.

Héctor Martínez (baseball announcer)

Héctor Martínez is a former Major League Baseball player who was the first play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox Spanish Beisbol Network.

Martinez joined the Red Sox in 1990 when the Sox became the tenth in Major League Baseball to offer a Spanish-language broadcast. He remained with the Red Sox until 2001 when he was replaced by ESPN announcer Adrian Garcia Marquez. Martinez also called games nationally for ESPN and NBC, including the 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Before joining the Red Sox, Martinez served as a news and sports reporter for WUNR radio in Boston and play-by-play announcer for amateur baseball in Hartford.

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