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José Mesa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santa (Azua, Dominican Republic)

Last Game: September 29, 2007 (Age 41-130d)
vs. WSN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Mitch Frankel

Full Name: José Ramón Nova Mesa

Nicknames: Joe Table or Señor Smoke

Pronunciation: \MAY-sa\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.4

109

ERA

4.36

1022

321

1548.2

1038

WHIP

1.472

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1982	16	-3.9	Blue Jays	GULF	Rk	TOR	6	4	.600	2.70	3.67	13	12	1	6	3	1	83.1	58	34	25	1	20	0	40	6	4	2		0.936	6.3	0.1	2.2	4.3	2.00
1983	17	-4.1	Florence	SALL	A	TOR	6	12	.333	5.48	7.39	28	27	1	1	0	0	141.1	153	116	86	14	93	0	91	6	1	14		1.741	9.7	0.9	5.9	5.8	0.98
1984	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	TOR	9	5	.643	3.84	4.75	17	16	0	0	0	0	89.0	89	47	38	5	53	0	59	0	2	4		1.596	9.0	0.5	5.4	6.0	1.11
1984	18	-4.3	Kinston	CARL	A	TOR	5	2	.714	3.91	4.09	10	9	0	0	0	0	50.2	51	23	22	2	28	0	24	0	1	2		1.559	9.1	0.4	5.0	4.3	0.86
1984	18	-3.1	Florence	SALL	A	TOR	4	3	.571	3.76	5.63	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.1	38	24	16	3	25	0	35	0	1	2		1.643	8.9	0.7	5.9	8.2	1.40
1985	19	-3.1	Kinston	CARL	A	TOR	5	10	.333	6.16	7.51	30	20	5	0	0	1	106.2	110	89	73	11	79	2	71	9	1	12		1.772	9.3	0.9	6.7	6.0	0.90
1986	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	TOR	12	8	.600	3.97	5.05	33	32	1	4	2	0	183.2	181	103	81	12	81	0	143	3	2	14		1.426	8.9	0.6	4.0	7.0	1.77
1986	20	-3.7	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	2	2	.500	4.35	6.97	9	8	1	2	1	0	41.1	40	32	20	6	23	0	30	2	0	5		1.524	8.7	1.3	5.0	6.5	1.30
1986	20	-2.7	Ventura County	CALL	A	TOR	10	6	.625	3.86	4.49	24	24	0	2	1	0	142.1	141	71	61	6	58	0	113	1	2	9		1.398	8.9	0.4	3.7	7.1	1.95
1987	21	-2.8	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	10	13	.435	5.21	6.10	35	35	0	4	2	0	193.1	206	131	112	19	104	0	115	3	3	13		1.603	9.6	0.9	4.8	5.4	1.11
1987	21	-7.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	3	.250	6.03	6.61	6	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	38	23	21	7	15	0	17	0	0	4	143	1.691	10.9	2.0	4.3	4.9	1.13
1988	22	-3.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	3	.000	8.62	11.49	11	2	5	0	0	0	15.2	21	20	15	2	14	0	15	2	0	0		2.234	12.1	1.1	8.0	8.6	1.07
1989	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	0	2	.000	3.13	3.13	10	4	4	0	0	0	23.0	19	8	8	2	10	0	15	1	0	1		1.261	7.4	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.50
1989	23	-2.6	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	2	.000	5.40	5.40	7	1	4	0	0	0	10.0	10	6	6	2	6	0	3	1	0	1		1.600	9.0	1.8	5.4	2.7	0.50
1989	23	-0.4	Hagerstown	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		1.38	1.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	12	0	0	0		1.000	6.2	0.0	2.8	8.3	3.00
1990	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	6	7	.462	3.17	3.94	19	19	0	3	1	0	105.0	98	46	37	6	42	0	95	1	0	5		1.333	8.4	0.5	3.6	8.1	2.26
1990	24	-1.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	1	2	.333	2.42	3.81	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	21	11	7	2	12	0	23	0	0	3		1.269	7.3	0.7	4.2	8.0	1.92
1990	24	0.2	Hagerstown	EL	AA	BAL	5	5	.500	3.42	3.99	15	15	0	3	1	0	79.0	77	35	30	4	30	0	72	1	0	2		1.354	8.8	0.5	3.4	8.2	2.40
1990	24	-4.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	2	.600	3.86	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	46.2	37	20	20	2	27	2	24	1	1	1	202	1.371	7.1	0.4	5.2	4.6	0.89
1991	25	-0.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	3	3	.500	3.86	4.38	8	8	0	1	1	0	51.1	37	25	22	4	30	0	48	2	1	3		1.305	6.5	0.7	5.3	8.4	1.60
1991	25	-3.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	11	.353	5.97	6.26	23	23	0	2	1	0	123.2	151	86	82	11	62	2	64	3	0	3	566	1.722	11.0	0.8	4.5	4.7	1.03
1992	26		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BAL-CLE	7	12	.368	4.59	4.82	28	27	1	1	1	0	160.2	169	86	82	14	70	1	62	4	0	2	700	1.488	9.5	0.8	3.9	3.5	0.89
1992	26	-2.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	8	.273	5.19	5.45	13	12	1	0	0	0	67.2	77	41	39	9	27	1	22	2	0	2	300	1.537	10.2	1.2	3.6	2.9	0.81
1992	26	-2.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	4.16	4.35	15	15	0	1	1	0	93.0	92	45	43	5	43	0	40	2	0	0	400	1.452	8.9	0.5	4.2	3.9	0.93
1993	27	-1.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	12	.455	4.92	5.26	34	33	0	3	0	0	208.2	232	122	114	21	62	2	118	7	2	8	897	1.409	10.0	0.9	2.7	5.1	1.90
1994	28	-1.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	5	.583	3.82	4.07	51	0	22	0	0	2	73.0	71	33	31	3	26	7	63	3	0	3	315	1.329	8.8	0.4	3.2	7.8	2.42
1995	29	0.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	0	1.000	1.13	1.27	62	0	57	0	0	46	64.0	49	9	8	3	17	2	58	0	0	5	250	1.031	6.9	0.4	2.4	8.2	3.41
1996	30	1.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	7	.222	3.73	3.98	69	0	60	0	0	39	72.1	69	32	30	6	28	4	64	3	0	4	304	1.341	8.6	0.7	3.5	8.0	2.29
1997	31	2.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	2.40	3.06	66	0	38	0	0	16	82.1	83	28	22	7	28	3	69	3	0	1	356	1.348	9.1	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.46
1998	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CLE	8	7	.533	4.57	5.31	76	0	36	0	0	1	84.2	91	50	43	8	38	5	63	4	0	10	383	1.524	9.7	0.9	4.0	6.7	1.66
1998	32	2.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	5.17	6.00	44	0	18	0	0	1	54.0	61	36	31	7	20	3	35	4	0	2	244	1.500	10.2	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.75
1998	32	3.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	5	3	.625	3.52	4.11	32	0	18	0	0	0	30.2	30	14	12	1	18	2	28	0	0	8	139	1.565	8.8	0.3	5.3	8.2	1.56
1999	33	3.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	6	.333	4.98	5.50	68	0	60	0	0	33	68.2	84	42	38	11	40	4	42	4	0	7	325	1.806	11.0	1.4	5.2	5.5	1.05
2000	34	5.1	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	6	.400	5.36	5.36	66	0	29	0	0	1	80.2	89	48	48	11	41	0	84	5	0	3	372	1.612	9.9	1.2	4.6	9.4	2.05
2001	35	6.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	3	.500	2.34	3.38	71	0	59	0	0	42	69.1	65	26	18	4	20	2	59	2	1	2	291	1.226	8.4	0.5	2.6	7.7	2.95
2002	36	7.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	6	.400	2.97	3.09	74	0	64	0	0	45	75.2	65	26	25	5	39	7	64	4	0	9	331	1.374	7.7	0.6	4.6	7.6	1.64
2003	37	8.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	5	7	.417	6.52	6.83	61	0	47	0	0	24	58.0	71	44	42	7	31	2	45	1	0	3	273	1.759	11.0	1.1	4.8	7.0	1.45
2004	38	8.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	2	.714	3.25	3.38	70	0	65	0	0	43	69.1	78	26	25	6	20	3	37	1	0	1	295	1.413	10.1	0.8	2.6	4.8	1.85
2005	39	9.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	8	.200	4.76	4.76	55	0	48	0	0	27	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	3	37	3	0	2	257	1.535	9.7	1.1	4.1	5.9	1.42
2006	40	10.9	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	5	.167	3.86	3.98	79	0	26	0	0	1	72.1	73	32	31	9	36	6	39	5	1	4	315	1.507	9.1	1.1	4.5	4.9	1.08
2007	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	2	3	.400	7.11	8.53	56	0	21	0	0	1	50.2	53	48	40	9	25	2	29	2	0	3	229	1.539	9.4	1.6	4.4	5.2	1.16
2007	41	14.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2007	41	12.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	2	.333	5.54	7.38	40	0	13	0	0	1	39.0	34	32	24	6	19	2	20	2	0	3	170	1.359	7.8	1.4	4.4	4.6	1.05
2007	41	12.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	12.34	12.34	16	0	8	0	0	0	11.2	19	16	16	3	6	0	9	0	0	0	59	2.143	14.7	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		80	109	.423	4.36	4.71	1022	95	633	6	2	321	1548.2	1629	811	750	151	651	57	1038	55	5	75	6804	1.472	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.0	1.59
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		57	67	.460	4.50	5.60	205	176	17	19	9	2	994.1	974	619	497	76	526	2	693	33	14	68	8	1.509	8.8	0.7	4.8	6.3	1.32
All Levels (26 Seasons)							137	176	.438	4.41	5.06	1227	271	650	25	11	323	2543.0	2603	1430	1247	227	1177	59	1731	88	19	143	6812	1.486	9.2	0.8	4.2	6.1	1.47

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		4	10	.286	4.29	5.31	31	16	9	1	1	0	105.0	91	62	50	10	62	0	90	5	1	7	8	1.457	7.8	0.9	5.3	7.7	1.45
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		17	20	.459	4.52	5.51	62	61	1	9	4	0	326.2	332	200	164	29	161	0	229	6	3	20		1.509	9.1	0.8	4.4	6.3	1.42
A (4 seasons)					Minors		30	33	.476	4.84	6.06	99	87	6	3	1	1	479.1	493	323	258	36	283	2	334	16	6	39		1.619	9.3	0.7	5.3	6.3	1.18
Rk (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	2.70	3.67	13	12	1	6	3	1	83.1	58	34	25	1	20	0	40	6	4	2		0.936	6.3	0.1	2.2	4.3	2.00