Jose Lima
Detroit Tigers 1994–1996; Houston Astros 1997–2000; Detroit Tigers 2001; Houston Astros 2001; Detroit Tigers 2002; Kansas City Royals 2003; Los Angeles Dodgers 2004; Kansas City Royals 2005; New York Mets 2006
Percentile snapshot
2005 season — qualified pitchers
of 93 qualified 2005 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122.9 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.3 |
| 1998 | 33 | 91 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .159 | .165 | .323 | -24.1 | -13.1 | .149 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | 36 | 91 | 75 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | -62.3 | -49.3 | .098 | 4.8 |
| 2000 | 33 | 69 | 60 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .180 | .200 | .380 | -16.4 | -5.1 | .172 | -2.0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -129.2 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.9 |
| 2003 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 174.4 | 166.0 | .447 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 38 | 57 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .204 | .188 | .392 | -3.8 | 4.9 | .180 | 1.8 |
| 2005 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 77.4 | 78.9 | .298 | -3.1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.1 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6.7 | 13.50 | 2.100 | 9.45 | 6.35 | 130.8 | 36.0 | -0.5 |
| 1995 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 50 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 73.7 | 6.11 | 1.398 | 4.52 | 4.80 | 100.9 | 77.8 | -0.3 |
| 1996 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 46 | 22 | 59 | 13 | 72.7 | 5.70 | 1.500 | 7.31 | 5.07 | 100.7 | 88.3 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 44 | 16 | 63 | 9 | 75.0 | 5.28 | 1.267 | 7.56 | 3.79 | 93.6 | 76.7 | -0.3 |
| 1998 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 229 | 96 | 32 | 169 | 34 | 233.3 | 3.70 | 1.119 | 6.52 | 4.01 | 97.8 | 110.8 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 98 | 44 | 187 | 30 | 246.3 | 3.58 | 1.218 | 6.83 | 3.70 | 80.2 | 128.8 | 4.8 |
| 2000 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 145 | 68 | 124 | 48 | 196.3 | 6.65 | 1.625 | 5.68 | 6.04 | 126.7 | 71.7 | -2.0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 102 | 38 | 84 | 35 | 165.7 | 5.54 | 1.419 | 4.56 | 5.65 | 129.2 | 79.0 | -0.7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 59 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 68.3 | 7.77 | 1.566 | 4.35 | 5.39 | 126.8 | 54.7 | -1.9 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 40 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 73.3 | 4.91 | 1.445 | 3.93 | 4.73 | 104.1 | 92.6 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 77 | 34 | 93 | 33 | 170.3 | 4.07 | 1.245 | 4.91 | 5.00 | 120.9 | 101.6 | 1.8 |
| 2005 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 131 | 61 | 80 | 31 | 168.7 | 6.99 | 1.660 | 4.27 | 5.74 | 131.2 | 62.6 | -3.1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 17.3 | 9.87 | 2.019 | 6.23 | 6.05 | 138.6 | 44.3 | -0.9 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-05-07 | WSH @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004-05-01 | WSH @ LAD Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998-07-11 | HOU @ STL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998-09-19 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000-07-31 | HOU @ MIA Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-07-02 | CWS @ HOU Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998-08-01 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999-06-12 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999-07-17 | DET @ HOU Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999-09-22 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.