Jose Mesa

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 170 lb

BornMay 22, 1966 · Pueblo Viejo, Azua, D.R.

MLB debutSeptember 10, 1987

Final gameSeptember 29, 2007

Seasons19 (1987–2007)

Baltimore Orioles 1987; Baltimore Orioles 1990–1992; Cleveland Indians 1992–1998; San Francisco Giants 1998; Seattle Mariners 1999–2000; Philadelphia Phillies 2001–2003; Pittsburgh Pirates 2004–2005; Colorado Rockies 2006; Detroit Tigers 2007; Philadelphia Phillies 2007

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified pitchers

60.5

15.1

29.1

SHO

232

11.6

114

118

208.7

51.2

ERA

4.92

WHIP

1.409

27.9

K/9

5.09

32.6

FIP

4.17

FIP-

96.2

47.7

ERA+

88.2

15.1

sWAR

0.7

15.1

of 87 qualified 1993 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

100.4

40.3

sWAR

15.2

91.1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1987	6	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1990	7	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1991	24	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5
1992	28	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1993	34	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1994	51	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
1995	62	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1996	69	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1997	66	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1998	76	1	0	1	1	0	—	1.000	—	—	369.9	—	.737	0.8
1999	68	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
2000	66	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
2001	71	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
2002	74	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
2003	61	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8
2004	70	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
2005	55	2	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-131.2	-100.0	.000	0.2
2006	79	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-133.1	-100.0	.000	1.4
2007	56	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-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
1987	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	38	21	15	17	7	31.3	6.03	1.691	4.88	6.13	138.9	73.1	-0.2
1990	7	7	3	2	0	0	0	37	20	27	24	2	46.7	3.86	1.371	4.63	4.14	107.8	99.4	0.5
1991	23	23	6	11	0	2	1	151	82	62	64	11	123.7	5.97	1.722	4.66	4.61	114.6	67.4	-1.5
1992	28	27	7	12	0	1	1	169	82	70	62	14	160.7	4.59	1.488	3.47	4.53	115.6	85.3	0.3
1993	34	33	10	12	0	3	0	232	114	62	118	21	208.7	4.92	1.409	5.09	4.17	96.2	88.2	0.7
1994	51	0	7	5	2	0	0	71	31	26	63	3	73.0	3.82	1.329	7.77	3.20	68.7	121.7	1.3
1995	62	0	3	0	46	0	0	49	8	17	58	3	64.0	1.13	1.031	8.16	2.73	58.1	418.1	3.0
1996	69	0	2	7	39	0	0	69	30	28	64	6	72.3	3.73	1.341	7.96	3.84	78.0	132.0	1.6
1997	66	0	4	4	16	0	0	83	22	28	69	7	82.3	2.40	1.348	7.54	3.70	79.5	193.8	2.8
1998	76	0	8	7	1	0	0	91	43	38	63	8	84.7	4.57	1.524	6.70	4.39	97.2	98.2	0.8
1999	68	0	3	6	33	0	0	84	38	40	42	11	68.7	4.98	1.806	5.50	5.99	125.1	96.1	0.5
2000	66	0	4	6	1	0	0	89	48	41	84	11	80.7	5.36	1.612	9.37	4.62	97.7	88.4	0.3
2001	71	0	3	3	42	0	0	65	18	20	59	4	69.3	2.34	1.226	7.66	3.01	70.3	183.0	2.2
2002	74	0	4	6	45	0	0	65	25	39	64	5	75.7	2.97	1.374	7.61	3.75	94.6	133.3	1.6
2003	61	0	5	7	24	0	0	71	42	31	45	7	58.0	6.52	1.759	6.98	4.65	106.5	67.0	-0.8
2004	70	0	5	2	43	0	0	78	25	20	37	6	69.3	3.25	1.413	4.80	3.92	92.2	131.0	1.5
2005	55	0	2	8	27	0	0	61	30	26	37	7	56.7	4.76	1.535	5.88	4.83	115.2	88.0	0.2
2006	79	0	1	5	1	0	0	73	31	36	39	9	72.3	3.86	1.507	4.85	5.35	111.1	124.8	1.4
2007	56	0	2	3	1	0	0	53	40	25	29	9	50.7	7.11	1.539	5.15	5.97	132.0	63.7	-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

1,023

RBI

.0000

OBP

.3333

SLG

.0000

OPS

.3333

Pitching

G (P)

1,022

12th-most career G (P)

109

450th-most career L

321

22nd-most career SV

SHO

1,549

SO (P)

1,038

BB allowed

651

466th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.359

WHIP

1.4722

K/9

6.03

371st-highest career K/9

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
1991-09-14	CLE @ BAL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995-08-14	CLE @ BAL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997-06-14	CLE @ STL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997-06-30	CLE @ HOU Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997-07-01	CLE @ HOU Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1991-08-15	TEX @ BAL Gameday	9.0	3	2	2	2	9	1
1993-05-17	CLE @ BAL Gameday	8.0	3	0	0	1	7	0
1993-08-31	CLE @ MIN Gameday	7.0	6	3	2	1	7	0
1991-04-15	BAL @ MIL Gameday	5.1	6	2	2	2	7	0
1993-04-15	CLE @ BOS Gameday	9.1	5	2	2	0	6	2

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

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.