Jose Mesa vs Mike Williams

Jose Mesa and Mike Williams compared on their MLB careers: Jose Mesa played 19 seasons, 1987 to 2007, Mike Williams 12 seasons, 1992 to 2003. Jose Mesa has 80 wins to Mike Williams's 32.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jose Mesa and Mike Williams career totals
1,022GP468
80W32
109L54
4.4ERA4.5
1548.2IP768.1
1,038K584
651BB343
1.5WHIP1.4
321SV144

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jose Mesa and Mike Williams postseason
27GP1
20R1
42H3

Where each stands all time

Jose Mesa and Mike Williams all-time places
Jose MesaAll-time rankMike Williams
21st (321)Saves96th (144)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Jose Mesa: 0 championships; none on file
  • Mike Williams: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jose Mesa and Mike Williams season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1987136.031992115.34
2nd1990323.861993135.29
3rd19916115.971994245.01
4th19927124.591995333.29
5th199310124.9219966145.44
6th1994753.821997026.43
7th1995301.131998421.94
8th1996273.731999345.09
9th1997442.402000343.50
10th1998874.572001643.80
11th1999364.982002262.93
12th2000465.362003176.14
13th2001332.34
14th2002462.97
15th2003576.52
16th2004523.25
17th2005284.76
18th2006153.86
19th2007237.11

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA