Jose Mesa stats

Relief Pitcher · #49

Age 60 · 6' 3"

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Jose Mesa played 19 MLB seasons, 1987 to 2007.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,022
W
80
L
109
ERA
4.36
IP
1,548.2
K
1,038
BB
651
WHIP
1.47

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.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.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1987BAL6136.0331.117151.69
1990BAL7323.8646.224271.37
1991BAL236115.97123.264621.72
1992BAL/CLE287124.59160.262701.49
1993CLE3410124.92208.2118621.41
1994CLE51753.8273.063261.33
1995CLE62301.1364.058171.03
1996CLE69273.7372.164281.34
1997CLE66442.4082.169281.35
1998SF/CLE76874.5784.263381.52
1999SEA68364.9868.242401.81
2000SEA66465.3680.284411.61
2001PHI71332.3469.159201.23
2002PHI74462.9775.264391.37
2003PHI61576.5258.045311.76
2004PIT70523.2569.137201.41
2005PIT55284.7656.237261.54
2006COL79153.8672.139361.51
2007DET/PHI56237.1150.229251.54

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
27
W
3
L
1
ERA
5.14
IP
35.0
K
29
BB
15
WHIP
1.63

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
41
CG
6
SHO
2
K/9
6.0
GB
393
FB
443
G/F
0.90
WP
75

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1987BAL2004.90004
1990BAL5004.60001
1991BAL7214.70003
1992BAL/CLE13113.50002
1993CLE14305.10008
1994CLE0007.80003
1995CLE0008.20005
1996CLE0008.00004
1997CLE0007.50001
1998SF/CLE0006.700010
1999SEA0005.50007
2000SEA0009.40003
2001PHI0007.70002
2002PHI0007.60009
2003PHI0007.00003
2004PIT0004.81131240.91
2005PIT0005.9891020.92
2006COL0004.91111240.94
2007DET/PHI0005.280930.93

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
60 yearsMay 22, 1966
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Azua, Dominican Republic

Latest performance

Jose Mesa

Oct 04 · vs COL · L 10-5

IP
0.1
H
1
R
3
ER
3
BB
2
K
0
HR
0
ERA
81.00

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Thu, Oct 04vsCOLL 10-50.11330
Sat, Sep 29vsWSHL 4-20.20000
Tue, Sep 25vsATLL 10-610000
Tue, Sep 18atSTLW 7-4 F/1420002
Mon, Sep 17atSTLW 13-1111110
Thu, Sep 13vsCOLW 12-410001

What were Jose Mesa's career stats?

Jose Mesa played 19 seasons for the Orioles, the Guardians, the Mariners, the Phillies, the Pirates and the Rockies. He had 80 wins and 1,038 strikeouts with a 4.36 ERA over 1,548.2 innings. His best season was 1993: 10 wins, a 4.92 ERA and 118 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1987 to 2007

Jose Mesa led MLB in saves (1995); finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

All-time career rank

  • 21st in saves (321)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Jose Mesa

Playoff series

Jose Mesa played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Jose Mesa's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGIPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.KK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2007COLLost 0-110.1130

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.