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Jose Mesa
Jose Ramon Nova Mesa (Joe Table)
born Jose Ramon Nova Mesa

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 225 lb.

Debut September 10, 1987
  vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER
Born May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, D.R.

Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 21 BAL AL   1   3   6   5   0   0   0  0   31.3   38   23   21   7   15   17   0   4   143   0   0  6.03  4.38   73 1.691
 1990 24 BAL AL   3   2   7   7   0   0   0  0   46.7   37   20   20   2   27   24   1   1   202   2   1  3.86  3.84  100 1.371
 1991 25 BAL AL   6  11  23  23   2   1   0  0  123.7  151   86   82  11   62   64   3   3   566   2   0  5.97  3.98   67 1.722
 1992 26 TOT AL   7  12  28  27   1   1   1  0  160.7  169   86   82  14   70   62   4   2   700   1   0  4.59  3.97   86 1.488
         BAL AL   3   8  13  12   0   0   1  0   67.7   77   41   39   9   27   22   2   2   300   1   0  5.19  3.99   77 1.537
         CLE AL   4   4  15  15   1   1   0  0   93.0   92   45   43   5   43   40   2   0   400   0   0  4.16  3.95   95 1.452
 1993 27 CLE AL  10  12  34  33   3   0   0  0  208.7  232  122  114  21   62  118   7   8   897   2   2  4.92  4.38   89 1.409
 1994 28 CLE AL   7   5  51   0   0   0  22  2   73.0   71   33   31   3   26   63   3   3   315   7   0  3.82  4.66  122 1.329
 1995 29 CLE AL   3   0  62   0   0   0  57 46   64.0   49    9    8   3   17   58   0   5   250   2   0  1.13  4.67  415 1.031 MVP-4,CYA-2,AS
 1996 30 CLE AL   2   7  69   0   0   0  60 39   72.3   69   32   30   6   28   64   3   4   304   4   0  3.73  4.90  131 1.341 AS
 1997 31 CLE AL   4   4  66   0   0   0  38 16   82.3   83   28   22   7   28   69   3   1   356   3   0  2.40  4.66  194 1.348
 1998 32 TOT      8   7  76   0   0   0  36  1   84.7   91   50   43   8   38   63   4  10   383   5   0  4.57  4.49   98 1.524
         CLE AL   3   4  44   0   0   0  18  1   54.0   61   36   31   7   20   35   4   2   244   3   0  5.17  4.75   92 1.500
         SFG NL   5   3  32   0   0   0  18  0   30.7   30   14   12   1   18   28   0   8   139   2   0  3.52  4.03  114 1.565
 1999 33 SEA AL   3   6  68   0   0   0  60 33   68.7   84   42   38  11   40   42   4   7   325   4   0  4.98  5.02  101 1.806
 2000 34 SEA AL   4   6  66   0   0   0  29  1   80.7   89   48   48  11   41   84   5   3   372   0   0  5.36  4.58   85 1.612
 2001 35 PHI NL   3   3  71   0   0   0  59 42   69.3   65   26   18   4   20   59   2   2   291   2   1  2.34  4.27  183 1.226
 2002 36 PHI NL   4   6  74   0   0   0  64 45   75.7   65   26   25   5   39   64   4   9   331   7   0  2.97  3.87  130 1.374
 2003 37 PHI NL   5   7  61   0   0   0  47 24   58.0   71   44   42   7   31   45   1   3   273   2   0  6.52  3.99   61 1.759
 2004 38 PIT NL   5   2  70   0   0   0  65 43   69.3   78   26   25   6   20   37   1   1   295   3   0  3.25  4.31  133 1.413
 2005 39 PIT NL   2   8  55   0   0   0  48 27   56.7   61   30   30   7   26   37   3   2   257   3   0  4.76  4.23   89 1.535
 2006 40 COL NL   1   5  79   0   0   0  26  1   72.3   73   32   31   9   36   39   5   4   315   6   1  3.86  4.90  127 1.507
 2007 41 TOT      2   3  56   0   0   0  21  1   50.7   53   48   40   9   25   29   2   3   229   2   0  7.11  4.60   65 1.539
         DET AL   1   1  16   0   0   0   8  0   11.7   19   16   16   3    6    9   0   0    59   0   0 12.34  4.56   37 2.143
         PHI NL   1   2  40   0   0   0  13  1   39.0   34   32   24   6   19   20   2   3   170   2   0  5.54  4.61   83 1.359
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 19 Years           109      95       2    321        1629       750      651       55  75  6804  57   5  4.36  4.38  100 1.472
 WL%= .423       80    1022       6     633    1548.7       811      151      1038
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   6  62   5   0   0  38 19   94.0   99   49   45   9   39   63   3   4   414   3   0  4.36  4.38  100 1.472
 Career High     10  12  79  33   3   1  65 46  208.7  232  122  114  21   70  118   7  10   897   7   2  1.13  5.02  415 1.031
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 32 TOT     76    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  32    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 39 PIT NL  55    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2006 40 COL NL  79    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     928    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -3    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .333  .000   -3    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     79    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 32 TOT       1    0    0            |           |1.000  .333|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
         SFG NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .333|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
 2005 39 PIT NL    2    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .426| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2006 40 COL NL    1    1    0   0.0   121| .000  .283| .000  .355| .000  .459| .000  .814|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons        4    3    0   0.0   113| .000  .275| .333  .342| .000  .442| .333  .784|  -3  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 21 BAL AL P 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 0.58 1.84 5 31.3 1990 24 BAL AL P 7 3 5 1 1 .889 .952 1.14 0.59 1.54 1.77 7 46.7 1991 25 BAL AL P 23 17 17 0 0 1.000 .955 1.48 0.58 2.47 1.80 23 123.7 1992 26 TOT AL P 28 12 21 2 0 .943 .954 1.18 0.56 1.85 1.72 27 160.7 BAL AL P 13 8 9 1 0 .944 .955 1.31 0.56 2.26 1.71 12 67.7 CLE AL P 15 4 12 1 0 .941 .952 1.07 0.56 1.55 1.72 15 93.0 1993 27 CLE AL P 34 15 29 3 0 .936 .952 1.29 0.56 1.90 1.79 33 208.7 1994 28 CLE AL P 51 3 11 2 0 .875 .959 0.27 0.52 1.73 1.73 0 73.0 1995 29 CLE AL P 62 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.26 0.53 2.25 1.79 0 64.0 AS 1996 30 CLE AL P 69 5 3 1 1 .889 .964 0.12 0.52 1.00 1.77 0 72.3 AS 1997 31 CLE AL P 66 5 7 1 2 .923 .952 0.18 0.49 1.31 1.71 0 82.3 1998 32 TOT P 76 5 11 2 1 .889 .958 0.21 0.52 1.70 1.81 0 84.7 CLE AL P 44 4 10 1 1 .933 .959 0.32 0.50 2.33 1.78 0 54.0 SFG NL P 32 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.06 0.54 0.59 1.85 0 30.7 1999 33 SEA AL P 68 11 7 1 2 .947 .952 0.26 0.47 2.36 1.69 0 68.7 2000 34 SEA AL P 66 7 8 0 0 1.000 .955 0.23 0.46 1.67 1.62 0 80.7 2001 35 PHI NL P 71 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.18 0.46 1.69 1.75 0 69.3 2002 36 PHI NL P 74 4 16 0 0 1.000 .962 0.27 0.48 2.38 1.83 0 75.7 2003 37 PHI NL P 61 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 0.10 0.48 0.93 1.85 0 58.0 2004 38 PIT NL P 70 4 11 0 1 1.000 .968 0.21 0.47 1.95 1.84 0 69.3 2005 39 PIT NL P 55 2 13 1 1 .938 .962 0.27 0.46 2.38 1.75 0 56.7 2006 40 COL NL P 79 2 11 1 2 .929 .956 0.16 0.43 1.62 1.72 0 72.3 2007 41 TOT P 56 2 5 0 0 1.000 .972 0.12 0.41 1.24 1.67 0 50.7 DET AL P 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.42 0.77 1.62 0 11.7 PHI NL P 40 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 0.15 0.40 1.38 1.68 0 39.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 21 BAL AL P 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 0.58 1.84 5 31.3 1990 24 BAL AL P 7 3 5 1 1 .889 .952 1.14 0.59 1.54 1.77 7 46.7 1991 25 BAL AL P 23 17 17 0 0 1.000 .955 1.48 0.58 2.47 1.80 23 123.7 1992 26 TOT AL P 28 12 21 2 0 .943 .954 1.18 0.56 1.85 1.72 27 160.7 BAL AL P 13 8 9 1 0 .944 .955 1.31 0.56 2.26 1.71 12 67.7 CLE AL P 15 4 12 1 0 .941 .952 1.07 0.56 1.55 1.72 15 93.0 1993 27 CLE AL P 34 15 29 3 0 .936 .952 1.29 0.56 1.90 1.79 33 208.7 1994 28 CLE AL P 51 3 11 2 0 .875 .959 0.27 0.52 1.73 1.73 0 73.0 1995 29 CLE AL P 62 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.26 0.53 2.25 1.79 0 64.0 1996 30 CLE AL P 69 5 3 1 1 .889 .964 0.12 0.52 1.00 1.77 0 72.3 1997 31 CLE AL P 66 5 7 1 2 .923 .952 0.18 0.49 1.31 1.71 0 82.3 1998 32 TOT P 76 5 11 2 1 .889 .958 0.21 0.52 1.70 1.81 0 84.7 CLE AL P 44 4 10 1 1 .933 .959 0.32 0.50 2.33 1.78 0 54.0 SFG NL P 32 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.06 0.54 0.59 1.85 0 30.7 1999 33 SEA AL P 68 11 7 1 2 .947 .952 0.26 0.47 2.36 1.69 0 68.7 2000 34 SEA AL P 66 7 8 0 0 1.000 .955 0.23 0.46 1.67 1.62 0 80.7 2001 35 PHI NL P 71 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.18 0.46 1.69 1.75 0 69.3 2002 36 PHI NL P 74 4 16 0 0 1.000 .962 0.27 0.48 2.38 1.83 0 75.7 2003 37 PHI NL P 61 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 0.10 0.48 0.93 1.85 0 58.0 2004 38 PIT NL P 70 4 11 0 1 1.000 .968 0.21 0.47 1.95 1.84 0 69.3 2005 39 PIT NL P 55 2 13 1 1 .938 .962 0.27 0.46 2.38 1.75 0 56.7 2006 40 COL NL P 79 2 11 1 2 .929 .956 0.16 0.43 1.62 1.72 0 72.3 2007 41 TOT P 56 2 5 0 0 1.000 .972 0.12 0.41 1.24 1.67 0 50.7 DET AL P 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.42 0.77 1.62 0 11.7 PHI NL P 40 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 0.15 0.40 1.38 1.68 0 39.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P*1022 112 197 17 11 .948 .957 0.30 0.49 1.80 1.76 95 1548.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1022 112 197 17 11 .948 .957 0.30 0.49 1.80 1.76 95 1549
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     0   0   2   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   4   0   2.25  0  0  1  0   4     3   1   1   1 
        WS    CLE ATL     L   2   0   4.50  1  0  1  0   4     5   2   1   4 
 1996   ALDS  CLE BAL     L   2   0   3.86  0  1  0  0   4.2   8   2   0   7 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   2   0   2.70  0  0  1  0   3.1   5   1   1   2 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   4   0   3.38  1  0  2  0   5.1   5   2   3   5 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   5   0   5.40  0  0  1  0   5    10   3   1   5 
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   2     0   0   1   2 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   3   0  12.46  0  0  0  0   4.1   5   6   3   3 
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   1   0  81.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   3   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       3-2   9   0   4.38  1  1  1  0  12.1  14   6   6  11 
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  11   0   5.93  1  0  3  0  13.2  13   9   7   9 
  2 World Series        0-2   7   0   5.00  1  0  2  0   9    15   5   2   9 
 10 Postseason Ser      5-5  27   0   5.14  3  1  6  0  35    42  20  15  29 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE ATL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  CLE BAL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       3-2   9   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  11   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 10 Postseason Series   5-5  27   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1995   CLE AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1996   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1995   CLE AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 1996   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1995 *
1996

Awards
1995-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1995-AL-4-0.33
Car-552-0.33 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1995-AL-2-0.39
Car-110-0.39 shares

Bases on Balls/9IP
1993 AL-2.67-10

Games
1994 AL-51-2
1995 AL-62-6
2006 NL-79-9
Act-1022-3
Car-1022-9

Saves
1995 AL-46-1
1996 AL-39-2
1999 AL-33-5
2001 NL-42-5
2002 NL-45-4
2003 NL-24-10
2004 NL-43-5
Act-321-6
Car-321-13

Bases On Balls Allow.
Act-651-29

Hits Allowed
1993 AL-232-6

Losses
Act-109-23

Earned Runs Allow.
1993 AL-114-5

Wild Pitches
2002 NL-9-8
Act-75-13

Games Finished
1995 AL-57-1
1996 AL-60-2
1999 AL-60-5
2001 NL-59-4
2002 NL-64-6
2003 NL-47-8
2004 NL-65-2
Act-633-5
Car-633-14

Oldest Player
2007 AL-41-5

Youngest Player
1987 AL-21-2

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1899) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 113.0 (77) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  5. Kent Tekulve (788)
  6. Dan Plesac (780)
  7. Doug Jones (773)
  8. Don McMahon (770)
  9. John Franco (770)
  10. Jesse Orosco (770)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Jason Johnson (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Swift (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Pole (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chad Ogea (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dickie Noles (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dickie Noles (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Gott (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Hume (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Russell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. LaTroy Hawkins (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Gott (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dave Weathers (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Weathers (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rick Aguilera (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Todd Jones (877)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Gene Garber (858)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Roberto Hernandez (833)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 31, 1981: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.

September 4, 1987: Sent by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1987. The Toronto Blue Jays sent a player to be named later and Oswaldo Peraza to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Flanagan. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Jose Mesa (September 4, 1987) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

July 14, 1992: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Kyle Washington (minors).

July 23, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Shawon Dunston and Alvin Morman to the San Francisco Giants for Jacob Cruz and Steve Reed.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 6, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

November 1, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 3, 2007: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Baltimore Orioles$62,500
1991Baltimore Orioles$107,000
1992Cleveland Indians$135,000
1993Cleveland Indians$325,000
1994Cleveland Indians$600,000
1995Cleveland Indians$1,447,223
1996Cleveland Indians$1,872,223
1997Cleveland Indians$1,947,223
1998Cleveland Indians$1,700,000
1999Seattle Mariners$2,850,000
2000Seattle Mariners$3,950,000
2001Philadelphia Phillies$2,900,000
2002Philadelphia Phillies$4,200,000
2003Philadelphia Phillies$5,200,000
2004Pittsburgh Pirates$800,000
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$2,000,000
2006Colorado Rockies$2,000,000
2007Detroit Tigers$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$34,596,169

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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