José Mesa

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santa (Azua, Dominican Republic)

Debut: September 10, 1987 (Age 21-111d, 15,405th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2007 (Age 41-130d)
vs. WSN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Mitch Frankel

Full Name: José Ramón Nova Mesa

Nicknames: Joe Table or Señor Smoke

Pronunciation: \MAY-sa\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.4

109

ERA

4.36

1022

321

1548.2

1038

WHIP

1.472

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 3	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 5	PHI		FLA	W,6-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 7	PHI		FLA	W,3-2		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8 (1)	Apr 9	PHI		ATL	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9	Apr 10	PHI		ATL	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (3)	Apr 14	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	14	Apr 16	PHI	@	FLA	L,6-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	15	Apr 17	PHI	@	FLA	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	19 (3)	Apr 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	20	Apr 23	PHI		SDP	W,8-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	25 (4)	Apr 28	PHI	@	COL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	27 (1)	Apr 30	PHI	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	29 (1)	May 3	PHI		COL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30	May 4	PHI		COL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	31	May 5	PHI		COL	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	32	May 7	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	33	May 8	PHI		HOU	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	34	May 9	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	36 (1)	May 11	PHI		ARI	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	37	May 12	PHI		ARI	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	43 (5)	May 18	PHI	@	ARI	L,4-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	44	May 19	PHI	@	ARI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	45	May 21	PHI		NYM	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	46	May 22	PHI		NYM	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	47	May 23	PHI		NYM	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	49 (1)	May 25	PHI	@	MON	L,9-13		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	51 (1)	May 28	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	54 (2)	Jun 1	PHI		MON	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	59 (4)	Jun 8	PHI	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	60	Jun 9	PHI	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	61	Jun 10	PHI	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	63 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	65 (1)	Jun 15	PHI		BAL	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	67 (1)	Jun 18	PHI		CHW	L,3-6		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	70 (2)	Jun 21	PHI		MIN	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	71	Jun 22	PHI		MIN	L,1-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	74 (2)	Jun 25	PHI	@	FLA	W,7-6		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	79 (4)	Jun 30	PHI	@	BAL	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80	Jul 1	PHI		NYM	W,6-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	82 (1)	Jul 3	PHI		NYM	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	83	Jul 4	PHI		MON	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	86 (2)	Jul 7	PHI		MON	W,10-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	88 (1)	Jul 12	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	89	Jul 13	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-6		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	91 (1)	Jul 15	PHI	@	MON	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	92	Jul 16	PHI	@	MON	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	93	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	98 (4)	Jul 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	99	Jul 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	100	Jul 24	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	102 (1)	Jul 26	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	106 (3)	Jul 31	PHI		SFG	W,8-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	107	Aug 1	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	108	Aug 2	PHI		LAD	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	111 (2)	Aug 5	PHI		LAD	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	112	Aug 6	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-4		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
57	117 (4)	Aug 11	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	118	Aug 13	PHI		MIL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	125 (6)	Aug 21	PHI	@	MIL	W,13-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	127 (1)	Aug 23	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	128	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	129	Aug 25	PHI	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
63	130	Aug 27	PHI		MON	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
64	132 (1)	Aug 29	PHI		MON	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
65	133	Aug 30	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	141 (7)	Sep 7	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
67	143 (1)	Sep 9	PHI		NYM	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	149 (5)	Sep 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	150	Sep 15	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
70	152 (1)	Sep 18	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	154 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	155	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	156	Sep 22	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	157	Sep 24	PHI		ATL	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							74gm		75.2	4	16	0	20	0