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

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 28

1994 Pitching Game Log

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1994 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	99	1	Apr 4	CLE		SEA	W,4-3	9-10		99	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.75	1.63	6	22	14	2	1	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.098	2.49	0.06%	0.41	9t --- 0 out tie	10t -2- 1 out tie
2	100	2	Apr 7	CLE		SEA	W,6-2	7-8	H(1)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	1.63	6	26	21	3	3	2	3	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.051	.91	0.03%	0.83	7t 1-- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a4
3	101	4	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-6	7-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1.80	2	8	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.044	.42	-0.03%	-1.33	7b -23 2 out d3	7b 3 out d5
4	102	5	Apr 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-6	9-9		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1.80	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.033	.71	-0.02%	-1.72	9b 123 2 out a5	9b 1-3 2 out a3
5	103	6	Apr 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	2.23	2	9	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	0.055	3.42	0.04%	0.12	9b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
6	104	7	Apr 13	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-5	9-9	BS(1)	0	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	9.00	6.38	6	24	14	4	2	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.520	1.88	-0.37%	-2.68	9b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 2 out tie
7	105	9	Apr 16	CLE		KCR	L,9-12	6-8	H(2)	2	2.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	7.50	5.96	8	36	20	6	3	2	3	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.265	2.79	0.21%	1.62	6t 123 2 out a1	8t -2- 2 out a1
8	106	11	Apr 19	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	8-8	W(1-0)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.11	5.82	1	9	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.026	1.06	0.02%	0.36	8b -2- 2 out d1	8b 3 out d1
9	107	14	Apr 22	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	5.35	6	15	12	1	0	4	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.022	.18	-0.02%	0.06	7b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 4
10	108	15	Apr 23	CLE	@	TEX	W,10-9	6-8	W(2-0)	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.91	4.16	12	51	32	7	4	5	4	1	1	0		1	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.081	1.44	-0.05%	-0.62	6b -2- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
11	109	18	Apr 26	CLE		MIN	W,11-3	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.85	3.82	7	31	22	4	1	5	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.096	.64	0.07%	1.62	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 8
12	110	21	Apr 29	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	W(3-0)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.11	3.07	8	31	23	5	6	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.342	2.57	0.25%	1.27	10t --- 2 out tie	12t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	111	23	May 1	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	9-9	BL(3-1)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.07	3	15	9	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	-0.306	4.38	-0.22%	-1.05	9t -2- 0 out a1	9t 1-3 1 out tie
14	112	27	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,6-8	7-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.32	3.01	4	20	11	6	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.032	.47	0.02%	0.61	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
15	113	28	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	2.90	3	12	7	3	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.036	1.13	0.02%	0.58	8b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
16	114	31	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	7-7		2	0.1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.58	2.96	2	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.91	0.049	1.82	0.03%	0.22	7b -2- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
17	115	33	May 14	CLE		DET	W,9-3	7-8		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.58	2.67	9	39	27	9	5	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.028	.60	0.02%	0.15	7t --- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a4
18	116	35	May 17	CLE		MIL	W,7-3	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	2.60	3	13	10	3	1	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.028	.40	0.02%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
19	117	37	May 19	CLE		MIL	W,4-2	9-12		1	4.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.65	2.85	15	52	32	8	4	8	4	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	0.607	3.40	0.44%	2.29	9t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
20	118	41	May 23	CLE	@	TOR	L,5-6	9-GF	L(3-2)	3	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.91	2.89	5	20	8	1	1	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	-0.346	3.59	-0.24%	-0.90	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
21	119	42	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	8-8	H(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.76	2.94	4	19	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.066	.94	0.05%	0.61	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
22	120	44	May 27	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-2)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.49	2.81	7	24	16	2	4	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.267	1.85	0.17%	1.15	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
23	121	46	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	8-8	H(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.38	2.62	3					0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.050	.71	0.03%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	122	48	Jun 1	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(5-2)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	2.64	4	8	6	1	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	0.152	3.88	0.11%	0.57	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
25	123	51	Jun 5	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-1	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	2.65	5	15	10	3	0	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
26	124	52	Jun 6	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	2.67	3	5	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	-0.075	2.53	-0.06%	0.23	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
27	125	53	Jun 7	CLE	@	SEA	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.86	3.10	5	25	16	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.385	1.99	-0.33%	-3.60	8b --3 2 out tie	8b end d 4
28	126	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	8-8	H(5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.74	2.98	3	10	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.158	2.88	0.14%	0.61	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
29	127	56	Jun 10	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(5-3)	0	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.98	5	14	11	2	0	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	-0.885	6.76	-0.79%	-3.16	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
30	128	59	Jun 13	CLE		TOR	W,7-3	8-8	H(6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.41	2.93	2	11	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.090	2.42	0.08%	0.59	8t 1-- 1 out a2	8t 3 out a2
31	129	60	Jun 14	CLE		TOR	W,7-5	7-8	W(6-3)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.42	2.97	9	27	16	4	1	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.021	3.16	-0.02%	0.15	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
32	130	61	Jun 15	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	11-GF(13)	W(7-3)	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.08	2.83	10	40	30	5	7	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	0.455	3.50	0.41%	1.72	11t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
33	131	64	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.98	2.74	5	22	16	2	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
34	132	69	Jun 24 susp	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	2.74	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.011	.55	0.01%	0.82	7t 123 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
35	133	70	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,11-12	8-GF		1	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	3.80	2.87	9	39	18	5	4	1	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.54	0.045	.79	0.04%	0.56	8t 12- 1 out d7	9t end d 1
36	134	71	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,6-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	2.90	4	13	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.046	1.00	0.04%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
37	135	73	Jun 29	CLE		BAL	L,6-7	7-10	L(7-4)	1	3.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.64	2.94	14	47	29	3	2	3	9	4	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.029	3.25	0.03%	0.48	7t 1-- 1 out tie	10t 123 2 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	136	79	Jul 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	6-GF(8)		5	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.44	2.93	10	35	21	4	3	3	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.175	1.13	0.13%	2.15	6b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
39	137	82	Jul 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	2.95	6					2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	.40	-0.028	.56	-0.02%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
40	138	83	Jul 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-3	8-8	H(7)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	2.92	5					2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	0.154	5.25	0.15%	0.59	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
41	139	89	Jul 18	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	7-GF	BL(7-5)	8	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	3.62	3.06	16	52	32	5	8	6	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	-0.367	2.83	-0.30%	-1.28	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end d 1
42	140	91	Jul 20	CLE		TEX	L,11-13	3-6		1	3.1	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.88	3.08	14	55	38	6	4	7	5	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.014	1.28	0.01%	-1.02	3t 1-- 2 out d1	6t 3 out a2
43	141	94	Jul 23	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.13	2	11	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t 12- 2 out a9	9t end a 9
44	142	96	Jul 26(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-10	6-7		2	1.2	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.35	3.31	9	37	26	6	4	2	6	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.17	-0.014	.38	-0.02%	-1.86	6b -23 1 out d5	7b 3 out d8
45	143	99	Jul 28(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-2	6-8	H(8)	1	2.1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.19	3.23	8	34	22	8	8	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.292	3.13	0.33%	1.80	6b 1-3 2 out a1	8b 3 out a2
46	144	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	3.23	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.007	.32	0.01%	0.47	8b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
47	145	102	Jul 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.10	3.26	5	24	11	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.17	0.01%	1.20	8b -2- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
48	146	104	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,9-12	5-8		1	3.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.88	3.16	13	52	35	6	9	4	6	3	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	0.043	2.41	0.04%	0.38	5t 123 1 out a2	8t 3 out a2
49	147	107	Aug 6(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	6-7		3	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.08	3.17	8					3	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.113	1.17	-0.12%	-2.66	6b --3 1 out d2	7b 1-3 1 out d4
50	148	110	Aug 7(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-10	5-8		0	3.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.88	3.16	13	60	40	9	5	7	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.124	.74	0.14%	3.35	5b -23 1 out d4	8b 3 out d1
51	149	112	Aug 9	CLE	@	TOR	L,5-12	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.13	3	13	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	0.002	.06	0.00%	1.44	6b 123 0 out d7	6b 3 out d8
							25-26		W-L:7-5,Sv:2,BSv:4,Hld:8	1.5	73.0	71	33	31	26	63	3	3	3.82	3.13	315	1140	64%	13%	10%	1.06		24%	4%	0		48	31%	3	0	0	279	12	0	7	4	4	2	1.42	0.664	1.92	0.54%	9.02

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