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Jose Lima
Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima
born Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 30, 1972 in Santiago, D.R.
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1994
Final Game: July 7, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1994 21 DET AL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 11 10 10 2 3 1 7 0 0 1 34 36 2.100 14.9 2.7 4.1 9.5 2.33
1995 22 DET AL 3 9 .250 6.11 15 15 0 0 0 0 73.2 85 52 50 10 18 4 37 4 0 5 320 78 1.398 10.4 1.2 2.2 4.5 2.06
1996 23 DET AL 5 6 .455 5.70 39 4 15 0 0 3 72.2 87 48 46 13 22 4 59 5 0 3 329 90 1.500 10.8 1.6 2.7 7.3 2.68
1997 24 HOU NL 1 6 .143 5.28 52 1 15 0 0 2 75.0 79 45 44 9 16 2 63 5 0 2 321 76 1.267 9.5 1.1 1.9 7.6 3.94
1998 25 HOU NL 16 8 .667 3.70 33 33 0 3 1 0 233.1 229 100 96 34 32 1 169 7 0 4 950 111 1.119 8.8 1.3 1.2 6.5 5.28
1999 26 HOU NL 21 10 .677 3.58 35 35 0 3 0 0 246.1 256 108 98 30 44 2 187 2 0 8 1024 125 1.218 9.4 1.1 1.6 6.8 4.25 AS,CYA-4
2000 27 HOU NL 7 16 .304 6.65 33 33 0 0 0 0 196.1 251 152 145 48 68 3 124 2 0 3 895 75 1.625 11.5 2.2 3.1 5.7 1.82
2001 28 TOT MLB 6 12 .333 5.54 32 27 3 2 0 0 165.2 197 114 102 35 38 3 84 9 0 4 719 79 1.419 10.7 1.9 2.1 4.6 2.21
2001 28 HOU NL 1 2 .333 7.30 14 9 3 0 0 0 53.0 77 48 43 12 16 1 41 5 0 3 249 63 1.755 13.1 2.0 2.7 7.0 2.56
2001 28 DET AL 5 10 .333 4.71 18 18 0 2 0 0 112.2 120 66 59 23 22 2 43 4 0 1 470 90 1.260 9.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 1.95
2002 29 DET AL 4 6 .400 7.77 20 12 3 0 0 0 68.1 86 60 59 12 21 0 33 2 0 2 304 55 1.566 11.3 1.6 2.8 4.3 1.57
2003 30 KCR AL 8 3 .727 4.91 14 14 0 0 0 0 73.1 80 40 40 7 26 0 32 5 2 2 321 100 1.445 9.8 0.9 3.2 3.9 1.23
2004 31 LAD NL 13 5 .722 4.07 36 24 3 0 0 0 170.1 178 81 77 33 34 6 93 1 0 3 702 101 1.245 9.4 1.7 1.8 4.9 2.74
2005 32 KCR AL 5 16 .238 6.99 32 32 0 1 0 0 168.2 219 140 131 31 61 1 80 9 0 5 780 63 1.660 11.7 1.7 3.3 4.3 1.31
2006 33 NYM NL 0 4 .000 9.87 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.1 25 22 19 3 10 0 12 2 1 1 91 44 2.019 13.0 1.6 5.2 6.2 1.20
13 Seasons 89 102 .466 5.26 348 235 40 9 1 5 1567.2 1783 972 917 267 393 27 980 53 3 43 6790 85 1.388 10.2 1.5 2.3 5.6 2.49
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .466 5.26 41 27 5 1 0 1 183 208 113 107 31 46 3 114 6 0 5 792 85 1.388 10.2 1.5 2.3 5.6 2.49
HOU (5 yrs) 46 42 .523 4.77 167 111 18 6 1 2 804.0 892 453 426 133 176 9 584 21 0 20 3439 93 1.328 10.0 1.5 2.0 6.5 3.32
DET (5 yrs) 17 32 .347 6.04 95 50 19 2 0 3 334.0 389 236 224 60 86 11 179 15 0 12 1457 76 1.422 10.5 1.6 2.3 4.8 2.08
KCR (2 yrs) 13 19 .406 6.36 46 46 0 1 0 0 242.0 299 180 171 38 87 1 112 14 2 7 1101 72 1.595 11.1 1.4 3.2 4.2 1.29
NYM (1 yr) 0 4 .000 9.87 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.1 25 22 19 3 10 0 12 2 1 1 91 44 2.019 13.0 1.6 5.2 6.2 1.20
LAD (1 yr) 13 5 .722 4.07 36 24 3 0 0 0 170.1 178 81 77 33 34 6 93 1 0 3 702 101 1.245 9.4 1.7 1.8 4.9 2.74
NL (7 yrs) 59 51 .536 4.74 207 139 21 6 1 2 991.2 1095 556 522 169 220 15 689 24 1 24 4232 93 1.326 9.9 1.5 2.0 6.3 3.13
AL (7 yrs) 30 51 .370 6.17 141 96 19 3 0 3 576.0 688 416 395 98 173 12 291 29 2 19 2558 74 1.495 10.8 1.5 2.7 4.5 1.68

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1997 24 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1999 26 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 4 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 31 1.650 12.2 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
2004 31 LAD NL NLDS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 32 0.667 5.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 2.16 3 2 0 1 1 0 16.2 14 4 4 0 4 2 9 0 0 0 66 1.080 7.6 0.0 2.2 4.9 2.25
3 NLDS 1 1 .500 2.16 3 2 0 1 1 0 16.2 14 4 4 0 4 2 9 0 0 0 66 1.080 7.6 0.0 2.2 4.9 2.25

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 HOU NL 50 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1998 25 HOU NL 32 91 79 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .139 .159 .165 .323 -14 13 0 0 9 1 0 1
1999 26 HOU NL 34 91 75 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .080 .115 .080 .195 -49 6 3 0 13 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4
2000 27 HOU NL 32 69 60 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .167 .180 .200 .380 -6 12 1 0 8 0 0 1
2001 28 TOT MLB 14 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2001 28 HOU NL 13 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2001 28 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 30 KCR AL 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 31 LAD NL 37 57 48 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .188 .204 .188 .392 5 9 2 0 8 0 0 1
2005 32 KCR AL 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 33 NYM NL 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 206 344 292 18 38 4 0 0 10 0 0 7 101 .130 .150 .144 .294 -24 42 6 0 44 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 271 230 14 30 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 79 .130 .150 .144 .294 -24 33 5 0 35 1 0
HOU (5 yrs) 161 273 233 16 27 4 0 0 8 0 0 6 76 .116 .138 .133 .271 -30 31 4 0 33 1 0
KCR (2 yrs) 3 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 112 2 0 0 2 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 37 57 48 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .188 .204 .188 .392 5 9 2 0 8 0 0
DET (5 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 202 336 286 17 36 4 0 0 10 0 0 7 98 .126 .146 .140 .286 -26 40 6 0 42 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 4 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 2 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 24 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 31 LAD NL NLDS STL L 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 NLDS 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 DET AL 21 P 3 1 6.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.33 1.000 1.76 0.53
1995 DET AL 22 P 15 15 73.2 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 0.86 0.47 .957 1.80 0.53
1996 DET AL 23 P 39 4 72.2 28 11 17 0 1 1.000 3.47 0.72 .957 1.77 0.52
1997 HOU NL 24 P 52 1 75.0 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.17 .956 1.85 0.52
1998 HOU NL 25 P 33 33 233.1 59 24 32 3 3 .949 2.16 1.70 .961 1.85 0.54
1999 HOU NL 26 P 35 35 246.1 41 18 21 2 1 .951 1.42 1.11 .951 1.72 0.48 AS,CYA-4
2000 HOU NL 27 P 33 33 196.1 39 16 22 1 3 .974 1.74 1.15 .962 1.74 0.48
2001 TOT MLB 28 P 32 27 165.2 25 3 20 2 4 .920 1.25 0.72 .956 1.75 0.48
2001 HOU NL 28 P 14 9 53.0 10 0 9 1 2 .900 1.53 0.64 .960 1.75 0.46
2001 DET AL 28 P 18 18 112.2 15 3 11 1 2 .933 1.12 0.78 .953 1.75 0.49
2002 DET AL 29 P 20 12 68.1 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.45 .956 1.69 0.48
2003 KCR AL 30 P 14 14 73.1 11 7 4 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.79 .955 1.73 0.49
2004 LAD NL 31 P 36 24 170.1 39 13 26 0 2 1.000 2.06 1.08 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 KCR AL 32 P 32 32 168.2 28 6 22 0 2 1.000 1.49 0.88 .950 1.69 0.46
2006 NYM NL 33 P 4 4 17.1 6 1 4 1 1 .833 2.60 1.25 .967 1.71 0.42
13 Seasons P 348 235 1567.2 302 114 179 9 18 .970 1.68 0.84 .958 1.77 0.50
13 Seasons TOT 348 235 1567.2 302 114 179 9 18 .970 1.68 0.84 .928 1.77 0.50

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1999 *

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1999-NL--4--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1999 NL--3.581--9th

Wins s c a p y
1998 NL--16--10th
1999 NL--21--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 NL--.667--10th
1999 NL--.677--6th
2004 NL--.722--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1998 NL--1.119--5th
1999 NL--1.218--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL--1.234--3rd
1999 NL--1.608--3rd
2004 NL--1.797--5th
Career--2.256--176th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1998 NL--233.3--6th
1999 NL--246.3--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 NL--169--10th
1999 NL--187--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1999 NL--35--1st
2000 NL--33--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 NL--3--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1998 NL--34--4th
2000 NL--48--1st
2004 NL--33--4th
2005 AL--31--6th
Career--267--70th

Hits s c a p y
1998 NL--229--10th
1999 NL--256--4th
2000 NL--251--2nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1998 NL--5.281--1st
1999 NL--4.250--3rd
Career--2.494--85th

Losses s c a p y
2000 NL--16--4th
2005 AL--16--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 NL--145--1st
2005 AL--131--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
1998 NL--950--10th
1999 NL--1024--2nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1999 NL--13--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
1994 AL--born 1972-09-30--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (568), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (759), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 5, 1989: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 10, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to the Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash.

June 23, 2001: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Mlicki.

September 7, 2002: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 4, 2003: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from Newark (Atlantic).

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 25, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Detroit Tigers$109,000
1995Detroit Tigers$129,000
1996Detroit Tigers$145,000
1997Houston Astros$170,000
1998Houston Astros$240,000
1999Houston Astros$2,250,000
2000Houston Astros$5,032,444
2001Houston Astros$6,250,000
2002Detroit Tigers$7,250,000
2005Kansas City Royals$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$24,075,444
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Jose Desiderio Jose Rodriguez Lima

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