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José Mesa

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

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Azua, D.R.
High School: Santa (Azua, DO)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1987
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Mariners/Pirates/Rockies/... 1987-2007
Agents: Mitch Frankel [*]
Final Game: September 29, 2007
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1987 21 BAL AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 24 BAL AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 25 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 26 TOT AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 26 BAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 26 CLE AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 27 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 28 CLE AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 29 CLE AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-4
1996 30 CLE AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1997 31 CLE AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 32 TOT MLB 76 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 32 CLE AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 32 SFG NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 33 SEA AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 34 SEA AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 35 PHI NL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 36 PHI NL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 37 PHI NL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 38 PIT NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 39 PIT NL 55 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 40 COL NL 79 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 41 TOT MLB 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 41 DET AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 41 PHI NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Seasons 1023 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
CLE (7 yrs) 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (4 yrs) 246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (4 yrs) 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 125 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
SEA (2 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 79 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 482 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 32 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2005 39 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
2006 40 COL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
3 Seasons 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $4,000,000
COL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000
PIT (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1998 32 TOT MLB 1 0 0 1.000 .333 0.3 0.0
1998 32 SFG NL 1 0 0 1.000 .333 0.3 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 .000 .000 .000
2006 40 COL NL 1 1 0 0.0 121 .000 .000 .283 .000 .355 .000 .459 .000 .814 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
19 Seasons 4 3 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .275 .333 .342 .000 .442 .333 .784 -3 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
162 Game Avg. 1 0 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .275 .333 .342 .000 .442 .333 .784 -3 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
COL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 121 .000 .000 .283 .000 .355 .000 .459 .000 .814 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
PIT (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .426 .000 .764 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 0 1.000 .333 0.3 0.0
NL (8 yrs) 4 3 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .275 .333 .342 .000 .442 .333 .784 -3 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 31 CLE AL WS FLA L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 41 PHI NL NLDS COL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 CLE AL 29
1996 CLE AL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 32 TOT MLB 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1998 32 SFG NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
2005 39 PIT NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
2006 40 COL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
19 Seasons 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 25% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.2% 8.7% 7.6% 32% 1.85 5.5 34.4 7.7 0.80 1.07 71% 21% 7.6% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 21 BAL AL 0.0
1990 24 BAL AL 0.0
1991 25 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 26 BAL AL 0.0
1992 26 CLE AL 0.0
1993 27 CLE AL 0.0
1994 28 CLE AL 0.0
1995 29 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 30 CLE AL 0.0
1997 31 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 32 TOT MLB 0.3 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .49 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.39 0.3 0
1998 32 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 32 SFG NL 0.3 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .49 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.39 0.3 0
1999 33 SEA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 34 SEA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 35 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 36 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 37 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 38 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 39 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .49 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.85 -0.7 0
2006 40 COL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2007 41 DET AL 0.0
2007 41 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Seasons -0.3 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .39 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.12 -0.7 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 32 TOT MLB 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1998 32 SFG NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2005 39 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 40 COL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1998 32 TOT MLB 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 32 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 39 PIT NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 40 COL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 71% 11% 34% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 32 TOT MLB 1 6 6.00 2 33% 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% 17% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0
1998 32 SFG NL 1 6 6.00 2 33% 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% 17% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0
2005 39 PIT NL 2 5 2.50 5 100% 20% 40% 20% 20% 80% 80% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 40 COL NL 1 5 5.00 2 40% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 20% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4 16 4.00 9 56% 33% 33% 11% 22% 67% 0% 38% 50% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 32 423 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 33 491 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 34 557 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 35 628 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 36 702 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 37 763 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 38 833 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 39 888 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 49 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 40 967 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 41 1023 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 32 76 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 76
2005 39 55 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
2006 40 79 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 79
3 Seasons 210 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 210
162 Game Avg. 162 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 210

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 *
1996

Awards (yr lg award)
1995 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1995 AL (4, 33%)
0.33 Career Shares (578th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1995 AL (2, 39%)
0.39 Career Shares (121st)

Oldest s c a p y
2007 AL  born 1966-05-22 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1987 AL  born 1966-05-22 (2nd)

                           

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