Jose Mesa
Jose Ramon Nova Mesa (Joe Table)
born Jose Ramon Nova Mesa
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, 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
Final Game: September 29, 2007
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Standard Fielding

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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
1987 BAL AL 21 P 6 5 31.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.33 .950 1.84 0.67
1990 BAL AL 24 P 7 7 46.2 9 3 5 1 1 .889 1.54 1.14 .956 1.77 0.59
1991 BAL AL 25 P 23 23 123.2 34 17 17 0 0 1.000 2.47 1.48 .953 1.80 0.58
1992 TOT AL 26 P 28 27 160.2 35 12 21 2 0 .943 1.85 1.18 .954 1.72 0.56
1992 BAL AL 26 P 13 12 67.2 18 8 9 1 0 .944 2.26 1.31 .956 1.72 0.56
1992 CLE AL 26 P 15 15 93.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.55 1.07 .953 1.72 0.56
1993 CLE AL 27 P 34 33 208.2 47 15 29 3 0 .936 1.90 1.29 .953 1.79 0.56
1994 CLE AL 28 P 51 0 73.0 16 3 11 2 0 .875 1.73 0.27 .962 1.73 0.52
1995 CLE AL 29 P 62 0 64.0 17 6 10 1 0 .941 2.25 0.26 .959 1.79 0.53 AS,CYA-2,MVP-4
1996 CLE AL 30 P 69 0 72.1 9 5 3 1 1 .889 1.00 0.12 .967 1.77 0.52 AS
1997 CLE AL 31 P 66 0 82.1 13 5 7 1 2 .923 1.31 0.18 .954 1.71 0.49
1998 TOT MLB 32 P 76 0 84.2 18 5 11 2 1 .889 1.70 0.21 .961 1.81 0.52
1998 CLE AL 32 P 44 0 54.0 15 4 10 1 1 .933 2.33 0.32 .960 1.78 0.50
1998 SFG NL 32 P 32 0 30.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.59 0.06 .967 1.85 0.54
1999 SEA AL 33 P 68 0 68.2 19 11 7 1 2 .947 2.36 0.26 .953 1.69 0.47
2000 SEA AL 34 P 66 0 80.2 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.67 0.23 .953 1.62 0.46
2001 PHI NL 35 P 71 0 69.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.18 .954 1.75 0.46
2002 PHI NL 36 P 74 0 75.2 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.27 .960 1.83 0.48
2003 PHI NL 37 P 61 0 58.0 7 4 2 1 0 .857 0.93 0.10 .957 1.85 0.48
2004 PIT NL 38 P 70 0 69.1 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.21 .967 1.84 0.47
2005 PIT NL 39 P 55 0 56.2 16 2 13 1 1 .938 2.38 0.27 .962 1.75 0.46
2006 COL NL 40 P 79 0 72.1 14 2 11 1 2 .929 1.62 0.16 .957 1.72 0.43
2007 TOT MLB 41 P 56 0 50.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.13 .971 1.67 0.41
2007 DET AL 41 P 16 0 11.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.06 1.000 1.62 0.42
2007 PHI NL 41 P 40 0 39.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.15 .967 1.68 0.40
19 Seasons P 1022 95 1548.2 326 112 197 17 11 .948 1.80 0.30 .957 1.76 0.49
19 Seasons TOT 1022 95 1548.2 326 112 197 17 11 .948 1.80 0.30 .905 1.76 0.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 BAL AL 21 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BAL AL 24 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BAL AL 25 24 0 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 CLE AL 26 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BAL AL 26 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CLE AL 27 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 28 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 29 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 30 69 0 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 31 66 0 5 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 32 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SFG NL 32 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SEA AL 33 68 0 7 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SEA AL 34 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PHI NL 35 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI NL 36 74 0 69 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 PHI NL 37 61 0 57 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 PIT NL 38 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 PIT NL 39 55 0 53 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 COL NL 40 79 0 76 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PHI NL 41 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 41 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 1023 0 480 1022 1022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1987 BAL AL 21 150 79% 25% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BAL AL 24 206 75% 33% 8 75% 0 3 1 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1991 BAL AL 25 585 78% 27% 19 100% 0 18 2 16 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1992 CLE AL 26 410 79% 25% 13 92% 0 4 1 3 12 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1992 BAL AL 26 315 84% 32% 10 100% 0 8 2 5 9 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 CLE AL 27 935 80% 32% 35 80% 1 15 0 13 29 26 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 78%
1994 CLE AL 28 324 72% 35% 15 80% 0 3 1 2 11 11 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1995 CLE AL 29 259 71% 35% 12 83% 0 6 0 6 10 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1996 CLE AL 30 316 70% 29% 5 60% 1 5 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1997 CLE AL 31 363 72% 28% 5 100% 0 5 0 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1998 CLE AL 32 250 76% 34% 13 77% 0 4 1 3 10 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 50%
1998 SFG NL 32 151 70% 30% 4 25% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 SEA AL 33 346 75% 30% 12 92% 0 11 2 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 100%
2000 SEA AL 34 384 66% 20% 8 100% 0 6 0 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2001 PHI NL 35 298 73% 29% 11 100% 0 4 1 1 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2002 PHI NL 36 342 69% 25% 16 100% 1 1 1 0 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2003 PHI NL 37 284 73% 30% 3 67% 0 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 PIT NL 38 302 81% 35% 11 91% 0 4 0 2 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
2005 PIT NL 39 268 75% 30% 14 93% 2 2 0 2 13 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
2006 COL NL 40 322 75% 34% 12 100% 0 2 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
2007 PHI NL 41 175 77% 34% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 41 59 75% 32% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 7044 75% 30% 233 88% 5 109 13 84 194 156 10 17 3 7 7 8 11 5 10 1 55 89%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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