Luis Cessa

Positions: Pitcher, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 222lb (183cm, 100kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (minors)

Born: April 25, 1992 in Cordoba, Mexico mx

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2024): 6.005 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: The MAS+ Agency

Full Name: Luis Enrique Cessa

Nicknames: Quique or Kiké

Pronunciation: \SESS-uh\

Twitter: @LuisCessaMx

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

ERA

4.43

208

425.0

331

WHIP

1.327

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-FRk	NYM	4	3	.571	3.19	3.86	15	6	2	0	0	1	53.2	48	23	19	1	13	0	46	2	0	3	219	1.137	8.0	0.2	2.2	7.7	3.54
2011	19	-1.5	Mets	GULF	Rk	NYM	4	2	.667	3.66	4.22	10	1	2	0	0	1	32.0	29	15	13	1	10	0	23	1	0	2	135	1.219	8.2	0.3	2.8	6.5	2.30
2011	19	0.1	Mets 2	DOSL	FRk	NYM	0	1	.000	2.49	3.32	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	19	8	6	0	3	0	23	1	0	1	84	1.015	7.9	0.0	1.2	9.6	7.67
2012	20	-1.2	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	5	4	.556	2.49	2.61	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.1	64	21	20	4	13	0	44	2	0	0	285	1.065	8.0	0.5	1.6	5.5	3.38
2013	21	-0.7	Savannah	SALL	A	NYM	8	4	.667	3.12	3.67	21	21	0	1	0	0	130.0	136	53	45	11	19	0	124	0	1	4	537	1.192	9.4	0.8	1.3	8.6	6.53
2014	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	NYM	7	9	.438	4.26	4.49	21	21	0	1	0	0	118.1	117	59	56	9	29	0	86	4	0	7	493	1.234	8.9	0.7	2.2	6.5	2.97
2014	22	-2.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	1	.000	12.27	12.27	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	21	2.455	17.2	4.9	4.9	7.4	1.50
2014	22	-1.2	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	7	8	.467	4.00	4.24	20	20	0	1	0	0	114.2	110	54	51	7	27	0	83	3	0	6	472	1.195	8.6	0.5	2.1	6.5	3.07
2015	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYM	8	10	.444	4.52	4.97	25	25	0	0	0	0	139.1	163	77	70	7	36	1	119	3	1	5	607	1.428	10.5	0.5	2.3	7.7	3.31
2015	23	-4.0	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	3	.250	5.97	6.45	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.2	46	27	25	2	15	0	34	2	1	1	170	1.619	11.0	0.5	3.6	8.1	2.27
2015	23	-3.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	0	3	.000	8.51	9.25	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	40	25	23	3	4	0	24	1	0	0	119	1.808	14.8	1.1	1.5	8.9	6.00
2015	23	-1.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	7	4	.636	2.56	2.91	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.1	77	25	22	2	17	1	61	0	0	4	318	1.216	9.0	0.2	2.0	7.1	3.59
2016	24	-2.7	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	6	3	.667	3.03	3.84	15	14	0	1	1	0	77.1	66	33	26	8	23	0	69	0	0	3	309	1.151	7.7	0.9	2.7	8.0	3.00
2016	24	-4.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	4	.500	4.35	4.61	17	9	5	0	0	0	70.1	64	36	34	16	14	0	46	3	0	2	285	1.109	8.2	2.0	1.8	5.9	3.29
2017	25	-1.4	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	4	6	.400	3.45	4.25	14	13	1	0	0	0	78.1	75	37	30	7	26	0	67	2	0	0	326	1.289	8.6	0.8	3.0	7.7	2.58
2017	25	-3.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	3	.000	4.75	5.25	10	5	2	0	0	0	36.0	36	21	19	7	17	0	30	3	0	2	160	1.472	9.0	1.8	4.3	7.5	1.76
2018	26		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	NYY	3	2	.600	3.08	3.55	9	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	28	15	13	1	9	0	38	0	0	3	151	0.974	6.6	0.2	2.1	9.0	4.22
2018	26	-0.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	3	0	1.000	2.73	3.08	6	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	19	9	8	1	4	0	25	0	0	3	102	0.873	6.5	0.3	1.4	8.5	6.25
2018	26	1.6	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	0	1	.000	2.70	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	4	3	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	37	0.700	5.4	0.0	0.9	10.8	12.00
2018	26	3.0	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	1	.000	10.80	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	4.200	16.2	0.0	21.6	5.4	0.25
2018	26	-2.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	4	.200	5.24	5.44	16	5	6	0	0	2	44.2	51	27	26	5	13	0	39	0	0	7	195	1.433	10.3	1.0	2.6	7.9	3.00
2019	27	-1.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	4.11	4.67	43	0	14	0	0	1	81.0	75	42	37	14	31	1	75	3	0	1	343	1.309	8.3	1.6	3.4	8.3	2.42
2020	28	-0.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		3.32	4.15	16	0	6	0	0	1	21.2	20	10	8	2	7	0	17	0	1	1	93	1.246	8.3	0.8	2.9	7.1	2.43
2021	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	5	2	.714	2.51	3.34	53	0	15	0	0	0	64.2	55	24	18	5	19	1	54	0	0	1	261	1.144	7.7	0.7	2.6	7.5	2.84
2021	29	0.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	1	.750	2.82	3.99	29	0	13	0	0	0	38.1	31	17	12	2	17	1	31	0	0	0	161	1.252	7.3	0.5	4.0	7.3	1.82
2021	29	0.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	1	.667	2.05	2.39	24	0	2	0	0	0	26.1	24	7	6	3	2	0	23	0	0	1	100	0.987	8.2	1.0	0.7	7.9	11.50
2022	30	0.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	4	4	.500	4.57	4.91	46	10	1	0	0	0	80.2	76	44	41	14	28	0	59	2	0	3	336	1.289	8.5	1.6	3.1	6.6	2.11
2023	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	COL	1	5	.167	8.57	9.00	22	7	7	0	0	3	42.0	54	42	40	9	20	1	42	2	1	1	200	1.762	11.6	1.9	4.3	9.0	2.10
2023	31	3.7	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	0	2	.000	8.44	8.44	6	6	0	0	0	0	21.1	30	20	20	5	10	0	19	0	0	0	101	1.875	12.7	2.1	4.2	8.0	1.90
2023	31	4.1	Rochester	IL	AAA	WSN	1	3	.250	8.71	9.58	16	1	7	0	0	3	20.2	24	22	20	4	10	1	23	2	1	1	99	1.645	10.5	1.7	4.4	10.0	2.30
2023	31	1.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	4	.200	9.00	9.00	7	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	46	26	26	3	12	0	11	1	0	2	132	2.231	15.9	1.0	4.2	3.8	0.92
2024	32	4.9	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	1	.000	9.53	9.53	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	6	6	2	8	0	5	0	0	1	32	2.824	12.7	3.2	12.7	7.9	0.63
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		17	22	.436	4.43	4.87	208	35	49	0	0	4	425.0	423	230	209	66	141	2	331	12	1	19	1805	1.327	9.0	1.4	3.0	7.0	2.35
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		46	47	.495	3.87	4.36	158	130	10	3	1	4	755.0	759	366	325	59	196	2	640	15	3	27	3159	1.265	9.0	0.7	2.3	7.6	3.27
All Levels (14 Seasons)							63	69	.477	4.07	4.55	366	165	59	3	1	8	1180.0	1182	596	534	125	337	4	971	27	4	46	4964	1.287	9.0	1.0	2.6	7.4	2.88

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		15	21	.417	4.88	5.52	72	53	8	1	1	3	291.2	308	179	158	32	100	1	266	7	2	9	1258	1.399	9.5	1.0	3.1	8.2	2.66
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	2.97	3.36	16	16	0	0	0	0	91.0	90	34	30	4	20	1	76	1	0	5	376	1.209	8.9	0.4	2.0	7.5	3.80
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		7	9	.438	4.10	4.33	21	21	0	1	0	0	116.1	113	56	53	7	31	0	84	3	0	6	484	1.238	8.7	0.5	2.4	6.5	2.71
A (1 season)					Minors		8	4	.667	3.12	3.67	21	21	0	1	0	0	130.0	136	53	45	11	19	0	124	0	1	4	537	1.192	9.4	0.8	1.3	8.6	6.53
A- (1 season)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.49	2.61	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.1	64	21	20	4	13	0	44	2	0	0	285	1.065	8.0	0.5	1.6	5.5	3.38
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	2	.667	3.66	4.22	10	1	2	0	0	1	32.0	29	15	13	1	10	0	23	1	0	2	135	1.219	8.2	0.3	2.8	6.5	2.30
FRk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.49	3.32	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	19	8	6	0	3	0	23	1	0	1	84	1.015	7.9	0.0	1.2	9.6	7.67