Jesse Orosco

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 174lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: April 21, 1957 in Santa Barbara, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, CA).

High School: Santa Barbara HS (Santa Barbara, CA)

School: Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, CA)

Last Game: September 27, 2003 (Age 46-159d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Alan Meersand

Full Name: Jesse Russell Orosco

Pronunciation: \ore-AHS-co\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.2

ERA

3.16

1252

144

1295.1

1179

WHIP

1.263

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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
1978	21	0.8	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	4	4	.500	1.13	1.58	20	0		0	0	6	40.0	29	7	5	0	20	5	48	2	2	2		1.225	6.5	0.0	4.5	10.8	2.40
1979	22	-2.9	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	4	4	.500	3.89	5.00	16	15		1	0	0	81.0	82	45	35	2	43	4	55	1	1	7		1.543	9.1	0.2	4.8	6.1	1.28
1979	22	-6.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	4.89	5.14	18	2	6	0	0	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	0	22	2	0	0	154	1.571	8.5	1.0	5.7	5.7	1.00
1980	23	0.2	Jackson	TL	AA	NYM	4	4	.500	3.68	4.56	37	1		0	0	3	71.0	52	36	29	3	62	4	85	2	3	3		1.606	6.6	0.4	7.9	10.8	1.37
1981	24	-1.2	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	9	5	.643	3.31	4.03	47	10	24	0	0	8	87.0	80	39	32	7	32	4	81	3	2	3		1.287	8.3	0.7	3.3	8.4	2.53
1981	24	-4.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	1.56	2.08	8	0	4	0	0	1	17.1	13	4	3	2	6	2	18	0	1	0	69	1.096	6.8	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
1982	25	-3.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	10	.286	2.72	3.05	54	2	22	0	0	4	109.1	92	37	33	7	40	2	89	2	2	3	451	1.207	7.6	0.6	3.3	7.3	2.23
1983	26	-2.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	13	7	.650	1.47	2.21	62	0	42	0	0	17	110.0	76	27	18	3	38	7	84	1	2	1	432	1.036	6.2	0.2	3.1	6.9	2.21
1984	27	-1.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	10	6	.625	2.59	3.00	60	0	52	0	0	31	87.0	58	29	25	7	34	6	85	2	1	1	355	1.057	6.0	0.7	3.5	8.8	2.50
1985	28	-0.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	8	6	.571	2.73	2.96	54	0	39	0	0	17	79.0	66	26	24	6	34	7	68	0	0	4	331	1.266	7.5	0.7	3.9	7.7	2.00
1986	29	0.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	8	6	.571	2.33	2.56	58	0	40	0	0	21	81.0	64	23	21	6	35	3	62	3	0	2	338	1.222	7.1	0.7	3.9	6.9	1.77
1987	30	1.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	9	.250	4.44	4.79	58	0	41	0	0	16	77.0	78	41	38	5	31	9	78	2	0	2	335	1.416	9.1	0.6	3.6	9.1	2.52
1988	31	2.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	2	.600	2.72	3.06	55	0	21	0	0	9	53.0	41	18	16	4	30	3	43	2	0	1	229	1.340	7.0	0.7	5.1	7.3	1.43
1989	32	3.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	2.08	2.31	69	0	29	0	0	3	78.0	54	20	18	7	26	4	79	2	0	0	312	1.026	6.2	0.8	3.0	9.1	3.04
1990	33	4.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	4	.556	3.90	4.87	55	0	28	0	0	2	64.2	58	35	28	9	38	7	55	0	0	1	289	1.485	8.1	1.3	5.3	7.7	1.45
1991	34	5.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	0	1.000	3.74	3.94	47	0	20	0	0	0	45.2	52	20	19	4	15	8	36	1	1	1	202	1.467	10.2	0.8	3.0	7.1	2.40
1992	35	6.1	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	3	1	.750	3.23	3.46	59	0	14	0	0	1	39.0	33	15	14	5	13	1	40	1	0	2	158	1.179	7.6	1.2	3.0	9.2	3.08
1993	36	7.3	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	3	5	.375	3.18	3.97	57	0	27	0	0	8	56.2	47	25	20	2	17	3	67	3	1	3	233	1.129	7.5	0.3	2.7	10.6	3.94
1994	37	7.9	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	3	1	.750	5.08	6.00	40	0	5	0	0	0	39.0	32	26	22	4	26	2	36	2	0	0	174	1.487	7.4	0.9	6.0	8.3	1.38
1995	38	9.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	4	.333	3.26	3.44	65	0	23	0	0	3	49.2	28	19	18	4	27	7	58	1	1	2	200	1.107	5.1	0.7	4.9	10.5	2.15
1996	39	10.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	1	.750	3.40	3.56	66	0	10	0	0	0	55.2	42	22	21	5	28	4	52	2	0	2	236	1.257	6.8	0.8	4.5	8.4	1.86
1997	40	11.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	3	.667	2.32	2.32	71	0	12	0	0	0	50.1	29	13	13	6	30	0	46	0	1	1	205	1.172	5.2	1.1	5.4	8.2	1.53
1998	41	11.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	4	1	.800	3.18	3.18	69	0	26	0	0	7	56.2	46	20	20	6	28	1	50	1	1	3	243	1.306	7.3	1.0	4.4	7.9	1.79
1999	42	12.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	2	.000	5.34	5.91	65	0	12	0	0	1	32.0	28	21	19	5	20	3	35	2	0	2	144	1.500	7.9	1.4	5.6	9.8	1.75
2000	43		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	STL	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	3.4
2000	43	16.0	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	43	21.3	Peoria	MIDW	A	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.4
2000	43	14.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		3.86	11.57	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	1	3	2	4	2	0	0	16	2.571	11.6	3.9	11.6	15.4	1.33
2001	44	17.1	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	10	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	1	27	0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	13.5	5.50
2001	44	15.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	1	.000	3.94	3.94	35	0	7	0	0	0	16.0	17	7	7	3	7	1	21	0	0	0	69	1.500	9.6	1.7	3.9	11.8	3.00
2002	45	16.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	2	.333	3.00	3.33	56	0	8	0	0	1	27.0	24	10	9	4	12	1	22	0	0	2	119	1.333	8.0	1.3	4.0	7.3	1.83
2003	46		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SDP	2	2	.500	7.68	8.21	65	0	13	0	0	2	34.0	41	31	29	4	21	3	29	3	0	7	166	1.824	10.9	1.1	5.6	7.7	1.38
2003	46	17.2	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	1	.500	7.56	7.92	42	0	10	0	0	2	25.0	33	22	21	4	10	0	22	2	0	4	118	1.720	11.9	1.4	3.6	7.9	2.20
2003	46	17.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		10.38	12.46	15	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	6	5	0	6	3	4	0	0	0	24	2.308	8.3	0.0	12.5	8.3	0.67
2003	46	17.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	1	.500	5.79	5.79	8	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	24	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60
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 (24 seasons)					Majors		87	80	.521	3.16	3.56	1252	4	501	0	0	144	1295.1	1055	512	455	113	581	86	1179	34	11	40	5460	1.263	7.3	0.8	4.0	8.2	2.03
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		22	18	.550	3.18	3.99	134	29	25	1	0	17	289.0	248	128	102	12	159	17	281	8	8	16	37	1.408	7.7	0.4	5.0	8.8	1.77
All Levels (26 Seasons)							109	98	.527	3.16	3.64	1386	33	526	1	0	161	1584.1	1303	640	557	125	740	103	1460	42	19	56	5497	1.290	7.4	0.7	4.2	8.3	1.97

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		14	10	.583	3.47	4.34	75	26	25	1	0	8	176.1	167	85	68	9	77	8	147	4	3	11	31	1.384	8.5	0.5	3.9	7.5	1.91
AA (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	3.68	4.56	37	1		0	0	3	71.0	52	36	29	3	62	4	85	2	3	3		1.606	6.6	0.4	7.9	10.8	1.37
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.4
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	1.13	1.58	20	0		0	0	6	40.0	29	7	5	0	20	5	48	2	2	2		1.225	6.5	0.0	4.5	10.8	2.40