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Luis Cessa

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 208lb (183cm, 94kg)

Team: New York Yankees (majors)

Born: April 25, 1992 in Cordoba, Mexico mx

Debut: April 8, 2016 (Age 23-349d, 21,084th in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$1.05M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 3.131 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2024

Full Name: Luis Enrique Cessa

Nicknames: Quique or Kiké

Pronunciation: \SESS-uh\

Twitter: @LuisCessaMx

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.7

2.0

ERA

2.82

4.19

131

38.1

292.0

238

WHIP

1.252

1.288

7/27 The Yankees announced Monday that they’ve acquired right-handed reliever Clay Holmes from the Pirates in exchange for minor league infielders Diego Castillo and Hoy Jun Park. Catcher Rob Brantly,
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2011	19	NYM-min	Rk,FRk	4	3	.571	3.19	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	MET,MT2 GULF,DOSL
2012	20	NYM-min	A-	5	4	.556	2.49	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	BKN NYPL
2013	21	NYM-min	A	8	4	.667	3.12	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	SAV SALL
2014	22	NYM-min	A+,AA	7	9	.438	4.26	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	SCE,BNG FLOR,EL
2015	23	NYM-DET-min	AA,AAA	8	10	.444	4.52	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	BNG,TOL,LVG EL,IL,PCL
2016	24	NYY-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.03	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	SWB IL
2016	24	NYY	AL	4	4	.500	4.35	17	9	5	0	0	0	70.1	64	36	34	16	14	0	46	3	0	2	285	99	5.52	1.109	8.2	2.0	1.8	5.9	3.29
2017	25	NYY-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.45	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	SWB IL
2017	25	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	4.75	10	5	2	0	0	0	36.0	36	21	19	7	17	0	30	3	0	2	160	96	5.69	1.472	9.0	1.8	4.3	7.5	1.76
2018	26	NYY-min	AAA,AA,A+	3	2	.600	3.08	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	SWB,TRE,TAM IL,EL,FLOR
2018	26	NYY	AL	1	4	.200	5.24	16	5	6	0	0	2	44.2	51	27	26	5	13	0	39	0	0	7	195	81	3.74	1.433	10.3	1.0	2.6	7.9	3.00
2019	27	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	4.11	43	0	14	0	0	1	81.0	75	42	37	14	31	1	75	3	0	1	343	111	4.87	1.309	8.3	1.6	3.4	8.3	2.42
2020	28	NYY	AL	0	0		3.32	16	0	6	0	0	1	21.2	20	10	8	2	7	0	17	0	1	1	93	131	3.79	1.246	8.3	0.8	2.9	7.1	2.43
2021	29	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	2.82	29	0	13	0	0	0	38.1	31	17	12	2	17	1	31	0	0	0	161	153	3.54	1.252	7.3	0.5	4.0	7.3	1.82
6 Yrs				10	13	.435	4.19	131	19	46	0	0	4	292.0	277	153	136	46	99	2	238	9	1	13	1237	105	4.70	1.288	8.5	1.4	3.1	7.3	2.40
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.435	4.19	59	9	21	0	0	2	132	126	69	62	21	45	1	108	4	0	6	561	105	4.70	1.288	8.5	1.4	3.1	7.3	2.40