José Mesa

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santa (Azua, Dominican Republic)

Debut: September 10, 1987 (Age 21-111d, 15,405th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2007 (Age 41-130d)
vs. WSN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Mitch Frankel

Full Name: José Ramón Nova Mesa

Nicknames: Joe Table or Señor Smoke

Pronunciation: \MAY-sa\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.4

109

ERA

4.36

1022

321

1548.2

1038

WHIP

1.472

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 5	CLE		TOR	L,1-7	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	4	Apr 6	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5	Apr 7	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	7 (1)	Apr 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-14	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	8	Apr 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	10 (1)	Apr 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	14 (3)	Apr 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	15	Apr 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	17 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	18	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	20 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	21	Apr 26	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	24 (2)	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	26 (1)	May 2 susp	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	27	May 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	29 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	32 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	34 (1)	May 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	35	May 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	37 (1)	May 15	CLE		DET	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	39 (1)	May 17	CLE		TEX	W,12-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	41 (1)	May 19	CLE		TEX	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	45 (3)	May 24	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	46	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	51 (4)	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	54 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	55	Jun 4	CLE		SEA	L,7-10		6	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
28	58 (2)	Jun 7	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	60 (1)	Jun 9	CLE		CAL	L,6-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	61	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	62	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	68 (5)	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	71 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,7-8		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	76 (4)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	77	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-15	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	80 (2)	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	82 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	W,3-2		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	84 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	89 (4)	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,19-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	92 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	96 (3)	Jul 19	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	97	Jul 20	CLE		MIN	W,6-5		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	99 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	104 (4)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-14	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	105	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	108 (2)	Aug 1	CLE		TOR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	111 (2)	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,14-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	113 (1)	Aug 6	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
50	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	119 (3)	Aug 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	122 (2)	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,3-1		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
54	123	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	128 (4)	Aug 23	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	130 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	135 (4)	Aug 31	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	137 (1)	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	141 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	142	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	144 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	147 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,9-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	148	Sep 15	CLE		OAK	L,9-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	151 (2)	Sep 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	154 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		KCR	W,13-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	155	Sep 22	CLE		KCR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	156	Sep 23	CLE		MIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	157	Sep 24	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	160 (2)	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							69gm		72.1	5	3	1	9	1