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.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 11	CLE		ANA	W,15-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	11 (1)	Apr 14	CLE		SEA	L,1-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	14 (2)	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	17 (2)	Apr 20	CLE		MIL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	19 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	20	Apr 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	MIL	L,8-9	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	25 (2)	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,9-11		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	28 (2)	May 4	CLE		DET	L,0-2	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	30 (1)	May 7	CLE		TOR	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	31	May 8	CLE		TOR	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	34 (2)	May 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	36 (1)	May 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	39 (2)	May 17	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	43 (3)	May 22	CLE		KCR	W,9-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	45 (1)	May 24	CLE		BAL	L,3-8		17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	47 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	51 (3)	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8		10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	53 (1)	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-9		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	62 (8)	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	67 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7		18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	71 (3)	Jun 24	CLE		MIN	W,10-5		9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	74 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	HOU	W,6-4		3	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	HOU	W,8-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	79 (2)	Jul 5	CLE		KCR	W,8-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	80	Jul 6	CLE		KCR	W,8-7		12	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-1		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
30	85 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	87 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	90 (1)	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	92 (1)	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	94 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		SEA	L,3-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	96 (1)	Jul 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	97	Jul 26	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	98	Jul 27	CLE		OAK	W,4-2		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	102 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		ANA	L,2-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	103	Aug 1	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-5		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	105 (1)	Aug 3	CLE	@	TEX	L,7-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	107 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	110 (2)	Aug 8	CLE		TEX	L,5-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	112 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
45	114 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	116 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	118 (1)	Aug 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-4		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	121 (2)	Aug 18	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	122	Aug 19	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	125 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	129 (2)	Aug 27	CLE	@	ANA	W,10-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHC	W,7-6	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	133 (2)	Sep 1	CLE	@	PIT	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	135 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	137 (1)	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	138	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	139	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	144 (4)	Sep 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	146 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	147	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	149 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	155 (5)	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	157 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		NYY	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	158	Sep 26	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	P
66	161 (2)	Sep 28	CLE		MIN	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							66gm		82.1	5	7	1	13	2