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, 15,412th 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: Jose Ramon Nova Mesa

Nicknames: Joe Table

Pronunciation: \MAY-sa\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.4

109

ERA

4.36

1022

321

1548.2

1038

WHIP

1.472

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
1982	16	TOR-min	Rk	6	4	.600	2.70	13	12	1	6	3	1	83.1	58	34	25	1	20	0	40	6	4	2				0.936	6.3	0.1	2.2	4.3	2.00	BJY GULF
1983	17	TOR-min	A	6	12	.333	5.48	28	27	1	1	0	0	141.1	153	116	86	14	93	0	91	6	1	14				1.741	9.7	0.9	5.9	5.8	0.98	FLR SALL
1984	18	TOR-min	A	9	5	.643	3.84	17	16	0	0	0	0	89.0	89	47	38	5	53	0	59	0	2	4				1.596	9.0	0.5	5.4	6.0	1.11	KIN,FLR CARL,SALL
1985	19	TOR-min	A	5	10	.333	6.16	30	20	5	0	0	1	106.2	110	89	73	11	79	2	71	9	1	12				1.772	9.3	0.9	6.7	6.0	0.90	KIN CARL
1986	20	TOR-min	A,AA	12	8	.600	3.97	33	32	1	4	2	0	183.2	181	103	81	12	81	0	143	3	2	14				1.426	8.9	0.6	4.0	7.0	1.77	VCO,KNX CALL,SOUL
1987	21	TOR-min	AA	10	13	.435	5.21	35	35	0	4	2	0	193.1	206	131	112	19	104	0	115	3	3	13				1.603	9.6	0.9	4.8	5.4	1.11	KNX SOUL
1987	21	BAL	AL	1	3	.250	6.03	6	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	38	23	21	7	15	0	17	0	0	4	143	73	6.13	1.691	10.9	2.0	4.3	4.9	1.13

1988	22	BAL-min	AAA	0	3	.000	8.62	11	2	5	0	0	0	15.2	21	20	15	2	14	0	15	2	0	0				2.234	12.1	1.1	8.0	8.6	1.07	ROC IL
1989	23	BAL-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	3.13	10	4	4	0	0	0	23.0	19	8	8	2	10	0	15	1	0	1				1.261	7.4	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.50	HGR,ROC EL,IL
1990	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	6	7	.462	3.17	19	19	0	3	1	0	105.0	98	46	37	6	42	0	95	1	0	5				1.333	8.4	0.5	3.6	8.1	2.26	HGR,ROC EL,IL
1990	24	BAL	AL	3	2	.600	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	46.2	37	20	20	2	27	2	24	1	1	1	202	99	4.14	1.371	7.1	0.4	5.2	4.6	0.89
1991	25	BAL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.86	8	8	0	1	1	0	51.1	37	25	22	4	30	0	48	2	1	3				1.305	6.5	0.7	5.3	8.4	1.60	ROC IL
1991	25	BAL	AL	6	11	.353	5.97	23	23	0	2	1	0	123.2	151	86	82	11	62	2	64	3	0	3	566	67	4.55	1.722	11.0	0.8	4.5	4.7	1.03
1992	26	TOT	AL	7	12	.368	4.59	28	27	1	1	1	0	160.2	169	86	82	14	70	1	62	4	0	2	700	86	4.53	1.488	9.5	0.8	3.9	3.5	0.89
1992	26	BAL	AL	3	8	.273	5.19	13	12	1	0	0	0	67.2	77	41	39	9	27	1	22	2	0	2	300	77	5.15	1.537	10.2	1.2	3.6	2.9	0.81
1992	26	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	4.16	15	15	0	1	1	0	93.0	92	45	43	5	43	0	40	2	0	0	400	94	4.07	1.452	8.9	0.5	4.2	3.9	0.93
1993	27	CLE	AL	10	12	.455	4.92	34	33	0	3	0	0	208.2	232	122	114	21	62	2	118	7	2	8	897	88	4.16	1.409	10.0	0.9	2.7	5.1	1.90
1994	28	CLE	AL	7	5	.583	3.82	51	0	22	0	0	2	73.0	71	33	31	3	26	7	63	3	0	3	315	123	3.13	1.329	8.8	0.4	3.2	7.8	2.42
1995	29	CLE	AL	3	0	1.000	1.13	62	0	57	0	0	46	64.0	49	9	8	3	17	2	58	0	0	5	250	418	2.70	1.031	6.9	0.4	2.4	8.2	3.41	AS,CYA-2,MVP-4
1996	30	CLE	AL	2	7	.222	3.73	69	0	60	0	0	39	72.1	69	32	30	6	28	4	64	3	0	4	304	130	3.77	1.341	8.6	0.7	3.5	8.0	2.29	AS
1997	31	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	2.40	66	0	38	0	0	16	82.1	83	28	22	7	28	3	69	3	0	1	356	195	3.67	1.348	9.1	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.46
1998	32	TOT	MLB	8	7	.533	4.57	76	0	36	0	0	1	84.2	91	50	43	8	38	5	63	4	0	10	383	99	4.37	1.524	9.7	0.9	4.0	6.7	1.66
1998	32	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	5.17	44	0	18	0	0	1	54.0	61	36	31	7	20	3	35	4	0	2	244	92	4.86	1.500	10.2	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.75
1998	32	SFG	NL	5	3	.625	3.52	32	0	18	0	0	0	30.2	30	14	12	1	18	2	28	0	0	8	139	116	3.50	1.565	8.8	0.3	5.3	8.2	1.56
1999	33	SEA	AL	3	6	.333	4.98	68	0	60	0	0	33	68.2	84	42	38	11	40	4	42	4	0	7	325	100	5.92	1.806	11.0	1.4	5.2	5.5	1.05
2000	34	SEA	AL	4	6	.400	5.36	66	0	29	0	0	1	80.2	89	48	48	11	41	0	84	5	0	3	372	86	4.53	1.612	9.9	1.2	4.6	9.4	2.05
2001	35	PHI	NL	3	3	.500	2.34	71	0	59	0	0	42	69.1	65	26	18	4	20	2	59	2	1	2	291	182	3.05	1.226	8.4	0.5	2.6	7.7	2.95
2002	36	PHI	NL	4	6	.400	2.97	74	0	64	0	0	45	75.2	65	26	25	5	39	7	64	4	0	9	331	131	3.83	1.374	7.7	0.6	4.6	7.6	1.64
2003	37	PHI	NL	5	7	.417	6.52	61	0	47	0	0	24	58.0	71	44	42	7	31	2	45	1	0	3	273	62	4.70	1.759	11.0	1.1	4.8	7.0	1.45
2004	38	PIT	NL	5	2	.714	3.25	70	0	65	0	0	43	69.1	78	26	25	6	20	3	37	1	0	1	295	132	4.02	1.413	10.1	0.8	2.6	4.8	1.85
2005	39	PIT	NL	2	8	.200	4.76	55	0	48	0	0	27	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	3	37	3	0	2	257	88	4.86	1.535	9.7	1.1	4.1	5.9	1.42
2006	40	COL	NL	1	5	.167	3.86	79	0	26	0	0	1	72.1	73	32	31	9	36	6	39	5	1	4	315	128	5.39	1.507	9.1	1.1	4.5	4.9	1.08
2007	41	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5		TOL IL
2007	41	TOT	MLB	2	3	.400	7.11	56	0	21	0	0	1	50.2	53	48	40	9	25	2	29	2	0	3	229	65	6.00	1.539	9.4	1.6	4.4	5.2	1.16
2007	41	DET	AL	1	1	.500	12.34	16	0	8	0	0	0	11.2	19	16	16	3	6	0	9	0	0	0	59	38	6.58	2.143	14.7	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.50
2007	41	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	5.54	40	0	13	0	0	1	39.0	34	32	24	6	19	2	20	2	0	3	170	83	5.83	1.359	7.8	1.4	4.4	4.6	1.05
19 Yrs				80	109	.423	4.36	1022	95	633	6	2	321	1548.2	1629	811	750	151	651	57	1038	55	5	75	6804	100	4.31	1.472	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.0	1.59
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.423	4.36	62	6	39	0	0	20	94	99	49	46	9	40	3	63	3	0	5	414	100	4.31	1.472	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.0	1.59
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				33	36	.478	3.88	341	48	195	4	1	104	647.1	657	305	279	52	224	21	447	22	2	23	2766	116	3.84	1.361	9.1	0.7	3.1	6.2	2.00
PHI (4 yrs)				13	18	.419	4.05	246	0	183	0	0	112	242.0	235	128	109	22	109	13	188	9	1	17	1065	102	4.14	1.421	8.7	0.8	4.1	7.0	1.72
BAL (4 yrs)				13	24	.351	5.41	49	47	1	2	1	0	269.1	303	170	162	29	131	5	127	6	1	10	1211	74	4.81	1.611	10.1	1.0	4.4	4.2	0.97
PIT (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	3.93	125	0	113	0	0	70	126.0	139	56	55	13	46	6	74	4	0	3	552	108	4.39	1.468	9.9	0.9	3.3	5.3	1.61
SEA (2 yrs)				7	12	.368	5.18	134	0	89	0	0	34	149.1	173	90	86	22	81	4	126	9	0	10	697	92	5.17	1.701	10.4	1.3	4.9	7.6	1.56
COL (1 yr)				1	5	.167	3.86	79	0	26	0	0	1	72.1	73	32	31	9	36	6	39	5	1	4	315	128	5.39	1.507	9.1	1.1	4.5	4.9	1.08
SFG (1 yr)				5	3	.625	3.52	32	0	18	0	0	0	30.2	30	14	12	1	18	2	28	0	0	8	139	116	3.50	1.565	8.8	0.3	5.3	8.2	1.56
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	12.34	16	0	8	0	0	0	11.2	19	16	16	3	6	0	9	0	0	0	59	38	6.58	2.143	14.7	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.50

AL (13 yrs)				54	73	.425	4.53	540	95	293	6	2	138	1077.2	1152	581	543	106	442	30	709	37	3	43	4733	97	4.30	1.479	9.6	0.9	3.7	5.9	1.60
NL (8 yrs)				26	36	.419	3.96	482	0	340	0	0	183	471.0	477	230	207	45	209	27	329	18	2	32	2071	108	4.36	1.456	9.1	0.9	4.0	6.3	1.57

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