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Jesse Orosco

Position: Pitcher

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)

Debut: April 5, 1979 (Age 21-349d, 14,160th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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

W

L

ERA

3.16

G

1252

GS

SV

144

IP

1295.1

SO

1179

WHIP

1.263

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
1978	21	MIN-min	Rk	4	4	.500	1.12	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	ELZ APPY
1979	22	NYM-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.89	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	TID IL
1979	22	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	4.89	18	2	6	0	0	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	0	22	2	0	0	154	75	5.02	1.571	8.5	1.0	5.7	5.7	1.00

1980	23	NYM-min	AA	4	4	.500	3.68	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	JAC TL
1981	24	NYM-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.31	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	TID IL
1981	24	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	1.56	8	0	4	0	0	1	17.1	13	4	3	2	6	2	18	0	1	0	69	230	3.06	1.096	6.8	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
1982	25	NYM	NL	4	10	.286	2.72	54	2	22	0	0	4	109.1	92	37	33	7	40	2	89	2	2	3	451	135	3.07	1.207	7.6	0.6	3.3	7.3	2.23
1983	26	NYM	NL	13	7	.650	1.47	62	0	42	0	0	17	110.0	76	27	18	3	38	7	84	1	2	1	432	248	2.65	1.036	6.2	0.2	3.1	6.9	2.21	AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1984	27	NYM	NL	10	6	.625	2.59	60	0	52	0	0	31	87.0	58	29	25	7	34	6	85	2	1	1	355	138	3.10	1.057	6.0	0.7	3.5	8.8	2.50	AS
1985	28	NYM	NL	8	6	.571	2.73	54	0	39	0	0	17	79.0	66	26	24	6	34	7	68	0	0	4	331	128	3.24	1.266	7.5	0.7	3.9	7.7	2.00
1986	29	NYM	NL	8	6	.571	2.33	58	0	40	0	0	21	81.0	64	23	21	6	35	3	62	3	0	2	338	154	3.61	1.222	7.1	0.7	3.9	6.9	1.77
1987	30	NYM	NL	3	9	.250	4.44	58	0	41	0	0	16	77.0	78	41	38	5	31	9	78	2	0	2	335	86	2.97	1.416	9.1	0.6	3.6	9.1	2.52
1988	31	LAD	NL	3	2	.600	2.72	55	0	21	0	0	9	53.0	41	18	16	4	30	3	43	2	0	1	229	124	3.94	1.340	7.0	0.7	5.1	7.3	1.43
1989	32	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	2.08	69	0	29	0	0	3	78.0	54	20	18	7	26	4	79	2	0	0	312	192	2.98	1.026	6.2	0.8	3.0	9.1	3.04
1990	33	CLE	AL	5	4	.556	3.90	55	0	28	0	0	2	64.2	58	35	28	9	38	7	55	0	0	1	289	101	4.68	1.485	8.1	1.3	5.3	7.7	1.45
1991	34	CLE	AL	2	0	1.000	3.74	47	0	20	0	0	0	45.2	52	20	19	4	15	8	36	1	1	1	202	113	3.47	1.467	10.2	0.8	3.0	7.1	2.40
1992	35	MIL	AL	3	1	.750	3.23	59	0	14	0	0	1	39.0	33	15	14	5	13	1	40	1	0	2	158	121	3.48	1.179	7.6	1.2	3.0	9.2	3.08
1993	36	MIL	AL	3	5	.375	3.18	57	0	27	0	0	8	56.2	47	25	20	2	17	3	67	3	1	3	233	135	2.14	1.129	7.5	0.3	2.7	10.6	3.94
1994	37	MIL	AL	3	1	.750	5.08	40	0	5	0	0	0	39.0	32	26	22	4	26	2	36	2	0	0	174	99	4.77	1.487	7.4	0.9	6.0	8.3	1.38
1995	38	BAL	AL	2	4	.333	3.26	65	0	23	0	0	3	49.2	28	19	18	4	27	7	58	1	1	2	200	147	3.51	1.107	5.1	0.7	4.9	10.5	2.15
1996	39	BAL	AL	3	1	.750	3.40	66	0	10	0	0	0	55.2	42	22	21	5	28	4	52	2	0	2	236	147	4.09	1.257	6.8	0.8	4.5	8.4	1.86
1997	40	BAL	AL	6	3	.667	2.32	71	0	12	0	0	0	50.1	29	13	13	6	30	0	46	0	1	1	205	190	4.62	1.172	5.2	1.1	5.4	8.2	1.53
1998	41	BAL	AL	4	1	.800	3.18	69	0	26	0	0	7	56.2	46	20	20	6	28	1	50	1	1	3	243	143	4.29	1.306	7.3	1.0	4.4	7.9	1.79
1999	42	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	5.34	65	0	12	0	0	1	32.0	28	21	19	5	20	3	35	2	0	2	144	88	5.04	1.500	7.9	1.4	5.6	9.8	1.75
2000	43	STL-min	A,AAA	0	1	.000	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		PEO,MEM MIDW,PCL
2000	43	STL	NL	0	0		3.86	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	1	3	2	4	2	0	0	16	138	11.71	2.571	11.6	3.9	11.6	15.4	1.33
2001	44	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	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	LVG PCL
2001	44	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	3.94	35	0	7	0	0	0	16.0	17	7	7	3	7	1	21	0	0	0	69	103	4.17	1.500	9.6	1.7	3.9	11.8	3.00
2002	45	LAD	NL	1	2	.333	3.00	56	0	8	0	0	1	27.0	24	10	9	4	12	1	22	0	0	2	119	128	4.59	1.333	8.0	1.3	4.0	7.3	1.83
2003	46	TOT	MLB	2	2	.500	7.68	65	0	13	0	0	2	34.0	41	31	29	4	21	3	29	3	0	7	166	55	4.97	1.824	10.9	1.1	5.6	7.7	1.38
2003	46	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	8.00	23	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	8	9	8	0	11	3	7	1	0	3	48	60	5.48	2.111	8.0	0.0	11.0	7.0	0.64
2003	46	SDP	NL	1	1	.500	7.56	42	0	10	0	0	2	25.0	33	22	21	4	10	0	22	2	0	4	118	53	4.79	1.720	11.9	1.4	3.6	7.9	2.20
2003	46	NYY	AL	0	0		10.38	15	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	6	5	0	6	3	4	0	0	0	24	46	5.34	2.308	8.3	0.0	12.5	8.3	0.67
2003	46	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	5.79	8	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	24	84	5.60	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60
24 Yrs				87	80	.521	3.16	1252	4	501	0	0	144	1295.1	1055	512	455	113	581	86	1179	34	11	40	5460	126	3.61	1.263	7.3	0.8	4.0	8.2	2.03
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.521	3.16	68	0	27	0	0	8	70	57	28	25	6	31	5	64	2	1	2	296	126	3.61	1.263	7.3	0.8	4.0	8.2	2.03
				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
NYM (8 yrs)				47	47	.500	2.73	372	4	246	0	0	107	595.2	480	207	181	40	240	36	506	12	6	13	2465	133	3.20	1.209	7.3	0.6	3.6	7.6	2.11
BAL (5 yrs)				15	11	.577	3.35	336	0	83	0	0	11	244.1	173	95	91	26	133	15	241	6	3	10	1028	140	4.25	1.252	6.4	1.0	4.9	8.9	1.81
LAD (3 yrs)				4	5	.444	3.00	146	0	36	0	0	10	96.0	82	35	32	11	49	5	86	2	0	3	417	121	4.16	1.365	7.7	1.0	4.6	8.1	1.76
CLE (3 yrs)				10	8	.556	3.11	171	0	77	0	0	5	188.1	164	75	65	20	79	19	170	3	1	2	803	130	3.68	1.290	7.8	1.0	3.8	8.1	2.15
MIL (3 yrs)				9	7	.563	3.74	156	0	46	0	0	9	134.2	112	66	56	11	56	6	143	6	1	5	565	117	3.29	1.248	7.5	0.7	3.7	9.6	2.55
MIN (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.79	8	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	24	84	5.60	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60
STL (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	1	3	2	4	2	0	0	16	138	11.71	2.571	11.6	3.9	11.6	15.4	1.33
SDP (1 yr)				1	1	.500	7.56	42	0	10	0	0	2	25.0	33	22	21	4	10	0	22	2	0	4	118	53	4.79	1.720	11.9	1.4	3.6	7.9	2.20
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		10.38	15	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	6	5	0	6	3	4	0	0	0	24	46	5.34	2.308	8.3	0.0	12.5	8.3	0.67

AL (12 yrs)				35	27	.565	3.44	686	0	209	0	0	25	576.1	457	245	220	57	279	43	561	16	5	20	2444	128	3.86	1.277	7.1	0.9	4.4	8.8	2.01
NL (13 yrs)				52	53	.495	2.94	566	4	292	0	0	119	719.0	598	267	235	56	302	43	618	18	6	20	3016	124	3.41	1.252	7.5	0.7	3.8	7.7	2.05

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