José Rijo

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: May 13, 1965 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic do

Last Game: September 28, 2002 (Age 37-138d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: José Antonio Rijo

Pronunciation: \REE-hoh\

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Juan Marichal

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.5

116

ERA

3.24

376

269

1880.0

1606

WHIP

1.262

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1981	16	-4.2	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	3	3	.500	4.50	6.55	11	1	4	0	0	1	22.0	37	16	11	2	7	0	22	0	2	1		2.000	15.1	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.14
1982	17	-2.8	Paintsville	APPY	Rk	NYY	8	4	.667	2.50	3.74	13	12	1	6	3	0	79.1	76	33	22	6	22	0	66	0	3	6		1.235	8.6	0.7	2.5	7.5	3.00
1983	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	NYY	18	7	.720	1.88	2.24	26	26	0	18	4	0	200.2	160	50	42	7	65	3	184	2	2	4		1.121	7.2	0.3	2.9	8.3	2.83
1983	18	-5.6	Nashville	SOUL	AA	NYY	3	2	.600	2.68	2.68	5	5	0	3	0	0	40.1	31	12	12	1	22	0	32	0	1	0		1.314	6.9	0.2	4.9	7.1	1.45
1983	18	-4.1	Fort Lauderdale	FLOR	A	NYY	15	5	.750	1.68	2.13	21	21	0	15	4	0	160.1	129	38	30	6	43	3	152	2	1	4		1.073	7.2	0.3	2.4	8.5	3.53
1984	19	-6.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	3	3	.500	4.41	4.82	11	11	0	0	0	0	65.1	67	35	32	7	40	0	47	1	1	4		1.638	9.2	1.0	5.5	6.5	1.18
1984	19	-9.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	8	.200	4.76	5.78	24	5	8	0	0	2	62.1	74	40	33	5	33	1	47	1	1	2	289	1.717	10.7	0.7	4.8	6.8	1.42
1985	20	-5.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	7	10	.412	2.90	3.87	24	24	0	3	1	0	149.0	116	64	48	6	108	3	179	0	11	4		1.503	7.0	0.4	6.5	10.8	1.66
1985	20	-8.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	4	.600	3.53	3.68	12	9	1	0	0	0	63.2	57	26	25	6	28	2	65	1	0	0	272	1.335	8.1	0.8	4.0	9.2	2.32
1986	21	-7.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	9	11	.450	4.65	5.39	39	26	9	4	0	1	193.2	172	116	100	24	108	7	176	4	4	6	856	1.446	8.0	1.1	5.0	8.2	1.63
1987	22	-3.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	2	4	.333	3.95	4.45	9	8	0	0	0	0	54.2	44	27	24	5	28	0	67	1	2	8		1.317	7.2	0.8	4.6	11.0	2.39
1987	22	-6.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	7	.222	5.90	7.32	21	14	3	1	0	0	82.1	106	67	54	10	41	1	67	2	2	5	394	1.785	11.6	1.1	4.5	7.3	1.63
1988	23	-5.5	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	13	8	.619	2.39	2.61	49	19	12	0	0	0	162.0	120	47	43	7	63	7	160	3	4	1	653	1.130	6.7	0.4	3.5	8.9	2.54
1989	24	-4.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	7	6	.538	2.84	3.16	19	19	0	1	1	0	111.0	101	39	35	6	48	3	86	2	3	4	464	1.342	8.2	0.5	3.9	7.0	1.79
1990	25	-1.6	Nashville	AA	AAA	CIN	0	0		8.31	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	0		1.615	10.4	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
1990	25	-3.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	14	8	.636	2.70	2.97	29	29	0	7	1	0	197.0	151	65	59	10	78	1	152	2	5	2	801	1.162	6.9	0.5	3.6	6.9	1.95
1991	26	-2.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	15	6	.714	2.51	3.04	30	30	0	3	1	0	204.1	165	69	57	8	55	4	172	3	4	2	825	1.077	7.3	0.4	2.4	7.6	3.13
1992	27	-1.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	15	10	.600	2.56	2.86	33	33	0	2	0	0	211.0	185	67	60	15	44	1	171	3	1	2	836	1.085	7.9	0.6	1.9	7.3	3.89
1993	28	-0.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	14	9	.609	2.48	2.66	36	36	0	2	1	0	257.1	218	76	71	19	62	2	227	2	1	0	1029	1.088	7.6	0.7	2.2	7.9	3.66
1994	29	0.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	9	6	.600	3.08	3.81	26	26	0	2	0	0	172.1	177	73	59	16	52	1	171	4	2	1	733	1.329	9.2	0.8	2.7	8.9	3.29
1995	30	2.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	5	4	.556	4.17	4.30	14	14	0	0	0	0	69.0	76	33	32	6	22	1	62	0	0	3	295	1.420	9.9	0.8	2.9	8.1	2.82

2001	36		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-AA	CIN	0	0		4.05	4.50	8	6	0	0	0	0	20.0	20	10	9	2	6	0	11	1	0	2	83	1.300	9.0	0.9	2.7	5.0	1.83
2001	36	9.3	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		5.14	5.79	6	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	9	8	2	5	0	7	1	0	1	61	1.500	10.3	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.40
2001	36	11.9	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	11	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2001	36	14.4	Dayton	MIDW	A	CIN	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2001	36	7.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		2.12	3.18	13	0	4	0	0	0	17.0	19	6	4	2	9	2	12	0	1	1	80	1.647	10.1	1.1	4.8	6.4	1.33
2002	37	8.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	5	4	.556	5.14	5.61	31	9	6	0	0	0	77.0	89	48	44	13	20	1	38	1	0	1	340	1.416	10.4	1.5	2.3	4.4	1.90
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		116	91	.560	3.24	3.70	376	269	43	22	4	3	1880.0	1710	772	676	147	663	34	1606	28	28	30	7867	1.262	8.2	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.42
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		41	31	.569	2.90	3.61	103	89	5	27	8	1	595.1	525	239	192	35	278	6	578	5	22	29	83	1.349	7.9	0.5	4.2	8.7	2.08
All Levels (17 Seasons)							157	122	.563	3.16	3.68	479	358	48	49	12	4	2475.1	2235	1011	868	182	941	40	2184	33	50	59	7950	1.283	8.1	0.7	3.4	7.9	2.32

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		12	17	.414	3.63	4.35	51	48	0	3	1	0	287.1	248	139	116	20	183	3	302	3	15	17	61	1.500	7.8	0.6	5.7	9.5	1.65
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.49	2.49	6	6	0	3	0	0	43.1	32	12	12	1	23	0	35	0	1	1	11	1.269	6.6	0.2	4.8	7.3	1.52
A (2 seasons)					Minors		15	5	.750	1.71	2.15	22	22	0	15	4	0	163.1	132	39	31	6	43	3	153	2	1	4	11	1.071	7.3	0.3	2.4	8.4	3.56
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		11	7	.611	2.93	4.35	24	13	5	6	3	1	101.1	113	49	33	8	29	0	88	0	5	7		1.401	10.0	0.7	2.6	7.8	3.03