Jose Mesa | Major Leaguer 1987-2007

Full Name: Jose Ramon Mesa
Born: May 22,1966 in Azua, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Santa School (Azua,DR)
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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981

Transactions: [Oct 31,1981] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Blue Jays. [Sep 4,1987] - Traded by Blue Jays with Oswaldo Peraza to Orioles for Mike Flanagan. [Jul 14,1992] - Traded by Orioles to Indians for Kyle Washington. [Jul 23,1998] - Traded by Indians with Alvin Morman and Shawon Dunston to Giants for Steve Reed and Jacob Cruz. [Jul 24,1998] - Traded by Indians with LHP Alvin Morman and 2B Shawon Dunston to Giants for RHP Steve Reed and OF Jacob Cruz July 24 1998 [Oct 23,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 13,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [Nov 6,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 21,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. [Oct 27,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 30,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Dec 8,2005] - Signed by Rockies [Dec 11,2006] - Signed by Tigers (1-year) [Jun 3,2007] - Released by Tigers [Jun 9,2007] - Signed by Phillies

Disabled List: [Apr 20,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Groin) [May 3,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1982	GCL Jays	GCL	16	Tor	Rk	6	4	2.70	13	12	6	3	1	1	83.1	58	34	25	1	20	40	2		6.26	0.11	2.16	4.32	0.94	--
1983	Florence	SAL	17	Tor	A	6	12	5.48	28	27	1	0	1	0	141.1	153	116	86	14	93	91	14		9.74	0.89	5.92	5.79	1.74	--
1984	Florence	SAL	18	Tor	A	4	3	3.76	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.1	38	24	16	3	25	35	2		8.92	0.70	5.87	8.22	1.64	--
	Kinston	Caro	18	Tor	A+	5	2	3.91	10	9	0	0	0	0	50.2	51	23	22	2	28	24	2		9.06	0.36	4.97	4.26	1.56	--
1986	Ventura Ct	Calif	20	Tor	A+	10	6	3.86	24	24	2	1	0	0	142.1	141	71	61	6	58	113	9		8.92	0.38	3.67	7.15	1.40	--
	Knoxville	Sou	20	Tor	AA	2	2	4.36	9	8	2	1	1	0	41.1	40	32	20	6	23	30	5		8.71	1.31	5.01	6.53	1.52	--
1987	Knoxville	Sou	21	Tor	AA	10	13	5.21	35	35	4	2	0	0	193.1	206	131	112	19	104	115	13		9.59	0.88	4.84	5.35	1.60	--
	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	1	3	6.03	6	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	38	23	21	7	15	17	4	0	10.92	2.01	4.31	4.88	1.69	34%
1988	Rochester	IL	22	Bal	AAA	0	3	8.62	11	2	0	0	5	0	15.2	21	20	15	2	14	15	0		12.07	1.15	8.05	8.62	2.23	--
1989	Hagerstown	East	23	Bal	AA	0	0	1.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	9	2	2	0	4	12	0		6.23	0.00	2.77	8.31	1.00	--
	Rochester	IL	23	Bal	AAA	0	2	5.40	7	1	0	0	4	0	10.0	10	6	6	2	6	3	1		9.00	1.80	5.40	2.70	1.60	--
1990	Hagerstown	East	24	Bal	AA	5	5	3.42	15	15	3	1	0	0	79.0	77	35	30	4	30	72	2		8.77	0.46	3.42	8.20	1.35	--
	Rochester	IL	24	Bal	AAA	1	2	2.42	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	21	11	7	2	12	23	3		7.27	0.69	4.15	7.96	1.27	--
	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	3	2	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	46.2	37	20	20	2	27	24	1	1	7.14	0.39	5.21	4.63	1.37	40%
1991	Rochester	IL	25	Bal	AAA	3	3	3.86	8	8	1	1	0	0	51.1	37	25	22	4	30	48	3		6.49	0.70	5.26	8.42	1.31	--
	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	6	11	5.97	23	23	2	1	0	0	123.2	151	86	82	11	62	64	3	0	10.99	0.80	4.51	4.66	1.72	37%
1992	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	3	8	5.19	13	12	0	0	1	0	67.2	77	41	39	9	27	22	2	0	10.24	1.20	3.59	2.93	1.54	47%
	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	4	4	4.16	15	15	1	1	0	0	93.0	92	45	43	5	43	40	0	0	8.90	0.48	4.16	3.87	1.45	36%
1993	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	10	12	4.92	34	33	3	0	0	0	208.2	232	122	114	21	62	118	8	2	10.01	0.91	2.67	5.09	1.41	47%
1994	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	7	5	3.82	51	0	0	0	22	2	73.0	71	33	31	3	26	63	3	0	8.75	0.37	3.21	7.77	1.33	48%
1995	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	3	0	1.13	62	0	0	0	57	46	64.0	49	9	8	3	17	58	5	0	6.89	0.42	2.39	8.16	1.03	53%
1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	2	7	3.73	69	0	0	0	60	39	72.1	69	32	30	6	28	64	4	0	8.59	0.75	3.48	7.96	1.34	53%
1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	4	4	2.40	66	0	0	0	38	16	82.1	83	28	22	7	28	69	1	0	9.07	0.77	3.06	7.54	1.35	--
1998	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	3	4	5.17	44	0	0	0	18	1	54.0	61	36	31	7	20	35	2	0	10.17	1.17	3.33	5.83	1.50	49%
	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	5	3	3.52	32	0	0	0	18	0	30.2	30	14	12	1	18	28	8	0	8.81	0.29	5.28	8.22	1.57	39%
1999	Seattle	AL	33	Sea	MLB	3	6	4.98	68	0	0	0	60	33	68.2	84	42	38	11	40	42	7	0	11.01	1.44	5.24	5.51	1.81	--
2000	Seattle	AL	34	Sea	MLB	4	6	5.36	66	0	0	0	29	1	80.2	89	48	48	11	41	84	3	0	9.93	1.23	4.57	9.37	1.61	48%
2001	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	3	3	2.34	71	0	0	0	59	42	69.1	65	26	18	4	20	59	2	1	8.44	0.52	2.60	7.66	1.23	51%
2002	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	4	6	2.97	74	0	0	0	64	45	75.2	65	26	25	5	39	64	9	0	7.73	0.59	4.64	7.61	1.37	53%
2003	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	5	7	6.52	61	0	0	0	47	24	58.0	71	44	42	7	31	45	3	0	11.02	1.09	4.81	6.98	1.76	37%
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	5	2	3.25	70	0	0	0	65	43	69.1	78	26	25	6	20	37	1	0	10.13	0.78	2.60	4.80	1.41	48%
2005	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	2	8	4.77	55	0	0	0	48	27	56.2	61	30	30	7	26	37	2	0	9.69	1.11	4.13	5.88	1.54	47%
2006	Colorado	NL	40	Col	MLB	1	5	3.86	79	0	0	0	26	1	72.1	73	32	31	9	36	39	4	1	9.08	1.12	4.48	4.85	1.51	55%
2007	Toledo	IL	41	Det	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	1.00	--
	Detroit	AL	41	Det	MLB	1	1	12.35	16	0	0	0	8	0	11.2	19	16	16	3	6	9	0	0	14.67	2.32	4.63	6.95	2.14	47%
	Philadelph	NL	41	Phi	MLB	1	2	5.54	40	0	0	0	13	1	39.0	34	32	24	6	19	20	3	0	7.85	1.38	4.38	4.62	1.36	39%

Major League Totals - 19 Season(s)						80	109	4.36	1022	95	6	2	633	321	1,548.2	1629	811	750	151	651	1038	75	5	9.47	0.88	3.78	6.03	1.47	46%
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)						52	57	4.30	175	156	19	9	12	1	887.2	864	530	424	65	447	622	56		8.76	0.66	4.53	6.31	1.48	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Elizabetht	App	13	Min	Rk	of		21	68	9	18	4	0	1	8	0	0	5	8	2		1	0		.265	.333	.368	701	--
1981	Erie	NYPL	15	Stl	A-	c		3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		.250	.571	.250	821	--
1987	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	p	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	p	9,7	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	0%
1999	Seattle	AL	33	Sea	MLB	p		68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Seattle	AL	34	Sea	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	p	9	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	p	9	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	p	9	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	p	9	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	p	9	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2006	Colorado	NL	40	Col	MLB	p	9	76	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								887	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	50%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								24	72	10	19	4	0	1	8	0	0	8	9	2		1	0		.264	.354	.361	715	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1995	Cleveland	AL	29		Div	0	0	0.00	2		0			1	2.0	0		0		2	0			0.00	---	9.00	0.00	1.00	--
	Cleveland	AL	29		Ch	0	0	2.25	4		0			1	4.0	3		1		1	1			6.75	---	2.25	2.25	1.00	--
	Cleveland	AL	29		Ws	1	0	4.50	2		0			1	4.0	5		2		1	4			11.25	---	2.25	9.00	1.50	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	30		Div	0	1	3.86	3		0			0	4.2	8		2		0	7			15.45	---	0.00	13.52	1.72	--
1997	Cleveland	AL	31		Div	0	0	2.70	2		0			1	3.1	5		1		1	2			13.51	---	2.70	5.41	1.80	--
	Cleveland	AL	31		Ch	1	0	1.69	3		0			2	5.1	3		1		2	4			5.07	---	3.38	6.75	0.94	--
	Cleveland	AL	31		Ws	0	0	5.40	5		0			1	5.0	8		3		1	5			14.40	---	1.80	9.00	1.80	--
2000	Seattle	AL	34		Div	1	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.0	0		0		1	2			0.00	---	4.50	9.00	0.50	--
	Seattle	AL	34		Ch	0	0	12.47	3		0			0	4.1	5		6		3	3			10.39	---	6.24	6.24	1.85	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						3	1	4.15	26		0			7	34.2	37		16		12	28			9.61	---	3.12	7.27	1.41	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Seattle	AL	34	Sea	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Seattle	AL	34	Sea	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1979	Elizabetht	App	13	Min	Rk	OF	19			28	5	5	38	2	-	-	-	.868	--

1981	Erie	NYPL	15	Stl	A-	C	2			10	0	0	10	0	1			1.000	--

1982	GCL Jays	GCL	16	Tor	Rk	P	13			1	15	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1983	Florence	SAL	17	Tor	A	P	28			7	27	4	38	3	-	-	-	.895	--

1984	Florence	SAL	18	Tor	A	P	7			2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1984	Kinston	Caro	18	Tor	A+	P	10			1	8	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1985	Kinston	Caro	19	Tor	A+	P	30			2	10	3	15	0	-	-	-	.800	--

1986	Ventura Ct	Calif	20	Tor	A+	P	24			8	13	1	22	0	-	-	-	.955	--
1986	Knoxville	Sou	20	Tor	AA	P	9			4	3	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--

1987	Knoxville	Sou	21	Tor	AA	P	35			11	24	2	37	1	-	-	-	.946	--
1987	Baltimore	AL	21	Bal	MLB	P	6		31.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.57

1988	Rochester	IL	22	Bal	AAA	P	11			0	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	.000	--

1989	Hagerstown	East	23	Bal	AA	P	3			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	Rochester	IL	23	Bal	AAA	P	7			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1990	Hagerstown	East	24	Bal	AA	P	15			7	14	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Rochester	IL	24	Bal	AAA	P	4			1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	P	7		46.2	3	5	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.54

1991	Rochester	IL	25	Bal	AAA	P	8			5	5	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--
1991	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB	P	23		123.2	17	17	0	34	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.47

1992	Baltimore	AL	26	Bal	MLB	P	13		67.2	8	9	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	2.26
1992	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	15		93	4	12	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	1.55

1993	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	34		208.2	15	29	3	47	0	-	-	-	.936	1.90

1994	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	51		73	3	11	2	16	0	-	-	-	.875	1.73

1995	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	62		64	6	10	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	2.25

1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	69		72.1	5	3	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.00

1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	66		82.1	5	7	1	13	2	-	-	-	.923	1.31

1998	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	44		54	4	10	1	15	1	-	-	-	.933	2.33
1998	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	P	32		30.2	1	1	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	.59

1999	Seattle	AL	33	Sea	MLB	P	68		68.2	11	7	1	19	2	-	-	-	.947	2.36

2000	Seattle	AL	34	Sea	MLB	P	66		80.2	7	8	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.67

2001	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	P	71		69.1	4	9	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69

2002	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	P	74		75.2	4	16	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.38

2003	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	P	61	-	58	4	2	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	.93

2004	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	P	70	-	69.1	4	11	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.95

2005	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	P	55	-	56.2	2	13	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	2.38

2006	Colorado	NL	40	Col	MLB	P	79	-	72.1	2	11	1	14	2	-	-	-	.929	1.62

2007	Detroit	AL	41	Det	MLB	P	16	-	12.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.71
2007	Philadelph	NL	41	Phi	MLB	P	40	-	39	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

Awards

[1995] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #4), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1996] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1987	*60,000		292,853	73
1988	62,500		325,305	80
1990	*100,000		426,358	80
1991	107,000		617,627	62
1992	135,000		798,185	62
1993	325,000		815,723	41
1994	600,000		914,157	34
1995	1,447,223		831,504	19
1996	1,872,223		835,262	17