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

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-12 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	14	2	Apr 10	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.00	3.02	28	113	65	16	7	10	11	5	2	0	53			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.021	1.23	0.01%	0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	15	6	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.18	2.24	23	93	58	15	7	5	9	4	1	0	53			0	1	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.104	1.59	-0.09%	-0.46	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a1
3	16	10	Apr 20	BAL		TEX	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	1	2.45	2.86	29	116	68	16	10	8	12	5	2	0	65			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.222	1.51	0.16%	2.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	17	14	Apr 26	BAL		MIL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	5	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.33	3.47	25	82	51	7	9	5	16	3	2	0	44			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.145	1.37	-0.11%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	18	19	May 1	BAL		SEA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	7	1	1	6	2	0	0	2.87	3.78	31	115	65	15	6	10	13	6	2	0	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.280	.97	0.12%	2.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
6	19	23	May 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.23	3.48	33	128	87	16	7	12	19	7	1	0	75			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.282	.40	0.11%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
7	20	27	May 11	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-5	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.1	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	2.83	3.80	32	112	64	18	3	12	16	3	5	0	40			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.227	.41	-0.07%	-1.27	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a5
8	21	31	May 16	BAL		OAK	L,5-11	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.1	1	5	5	5	0	1	0	3.67	4.35	10	48	21	6	4	0	5	1	0	0	27			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.267	.49	-0.09%	-2.93	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
9	22	36	May 21	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	6	3	1	0	3.90	4.63	30	114	64	16	10	7	14	7	3	0	38			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.122	.47	-0.03%	-0.97	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out d1
10	23	40	May 26	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.47	4.38	27	105	66	9	5	9	14	5	2	0	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.453	.36	0.08%	3.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	24	45	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	6.1	11	7	7	1	4	0	0	4.06	4.17	31	104	66	13	8	11	15	10	2	0	26			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	.45	-0.334	.20	-0.09%	-4.27	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	25	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.1	6	4	3	3	1	1	0	4.14	4.34	25	87	49	12	6	12	9	3	1	0	40			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.186	.40	-0.05%	-2.07	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d3
13	26	55	Jun 11	BAL		KCR	L,0-11	GS-3	L(4-7)	5	2.1	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	4.60	4.44	14	39	27	3	1	2	11	5	1	0	22			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.296	.25	-0.05%	-3.73	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
14	27	60	Jun 16	BAL	@	TOR	W,13-8	GS-5		4	4.1	8	8	8	3	1	1	1	5.24	4.64	23	77	41	7	6	8	10	3	2	0	13			1	0	0	18	5	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.380	.22	-0.05%	-4.34	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a2
15	28	67	Jun 23(2)	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-8	GS-6		6	5.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	5.25	4.55	24	104	62	11	11	9	8	3	1	0	40			1	2	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.189	.22	-0.02%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out a1
16	29	71	Jun 28	BAL		BOS	L,3-9	GS-3	L(4-8)	4	2.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	5.75	4.56	14	55	35	7	3	5	6	2	2	0	19			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.296	.29	-0.05%	-3.87	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	30	115	Aug 15	BAL		TEX	W,9-2	CG	W(5-8)	47	9.0	3	2	2	2	9	1	0	5.40	4.41	32	124	77	18	15	8	13	2	3	0	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.063	.00	0.00%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	31	120	Aug 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-6	GS-4		4	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	1	5.72	4.63	22	75	45	11	6	6	10	2	1	0	25			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.472	.00	0.00%	-4.05	1b start a 3	4b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	32	135	Sep 7	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	GS-5	L(5-9)	17	4.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	5.68	4.61	22	77	48	7	5	10	7	4	0	0	35			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.56	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out a1
20	33	140	Sep 12	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	L(5-10)	4	4.0	6	6	6	6	3	0	0	5.96	4.66	21	73	34	8	8	2	10	4	0	0	23			3	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.16	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d1
21	34	145	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	L(5-11)	4	6.0	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	5.97	4.74	26	83	50	11	4	5	17	9	1	0	42			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 0 out d1
22	35	150	Sep 23	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	GS-4		5	3.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	6.04	4.67	15	49	33	7	4	5	9	5	0	0	32			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-2.40	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a1
23	36	155	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-7	W(6-11)	5	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.97	4.55	29	114	71	16	14	5	17	7	3	0	45			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.79	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a4
							11-12		W-L:6-11	4.3	123.2	151	86	82	62	64	11	3	5.97	4.55	566	2087	60%	13%	8%	0.61		24%	8%	0	42		---%	12	5	0	492	33	2	2	9	4	3	1.00	-2.696	.47	-0.21%	-22.54

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