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: 15-19 / in Starts: 15-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1993 Pitching Game Log

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1993 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	65	4	Apr 9	CLE	@	TOR	L,10-13	GS-3		99	2.2	6	6	4	2	0	1	0	13.50	10.11	17	55	33	4	3	6	9	5	0	0	24			1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.424	1.26	-0.37%	-4.92	1b start a 2	3b 1-3 2 out d4
2	66	9	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-10		5	9.1	5	2	2	0	6	2	0	4.50	5.74	31	95	69	19	7	12	13	5	5	0	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.544	1.65	0.42%	3.30	1b start tie	10b --- 1 out tie
3	67	14	Apr 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	6.1	11	5	5	0	4	1	0	5.40	5.06	29	89	62	17	9	12	13	6	0	0	35			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.16	-0.072	1.01	-0.04%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
4	68	18	Apr 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-0	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.91	4.37	24	107	66	18	14	5	10	1	4	0	76			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.413	.80	0.18%	3.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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	69	23	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,1-0	GS-9	W(2-1)	5	8.1	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.94	4.00	30	122	72	17	11	12	10	2	3	0	77			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.589	.62	0.16%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
6	70	28	May 6	CLE		SEA	L,5-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.0	10	6	5	1	2	1	0	3.82	4.21	22	77	50	10	6	4	15	8	0	0	21			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.339	1.07	-0.17%	-3.89	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d5
7	71	31	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	4.18	2	9	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.114	.82	0.04%	1.52	7b 12- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
8	72	33	May 12	CLE		KCR	W,6-2	CG	W(3-2)	2	9.0	10	2	1	1	4	1	0	3.21	4.12	39	127	85	16	10	15	19	6	2	0	64			2	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.140	.27	0.04%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	73	38	May 17	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.75	3.76	27	97	62	13	13	7	12	2	4	0	82			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.467	.45	0.12%	4.00	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
10	74	43	May 22	CLE		DET	L,1-5	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.2	7	4	4	5	6	0	0	3.08	3.74	28	117	68	16	11	7	10	5	1	0	40			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.43	-0.190	.74	-0.06%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
11	75	47	May 26	CLE		TEX	W,7-6	GS-5	W(5-3)	3	5.0	4	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.26	4.03	19	67	47	10	3	5	10	2	1	0	49			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.054	.20	-0.01%	-0.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
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	76	52	Jun 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-6	GS-4		5	3.0	7	5	5	3	1	1	1	3.76	4.31	19	76	47	10	2	5	9	3	2	0	23			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.273	.12	-0.02%	-3.85	1b start a 5	4b 1-- 0 out a4
13	77	57	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS-6		6	5.1	6	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.98	4.43	25	75	47	11	5	10	9	2	2	0	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.152	.08	-0.01%	-2.44	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
14	78	61	Jun 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(5-4)	4	8.0	6	5	4	1	4	1	0	4.03	4.39	31	110	71	7	10	13	13	6	1	0	55			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	.45	-0.188	.06	-0.02%	-0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
15	79	66	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	1	4.12	4.50	31	114	61	13	11	9	13	2	4	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	-0.154	.10	-0.01%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	80	71	Jun 23	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.91	4.39	25	87	54	13	8	11	9	4	0	0	68			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.277	.06	0.01%	2.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	81	76	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	8.0	8	0	0	3	1	0	1	3.61	4.38	35	121	80	17	5	11	19	3	2	0	64			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.563	.13	0.03%	4.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
Jul				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
18	82	80	Jul 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.1	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.65	4.33	28	98	57	9	7	10	12	4	1	0	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.176	.21	0.02%	1.82	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
19	83	85	Jul 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-4	L(8-6)	3	4.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.76	4.35	20	69	34	7	3	4	10	4	2	0	38			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.153	.33	-0.03%	-1.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
20	84	89	Jul 15	CLE		CAL	W,7-3	GS-6		7	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.79	4.24	27	111	75	21	11	11	8	2	2	0	50			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.034	.24	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
21	85	94	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	W,9-5	GS-5	W(9-6)	4	5.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.93	4.15	22	73	50	15	4	8	12	6	1	0	37			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	2	0	.93	-0.042	.23	-0.01%	-1.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
22	86	99	Jul 25	CLE		SEA	W,11-9	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	0	3	2	0	4.12	4.26	22	85	56	10	9	9	10	2	1	0	34			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.074	.08	-0.01%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
23	87	103	Jul 30	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(9-7)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	4.08	4.22	32	110	70	14	14	9	16	7	2	0	59			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.048	.03	0.00%	1.48	1b start tie	8b 3 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
24	88	107	Aug 4	CLE		DET	L,3-8	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	4.1	8	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.33	4.29	22	92	61	10	8	9	9	3	1	0	23			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.298	.04	-0.01%	-3.97	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d4
25	89	112	Aug 10	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-9		5	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.25	4.19	35	127	78	21	7	17	14	6	6	0	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	0.319	.02	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
26	90	117	Aug 15	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	GS-8	L(9-9)	4	8.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	1	4.27	4.23	34	129	86	19	2	13	15	9	0	0	55			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	2	.74	-0.076	.02	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
27	91	122	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.25	4.21	28	102	57	14	5	10	13	9	2	0	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
28	92	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	TOR	L,7-10	GS-5	L(9-10)	4	4.2	13	8	8	3	4	0	0	4.55	4.18	27	102	68	16	7	5	15	12	1	0	7			1	3	1	23	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.567	.01	0.00%	-5.58	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d4
29	93	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.0	6	3	2	1	7	0	0	4.47	4.07	27	101	62	13	11	10	9	5	2	0	61			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.103	.00	0.00%	1.31	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
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
30	94	139	Sep 8	CLE		MIN	W,15-8	GS-8	W(10-10)	7	7.0	9	5	4	2	4	1	1	4.50	4.11	33	90	61	14	9	14	12	5	1	0	43			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a12
31	95	145	Sep 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-12	GS-4	L(10-11)	4	3.0	9	9	9	1	1	2	0	4.86	4.23	19	72	44	9	4	8	9	5	1	0	5			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-6.48	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d7
32	96	149	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	6.0	11	7	7	2	4	1	1	5.03	4.26	32	112	69	18	12	15	10	3	1	0	24			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.440	.00	0.00%	-4.26	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
33	97	154	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	L,8-11	GS-7		5	6.1	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.05	4.21	27	111	68	16	10	10	11	7	2	0	41			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.76	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
34	98	159	Sep 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.92	4.16	28	105	72	13	9	10	14	6	2	0	64			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.270	.00	0.00%	2.75	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
							15-19		W-L:10-12	4.2	208.2	232	122	114	62	118	21	7	4.92	4.16	897	3234	63%	14%	8%	0.81		22%	8%	0	47	2	0%	12	14	1	810	34	3	2	18	9	9	1.03	0.307	.29	0.28%	-6.23

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