Jose Mesa

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Full Name: Jose Ramon Nova Mesa	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/235	First Game: September 10, 1987
Birthdate: May 22, 1966	MLB Experience: 19 years
Birthplace: Pueblo Viejo, Azua (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Jose Mesa ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Born on May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Azua (Dominican Republic), Jose Mesa (Jose Ramon Nova Mesa) played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 18 year career. Mesa broke into the bigs on September 10, 1987 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 5.97 ERA in 123.2 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jose Mesa's best season was 1995, when he posted a 1.12 ERA, notched 46 saves and struck out 58 batters.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1987	BAL	A	6	5	1	3	6.03	17	23	21	0	0	0	31.1	38	7	15	0	4	0
1990	BAL	A	7	7	3	2	3.86	24	20	20	0	0	0	46.2	37	2	27	2	1	1
1991	BAL	A	23	23	6	11	5.97	64	86	82	2	1	0	123.2	151	11	62	2	3	3
1992	CLE	A	15	15	4	4	4.16	40	45	43	1	1	0	93	92	5	43	0	0	2
1992	BAL	A	13	12	3	8	5.19	22	41	39	0	0	0	67.2	77	9	27	1	2	2
1992	TOT	A	28	27	7	12	4.59	62	86	82	1	1	0	160.2	169	14	70	1	2	4
1993	CLE	A	34	33	10	12	4.92	118	122	114	3	0	0	208.2	232	21	62	2	8	7
1994	CLE	A	51	0	7	5	3.82	63	33	31	0	0	2	73	71	3	26	7	3	3
1995	CLE	A	62	0	3	0	1.12	58	9	8	0	0	46	64	49	3	17	2	5	0
1996	CLE	A	69	0	2	7	3.73	64	32	30	0	0	39	72.1	69	6	28	4	4	3
1997	CLE	A	66	0	4	4	2.40	69	28	22	0	0	16	82.1	83	7	28	3	1	3
1998	SF	N	32	0	5	3	3.52	28	14	12	0	0	0	30.2	30	1	18	2	8	0
1998	CLE	A	44	0	3	4	5.17	35	36	31	0	0	1	54	61	7	20	3	2	4
1998	Total		76	0	8	7	4.57	63	50	43	0	0	1	84.2	91	8	38	5	10	4
1999	SEA	A	68	0	3	6	4.98	42	42	38	0	0	33	68.2	84	11	40	4	7	4
2000	SEA	A	66	0	4	6	5.36	84	48	48	0	0	1	80.2	89	11	41	0	3	5
2001	PHI	N	71	0	3	3	2.34	59	26	18	0	0	42	69.1	65	4	20	2	2	2
2002	PHI	N	74	0	4	6	2.97	64	26	25	0	0	45	75.2	65	5	39	7	9	4
2003	PHI	N	61	0	5	7	6.52	45	44	42	0	0	24	58	71	7	31	2	3	1
2004	PIT	N	70	0	5	2	3.25	37	26	25	0	0	43	69.1	78	6	20	3	1	1
2005	PIT	N	55	0	2	8	4.76	37	30	30	0	0	27	56.2	61	7	26	3	2	3
2006	COL	N	79	0	1	5	3.86	39	32	31	0	0	1	72.1	73	9	36	6	4	5
2007	DET	A	16	0	1	1	12.34	9	16	16	0	0	0	11.2	19	3	6	0	0	0
2007	PHI	N	40	0	1	2	5.54	20	32	24	0	0	1	39	34	6	19	2	3	2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1987	BAL	A	P	6	5	31.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1990	BAL	A	P	7	7	46.2	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.889
1991	BAL	A	P	23	23	123.2	17	17	0	0	0	1	12	5	0	1.000
1992	CLE	A	P	15	15	93	4	12	1	0	0	0	6	3	1	.941
1992	BAL	A	P	13	12	67.2	8	9	1	0	0	0	8	5	0	.944
1992	TOT	A	P	28	27	160.2	12	21	2	0	0	0	14	8	1	.943
1993	CLE	A	P	34	33	208.2	15	29	3	0	0	1	12	14	1	.936
1994	CLE	A	P	51	0	73	3	11	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	.875
1995	CLE	A	P	62	0	64	6	10	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	.941
1996	CLE	A	P	69	0	72.1	5	3	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	.889
1997	CLE	A	P	66	0	82.1	5	7	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	.923
1998	SF	N	P	32	0	30.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.667
1998	CLE	A	P	44	0	54	4	10	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	.933
1998	Total		P	76	0	84.2	5	11	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	.889
1999	SEA	A	P	68	0	68.2	11	7	1	2	0	2	4	2	0	.947
2000	SEA	A	P	66	0	80.2	7	8	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.000
2001	PHI	N	P	71	0	69.1	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1.000
2002	PHI	N	P	74	0	75.2	4	16	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000
2003	PHI	N	P	61	0	58	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.857
2004	PIT	N	P	70	0	69.1	4	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
2005	PIT	N	P	55	0	56.2	2	13	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	.938
2006	COL	N	P	79	0	72.1	2	11	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	.929
2007	DET		P	16	0	11	0	1	0	0						1.000
2007	PHI		P	40	0	39	2	4	0	0						1.000
Total			P	769	2	803	52	105	7	10						.957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1987	BAL	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	BAL	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	BAL	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	CLE	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	BAL	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	TOT	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	CLE	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CLE	A	51	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	CLE	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CLE	A	69	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CLE	A	66	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	SF	N	32	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	CLE	A	44	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Total		76	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	SEA	A	68	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	SEA	A	66	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	PHI	N	71	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	PHI	N	74	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	PHI	N	61	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	PIT	N	70	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	PIT	N	55	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2006	COL	N	79	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	PHI		38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		480	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		525	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1000	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto Blue Jays (October 31, 1981).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Baltimore Orioles (September 4, 1987) completing trade in which Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Flanagan to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later (August 31, 1987).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Kyle Washington (July 14, 1992).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Shawon Dunston and Alvin Morman to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jacob Cruz and Steve Reed (July 23, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (November 13, 1998).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2000).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (November 21, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 30, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 19, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 11, 2006).
Released by the Detroit Tigers (June 3, 2007).
Signed with the Philadelphia Phillies (June 9, 2007).

[edit] Trivia

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[edit] Recent Jose Mesa ArmchairGM Stories

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