Jose Angel Mejias

Jose Angel Mejias

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 150 lb.

• Born August 18, 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Federal Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Jose Angel Mejias has pitched in Venezuela, the US, Mexico, Colombia and Italy.

Mejias was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in November 2002. With Mariara in 2003, he was 2-0 with a save, 2.45 ERA, .170 opponent average and 29 strikeouts in 25 2/3 IP. The next year, he had a 5-4, 2.40 record for Tronconero 1. He split 2005 between the GCL Phillies (0-3, 3 Sv, 3.32 in 15 G) and Clearwater Threshers (2 R in 2 IP). He did not play in 2006. In 2006-2007, he allowed one run in one inning for the Leones del Caracas in his Venezuelan Winter League debut.

He returned to the US in 2007 with the VSL Mets, going 4-5 with two saves and a 3.20 ERA and only walking 12 in 56 1/3 IP. He tied for 6th in the Venezuelan Summer League in losses. The Tampa Bay Rays took him in the AAA portion of the 2007 Rule V Draft. He was 3-2 with two saves and a 4.73 ERA in 34 games for the Columbus Catfish the following summer. In the winter, he won his only outing for Caracas, with a 3.18 ERA.

Mejias split 2009 between the Charlotte Stone Crabs (1-2, Sv, 6.41 in 19 G) and Montgomery Biscuits (0 R in 4 1/3 IP). In 2010, he was in the Liga Norte de Sonora. In 2011, he played in the Liga Paralela and with the Tigres de Cartagena of the Colombian League (1-3, 7.71). For 2012, he signed with Godo of the Italian Baseball League; he went 2-4 with 3 saves and a 5.54 ERA in 13 games.

He was 0-1 with a 2.00 ERA in three games for Caracas in 2012-2013, his first Venezuelan Winter League appearances in four years. For Godo again in 2013, he struggled (8 H, 1 BB, 5 R in 5 1/3 IP). Mejias was on the Venezuelan national team in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, allowing five hits, four walks but only two runs in 5 1/3 IP in a start before Delio Martinez relieved; Venezuela beat Panama 4-3 that day.

Sources

• Howe Sports Data
• Howe Sports Data
• Baseball.it
• 2009 Rays Media Guide
• Purapelota
• 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games site