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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-9		7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 1	CLE	@	SEA	W,9-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 3	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	5 (1)	Apr 5	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-4		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	8 (2)	Apr 10	CLE		ANA	W,8-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	9	Apr 11	CLE		ANA	W,8-5		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	11 (1)	Apr 13	CLE		SEA	W,6-5		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	12	Apr 14	CLE		SEA	W,8-3		5	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
9	16 (3)	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	17	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	18	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,14-6		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	22 (3)	Apr 25	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	25 (2)	Apr 29	CLE		OAK	L,4-11		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	26	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,2-5	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	28 (1)	May 2	CLE		TBD	W,5-1		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	29	May 3	CLE		TBD	W,10-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	33 (3)	May 8	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	37 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	TBD	L,5-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	39 (1)	May 14	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	40	May 15	CLE		TEX	W,3-2		4	1.1	2	1	0	3	1	P
21	41	May 16	CLE		TEX	W,10-3		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	44 (2)	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,14-5		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	45	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	46	May 22	CLE		TOR	W,9-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	48 (1)	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	49	May 25	CLE		DET	W,7-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	53 (3)	May 30	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	54	May 31	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	57 (2)	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	58	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	59	Jun 5	CLE	@	CIN	L,1-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	63 (3)	Jun 9	CLE		PIT	L,4-7		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	64	Jun 10	CLE		PIT	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	66 (1)	Jun 15	CLE		KCR	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	68 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	75 (6)	Jun 24	CLE		STL	W,14-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	76	Jun 25	CLE		STL	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	78 (1)	Jun 27	CLE		HOU	L,5-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	84 (5)	Jul 4	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	88 (3)	Jul 11	CLE		MIN	W,12-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	89	Jul 12	CLE		MIN	L,6-11		16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	93 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-15	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	96 (2)	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	98 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants
45	103	Jul 24	SFG		CIN	W,12-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	105 (1)	Jul 26	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	108 (2)	Jul 30	SFG	@	MON	L,6-12		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	109	Jul 31	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	110	Aug 1	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	112 (1)	Aug 3	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	113	Aug 4	SFG	@	NYM	L,6-7	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	115 (1)	Aug 6	SFG	@	NYM	L,8-9	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	117 (1)	Aug 8	SFG		ATL	L,6-14	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	118	Aug 9	SFG		ATL	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	120 (1)	Aug 11	SFG		CHC	W,8-7		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	123 (2)	Aug 15	SFG		FLA	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	125 (1)	Aug 18	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	128 (2)	Aug 21	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	129	Aug 22	SFG	@	FLA	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	133 (3)	Aug 26	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	134	Aug 27	SFG		NYM	W,11-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	135	Aug 28	SFG		PHI	L,3-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	138 (2)	Aug 31	SFG		PHI	W,6-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	139	Sep 1	SFG		MON	W,9-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	142 (2)	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	144 (1)	Sep 7	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	145	Sep 8	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	146	Sep 9	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	147	Sep 11	SFG		COL	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	151 (3)	Sep 15	SFG	@	ARI	L,6-7	GF	10	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
71	154 (2)	Sep 19	SFG		LAD	W,18-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	156 (1)	Sep 21	SFG		PIT	W,8-1		4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
73	159 (2)	Sep 24	SFG		PIT	W,6-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	160	Sep 25	SFG	@	COL	W,8-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
75	161	Sep 26	SFG	@	COL	W,8-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
76	163 (1)	Sep 28	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							76gm		84.2	5	11	2	18	1