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: 18-9

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1995	ALDS g1	Oct 3	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	10-10		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	9.10	4	14	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.152	54.73	1.33%	0.58	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
2	1995	ALDS g2	Oct 4	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.10	3	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.018	3.72	0.17%	0.58	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
3	1995	ALCS g2	Oct 11	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	9-GF		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.00	9.44	5	14	10	3	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.023	11.38	0.39%	-0.43	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
4	1995	ALCS g3	Oct 13	CLE		SEA	L,2-5	9-9		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	7.85	3	12	9	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.152	77.87	2.66%	0.58	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
5	1995	ALCS g5	Oct 15	CLE		SEA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	6.90	3	14	10	2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.179	93.00	4.12%	0.58	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
6	1995	ALCS g6	Oct 17	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-0	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	6.44	4	12	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.023	12.84	0.65%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
7	1995	WS g3	Oct 24	CLE		ATL	W,7-6	9-GF(11)	W(1-0)	6	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.00	4.99	12	52	35	6	6	4	4	4	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	0.456	132.37	10.59%	1.72	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
8	1995	WS g5	Oct 26	CLE		ATL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.70	5.90	5	18	15	5	1	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.039	31.39	0.79%	-1.43	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	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
9	1996	ALDS g3	Oct 4	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.17	4	14	10	1	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.008	2.74	0.05%	0.60	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
10	1996	ALDS g4	Oct 5	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	9-12	BL(0-1)	0	3.2	7	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.86	2.96	17	63	46	10	11	2	9	2	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.149	59.51	-2.39%	0.03	9t --- 0 out a1	12t -2- 2 out d1
1997 Postseason		Year	Series	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
11	1997	ALDS g2	Oct 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	8-GF		3	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	5.40	13.31	9					3	1	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	0.061	35.60	0.66%	-0.87	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 2
12	1997	ALDS g5	Oct 6	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	7.61	8	22	15	4	2	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.249	102.71	5.78%	0.88	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
13	1997	ALCS g2	Oct 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.08	6.80	4					2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	0.213	114.77	3.62%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
14	1997	ALCS g3	Oct 11	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	9-10	BS(1)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.84	5.79	9					2	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.30	-0.019	103.36	-0.33%	0.14	9t --- 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
15	1997	ALCS g4	Oct 12	CLE		BAL	W,8-7	8-GF	BW(1-0)	0	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.52	5.46	7					2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	-0.110	132.46	-1.98%	-0.17	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end tie
16	1997	ALCS g6	Oct 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	4.72	4	18	10	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.213	131.84	6.09%	0.54	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
17	1997	WS g2	Oct 19	CLE	@	FLA	W,6-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.79	4.66	4	12	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.007	7.81	0.24%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
18	1997	WS g3	Oct 21	CLE		FLA	L,11-14	9-GF		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.60	4.61	3	12	7	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.035	10.50	-1.41%	-3.18	9t 123 2 out d3	9t end d 7
19	1997	WS g5	Oct 23	CLE		FLA	L,7-8	9-GF		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.09	4.29	6	16	11	3	1	0	5	3	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.017	17.53	-0.88%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
20	1997	WS g6	Oct 25	CLE	@	FLA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	4.03	4	13	9	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.039	62.59	1.96%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
21	1997	WS g7	Oct 26	CLE	@	FLA	L,2-3	9-10	BS(3)	0	1.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.95	3.62	9	39	23	5	4	4	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.81	-0.280	635.74	-30.25%	-0.46	9b --- 0 out a1	10b 12- 2 out tie
2000 Postseason		Year	Series	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
22	2000	ALDS g1	Oct 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-4	9-9	W(1-0)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	12.13	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.22	0.118	66.17	1.03%	0.37	9b -2- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
23	2000	ALDS g2	Oct 4	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-2	7-8	H(1)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.63	5	15	10	2	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.272	32.13	2.67%	1.63	7b 12- 1 out a2	8b 3 out a2
24	2000	ALCS g2	Oct 11	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	13.50	7.63	5	25	18	3	2	0	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.065	6.76	-0.93%	-3.40	8b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 6
25	2000	ALCS g4	Oct 14	SEA		NYY	L,0-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	11.57	9.13	8	31	20	8	1	2	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.029	7.29	-0.57%	-0.88	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d5
26	2000	ALCS g6	Oct 17	SEA	@	NYY	L,7-9	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	8.53	7.56	7	29	14	6	2	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.23	0.011	8.73	0.23%	0.60	7b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 2
2007 Postseason		Year	Series	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
27	2007	NLDS g2	Oct 4	PHI		COL	L,5-10	6-6		4	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	81.00	21.24	4	16	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.097	8.44	-0.96%	-2.17	6t --- 0 out d3	6t -2- 1 out d5
											35.0	42	20	20	15	29	6	1	5.14		158																			2

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