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: 13-15 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	37	6	Apr 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.38	4.28	24	81	52	8	11	7	12	6	2	0	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.069	1.48	-0.06%	0.06	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d1
2	38	13	Apr 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	8	6.2	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.75	4.70	30	111	75	23	6	8	18	8	5	0	46			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.043	.88	0.03%	0.13	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a7
3	39	18	Apr 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.1	8	3	2	0	3	1	0	3.26	4.33	30	121	73	14	9	11	16	1	3	0	55			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.009	2.17	-0.01%	0.90	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d1
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
4	40	26	May 5	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS-5		8	5.0	4	3	3	1	2	3	0	3.70	5.58	20	76	44	15	1	7	10	1	1	0	48			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.040	1.58	-0.05%	-0.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
5	41	31	May 10	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.1	5	4	3	4	1	0	1	4.08	5.61	23	81	39	12	2	8	9	5	0	0	36			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.217	1.87	-0.28%	-2.46	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
6	42	38	May 19	BAL		OAK	L,3-5	GS-4	L(1-4)	8	3.2	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.45	5.60	19	81	46	13	3	5	9	0	3	0	36			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.171	2.06	-0.23%	-1.81	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
7	43	43	May 25	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	4.1	10	5	5	1	2	1	1	5.15	5.67	23	85	52	13	2	7	12	4	2	0	24			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.46	-0.341	3.23	-0.45%	-2.76	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
8	44	47	May 30	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-7	W(2-5)	4	6.2	5	4	4	5	2	1	0	5.19	5.78	26	93	48	17	4	10	9	1	2	0	45			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.07	0.060	2.21	0.08%	-0.04	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out a4
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
9	45	56	Jun 9	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-6)	9	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.83	5.33	24	88	59	18	3	16	7	4	0	0	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.270	2.65	0.43%	2.42	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
10	46	61	Jun 14	BAL	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-7	L(2-7)	4	6.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	5.11	5.20	27	98	65	17	12	4	18	3	8	0	39			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.239	2.82	-0.37%	-1.73	1b start a 1	7b -2- 0 out tie
11	47	69	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS-6	W(3-7)	8	5.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.84	5.15	21	68	41	10	5	11	7	2	1	0	54			1	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.097	3.44	0.17%	0.98	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a3
12	48	74	Jun 28	BAL		KCR	L,2-9	GS-5	L(3-8)	4	4.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.23	5.05	22	64	43	3	4	9	12	6	2	0	23			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.269	2.32	-0.41%	-3.43	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
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
13	49	82	Jul 7	BAL		CHW	L,4-8	7-GF		8	2.1	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	5.19	5.15	11	46	24	1	6	3	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.30	0.016	.70	0.02%	0.40	7t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 4
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians
14	50	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-9)	8	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.01	4.93	25	108	67	18	10	8	11	4	1	0	56			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.035	.01	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	51	94	Jul 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-9)	4	6.2	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	4.71	4.81	28	111	70	20	11	12	11	4	0	0	57			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.16	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start a 4	7b -2- 2 out a3
16	52	99	Jul 26	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	8	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.38	4.71	28	98	64	15	5	11	14	4	0	0	65			1	0	1	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.406	.01	0.00%	2.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
17	53	104	Aug 1	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-7		5	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.39	4.67	27	110	62	16	8	4	17	7	3	0	48			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.136	.00	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
18	54	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.0	4	4	4	7	4	0	0	4.53	4.71	25	99	51	22	7	5	9	2	4	0	40			1	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a1
19	55	114	Aug 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.0	7	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.53	4.69	27	102	57	13	3	9	13	5	2	0	43			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.046	.01	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
20	56	119	Aug 18	CLE		MIN	W,8-1	GS-7	W(5-9)	5	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	1	4.37	4.57	25	81	50	14	4	8	11	5	2	0	57			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	1	0	2	1.39	0.169	.00	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
21	57	124	Aug 23	CLE		TEX	L,4-14	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	4.34	4.57	26	97	61	10	11	9	12	4	2	0	55			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	58	129	Aug 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-10)	5	7.0	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.38	4.63	30	123	71	19	5	7	19	5	4	0	45			2	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
23	59	134	Sep 4	CLE		SEA	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-10)	5	9.0	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.09	4.48	36	131	89	16	13	8	21	10	3	0	74			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.241	.00	0.00%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
24	60	139	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	6	4	3	5	3	0	0	4.09	4.47	29	119	71	17	7	8	13	5	1	0	45			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
25	61	143	Sep 14	CLE	@	TOR	W,2-1	GS-9	W(7-10)	4	8.2	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.92	4.34	31	97	70	12	10	6	20	5	9	0	75			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.574	.00	0.00%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a2
26	62	149	Sep 20	CLE		CHW	L,8-10	GS-5	L(7-11)	5	5.0	10	7	7	2	2	1	0	4.20	4.38	27	95	58	14	4	7	16	8	0	0	19			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	-0.597	.00	0.00%	-4.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
27	63	155	Sep 27	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GS-3	L(7-12)	6	2.0	5	7	7	4	1	1	0	4.55	4.51	15	66	34	11	5	3	7	3	0	0	15			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.404	.00	0.00%	-5.42	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d5
28	64	160	Oct 2	CLE		BAL	W,8-5	GS-5		4	4.1	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.59	4.53	21	84	49	10	4	5	11	5	2	0	38			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a1
							13-15		W-L:7-12	5.4	160.2	169	86	82	70	62	14	4	4.59	4.53	700	2614	61%	15%	7%	0.62		21%	11%	0	46	2	0%	14	8	1	619	33	1	1	15	5	6	1.03	-0.838	.94	-1.11%	-6.84

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