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: 37-18

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 8

2005 Pitching Game Log

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2005 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	833	4	Apr 8	PIT	@	SDP	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	1.02	5	17	13	4	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.083	1.79	0.04%	-0.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
2	834	6	Apr 10	PIT	@	SDP	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	2.52	5	21	12	2	2	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.036	.99	0.02%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
3	835	8	Apr 12	PIT	@	MIL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.02	3	8	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.093	1.06	0.05%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
4	836	10	Apr 15	PIT		CHC	W,8-5	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	1.77	3	9	7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	.37	0.02%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
5	837	16	Apr 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(5)	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.80	2.22	5	18	10	4	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.093	1.09	0.03%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
6	838	17	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.50	1.69	5	19	14	3	5	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	0.209	2.97	0.09%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	839	19	Apr 25	PIT		HOU	W,2-0	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	1.31	4	22	13	4	4	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.074	.70	0.03%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
8	840	20	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	W,2-0	9-GF	S(8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	1.27	3	7	5	0	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.074	.68	0.03%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
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
9	841	25	May 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-4	9-GF	S(9)	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	1.80	4	11	7	1	1	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	0.042	1.17	0.01%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
10	842	26	May 4	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-4	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.80	1.72	4	14	9	4	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.042	.69	0.02%	-0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
11	843	29	May 7	PIT	@	ARI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.45	2.38	5	18	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.79	0.096	2.49	0.04%	-0.48	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
12	844	32	May 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	9-GF	S(12)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	2.44	3	11	10	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.042	.40	0.02%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
13	845	34	May 13	PIT		MIL	L,3-4	9-GF	L(0-1)	2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.77	2.56	5	23	13	3	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.300	2.58	-0.17%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
14	846	36	May 15	PIT		MIL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(13)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	2.81	4	12	7	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.074	1.34	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
15	847	37	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(0-2)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.60	3.69	5	12	8	2	0	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.637	2.30	-0.36%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
16	848	38	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(0-3)	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.50	3.90	6	26	10	1	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.66	-0.637	3.26	-0.34%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
17	849	43	May 24	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	L(0-4)	5	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.67	4.06	7	27	13	3	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	-0.221	2.34	-0.12%	-0.90	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
18	850	47	May 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	9-GF		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.42	3.89	5	18	13	5	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
19	851	50	May 31	PIT		FLA	W,5-4	9-GF	S(14)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.85	3	7	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.162	1.30	0.06%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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
20	852	53	Jun 3	PIT		ATL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(15)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.43	3.71	6	18	16	3	3	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.033	.91	0.01%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
21	853	55	Jun 5	PIT		ATL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(16)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.22	3.63	5	27	17	3	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.033	.48	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	854	57	Jun 7	PIT		BAL	W,6-5	9-GF	S(17)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	3.60	3	8	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.78	0.162	2.28	0.06%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
23	855	61	Jun 12	PIT		TBD	L,5-7	10-11		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.70	3.39	6	25	16	3	3	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.275	1.48	0.14%	1.00	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
24	856	63	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYY	L,5-7	9-GF(10)	BL(0-5)	2	1.1	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.56	4.11	8	32	15	5	2	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	-0.653	2.66	-0.27%	-2.24	9b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 2
25	857	66	Jun 18	PIT	@	BOS	W,2-0	9-GF	S(18)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	4.07	4	12	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.102	.74	0.03%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
26	858	69	Jun 21	PIT		WSN	W,11-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.23	3.96	4	10	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
27	859	74	Jun 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(19)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	3.86	4	10	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	0.204	2.26	0.05%	0.51	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
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
28	860	80	Jul 3	PIT	@	MIL	W,11-10	8-GF	S(20)	6	1.2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.45	3.88	10	41	22	8	2	1	5	3	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	0.191	.83	0.02%	-0.96	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
29	861	84	Jul 7	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(21)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.31	3.79	4	16	11	3	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	0.162	.46	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	862	85	Jul 8	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(1-5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	3.76	3	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.138	.27	0.01%	0.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
31	863	89	Jul 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-11	8-8		6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	3.75	2	7	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	8b --- 0 out d10	8b -2- 1 out d10
32	864	90	Jul 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	3.73	5	14	11	3	1	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.044	.15	0.00%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
33	865	94	Jul 19(2)	PIT		HOU	L,4-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.71	4	17	13	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.017	.02	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	866	97	Jul 22	PIT		COL	L,3-5	10-GF(10)	L(1-6)	2	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.29	4.14	7	16	9	0	0	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.409	.03	-0.01%	-1.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
35	867	98	Jul 23	PIT		COL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(23)	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4.14	4.21	7	24	14	4	1	1	3	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.156	.04	0.00%	0.82	8t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
36	868	99	Jul 24	PIT		COL	W,3-0	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.18	4	12	5	0	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
37	869	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	FLA	W,6-3	9-GF	S(25)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	4.15	3	12	8	1	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.038	.04	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
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
38	870	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(26)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.08	3	15	11	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.046	.01	0.00%	0.54	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
39	871	108	Aug 3	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	9-GF	W(2-6)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	4.05	4	9	6	0	1	2	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	0.138	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
40	872	111	Aug 6	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.98	4	14	10	4	0	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
41	873	115	Aug 11	PIT	@	COL	W,11-3	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	3.96	3	12	10	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
42	874	117	Aug 13	PIT	@	HOU	W,1-0	9-GF	S(27)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.84	3	18	13	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.204	.00	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
43	875	121	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-0	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.83	4	10	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
44	876	127	Aug 24	PIT		STL	L,3-8	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.55	4.09	5	17	9	1	1	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
45	877	130	Aug 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	BL(2-7)	2	2.0	4	4	4	3	3	0	1	4.15	4.17	14	56	29	7	3	3	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.56	-0.659	.00	0.00%	-3.00	9t --- 0 out a1	10t end d 3
46	878	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	MIL	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(2-8)	3	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.53	4.51	2	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	-0.798	.00	0.00%	-2.00	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
Sept				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
47	879	136	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	L,0-2	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.47	4.45	2	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.68	9t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
48	880	137	Sep 6	PIT		ARI	L,2-4	10-10		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.38	4.48	5	18	9	1	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
49	881	139	Sep 8	PIT		ARI	W,8-7	9-9	BS(6)	1	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.83	4.73	6	23	15	4	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.01	-0.746	.00	0.00%	-2.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d2
50	882	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.73	4.75	4	14	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
51	883	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	7-7	BS(7)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.82	4.72	5	13	10	1	0	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.67	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-1.10	7b 1-- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d1
52	884	145	Sep 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	7-7	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.73	4.65	3	13	10	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.17	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.49	7b 12- 0 out a3	7b 3 out a1
53	885	146	Sep 16(1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-8	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.97	4.86	5	18	11	2	0	2	3	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-2.12	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
54	886	150	Sep 19	PIT		HOU	W,7-0	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.88	4.85	6	17	9	4	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
55	887	154	Sep 23	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-4	6-7		3	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.76	4.86	6	25	12	2	0	2	3	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.27	6b 123 2 out d1	7b 3 out d2
							37-18		W-L:2-8,Sv:27,BSv:7,Hld:1	2.1	56.2	61	30	30	26	37	7	3	4.76	4.86	257	911	61%	14%	7%	0.87		13%	9%	0		11	45%	4	2	0	214	11	0	3	4	6	3	1.96	-2.105	.78	-0.43%	-3.98

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