José Contreras

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 255lb (193cm, 115kg)

Born: December 6, 1971 in Las Martinas, Cuba cu

Last Game: May 27, 2013 (Age 41-172d)
vs. DET 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Jaime Torres

Full Name: José Ariel Contreras

Pronunciation: \con-TRARE-us\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

ERA

4.57

299

175

1173.0

889

WHIP

1.367

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1991-92	19	-3.7	Vegueros	CNS	Fgn		1	1	.500	6.39	6.75	11	6	2	0	0	0	25.1	26	19	18	3	17	0	15	1	0	0	120	1.697	9.2	1.1	6.0	5.3	0.88

1993-94	21	-1.3	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		1	3	.250	4.60	5.74	10	8		0	0	0	47.0	46	30	24	5	24	0	27	2	0	4	202	1.489	8.8	1.0	4.6	5.2	1.13
1994-95	22	-1.4	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		6	3	.667	2.65	3.41	12	10		6	2	0	71.1	56	27	21	3	19	0	50	3	0	2	289	1.051	7.1	0.4	2.4	6.3	2.63
1995-96	23	0.2	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		6	3	.667	5.23	5.71	15	14		8	1	0	93.0	118	59	54	11	33	0	67	4	0	6	415	1.624	11.4	1.1	3.2	6.5	2.03
1996-97	24	0.9	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		14	1	.933	2.01	2.22	17	17		10	4	0	129.2	87	32	29	6	30	0	135	10	0	4	508	0.902	6.0	0.4	2.1	9.4	4.50
1997-98	25	2.1	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		8	3	.727	1.53	1.87	14	14		7	4	0	106.0	78	22	18	2	32	1	117	11	0	6	430	1.038	6.6	0.2	2.7	9.9	3.66
1998-99	26	2.7	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		9	3	.750	2.22	2.80	15	15		7	2	0	109.1	94	34	27	1	46	2	98	8	0	9	460	1.280	7.7	0.1	3.8	8.1	2.13
1999-00	27	3.7	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		13	2	.867	1.24	1.40	21	20		8	5	0	167.1	114	26	23	1	52	2	146	8	0	8	665	0.992	6.1	0.1	2.8	7.9	2.81
2000-01	28	4.3	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		14	6	.700	3.50	3.84	24	23		6	2	0	159.1	167	68	62	13	45	3	188	7	1	19	675	1.331	9.4	0.7	2.5	10.6	4.18
2001-02	29	5.5	Pinar del Rio	CNS	Fgn		13	4	.765	1.76	2.70	20	20		6	2	0	143.1	110	43	28	4	41	4	150	11	0	10	574	1.053	6.9	0.3	2.6	9.4	3.66

2003	31		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-A--A+-AA	NYY	2	0	1.000	1.30	1.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	17	4	4	1	7	0	41	2	0	1	105	0.867	5.5	0.3	2.3	13.3	5.86
2003	31	4.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	2	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	18	1	0	0	56	0.800	6.0	0.6	1.2	10.8	9.00
2003	31	6.8	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.800	5.4	0.0	10.8	16.2	1.50
2003	31	8.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	5	1	0	1	18	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	11.3	1.67
2003	31	9.6	Staten Island	NYPL	A-	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	23	0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	19.3
2003	31	2.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	2	.778	3.30	3.42	18	9	2	0	0	0	71.0	52	27	26	4	30	1	72	5	0	2	293	1.155	6.6	0.5	3.8	9.1	2.40
2004	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-NYY	13	9	.591	5.50	6.02	31	31	0	0	0	0	170.1	166	114	104	31	84	1	150	8	0	17	758	1.468	8.8	1.6	4.4	7.9	1.79
2004	32	5.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	2	0	1.000	3.29	3.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	5	5	2	5	0	19	2	0	4	58	1.171	7.2	1.3	3.3	12.5	3.80
2004	32	3.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	5	.615	5.64	6.21	18	18	0	0	0	0	95.2	93	66	60	22	42	1	82	6	0	10	425	1.411	8.7	2.1	4.0	7.7	1.95
2004	32	3.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	5	4	.556	5.30	5.79	13	13	0	0	0	0	74.2	73	48	44	9	42	0	68	2	0	7	333	1.540	8.8	1.1	5.1	8.2	1.62
2005	33	3.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	15	7	.682	3.61	4.00	32	32	0	1	0	0	204.2	177	91	82	23	75	2	154	9	2	20	857	1.231	7.8	1.0	3.3	6.8	2.05
2006	34	5.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	13	9	.591	4.27	4.64	30	30	0	1	1	0	196.0	194	101	93	20	55	4	134	10	0	16	833	1.270	8.9	0.9	2.5	6.2	2.44
2007	35	6.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	17	.370	5.57	6.38	32	30	2	2	2	0	189.0	232	134	117	21	62	1	113	15	0	3	858	1.556	11.0	1.0	3.0	5.4	1.82
2008	36	8.9	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.400	7.2	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
2008	36	7.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	7	6	.538	4.54	4.76	20	20	0	1	0	0	121.0	130	64	61	12	35	0	70	3	0	6	522	1.364	9.7	0.9	2.6	5.2	2.00
2009	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	6	13	.316	4.92	5.88	28	23	0	0	0	0	131.2	141	86	72	13	53	4	106	6	0	8	589	1.473	9.6	0.9	3.6	7.2	2.00
2009	37	10.1	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	3	1	.750	2.70	3.24	5	5	0	1	1	0	33.1	19	12	10	2	16	0	27	2	0	3	134	1.050	5.1	0.5	4.3	7.3	1.69
2009	37	8.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	5	13	.278	5.42	6.51	21	21	0	0	0	0	114.2	121	83	69	11	45	3	89	6	0	8	513	1.448	9.5	0.9	3.5	7.0	1.98
2009	37	8.4	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	0	1.000	1.59	1.59	7	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	20	3	3	2	8	1	17	0	0	0	76	1.647	10.6	1.1	4.2	9.0	2.13
2010	38	9.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	6	4	.600	3.34	3.49	67	0	21	0	0	4	56.2	53	22	21	5	16	2	57	4	0	0	233	1.218	8.4	0.8	2.5	9.1	3.56
2011	39		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	PHI	0	1	.000	7.36	7.36	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	2.455	19.6	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
2011	39	12.3	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	39	14.4	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2011	39	16.1	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	1	.000	40.50	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	39	10.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	0		3.86	3.86	17	0	8	0	0	5	14.0	11	6	6	0	8	0	13	1	0	0	60	1.357	7.1	0.0	5.1	8.4	1.63
2012	40	17.0	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	1	.000	8.31	8.31	5	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	20	1.385	10.4	2.1	2.1	14.5	7.00
2012	40	11.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	5.27	6.59	17	0	3	0	0	0	13.2	13	10	8	1	3	0	15	1	0	0	56	1.171	8.6	0.7	2.0	9.9	5.00
2013	41		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	BOS-PIT	2	3	.400	3.00	3.82	27	0	5	0	0	1	33.0	24	14	11	3	12	0	42	3	0	5	136	1.091	6.5	0.8	3.3	11.5	3.50
2013	41	13.8	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2	0	1.000	0.93	1.40	16	0	2	0	0	1	19.1	13	3	2	1	5	0	24	2	0	3	75	0.931	6.1	0.5	2.3	11.2	4.80
2013	41	13.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	2	.000	6.52	8.38	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	9	7	2	6	0	15	0	0	2	45	1.552	8.4	1.9	5.6	14.0	2.50
2013	41	16.4	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2013	41	17.8	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	10	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2013	41	12.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		9.00	9.00	7	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	5	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	28	2.600	12.6	1.8	10.8	9.0	0.83
2013-14	41	12.2	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	3	.000	5.88	6.58	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	30	19	17	2	11	0	27	1	1	2	118	1.577	10.4	0.7	3.8	9.3	2.45
2014	42		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		11	7	.611	3.54	3.90	31	31	0	1	0	0	173.0	158	75	68	18	60	0	176	13	0	23	729	1.260	8.2	0.9	3.1	9.2	2.93
2014	42	13.5	Tijuana	MEX	AAA		10	3	.769	3.49	3.69	23	23	0	1	0	0	134.0	114	55	52	15	40	0	140	9	0	16	549	1.149	7.7	1.0	2.7	9.4	3.50
2014-15	42	14.2	Mazatlan	MXPW	FgW		1	4	.200	3.69	4.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.0	44	20	16	3	20	0	36	4	0	7	180	1.641	10.2	0.7	4.6	8.3	1.80
2015	43		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Fgn		6	4	.600	3.40	4.56	16	16	0	0	0	0	100.2	91	51	38	9	36	0	84	5	0	8	429	1.262	8.1	0.8	3.2	7.5	2.33
2015	43	14.2	Tijuana	MEX	AAA		2	3	.400	3.35	3.86	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.2	45	23	20	5	18	0	52	2	0	6	227	1.174	7.5	0.8	3.0	8.7	2.89
2015	43	14.3	Chinatrust	CPBL	Fgn		4	1	.800	3.45	5.36	7	7		0	0	0	47.0	46	28	18	4	18	0	32	3	0	2	202	1.362	8.8	0.8	3.4	6.1	1.78
2016	44	15.3	Quintana Roo	MEX	AAA		3	4	.429	3.79	3.79	10	10	0	1	0	0	57.0	57	24	24	3	17	1	55	0	0	5	236	1.298	9.0	0.5	2.7	8.7	3.24
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		78	67	.538	4.57	5.06	299	175	37	5	3	9	1173.0	1176	660	595	131	427	15	889	62	2	72	5087	1.367	9.0	1.0	3.3	6.8	2.08
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		9	6	.600	2.98	3.36	49	17	5	1	1	1	120.2	88	45	40	9	45	0	141	9	0	15	491	1.102	6.6	0.7	3.4	10.5	3.13
Foreign (14 seasons)					Foreign		105	47	.691	2.88	3.38	222	210	2	60	22	0	1408.1	1232	529	451	81	463	13	1335	84	2	106	5850	1.204	7.9	0.5	3.0	8.5	2.88
CPBL (1 season)					CPBL		4	1	.800	3.45	5.36	7	7		0	0	0	47.0	46	28	18	4	18	0	32	3	0	2	202	1.362	8.8	0.8	3.4	6.1	1.78
CNS (10 seasons)					CNS		85	29	.746	2.60	3.08	159	147	2	58	22	0	1051.2	896	360	304	49	339	12	993	65	1	68	4338	1.174	7.7	0.4	2.9	8.5	2.93
All Levels (24 Seasons)							192	120	.615	3.62	4.11	570	402	44	66	26	10	2702.0	2496	1234	1086	221	935	28	2365	155	4	193	11428	1.270	8.3	0.7	3.1	7.9	2.53

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		9	3	.750	2.66	3.12	36	12	4	1	1	1	98.0	68	34	29	8	37	0	107	7	0	12	394	1.071	6.2	0.7	3.4	9.8	2.89
AAA (3 seasons)					Foreign		15	10	.600	3.53	3.75	42	42	0	2	0	0	244.2	216	102	96	23	75	1	247	11	0	27	1012	1.189	7.9	0.8	2.8	9.1	3.29
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	4	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.286	5.8	0.0	5.8	9.6	1.67
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		0	3	.000	9.00	9.00	8	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	11	11	1	5	0	14	2	0	3	54	1.818	12.3	0.8	4.1	11.5	2.80
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	23	0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	19.3
Fgn (11 seasons)					Foreign		89	30	.748	2.64	3.18	166	154	2	58	22	0	1098.2	942	388	322	53	357	12	1025	68	1	70	4540	1.182	7.7	0.4	2.9	8.4	2.87
FgW (2 seasons)					Foreign		1	7	.125	4.57	5.40	14	14	0	0	0	0	65.0	74	39	33	5	31	0	63	5	1	9	298	1.615	10.2	0.7	4.3	8.7	2.03