NAME : Jose Mesa
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Dominican Republic
BIRTHDAY : 5/22/1966
AGE : 38
HEIGHT : 6"3
WEIGHT : 225
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $435,000 through 2004
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Minimal
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : VERY inconsistent
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Normal
INJURY RATING : Prone
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Pitcher : E (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)
PITCHING RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Duration as Starter : *
Duration as Reliever : E
Holding Runners : C
Groundball Pct. : 45
Avoiding Runs : 1
Avoiding Hits : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
Avoiding Doubles : 3 (VS. RHB : 3, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Fair)
Avoiding Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average)
Avoiding BB's : 3 (VS. RHB : 3, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Fair)
Getting Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Good)
Throwing Velocity : 7
Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Splitfinger-Fastball
PITCHING STATS :
Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K
Overall 4.38 4 5 30 61 0 61.2 48 30 30 39 51
At Home 4.06 4 4 12 31 0 31.0 19 14 14 17 26
Away 4.70 0 1 18 30 0 30.2 29 16 16 22 25
Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr/Mar 2.65 0 1 5 13 0 17.0 12 5 5 6 13
May 2.77 1 0 7 13 0 13.0 8 4 4 12 9
June 1.80 1 0 4 5 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 2
July 9.00 1 3 4 10 0 9.0 11 9 9 5 5
August 6.75 0 1 5 10 0 8.0 10 6 6 8 10
Sep/Oct 4.66 1 0 5 10 0 9.2 3 5 5 7 12
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1987 6.10 1 3 0 6 0 0 31.0 21 15 17 BAL
1990 3.91 3 2 0 7 0 0 46.0 20 27 24 BAL
1991 6.00 6 11 0 23 2 1 123.0 82 62 64 BAL
1992 4.61 7 12 0 28 1 1 160.0 82 70 62 CLE,BAL
1993 4.93 10 12 0 34 3 0 208.0 114 62 118 CLE
1994 3.82 7 5 2 51 0 0 73.0 31 26 63 CLE
1995 1.13 3 0 46 62 0 0 64.0 8 17 58 CLE
1996 3.75 2 7 39 69 0 0 72.0 30 28 64 CLE
1997 2.41 4 4 16 66 0 0 82.0 22 28 69 CLE
1998 4.55 8 7 1 76 0 0 85.0 43 38 63 CLE,SFN
1999 4.96 3 6 33 68 0 0 69.0 38 40 42 SEA
2000 5.33 4 6 1 66 0 0 81.0 48 41 84 SEA
2001 2.35 3 3 42 71 0 0 69.0 18 20 59 PHI
2002 2.96 4 6 45 74 0 0 76.0 25 39 64 PHI
2003 2.73 4 4 32 70 0 0 69.1 21 27 59 PHI,NL
Total ERA : 4.16
Total Wins : 73
Total Losses: 93
Total Saves : 287
Total SHO : 2
Total CG : 6
Total K's : 961
Total BB's : 579
PLAYER HISTORY Had first career hit on 5/24/2003, off Mike Matthews (STL)... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... |