NAME : Jose Mesa
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Dominican Republic
BIRTHDAY : 5/22/1966
AGE : 36
HEIGHT : 6"3
WEIGHT : 230
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $4,100,000 through 2003
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Minimal
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : GREAT
INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)
PITCHING RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Duration as Starter : *
Duration as Reliever : D
Holding Runners : C
Groundball Pct. : 57
Avoiding Runs : 7
Avoiding Hits : 6 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Good)
Avoiding Doubles : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Good)
Avoiding Homeruns : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good)
Avoiding BB's : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good)
Getting Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Good)
Throwing Velocity : 8
Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Splitfinger-Fastball
PITCHING STATS :
Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K
Overall 4.46 4 7 12 34 0 34.1 44 17 17 13 27
At Home 4.86 2 4 4 16 0 16.2 23 9 9 5 12
Away 4.08 2 3 8 18 0 17.2 21 8 8 8 15
Last Week 6.75 0 1 1 4 0 4.0 6 3 3 0 2
This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr/Mar 3.72 2 2 4 9 0 9.2 11 4 4 2 9
May 5.40 1 2 0 5 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 4
June 0.00 0 0 2 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 2
July 5.17 1 3 6 16 0 15.2 21 9 9 9 11
August 4.50 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
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 4.61 8 7 1 76 0 0 84.0 43 38 63 CLE,SFN
1999 5.03 3 6 33 68 0 0 68.0 38 40 42 SEA
2000 5.40 4 6 1 66 0 0 80.0 48 41 84 SEA
2001 2.35 3 3 42 71 0 0 69.0 18 20 59 PHI
Total ERA : 4.33
Total Wins : 65
Total Losses: 85
Total Saves : 192
Total SHO : 2
Total CG : 6
Total K's : 814
Total BB's : 487
PLAYER HISTORY Injured on 5/16/2002 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks... |