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Jose Mesa 2026 Season · PHI

Career: 80-109, 4.36 ERA, 1038 K in 1548.2 IP.

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Jose Mesa

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-0.5Career NUT

+0.5 to Average

Career

4.36ERA1.47WHIP80W1038K1548.2IP321SV

R/R · 6' 3", 235 lb · b. May 22, 1966 · Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic · Signed International FA, 1987

Player Overview

Year by Year


1987	21	BAL	-0.6	1	3	6.03	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	31.1	38	21	15	0	17	1.69
1990	24	BAL	-0.2	3	2	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	202	46.2	37	20	27	1	24	1.37
1991	25	BAL	-0.9	6	11	5.97	23	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	566	123.2	151	82	62	3	64	1.72
1992	26	BAL	-1.1	3	8	5.19	13	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	300	67.2	77	39	27	2	22	1.54
1992	26	CLE	-0.4	4	4	4.16	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	400	93.0	92	43	43	2	40	1.45
1992	26	TOT	-1.5	7	12	4.59	28	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	700	160.2	169	82	70	4	62	1.49
1993	27	CLE	+0.1	10	12	4.92	34	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	897	208.2	232	114	62	7	118	1.41
1994	28	CLE	+1.1	7	5	3.82	51	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	315	73.0	71	31	26	3	63	1.33
1995	29	CLE	+1.2	3	0	1.13	62	0	0	0	57	46	0	0	46	250	64.0	49	8	17	0	58	1.03
1996	30	CLE	+0.6	2	7	3.73	69	0	0	0	60	39	0	0	39	304	72.1	69	30	28	3	64	1.34
1997	31	CLE	+0.6	4	4	2.40	66	0	0	0	38	16	0	0	16	356	82.1	83	22	28	3	69	1.35
1998	32	CLE	-0.3	3	4	5.17	44	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	244	54.0	61	31	20	4	35	1.50
1998	32	SF	+0.3	5	3	3.52	32	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	139	30.2	30	12	18	0	28	1.57
1998	32	TOT	+0.1	8	7	4.57	76	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	383	84.2	91	43	38	4	63	1.52
1999	33	SEA	-0.9	3	6	4.98	68	0	0	0	60	33	1	5	38	325	68.2	84	38	40	4	42	1.81
2000	34	SEA	+0.2	4	6	5.36	66	0	0	0	29	1	11	2	3	372	80.2	89	48	41	5	84	1.61
2001	35	PHI	+1.0	3	3	2.34	71	0	0	0	59	42	1	4	46	291	69.1	65	18	20	2	59	1.23
2002	36	PHI	+0.4	4	6	2.97	74	0	0	0	64	45	0	9	54	331	75.2	65	25	39	4	64	1.37
2003	37	PHI	-0.2	5	7	6.52	61	0	0	0	47	24	2	4	28	273	58.0	71	42	31	1	45	1.76
2004	38	PIT	+0.3	5	2	3.25	70	0	0	0	65	43	0	5	48	295	69.1	78	25	20	1	37	1.41
2005	39	PIT	-0.4	2	8	4.76	55	0	0	0	48	27	1	7	34	257	56.2	61	30	26	3	37	1.54
2006	40	COL	-0.7	1	5	3.86	79	0	0	0	26	1	19	7	8	315	72.1	73	31	36	5	39	1.51
2007	41	DET	—	1	1	12.34	16	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	59	11.2	19	16	6	0	9	2.14
2007	41	PHI	-0.6	1	2	5.54	40	0	0	0	13	1	4	0	1	170	39.0	34	24	19	2	20	1.36
2007	41	TOT	-0.8	2	3	7.11	56	0	0	0	21	1	7	0	1	229	50.2	53	40	25	2	29	1.54
Career	—	19 yrs	-0.5	80	109	4.36	1022	95	6	2	633	321	42	43	364	6804	1548.2	1629	750	651	55	1038	1.47

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Mesa's career NUT of -0.5

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.2

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NUT by Season

-0.6

-0.2

-0.9

-1.5

+0.1

+1.1

+1.2

+0.6

+0.1

-0.9

+0.2

+1.0

+0.4

-0.2

+0.3

-0.4

-0.7

-0.8

Awards

1995AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · AL Relief Man Award · Cleveland BBWAA Man of the Year Award · Cleveland Gordon Cobbledick Golden Tomahawk Award

1996AL All-Star

2001NL Player of the Week

2005DHL Delivery Man of the Month

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1988	22	AAA	0	3	8.62	11	2	0	0	5	81	15.2	21	15	14	2	15	2.23
1989	23	AA	0	0	1.38	3	3	0	0	0	51	13.0	9	2	4	0	12	1.00
1989	23	AAA	0	2	5.40	7	1	0	0	4	45	10.0	10	6	6	1	3	1.60
1990	24	AA	5	5	3.42	15	15	3	1	0	333	79.0	77	30	30	1	72	1.35
1990	24	AAA	1	2	2.42	4	4	0	0	0	106	26.0	21	7	12	0	23	1.27
1991	25	AAA	3	3	3.86	8	8	1	1	0	216	51.1	37	22	30	2	48	1.31
2007	41	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.00

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