Jesse Orosco | Major Leaguer 1979-2003

Full Name: Jesse Russell Orosco
Born: April 1,1957 in Santa Barbara, California
Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara,CA)
College: Santa Barbara City College

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Drafted: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 7th Round (144th overall) of 1977 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 2nd Round (41st overall) of 1978 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg)

Transactions: [Feb 7,1979] - Traded by Twins with Greg Field to Mets for Jerry Koosman. [Dec 11,1987] - Traded by Mets to Dodgers for Jack Savage, Wally Whitehurst and Kevin Tapani. [Nov 4,1988] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 3,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Dec 6,1991] - Sent to Brewers by Indians for future considerations. [Nov 5,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 4,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Oct 15,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 9,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Oct 27,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 15,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Dec 10,1999] - Traded by Orioles to Mets for Chuck McElroy. [Mar 18,2000] - Traded by Mets to Cardinals for Joe McEwing. [Oct 30,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 8,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Mar 30,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 24,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 5,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Oct 28,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 19,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres. [Jul 22,2003] - Sent to Yankees by Padres for future considerations. [Aug 31,2003] - Traded by Yankees to Twins for Juan Padilla. [Oct 26,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 29,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Diamondbacks.

Disabled List: [Aug 19,2001] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained lower back) [Sep 1,2001] - Activated [May 16,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left oblique muscle) [May 29,2002] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1978	Elizabetht	App	21	Min	Rk	4	4	1.13	20	0	0	0		6	40.0	29	7	5	0	20	48	2		6.53	0.00	4.50	10.80	1.23	--
1979	Tidewater	IL	22	Nym	AAA	4	4	3.89	16	15	1	0		0	81.0	82	45	35	2	43	55	7		9.11	0.22	4.78	6.11	1.54	--
	NY Mets	NL	22	Nym	MLB	1	2	4.89	18	2	0	0	6	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	22	0	0	8.49	1.03	5.66	5.66	1.57	40%
1980	Jackson	Tex	23	Nym	AA	4	4	23.73	37	1	0	0		3	11.0	52	36	29	3	62	85	3		42.55	2.45	50.73	69.55	10.36	--
1981	Tidewater	IL	24	Nym	AAA	9	5	3.31	46	10	0	0	24	8	87.0	80	39	32	7	32	81	3		8.28	0.72	3.31	8.38	1.29	--
	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	0	1	1.56	8	0	0	0	4	1	17.1	13	4	3	2	6	18	0	1	6.75	1.04	3.12	9.35	1.10	41%
1982	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	4	10	2.72	54	2	0	0	22	4	109.1	92	37	33	7	40	89	3	2	7.57	0.58	3.29	7.33	1.21	52%
1983	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	13	7	1.47	62	0	0	0	42	17	110.0	76	27	18	3	38	84	1	2	6.22	0.25	3.11	6.87	1.04	53%
1984	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	10	6	2.59	60	0	0	0	52	31	87.0	58	29	25	7	34	85	1	1	6.00	0.72	3.52	8.79	1.06	51%
1985	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	8	6	2.73	54	0	0	0	39	17	79.0	66	26	24	6	34	68	4	0	7.52	0.68	3.87	7.75	1.27	53%
1986	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	8	6	2.33	58	0	0	0	40	21	81.0	64	23	21	6	35	62	2	0	7.11	0.67	3.89	6.89	1.22	33%
1987	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	3	9	4.44	58	0	0	0	41	16	77.0	78	41	38	5	31	78	2	0	9.12	0.58	3.62	9.12	1.42	43%
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	3	2	2.72	55	0	0	0	21	9	53.0	41	18	16	4	30	43	1	0	6.96	0.68	5.09	7.30	1.34	47%
1989	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	3	4	2.08	69	0	0	0	29	3	78.0	54	20	18	7	26	79	0	0	6.23	0.81	3.00	9.12	1.03	41%
1990	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	5	4	3.90	55	0	0	0	28	2	64.2	58	35	28	9	38	55	1	0	8.07	1.25	5.29	7.66	1.48	39%
1991	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	2	0	3.75	47	0	0	0	20	0	45.2	52	20	19	4	15	36	1	1	10.25	0.79	2.96	7.10	1.47	39%
1992	Milwaukee	AL	35	Mil	MLB	3	1	3.23	59	0	0	0	14	1	39.0	33	15	14	5	13	40	2	0	7.62	1.15	3.00	9.23	1.18	39%
1993	Milwaukee	AL	36	Mil	MLB	3	5	3.18	57	0	0	0	27	8	56.2	47	25	20	2	17	67	3	1	7.47	0.32	2.70	10.64	1.13	50%
1994	Milwaukee	AL	37	Mil	MLB	3	1	5.08	40	0	0	0	5	0	39.0	32	26	22	4	26	36	0	0	7.38	0.92	6.00	8.31	1.49	43%
1995	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	2	4	3.26	65	0	0	0	23	3	49.2	28	19	18	4	27	58	2	1	5.07	0.72	4.89	10.51	1.11	49%
1996	Baltimore	AL	39	Bal	MLB	3	1	3.40	66	0	0	0	10	0	55.2	42	22	21	5	28	52	2	0	6.79	0.81	4.53	8.41	1.26	34%
1997	Baltimore	AL	40	Bal	MLB	6	3	2.32	71	0	0	0	12	0	50.1	29	13	13	6	30	46	1	1	5.19	1.07	5.36	8.23	1.17	--
1998	Baltimore	AL	41	Bal	MLB	4	1	3.18	69	0	0	0	26	7	56.2	46	20	20	6	28	50	3	1	7.31	0.95	4.45	7.94	1.31	44%
1999	Baltimore	AL	42	Bal	MLB	0	2	5.34	65	0	0	0	12	1	32.0	28	21	19	5	20	35	2	0	7.88	1.41	5.63	9.84	1.50	--
2000	Peoria	Midw	43	Stl	A	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.42	0.00	--
	Memphis	PCL	43	Stl	AAA	0	1	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	--
	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	0	0	3.86	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	11.59	3.86	11.59	15.45	2.58	62%
2001	Las Vegas	PCL	44	La	AAA	1	0	0.00	10	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	4	0	0	0	2	11	1	0	4.91	0.00	2.46	13.51	0.82	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	44	La	MLB	0	1	3.94	35	0	0	0	7	0	16.0	17	7	7	3	7	21	0	0	9.56	1.69	3.94	11.81	1.50	59%
2002	LA Dodgers	NL	45	La	MLB	1	2	3.00	56	0	0	0	8	1	27.0	24	10	9	4	12	22	2	0	8.00	1.33	4.00	7.33	1.33	55%
2003	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	0	0	10.39	15	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	6	5	0	6	4	0	0	8.31	0.00	12.47	8.31	2.31	71%
	San Diego	NL	46	Sd	MLB	1	1	7.56	42	0	0	0	10	2	25.0	33	22	21	4	10	22	4	0	11.88	1.44	3.60	7.92	1.72	39%
	Minnesota	AL	46	Min	MLB	1	1	6.24	8	0	0	0	3	0	4.1	4	3	3	0	5	3	3	0	8.31	0.00	10.39	6.24	2.08	45%

Major League Totals - 24 Season(s)						87	80	3.16	1252	4	0	0	501	144	1,295.0	1055	512	455	113	581	1179	40	11	7.33	0.79	4.04	8.19	1.26	45%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						22	18	4.01	133	29	1	0		17	229.0	248	128	102	12	159	281	16		9.75	0.47	6.25	11.04	1.78	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Tidewater	IL	22	Nym	AAA	p		16	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0		1	0		.167	.167	.333	500	--
	NY Mets	NL	22	Nym	MLB	p	9	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	83%
1980	Jackson	Tex	23	Nym	AA	p		37	6	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.667	.667	1.167	1834	--
1981	Tidewater	IL	24	Nym	AAA	p		47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.250	.000	250	--
	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	p	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1982	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	p	9	54	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	80%
1983	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	p	9	62	12	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	.333	.357	.333	690	57%
1984	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	p	9	60	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.571	.250	821	75%
1985	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	p	9	54	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.429	.429	.429	858	80%
1986	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	p	9	58	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	333	40%
1987	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	p	9,1	58	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	33%
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	p	9	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
1989	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Milwaukee	AL	35	Mil	MLB	p	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Milwaukee	AL	36	Mil	MLB	p	0	57	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1994	Milwaukee	AL	37	Mil	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	p	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Baltimore	AL	39	Bal	MLB	p	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Baltimore	AL	40	Bal	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
1998	Baltimore	AL	41	Bal	MLB	p	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Baltimore	AL	42	Bal	MLB	p		65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	p	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	LA Dodgers	NL	44	La	MLB	p	9	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	LA Dodgers	NL	45	La	MLB	p	9	53	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
2003	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	San Diego	NL	46	Sd	MLB	p	9	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	46	Min	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 24 Season(s)								1178	59	3	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	25	0	0	7	2	1	.169	.261	.169	430	62%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								100	15	2	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	0		1	0		.333	.375	.600	975	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1986	NY Mets	NL	29		Ch	3	0	3.38	4		0			0	8.0	5		3		2	10			5.63	---	2.25	11.25	0.88	--
	NY Mets	NL	29		Ws	0	0	0.00	4		0			2	5.2	2		0		0	6			3.18	---	0.00	9.54	0.35	--
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	31		Ch	0	0	7.73	4		0			0	2.1	4		2		3	0			15.45	---	11.59	0.00	3.00	--
1996	Baltimore	AL	39		Div	0	1	36.00	4		0			0	1.0	2		4		3	2			18.00	---	27.00	18.00	5.00	--
	Baltimore	AL	39		Ch	0	0	4.50	4		0			0	2.0	2		1		1	2			9.00	---	4.50	9.00	1.50	--
1997	Baltimore	AL	40		Div	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	1.1	1		0		0	1			6.77	---	0.00	6.77	0.75	--
	Baltimore	AL	40		Ch	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	1.1	0		0		1	1			0.00	---	6.77	6.77	0.75	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						3	1	4.15	24		0			2	21.2	16		10		10	22			6.65	---	4.15	9.14	1.20	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1986	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	Ws	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Elizabetht	App	21	Min	Rk	P	20			2	12	2	16	0	-	-	-	.875	--

1979	Tidewater	IL	22	Nym	AAA	P	16			5	8	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	--
1979	NY Mets	NL	22	Nym	MLB	P	18		35	2	9	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.83

1980	Jackson	Tex	23	Nym	AA	P	37			2	12	2	16	1	-	-	-	.875	--

1981	Tidewater	IL	24	Nym	AAA	P	47			6	17	0	23	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1981	NY Mets	NL	24	Nym	MLB	P	8		17.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.56

1982	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	P	54		109.1	4	16	0	20	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

1983	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	P	62		110	5	19	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.96

1984	NY Mets	NL	27	Nym	MLB	P	60		87	2	11	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	1.34

1985	NY Mets	NL	28	Nym	MLB	P	54		79	3	8	1	12	2	-	-	-	.917	1.25

1986	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	P	58		81	4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.33
1986	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1987	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	P	58		77	4	9	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1988	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	P	55		53	1	10	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.87

1989	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	69		78	6	13	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1990	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	55		64.2	1	14	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	2.09

1991	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	47		45.2	3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.18

1992	Milwaukee	AL	35	Mil	MLB	P	59		39	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.15

1993	Milwaukee	AL	36	Mil	MLB	P	57		56.2	1	19	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.18

1994	Milwaukee	AL	37	Mil	MLB	P	40		39	3	3	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1995	Baltimore	AL	38	Bal	MLB	P	65		49.2	3	8	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.99

1996	Baltimore	AL	39	Bal	MLB	P	66		55.2	2	8	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.62

1997	Baltimore	AL	40	Bal	MLB	P	71		50.1	3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.61

1998	Baltimore	AL	41	Bal	MLB	P	69		56.2	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	.95

1999	Baltimore	AL	42	Bal	MLB	P	65		32	2	5	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.97

2000	Peoria	Midw	43	Stl	A	P	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2000	Memphis	PCL	43	Stl	AAA	P	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2000	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	P	6		2.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2001	Las Vegas	PCL	44	La	AAA	P	10			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2001	LA Dodgers	NL	44	La	MLB	P	35		16	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.13

2002	LA Dodgers	NL	45	La	MLB	P	56		27	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.67

2003	Minnesota	AL	46	Min	MLB	P	8	-	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2003	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	P	15	-	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.15
2003	San Diego	NL	46	Sd	MLB	P	42	-	25	4	4	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.88

Awards

[1983] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1984] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	650,000		299,108	16
1986	825,000		325,466	13
1987	925,000	76	292,853	9
1988	1,000,000	64	325,305	9
1989	825,000		375,257	16
1990	850,000		426,358	18
1991	900,000		617,627	23
1992	1,215,000		798,185	24