Jesse Orosco

PITCHER · R/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1979–2003 BORN: SANTA BARBARA, USA
All-Star ×2
Career
87 W · 3.16 ERA · 1179 K
1295.1 IP · 1.26 WHIP · 1252 G
2003 Season
1-1 · 7.56 ERA
25.0 IP · 22 K · 1.72 WHIP
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Jesse Orosco was a pitcher in MLB. Across 1252 career appearances, with a 3.16 ERA and 1179 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1979 NYM 1 2 4.89 18 2 0 35.0 33 19 22 22 1.57
1981 NYM 0 1 1.56 8 0 1 17.1 13 3 6 18 1.10
1982 NYM 4 10 2.72 54 2 4 109.1 92 33 40 89 1.21
1983 NYM 13 7 1.47 62 0 17 110.0 76 18 38 84 1.04
1984 NYM 10 6 2.59 60 0 31 87.0 58 25 34 85 1.06
1985 NYM 8 6 2.73 54 0 17 79.0 66 24 34 68 1.27
1986 NYM 8 6 2.33 58 0 21 81.0 64 21 35 62 1.22
1987 NYM 3 9 4.44 58 0 16 77.0 78 38 31 78 1.42
1988 LAD 3 2 2.72 55 0 9 53.0 41 16 30 43 1.34
1989 CLE 3 4 2.08 69 0 3 78.0 54 18 26 79 1.03
1990 CLE 5 4 3.90 55 0 2 64.2 58 28 38 55 1.48
1991 CLE 2 0 3.74 47 0 0 45.2 52 19 15 36 1.47
1992 ML4 3 1 3.23 59 0 1 39.0 33 14 13 40 1.18
1993 ML4 3 5 3.18 57 0 8 56.2 47 20 17 67 1.13
1994 ML4 3 1 5.08 40 0 0 39.0 32 22 26 36 1.49
1995 BAL 2 4 3.26 65 0 3 49.2 28 18 27 58 1.11
1996 BAL 3 1 3.40 66 0 0 55.2 42 21 28 52 1.26
1997 BAL 6 3 2.32 71 0 0 50.1 29 13 30 46 1.17
1998 BAL 4 1 3.18 69 0 7 56.2 46 20 28 50 1.31
1999 BAL 0 2 5.34 65 0 1 32.0 28 19 20 35 1.50
2000 STL 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 2.1 3 1 3 4 2.57
2001 LAD 0 1 3.94 35 0 0 16.0 17 7 7 21 1.50
2002 LAD 1 2 3.00 56 0 1 27.0 24 9 12 22 1.33
2003 MIN 1 1 5.79 8 0 0 4.2 4 3 5 3 1.93
2003 NYY 0 0 10.38 15 0 0 4.1 4 5 6 4 2.31
2003 SD 1 1 7.56 42 0 2 25.0 33 21 10 22 1.72
Career Totals 87 80 3.16 1252 4 144 1295.1 1055 455 581 1179 1.26
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 NYM 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 NYM 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 NYM 54 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286
1983 NYM 62 12 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .333 .357 .333 .690
1984 NYM 60 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .250 .571 .250 .821
1985 NYM 54 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857
1986 NYM 58 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1987 NYM 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 LAD 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 CLE 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CLE 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 ML4 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 ML4 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1994 ML4 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BAL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BAL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BAL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0
1998 BAL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BAL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 LAD 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 LAD 56 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0
2003 MIN 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYY 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SD 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 1252 59 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 8 25 .169 .261 .169 .430
Awards & Achievements
  • Pitcher of the Month (1): 1983
  • Player of the Week (3): 1983, 1983, 1984
All-Star Selections

1983, 1984

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$650,000
1986$825,000
1987$925,000
1988$1,000,000
1989$825,000
1990$850,000
1991$900,000
1992$1,215,000
1993$1,000,000
1994$775,000
1995$650,000
1996$750,000
1997$1,100,000
1998$1,100,000
1999$800,000
2000$1,100,000
2003$800,000

Career Total: $15,265,000 (17 seasons)

Average: $897,941

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.