Jose Rijo

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1984–2002 BORN: SAN CRISTOBAL, D.R.

All-Star ×1

Career

116 W · 3.24 ERA · 1606 K

1880.0 IP · 1.26 WHIP · 376 G

2002 Season

5-4 · 5.14 ERA

77.0 IP · 38 K · 1.42 WHIP

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Jose Rijo was a pitcher in MLB. Across 376 career appearances, with a 3.24 ERA and 1606 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

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
1984	NYY	2	8	4.76	24	5	2	62.1	74	33	33	47	1.72
1985	OAK	6	4	3.53	12	9	0	63.2	57	25	28	65	1.34
1986	OAK	9	11	4.65	39	26	1	193.2	172	100	108	176	1.45
1987	OAK	2	7	5.90	21	14	0	82.1	106	54	41	67	1.79
1988	CIN	13	8	2.39	49	19	0	162.0	120	43	63	160	1.13
1989	CIN	7	6	2.84	19	19	0	111.0	101	35	48	86	1.34
1990	CIN	14	8	2.70	29	29	0	197.0	151	59	78	152	1.16
1991	CIN	15	6	2.51	30	30	0	204.1	165	57	55	172	1.08
1992	CIN	15	10	2.56	33	33	0	211.0	185	60	44	171	1.09
1993	CIN	14	9	2.48	36	36	0	257.1	218	71	62	227	1.09
1994	CIN	9	6	3.08	26	26	0	172.1	177	59	52	171	1.33
1995	CIN	5	4	4.17	14	14	0	69.0	76	32	22	62	1.42
2001	CIN	0	0	2.12	13	0	0	17.0	19	4	9	12	1.65
2002	CIN	5	4	5.14	31	9	0	77.0	89	44	20	38	1.42
Career Totals	—	116	91	3.24	376	269	3	1880.0	1710	676	663	1606	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
1984	NYY	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	OAK	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	OAK	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	OAK	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CIN	49	37	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	.054	.054	.135	.189
1989	CIN	19	38	0	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	11	.211	.231	.237	.468
1990	CIN	29	62	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	2	10	.161	.188	.177	.365
1991	CIN	31	67	7	14	0	0	0	5	0	2	13	.209	.232	.209	.441
1992	CIN	33	72	3	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	18	.194	.194	.222	.417
1993	CIN	36	82	5	22	4	0	1	8	0	3	18	.268	.294	.354	.648
1994	CIN	26	49	4	10	4	0	0	3	0	0	7	.204	.204	.286	.490
1995	CIN	14	22	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	.136	.136	.182	.318
2001	CIN	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	CIN	31	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250
Career Totals	—	377	445	25	85	13	0	2	29	2	8	101	.191	.205	.234	.439

Awards & Achievements

Pitcher of the Month (1): 1992
Player of the Week (2): 1989, 1990
TSN All-Star (1): 1991
World Series MVP (1): 1990

All-Star Selections

1994

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1986	$85,000
1988	$127,500
1989	$457,500
1990	$630,000
1991	$2,333,333
1992	$3,520,833
1993	$4,083,333
1994	$3,975,000
1995	$5,750,000
1996	$6,150,000
1997	$6,150,000
2002	$500,000

Career Total: $33,762,499 (12 seasons)

Average: $2,813,542

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.