Jesse Orosco, baseball player, 1979-2003

Jesse Orosco

Born: 4/21/1957 in Santa Barbara, CA, USA

MLB Debut: 1979-04-05 | Final Game: 2003-09-27

Bats: R | Throws: L | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 174 lbs

Full name: Jesse Russell Orosco

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Biography

Jesse Orosco was a prominent Major League Baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1979 to 2003. Born in 1957, Orosco made a significant impact on the game during a period characterized by the transition from the deadball era into a more dynamic offensive landscape. With a career record of 87-80 and an impressive earned run average (ERA) of 3.16, he carved out a reputation as a reliable reliever and a key contributor to his teams' successes. Orosco was particularly known for his effectiveness in late-game situations, amassing 144 saves and striking out 1,179 batters throughout his career. His contributions were recognized with two All-Star selections, highlighting his status as one of the top pitchers of his time. Orosco's longevity in the game allowed him to witness and adapt to the evolving styles of play, making him a respected figure in baseball history. His legacy is marked not only by his statistics but also by his role in the changing narrative of relief pitching in Major League Baseball.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
87 80 1252 4 0 0 144 1295.3 1055 455 113 581 1179 3.16 0

Career ERA 3.16 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 24.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1979 NYN NL 1 2 18 2 0 0 0 35.0 33 19 22 22 4.89 4.00 (-22%) -895.3
1981 NYN NL 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 17.3 13 3 6 18 1.56 3.58 (+57%) 226.9
1982 NYN NL 4 10 54 2 0 0 4 109.3 92 33 40 89 2.72 3.86 (+30%) 2206.9
1983 NYN NL 13 7 62 0 0 0 17 110.0 76 18 38 84 1.47 3.87 (+62%) 3449.0
1984 NYN NL 10 6 60 0 0 0 31 87.0 58 25 34 85 2.59 3.81 (+32%) 1570.7
1985 NYN NL 8 6 54 0 0 0 17 79.0 66 24 34 68 2.73 3.89 (+30%) 1309.0
1986 NYN NL 8 6 58 0 0 0 21 81.0 64 21 35 62 2.33 3.97 (+41%) 745.2
1987 NYN NL 3 9 58 0 0 0 16 77.0 78 38 31 78 4.44 4.29 (-3%) 2578.5
1988 LAD NL 3 2 55 0 0 0 9 53.0 41 16 30 43 2.72 3.73 (+27%) -
1989 CLE AL 3 4 69 0 0 0 3 78.0 54 18 26 79 2.08 3.71 (+44%) 1445.4
1990 CLE AL 5 4 55 0 0 0 2 64.7 58 28 38 55 3.90 3.86 (-1%) -1340.3
1991 CLE AL 2 0 47 0 0 0 0 45.7 52 19 15 36 3.74 3.91 (+4%) 509.8
1992 ATL AL 3 1 59 0 0 0 1 39.0 33 14 13 40 3.23 3.75 (+14%) -
1993 ATL AL 3 5 57 0 0 0 8 56.7 47 20 17 67 3.18 4.19 (+24%) -
1994 ATL AL 3 1 40 0 0 0 0 39.0 32 22 26 36 5.08 4.51 (-13%) -
1995 BAL AL 2 4 65 0 0 0 3 49.7 28 18 27 58 3.26 4.45 (+27%) 1185.5
1996 BAL AL 3 1 66 0 0 0 0 55.7 42 21 28 52 3.40 4.61 (+26%) 736.4
1997 BAL AL 6 3 71 0 0 0 0 50.3 29 13 30 46 2.32 4.39 (+47%) -292.0
1998 BAL AL 4 1 69 0 0 0 7 56.7 46 20 28 50 3.18 4.43 (+28%) 208.4
1999 BAL AL 0 2 65 0 0 0 1 32.0 28 19 20 35 5.34 4.71 (-13%) -267.1
2000 STL NL 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 1 3 4 3.86 — -
2001 LAD NL 0 1 35 0 0 0 0 16.0 17 7 7 21 3.94 4.42 (+11%) -
2002 LAD NL 1 2 56 0 0 0 1 27.0 24 9 12 22 3.00 4.28 (+30%) -
2003 SDP NL 1 1 42 0 0 0 2 25.0 33 21 10 22 7.56 4.40 (-72%) -
2003 NYY AL 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 5 6 4 10.38 — -
2003 MIN AL 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 3 5 3 5.79 — 0.0

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1252 59 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 8 25 0.169 0.261 0.169 0.430 0.0

Career AVG .169 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 35.4% below league average.

Career OBP .261 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 21.0% below league average.

Career SLG .169 vs. league average .405 across their career seasons — 58.1% below league average.

Career OPS 0.430 vs. league average 0.735 across their career seasons — 41.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1979 NYN NL 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1981 NYN NL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1982 NYN NL 54 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.143 — — — — 0.0
1983 NYN NL 62 12 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.333 — — — — 0.0
1984 NYN NL 60 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0.250 — — — — 0.0
1985 NYN NL 54 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.429 — — — — 0.0
1986 NYN NL 58 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1987 NYN NL 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1988 LAD NL 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1989 CLE AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 CLE AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 CLE AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 ATL AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 ATL AL 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1994 ATL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 BAL AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 BAL AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 BAL AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 BAL AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 BAL AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 STL NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 LAD NL 56 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 SDP NL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 NYY AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1997 ALCS BAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 ALDS2 BAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALCS BAL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALDS1 BAL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 NLCS LAN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 NLCS NYN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 WS NYN 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 1 24 0 2 21.7 16 10 10 22 4.15

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1997 ALCS BAL 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 1 1 0.00
1997 ALDS2 BAL 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 0.00
1996 ALCS BAL 0 0 4 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 2 4.50
1996 ALDS1 BAL 0 1 4 0 0 1.0 2 4 3 2 36.00
1988 NLCS LAN 0 0 4 0 0 2.3 4 2 3 0 7.71
1986 NLCS NYN 3 0 4 0 0 8.0 5 3 2 10 3.38
1986 WS NYN 0 0 4 0 2 5.7 2 0 0 6 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
P 1252 4 61 188 4 13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1979 NYN P 18 2 2 9 0 1
1981 NYN P 8 0 1 2 0 0
1982 NYN P 54 2 4 16 0 1
1983 NYN P 62 0 5 19 0 0
1984 NYN P 60 0 2 11 1 1
1985 NYN P 54 0 3 8 1 2
1986 NYN OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1986 NYN P 58 0 4 8 0 0
1987 NYN P 58 0 4 9 0 1
1988 LAN P 55 0 1 10 0 1
1989 CLE P 69 0 6 13 0 1
1990 CLE P 55 0 1 14 1 1
1991 CLE P 47 0 3 3 0 0
1992 ML4 P 59 0 2 3 0 0
1993 ML4 P 57 0 1 19 0 0
1994 ML4 P 40 0 3 3 0 1
1995 BAL P 65 0 3 8 0 1
1996 BAL P 66 0 2 8 0 0
1997 BAL P 71 0 3 6 0 0
1998 BAL P 69 0 1 5 0 1
1999 BAL P 65 0 2 5 1 0
2000 SLN P 6 0 0 0 0 0
2001 LAN P 35 0 1 1 0 0
2002 LAN P 56 0 2 3 0 0
2003 SDN P 42 0 4 4 0 1
2003 NYA P 15 0 1 1 0 0
2003 MIN P 8 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 1252
Right Field 1

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1984 Player of the Week Week of 1984-06-08
1983 Pitcher of the Month August
1983 Player of the Week Week of 1983-08-05
1983 Player of the Week Week of 1983-08-12

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2003 SDN NL $800,000
2000 SLN NL $1,100,000
1999 BAL AL $800,000
1998 BAL AL $1,100,000
1997 BAL AL $1,100,000
1996 BAL AL $750,000
1995 BAL AL $650,000
1994 ML4 AL $775,000
1993 ML4 AL $1,000,000
1992 ML4 AL $1,215,000
1991 CLE AL $900,000
1990 CLE AL $850,000
1989 CLE AL $825,000
1988 LAN NL $1,000,000
1987 NYN NL $925,000
1986 NYN NL $825,000
1985 NYN NL $650,000
Total Career Earnings $15,265,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara CA 1977, 1978

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1983 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 19.0 120 1
1983 Most Valuable Player NL 17th 14.0 336 0