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Jesse
Orosco		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 21, 1957 in Usa, CA, SANTA BARBARA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1980 23 DET AL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1981 24 DET AL $ 300,000 5 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 25 DET AL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 6 6 6
1983 26 DET AL $ 2,000,000 6 10 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1984 27 DET AL $ 2,000,000 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 28 DET AL $ 2,000,000 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1986 29 BAL AL $ 750,000 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1987 30 BAL AL $ 750,000 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1988 31 BAL AL $ 750,000 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1989 32 BAL AL $ 750,000 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 6 6 6
1990 33 BAL AL $ 2,800,000 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 22 DET AL 4 5 .444 18 7 1 1 1 53.3 62 38 12 30 31 6.41 .287 .372 .556 .928 0.3
    AAA   2 3 .400 9 9 0 0 0 63.0 53 21 8 19 63 3.00 .230 .289 .391 .680  
1980 23 DET AL 14 6 .700 54 12 1 0 18 139.7 129 58 13 73 107 3.74 .244 .334 .393 .727 12.7
1981 24 DET AL 15 13 .536 85 0 0 0 35 119.7 105 61 16 52 98 4.59 .239 .317 .418 .735 12.9
1982 25 DET AL 10 11 .476 83 0 0 0 38 113.0 101 48 12 49 70 3.82 .243 .323 .402 .726 14.3
1983 26 DET AL 10 10 .500 66 6 0 0 29 117.0 112 53 17 52 114 4.08 .244 .320 .436 .756 9.5
1984 27 DET AL 6 11 .353 57 16 1 0 3 149.7 156 93 22 77 149 5.59 .265 .351 .471 .822 1.8
1985 28 DET AL 6 19 .240 34 34 2 1 0 216.7 220 137 26 103 234 5.69 .260 .339 .462 .801 1.5
1986 29 BAL AL 2 6 .250 39 12 0 0 2 106.0 114 72 17 49 102 6.11 .265 .341 .466 .807 0.0
1987 30 BAL AL 10 5 .667 78 0 0 0 8 129.7 115 46 11 51 128 3.19 .236 .311 .350 .661 13.2
1988 31 BAL AL 8 7 .533 67 0 0 0 42 73.3 67 40 14 37 81 4.91 .245 .333 .432 .766 7.6
1989 32 BAL AL 11 14 .440 80 0 0 0 34 125.7 101 49 14 61 143 3.51 .222 .317 .379 .696 13.7
1990 33 BAL AL 11 8 .579 76 0 0 0 28 111.3 91 41 11 39 128 3.31 .221 .288 .364 .652 15.3
12 Years Sim 107 115 .482 737 87 5 2 238 1455.0 1373 736 185 673 1385 4.55 .247 .329 .425 .754 102.8
1 Years AAA 2 3 .400 9 9 0 0 0 63.0 53 21 8 19 63 3.00 .230 .289 .391 .680  
Season Average 8 9 .471 61 7 0 0 19 121.2 114 61 15 56 115 4.55 .247 .329 .425 .754  
Career Highs 15 19 .700 85 34 2 1 42 216.7 220 137 26 103 234 6.41 .287 .372 .556 .928  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1004 515 134 491 963   .256 .339 .436 .775
vs LH   369 221 51 182 422   .226 .304 .399 .702
Home 58 52 .527 385 40 3 1 114 741.6 712 391 102 346 687 4.75 .251 .333 .436 .768
Away 49 63 .438 352 47 2 1 135 713.3 661 345 83 327 698 4.35 .243 .325 .414 .738
Mar/Apr 19 23 .452 119 16 1 0 44 245.0 253 141 39 112 239 5.18 .264 .341 .477 .817
May 16 24 .400 121 22 1 1 47 270.0 264 144 32 131 235 4.80 .255 .338 .420 .758
June 18 14 .563 107 11 0 0 42 218.6 212 109 32 96 222 4.49 .252 .329 .447 .776
July 20 19 .513 122 13 1 1 32 234.6 211 113 26 103 230 4.33 .239 .318 .404 .722
August 18 20 .474 144 11 2 0 35 242.0 227 128 33 124 226 4.76 .247 .337 .425 .762
Sep/Oct 16 15 .516 124 14 0 0 49 244.6 206 101 23 107 233 3.72 .226 .307 .377 .684
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 22 DET AL P 18 7 53.3 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.36    
1980 23 DET AL P 54 12 139.7 5 35 0 3 1.000 2.58    
1981 24 DET AL P 85 0 119.7 8 19 0 1 1.000 2.03    
1982 25 DET AL P 83 0 113.0 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1983 26 DET AL P 66 6 117.0 6 19 0 0 1.000 1.92    
1984 27 DET AL P 57 16 149.7 7 23 0 2 1.000 1.80    
1985 28 DET AL P 34 34 216.7 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.58    
1986 29 BAL AL P 39 12 106.0 6 17 0 1 1.000 1.95    
1987 30 BAL AL P 78 0 129.7 8 22 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1988 31 BAL AL P 67 0 73.3 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1989 32 BAL AL P 80 0 125.7 7 22 1 2 .967 2.08    
1990 33 BAL AL P 76 0 111.3 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.21    
Career Totals   737 87 1455.0 78 237 1 14 .997 1.95    
Career Highs   85 34 216.7 13 35 1 3 1.000 2.58    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1980 23 DET AL 2 2 .500 8 0 0 0 1 11.7 14 8 1 10 11 6.17 .298 .421 .489 .910
1981 24 DET AL 2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 3 18.3 14 8 2 6 10 3.93 .212 .278 .424 .702
1982 25 DET AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 2 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 4.50 .250 .250 .625 .875
1983 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 5.7 8 15 2 9 7 23.85 .320 .500 .720 1.220
1987 30 BAL AL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 2 5.7 6 3 1 6 5 4.77 .286 .444 .476 .921
1988 31 BAL AL 3 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 1 14.7 14 5 2 6 22 3.07 .241 .313 .414 .726
1989 32 BAL AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 2.7 2 1 1 0 1 3.38 .250 .250 .625 .875
1990 33 BAL AL 0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 1 7.7 9 7 1 4 7 8.22 .290 .371 .452 .823
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 7 .533 48 2 0 0 11 70.3 71 49 12 41 65 6.27 .261 .358 .485 .843
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1985-4-19
1989-10-14
 Winning Pct
1980-7-.700
 Saves
1980-9-18
1981-2-35
1982-1-38
1983-5-29
1988-1-42
1989-3-34
1990-7-28
CAR-4-238
 Games Pitched
1981-4-85
1982-3-83
1983-9-66
1987-4-78
1988-10-67
1989-3-80
1990-8-76
CAR-19-737
 Games Started
1985-10-34
 Homeruns Allowed
1985-7-26
Strikeouts
1985-4-234
 Walks Allowed
1985-6-103
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1985-1-9.7
CAR-14-8.6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Jack Meyer (855)
  5. Jim Owens (851)
  6. Moe Drabowsky (838)
  7. Bob Reynolds (831)
  8. Glen Hobbie (831)
  9. Pat Zachry (829)
  10. Dennis Bennett (826)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1979
Injured on 4/25/1979 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/24/1979
Injured on 5/29/1980 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
10/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
5/1/1985: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Baltimore on 4/3/1986 (Going to DET: 1B Pete Lacock, C Joe Lefebvre. Going to BAL: P Jesse Orosco, RF Tony Armas)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
10/19/1989: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $2,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/28/1990 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/16/1990 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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