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Full Name: Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/170 First Game: April 20, 1994
Birthdate: September 30, 1972 MLB Experience: 13 years
Birthplace: Santiago, Santiago (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on September 30, 1972 in Santiago, Santiago (Dominican Republic), Jose Lima (Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima) played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets over the course of his 13 year career. Lima broke into the bigs on April 20, 1994 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 6.11 ERA in 73.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jose Lima's best season was 1999, when he posted a 3.58 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 187 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1994 DET A 3 1 0 1 13.50 7 10 10 0 0 0 6.2 11 2 3 1 1 0
1995 DET A 15 15 3 9 6.11 37 52 50 0 0 0 73.2 85 10 18 4 5 4
1996 DET A 39 4 5 6 5.70 59 48 46 0 0 3 72.2 87 13 22 4 3 5
1997 HOU N 52 1 1 6 5.28 63 45 44 0 0 2 75 79 9 16 2 2 5
1998 HOU N 33 33 16 8 3.70 169 100 96 3 1 0 233.1 229 34 32 1 4 7
1999 HOU N 35 35 21 10 3.58 187 108 98 3 0 0 246.1 256 30 44 2 8 2
2000 HOU N 33 33 7 16 6.65 124 152 145 0 0 0 196.1 251 48 68 3 3 2
2001 HOU N 14 9 1 2 7.30 41 48 43 0 0 0 53 77 12 16 1 3 5
2001 DET A 18 18 5 10 4.71 43 66 59 2 0 0 112.2 120 23 22 2 1 4
2001 Total 32 27 6 12 5.54 84 114 102 2 0 0 165.2 197 35 38 3 4 9
2002 DET A 20 12 4 6 7.77 33 60 59 0 0 0 68.1 86 12 21 0 2 2
2003 KC A 14 14 8 3 4.91 32 40 40 0 0 0 73.1 80 7 26 0 2 5
2004 LA N 36 24 13 5 4.07 93 81 77 0 0 0 170.1 178 33 34 6 3 1
2005 KC A 32 32 5 16 6.99 80 140 131 1 0 0 168.2 219 31 61 1 5 9
2006 NY N 4 4 0 4 9.87 12 22 19 0 0 0 17.1 25 3 10 0 1 2
Total NL 207 139 59 51 4.74 689 556 522 6 1 2 991.2 1095 169 220 15 24 24
Total AL 141 96 30 51 6.17 291 416 395 3 0 3 576 688 98 173 12 19 29
Total 348 235 89 102 5.26 980 972 917 9 1 5 1567.2 1783 267 393 27 43 53

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1994 DET A P 3 1 6.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1995 DET A P 15 15 73.2 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000
1996 DET A P 39 4 72.2 11 17 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
1997 HOU N P 52 1 75 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1.000
1998 HOU N P 33 33 233.1 24 32 3 3 0 1 13 4 0 .949
1999 HOU N P 35 35 246.1 18 21 2 1 0 0 12 7 1 .951
2000 HOU N P 33 33 196.1 16 22 1 3 0 0 14 5 0 .974
2001 HOU N P 14 9 53 0 9 1 2 0 0 4 2 0 .900
2001 DET A P 18 18 112.2 3 11 1 2 0 0 11 2 1 .933
2001 Total P 32 27 165.2 3 20 2 4 0 0 15 4 1 .920
2002 DET A P 20 12 68.1 4 5 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 1.000
2003 KC A P 14 14 73.1 7 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 1.000
2004 LA N P 36 24 170.1 13 26 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 1.000
2005 KC A P 32 32 168.2 6 22 0 2 0 0 10 4 1 1.000
2006 NY N P 4 4 17.1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .833
Total P 348 235 1567.2 114 179 9 18 0 4 97 32 3 .970

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1994 DET A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 DET A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 DET A 39 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 HOU N 52 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
1998 HOU N 33 79 6 11 0 4 .139 .159 .165 2 0 2 27 0 9 0 0 0
1999 HOU N 35 75 4 6 0 2 .080 .115 .080 0 0 3 24 0 13 0 0 3
2000 HOU N 33 60 6 10 0 2 .167 .180 .200 2 0 1 17 0 8 0 0 1
2001 HOU N 14 16 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
2001 DET A 18 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Total 32 17 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
2002 DET A 20 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 KC A 14 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2004 LA N 38 48 1 9 0 2 .188 .204 .188 0 0 1 19 0 8 0 0 2
2005 KC A 32 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2006 NY N 4 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 209 286 17 36 0 10 .126 .146 .140 4 0 7 98 0 42 0 0 6
Total AL 141 6 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
Total 350 292 18 38 0 10 .130 .150 .144 4 0 7 101 0 44 0 0 6

Transactions[]

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Detroit Tigers (July 5, 1989).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros in exchange for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash (December 10, 1996).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dave Mlicki (June 23, 2001).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (September 7, 2002).
  • Sold by Newark (Atlantic) to Kansas City Royals (June 4, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 28, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 25, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
  • Signed by New York Mets (February 14, 2006).

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