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Jose Lima PAstros

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
19 348 1567.7 89 102 5 5.26 7.7
Birth Date9-30-1972
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age51 years, 6 months, 25 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1994 DET MLB 3 1 6.7 0 1 0 11 3 7 2 105 14.9 4.1 2.7 9.5 0% .409 2.10 6.34 13.50 95 4.00 80.6 0.1
1995 DET MLB 15 15 73.7 3 9 0 85 18 37 10 103 10.4 2.2 1.2 4.5 0% .299 1.40 4.79 6.11 117 6.91 141.4 -0.8
1996 DET MLB 39 4 72.7 5 6 3 87 22 59 13 99 10.8 2.7 1.6 7.3 0% .322 1.50 5.06 5.70 100 5.15 101.7 0.4
1997 HOU MLB 52 1 75.0 1 6 2 79 16 63 9 98 9.5 1.9 1.1 7.6 0% .307 1.27 3.79 5.28 93 4.15 86.4 1.0
1998 HOU MLB 33 33 233.3 16 8 0 229 32 169 34 100 8.8 1.2 1.3 6.5 0% .275 1.12 4.01 3.70 85 3.35 69.5 6.5
1999 HOU MLB 35 35 246.3 21 10 0 256 44 187 30 97 9.4 1.6 1.1 6.8 0% .297 1.22 3.69 3.58 78 3.25 63.3 7.8
2000 HOU MLB 33 33 196.3 7 16 0 251 68 124 48 120 11.5 3.1 2.2 5.7 0% .311 1.62 6.03 6.65 118 7.20 138.5 -1.8
2001 DET 0 18 18 112.7 5 10 0 120 22 43 23 101 9.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 0% .257 1.26 5.67 4.71 119 6.77 140.4 -1.2
2001 HOU 0 14 9 53.0 1 2 0 77 16 41 12 108 13.1 2.7 2.0 7.0 0% .371 1.75 5.59 7.30 120 6.33 131.2 -0.3
2002 DET MLB 20 12 68.3 4 6 0 86 21 33 12 94 11.3 2.8 1.6 4.3 0% .314 1.57 5.38 7.77 116 6.88 147.5 -1.0
2003 KCA MLB 14 14 73.3 8 3 0 80 26 32 7 103 9.8 3.2 0.9 3.9 0% .291 1.45 4.72 4.91 122 7.00 146.8 -1.0
2004 LAN MLB 36 24 170.3 13 5 0 178 34 93 33 95 9.4 1.8 1.7 4.9 0% .268 1.24 4.99 4.07 102 4.40 90.8 2.6
2005 KCA MLB 32 32 168.7 5 16 0 219 61 80 31 103 11.7 3.3 1.7 4.3 0% .314 1.66 5.73 6.99 124 8.07 173.7 -4.9
2006 NYN MLB 4 4 17.3 0 4 0 25 10 12 3 88 13.0 5.2 1.6 6.2 0% .344 2.02 6.04 9.87 103 4.41 89.9 0.3
2001 TOT MLB 32 27 165.7 6 12 0 197 38 84 35 103 10.7 2.1 1.9 4.6 0% .000 1.42 5.65 5.54 119 6.63 137.4 -1.5
CareerMLB3482351567.7891025178339398026710210.22.31.55.644%.2971.394.885.261045.41110.87.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1990 BRI Rk APL 14 12 75.3 3 8 1 89 22 64 9 10.6 2.6 1.1 7.6 0% .000 1.47 3.96 5.02 0 0.00 0.0
1991 FAY A SAL 18 7 58.0 1 3 0 53 25 60 4 8.2 3.9 0.6 9.3 0% .000 1.34 3.43 4.97 0 0.00 0.0
1991 LAK A+ FSL 4 1 8.7 0 1 0 16 2 5 1 16.6 2.1 1.0 5.2 0% .000 2.07 3.91 10.34 0 0.00 0.0
1992 LAK A+ FSL 25 25 151.0 5 11 0 132 21 137 14 7.9 1.3 0.8 8.2 0% .000 1.01 2.75 3.16 0 0.00 0.0
1993 LON AA EAS 27 27 177.0 8 13 0 160 59 138 19 8.1 3.0 1.0 7.0 0% .000 1.24 4.01 4.07 0 0.00 0.0
1994 DET MLB AL 3 1 6.7 0 1 0 11 3 7 2 105 14.9 4.1 2.7 9.5 0% .409 2.10 6.34 13.50 95 4.00 80.6
1994 TOL AAA INT 23 22 142.3 7 9 0 124 48 117 16 7.8 3.0 1.0 7.4 0% .000 1.21 3.89 3.61 0 0.00 0.0
1995 DET MLB AL 15 15 73.7 3 9 0 85 18 37 10 103 10.4 2.2 1.2 4.5 0% .299 1.40 4.79 6.11 117 6.91 141.4
1995 LAK A+ FSL 4 4 21.0 3 1 0 23 0 20 2 9.9 0.0 0.9 8.6 0% .000 1.10 2.44 2.57 0 0.00 0.0
1995 TOL AAA INT 11 11 74.7 5 3 0 69 14 40 9 8.3 1.7 1.1 4.8 0% .000 1.11 4.24 3.01 0 0.00 0.0
1996 DET MLB AL 39 4 72.7 5 6 3 87 22 59 13 99 10.8 2.7 1.6 7.3 0% .322 1.50 5.06 5.70 100 5.15 101.7
1996 TOL AAA INT 12 12 69.0 5 4 0 93 12 57 11 12.1 1.6 1.4 7.4 0% .000 1.52 4.39 6.78 0 0.00 0.0
1997 HOU MLB NL 52 1 75.0 1 6 2 79 16 63 9 98 9.5 1.9 1.1 7.6 0% .307 1.27 3.79 5.28 93 4.15 86.4
1998 HOU MLB NL 33 33 233.3 16 8 0 229 32 169 34 100 8.8 1.2 1.3 6.5 0% .275 1.12 4.01 3.70 85 3.35 69.5
1999 HOU MLB NL 35 35 246.3 21 10 0 256 44 187 30 97 9.4 1.6 1.1 6.8 0% .297 1.22 3.69 3.58 78 3.25 63.3
2000 HOU MLB NL 33 33 196.3 7 16 0 251 68 124 48 120 11.5 3.1 2.2 5.7 0% .311 1.62 6.03 6.65 118 7.20 138.5
2000 Esc Wnt DWL 3 0 10.3 1 0 0 10 2 9 0 8.7 1.7 0.0 7.9 0% -.909 1.17 2.57 3.50 0 0.00 0.0
2001 DET MLB AL 18 18 112.7 5 10 0 120 22 43 23 101 9.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 0% .257 1.26 5.67 4.71 119 6.77 140.4
2001 HOU MLB NL 14 9 53.0 1 2 0 77 16 41 12 108 13.1 2.7 2.0 7.0 0% .371 1.75 5.59 7.30 120 6.33 131.2
2002 DET MLB AL 20 12 68.3 4 6 0 86 21 33 12 94 11.3 2.8 1.6 4.3 0% .314 1.57 5.38 7.77 116 6.88 147.5
2003 KCA MLB AL 14 14 73.3 8 3 0 80 26 32 7 103 9.8 3.2 0.9 3.9 0% .291 1.45 4.72 4.91 122 7.00 146.8
2004 LAN MLB NL 36 24 170.3 13 5 0 178 34 93 33 95 9.4 1.8 1.7 4.9 0% .268 1.24 4.99 4.07 102 4.40 90.8
2005 KCA MLB AL 32 32 168.7 5 16 0 219 61 80 31 103 11.7 3.3 1.7 4.3 0% .314 1.66 5.73 6.99 124 8.07 173.7
2006 NYN MLB NL 4 4 17.3 0 4 0 25 10 12 3 88 13.0 5.2 1.6 6.2 0% .344 2.02 6.04 9.87 103 4.41 89.9
2006 NOR AAA INT 25 22 140.2 7 8 0 140 20 88 15 82 9.0 1.3 1.0 5.6 0% .282 1.14 3.77 3.92 102 3.91 82.0
2007 SLT mex MEX 22 22 160.0 13 4 0 170 33 76 18 9.6 1.9 1.0 4.3 0% .282 1.27 4.71 3.60 0 0.00 0.0
2007 AGU Wnt DWL 1 1 1.3 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 20.8 20.8 0.0 6.9 0% .500 4.62 8.44 20.77 0 0.00 0.0
2007 AGU Wnt DWL 10 10 50.7 3 2 0 56 14 25 6 9.9 2.5 1.1 4.4 0% .289 1.38 4.50 2.84 0 0.00 0.0
2009 AGU Wnt DWL 7 7 29.7 1 4 0 40 5 10 3 12.1 1.5 0.9 3.0 0% .327 1.52 4.43 6.06 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2003-08-24 2003-09-18 15-DL 25 23 Right Groin Strain -
2003-08-02 2003-08-18 15-DL 16 15 Right Groin Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 KCA $2,500,000
2004 LAN $
2002 DET $7,250,000
2001 HOU $6,250,000
2000 HOU $6,250,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$22,250,000
4 yrTotal$22,250,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 149 dJoel Klein

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A, designated for assignment 7/06 contract purchased 7/06 designated for assignment 5/06 contract purchased 5/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from KC 2/06 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from LA 12/04, 1 year/$2.5M (05)+$1.25M bonuses ($0.2M each 20,22,24,26,28 games started, $0.25M 30 games started)
  • contract purchased 4/04 signed as a free agent from LA 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.95M (04)
  • refused 1 year/$0.5M (04)+bonuses 11/03
  • 1 year/$0.3M (03) contract purchased 6/03 (minor-league contract) released 9/02
  • 3 year/$18.75M (00-02) incl $4.75M signing bonus over 3 years
  • 00:$3.75M, 01:$4.75M, 02:$5.75M
  • up to $2.25M in bonuses 01-02

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-01-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)Homer Baily: Post-hype sleeper?
(Rick from Chicago)
He needs to drop the walks, but at least the homers stopped leaving in Jose Lima quantities. He's definitely in the sleeper category. (Marc Normandin)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-04-05 09:30:00Season Opener Roundtable"Vicente Padilla (Where ever I live): how much do I suck on a scale of 1 to Jose Lima?"

Everything is a matter of context, really. He's not a BAD pitcher, really sort of an averagish pitcher. But that gets obscured when you start comparing him to the typical opening-day starter, which is usually a well above average pitcher (even most bad teams are able to scrape together at least ONE pitcher better than Padilla). (Colin Wyers)