Jose Contreras

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2003-2013)

W–L 78–67
ERA 4.57
WHIP 1.37
SO 889
Pitcher PIV 3134.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 255 lb
Born
12/6/1971 in La Martinas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
MLB Debut
2003-03-31
Last Game
2013-05-27
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Jose Ariel Contreras

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
78 67 299 175 5 3 9 1173.0 1,176 595 131 427 889 4.57 3134.6

Career ERA 4.57 vs. league average 4.25 across their career seasons — 7.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2003 NYA AL 7 2 18 9 0 0 0 71.0 52 26 30 72 3.30 4.40 (+25%) 2134.3
2004 NYA AL 8 5 18 18 0 0 0 95.7 93 60 42 82 5.64 4.46 (-26%) -3264.8
2004 CHA AL 5 4 13 13 0 0 0 74.7 73 44 42 68 5.30 4.46 (-19%) -182.9
2005 CHA AL 15 7 32 32 1 0 0 204.7 177 82 75 154 3.61 4.29 (+16%) 445.9
2006 CHA AL 13 9 30 30 1 1 0 196.0 194 93 55 134 4.27 4.53 (+6%) 2171.6
2007 CHA AL 10 17 32 30 2 2 0 189.0 232 117 62 113 5.57 4.47 (-25%) -1121.8
2008 CHA AL 7 6 20 20 1 0 0 121.0 130 61 35 70 4.54 4.32 (-5%) 364.0
2009 CHA AL 5 13 21 21 0 0 0 114.7 121 69 45 89 5.42 4.32 (-25%) 574.0
2009 COL NL 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 17.0 20 3 8 17 1.59 4.32 (+63%) 120.9
2010 PHI NL 6 4 67 0 0 0 4 56.7 53 21 16 57 3.34 4.08 (+18%) 1156.1
2011 PHI NL 0 0 17 0 0 0 5 14.0 11 6 8 13 3.86 3.94 (+2%) 296.8
2012 PHI NL 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 13.7 13 8 3 15 5.27 4.01 (-31%) 440.5
2013 PIT NL 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 6 5 9.00 — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 78 67 299 175 5 3 9 1,173.0 1,176 595 427 889 4.57 — 3,135

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
299 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .000 .094 .000 .094 0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .094 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 71.5% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .094 vs. league average .744 across their career seasons — 87.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2003 NYA AL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYA AL 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 CHA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 CHA AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 CHA AL 30 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 CHA AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 CHA AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 CHA AL 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 COL NL 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 PIT NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 299 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .000 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2010 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLDS1 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 NLDS2 COL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ALCS CHA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ALDS1 CHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 WS CHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 ALCS NYA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 WS NYA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 3 18 4 0 49.0 41 19 11 38 3.49

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2010 NLCS PHI 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 3 0.00
2010 NLDS1 PHI 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2009 NLDS2 COL 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 2 3 4.50
2005 ALCS CHA 1 1 2 2 0 17.3 12 6 2 6 3.12
2005 ALDS1 CHA 1 0 1 1 0 7.7 8 2 0 6 2.35
2005 WS CHA 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 6 3 0 2 3.86
2003 ALCS NYA 0 1 4 0 0 4.7 6 3 2 7 5.79
2003 WS NYA 0 1 4 0 0 6.3 5 4 5 10 5.68

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home15020000.000
Away149271000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home150580.15652642014354.09
Away149592.26113312264545.03

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2013-05-27 PITDET — 0.1122400
2013-05-23 PITCHC — 0.2111110
2013-05-16 PITMIL — 1.0000020
2013-05-13 PITMIL — 1.0000000
2013-05-10 PITNYN — 0.2322101
2013-05-07 PITSEA — 0.1100000
2013-05-05 PITWAS — 1.0100020
2012-06-01 PHIMIA — 0.0000000
2012-05-30 PHINYN — 1.0000020
2012-05-27 PHISTL — 1.0000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 299 175 44 128 17 7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2003 NYA P 18 9 1 9 1 1
2004 NYA P 18 18 1 6 1 0
2004 CHA P 13 13 6 6 1 0
2005 CHA P 32 32 11 24 2 1
2006 CHA P 30 30 8 21 2 1
2007 CHA P 32 30 5 22 6 2
2008 CHA P 20 20 5 14 0 1
2009 CHA P 21 21 4 15 4 1
2009 COL P 7 2 0 2 0 0
2010 PHI P 67 0 1 7 0 0
2011 PHI P 17 0 0 0 0 0
2012 PHI P 17 0 1 0 0 0
2013 PIT P 7 0 1 2 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 299

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2009 Player of the Week Week of 2009-06-13
2006 Pitcher of the Month April
2005 Pitcher of the Month September

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2012 PHI NL $2,500,000
2011 PHI NL $2,500,000
2010 PHI NL $1,500,000
2009 CHA AL $10,000,000
2008 CHA AL $10,000,000
2007 CHA AL $9,000,000
2006 CHA AL $9,500,000
2005 CHA AL $8,500,000
2004 NYA AL $8,500,000
2003 NYA AL $5,500,000
Total Career Earnings $67,500,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2005 Most Valuable Player AL 27th 1.0 392 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jose Contreras (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Len Barker
    74-76, 4.34 ERA
  2. 93
    Pete Schourek
    66-77, 4.59 ERA
  3. 88
    Cal Eldred
    86-74, 4.42 ERA
  4. 87
    Chris Tillman
    74-60, 4.57 ERA
  5. 85
    Sterling Hitchcock
    74-76, 4.80 ERA
  6. 84
    Ryan Vogelsong
    61-75, 4.48 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Jose Contreras

What years did Jose Contreras play?
Jose Contreras played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2013.
Was Jose Contreras a pitcher?
Yes. Jose Contreras pitched in the major leagues, recording 78 wins and 889 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jose Contreras hit?
Jose Contreras hit 0 career home runs.