Jose Lima

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1994-2006)

Jose Lima was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2006 for 5 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 13 seasons. Across 348 career appearances, he went 89-102 with a 5.26 ERA and 980 strikeouts. He also batted .130 with 0 home runs. Jose Lima was an All-Star.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 89–102
ERA 5.26
WHIP 1.39
SO 980
Pitcher PIV -15122.2
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 170 lb
Born
9/30/1972 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
Died
5/23/2010 in Pasadena, CA, USA
MLB Debut
1994-04-20
Last Game
2006-07-07
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jose Lima — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
89 102 348 235 9 1 5 1567.2 1,783 917 267 393 980 5.26 -15122.2

Career ERA 5.26 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — 17.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jose Lima Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1994 DET AL 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 6.2 11 10 3 7 13.50 — 0.0
1995 DET AL 3 9 15 15 0 0 0 73.2 85 50 18 37 6.11 4.45 (-37%) -567.8
1996 DET AL 5 6 39 4 0 0 3 72.2 87 46 22 59 5.70 4.61 (-24%) -685.2
1997 HOU NL 1 6 52 1 0 0 2 75.0 79 44 16 63 5.28 4.39 (-20%) 1066.7
1998 HOU NL 16 8 33 33 3 1 0 233.1 229 96 32 169 3.70 4.43 (+16%) 2111.3
1999 HOU NL 21 10 35 35 3 0 0 246.1 256 98 44 187 3.58 4.71 (+24%) 6142.6
2000 HOU NL 7 16 33 33 0 0 0 196.1 251 145 68 124 6.65 4.77 (-39%) -6623.0
2001 HOU NL 1 2 14 9 0 0 0 53.0 77 43 16 41 7.30 4.42 (-65%) -1611.9
2001 DET AL 5 10 18 18 2 0 0 112.2 120 59 22 43 4.71 4.42 (-7%) -3420.7
2002 DET AL 4 6 20 12 0 0 0 68.1 86 59 21 33 7.77 4.28 (-82%) -1726.8
2003 KCA AL 8 3 14 14 0 0 0 73.1 80 40 26 32 4.91 4.40 (-12%) -491.6
2004 LAN NL 13 5 36 24 0 0 0 170.1 178 77 34 93 4.07 4.46 (+9%) -2672.7
2005 KCA AL 5 16 32 32 1 0 0 168.2 219 131 61 80 6.99 4.29 (-63%) -5965.9
2006 NYN NL 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 17.1 25 19 10 12 9.87 4.53 (-118%) -677.0
Career · 14 seasons 89 102 348 235 9 1 5 1,567.2 1,783 917 393 980 5.26 — -15,122

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

Jose Lima — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
351 292 18 38 4 0 0 10 0 7 101 .130 .150 .144 .294 -2,245

Career AVG .130 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 51.2% below league average.

Career OBP .150 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 55.4% below league average.

Career SLG .144 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 66.2% below league average.

Career OPS .294 vs. league average .762 across their career seasons — 61.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jose Lima Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1994 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 DET AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 HOU NL 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 HOU NL 33 79 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 27 .139 .266 (-48%) .335 (-53%) .420 (-61%) .755 (-57%) -762.1
1999 HOU NL 36 75 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 24 .080 .271 (-71%) .344 (-67%) .433 (-82%) .778 (-75%) -955.1
2000 HOU NL 33 60 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 17 .167 .270 (-38%) .344 (-48%) .437 (-54%) .782 (-51%) -527.9
2001 HOU NL 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 DET AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 DET AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 KCA AL 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2004 LAN NL 38 48 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 19 .188 — — — — 0.0
2005 KCA AL 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 — — — — 0.0
2006 NYN NL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 14 seasons 351 292 18 38 4 0 0 10 0 7 101 .130 — — — — -2,245

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

Jose Lima — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jose Lima — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2004 NLDS1 LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
1999 NLDS1 HOU 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1997 NLDS2 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jose Lima — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 3 2 0 16.2 14 4 4 9 2.16

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jose Lima — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2004 NLDS1 LAN 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 1 4 0.00
1999 NLDS1 HOU 0 1 1 1 0 6.2 9 4 2 4 5.40
1997 NLDS2 HOU 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 1 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jose Lima — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home17414882007.135
Away177144101803.125

Pitching — Home / Away

Jose Lima — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home171827.28934411995674.80
Away177740.08904761944135.79

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jose Lima — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2006-07-07 NYNMIAL 000000000
2006-05-18 NYNSTLL 200000001
2006-05-12 NYNMILL 200000001
2006-05-07 NYNATLL 100000001
2005-09-28 KCRMINL 000000000
2005-09-23 KCRCLEL 000000000
2005-09-18 KCRCLEL 000000000
2005-09-11 KCRDETL 000000000
2005-09-06 KCRCHWL 000000000
2005-08-30 KCRMINL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jose Lima — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2006-07-07 NYNMIA L 3.0775221
2006-05-18 NYNSTL L 4.2754130
2006-05-12 NYNMIL L 4.2455321
2006-05-07 NYNATL L 5.0755451
2005-09-28 KCRMIN — 6.2633120
2005-09-23 KCRCLE — 2.2555141
2005-09-18 KCRCLE L 4.0988122
2005-09-11 KCRDET L 4.0754212
2005-09-06 KCRCHW L 6.01055211
2005-08-30 KCRMIN L 5.1766110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jose Lima — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 348 235 114 179 9 18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jose Lima — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1994 DET P 3 1 1 0 0 0
1995 DET P 15 15 5 2 0 0
1996 DET P 39 4 11 17 0 1
1997 HOU P 52 1 5 4 0 0
1998 HOU P 33 33 24 32 3 3
1999 HOU P 35 35 18 21 2 1
2000 HOU P 33 33 16 22 1 3
2001 HOU P 14 9 0 9 1 2
2001 DET P 18 18 3 11 1 2
2002 DET P 20 12 4 5 0 0
2003 KCA P 14 14 7 4 0 1
2004 LAN P 36 24 13 26 0 2
2005 KCA P 32 32 6 22 0 2
2006 NYN P 4 4 1 4 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Jose Lima Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 348

Awards & Honors

Jose Lima — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
2003 Pitcher of the Month July
1999 TSN All-Star RHP
1998 Player of the Week Week of 1998-08-01

Salary History

Jose Lima's recorded salaries total $24,075,444 over 10 seasons, 1994 to 2005. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lima's career ran from 1994 to 2006. No salary is recorded for 2003, 2004, and 2006.

Jose Lima — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2005 KCA AL $2,500,000
2002 DET AL $7,250,000
2001 HOU NL $6,250,000
2000 HOU NL $5,032,444
1999 HOU NL $2,250,000
1998 HOU NL $240,000
1997 HOU NL $170,000
1996 DET AL $145,000
1995 DET AL $129,000
1994 DET AL $109,000
Total recorded salary (partial) $24,075,444

Award Voting History

Jose Lima — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1999 Cy Young Award NL 4th 3.0 160 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 Lima (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Jordan Lyles
    72-107, 5.22 ERA
  2. 97
    Eric Milton
    89-85, 4.99 ERA
  3. 95
    Jeff Francis
    72-82, 4.97 ERA
  4. 93
    Rodrigo Lopez
    81-89, 4.82 ERA
  5. 93
    Brian Moehler
    84-107, 4.81 ERA
  6. 92
    Jeff Weaver
    104-119, 4.71 ERA

Jose Lima: the record in brief

Jose Lima played a first major league game on April 20, 1994 and a last one on July 7, 2006. The season rows list, in order, the Detroit Tigers (1994 through 2002), the Houston Astros (1997 through 2001), the Kansas City Royals (2003 to 2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004), and the New York Mets (2006). Born on September 30, 1972, in Santiago, Santiago, D.R., Lima is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Lima's listed size is 6 feet, 2 inches and 170 pounds. Lima died on May 23, 2010, in Pasadena, CA, USA. The given name on file is Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima.

Lima's career pitching line is 89 wins, 102 losses and a 5.26 ERA over 348 appearances. The same table counts 980 strikeouts. Against a 4.48 league ERA for the same seasons, the 5.26 mark was 17.5% worse. The best win total was 21, in 1999. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.58 in 1999, when the league's was 4.71.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jose Lima

What years did Jose Lima play?
Jose Lima played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2006.
Was Jose Lima a pitcher?
Yes. Jose Lima pitched in the major leagues, recording 89 wins and 980 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jose Lima hit?
Jose Lima hit 0 career home runs with 38 hits.
What teams did Jose Lima play for?
Jose Lima played for 5 teams: the Detroit Tigers (1994–1996, 2001–2002), the Houston Astros (1997–2001), the Kansas City Royals (2003, 2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004), and the New York Mets (2006).
Did Jose Lima win a Cy Young Award?
No. Jose Lima did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jose Lima win?
Jose Lima was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jose Lima's career stats?
In 348 games, Jose Lima went 89-102 with a 5.26 ERA, 980 strikeouts, 1,567.2 innings pitched, and 5 saves. At the plate he had 38 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Jose Lima earn in his career?
Jose Lima's recorded salaries total $24,075,444 over 10 seasons, 1994 to 2005. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lima's career ran from 1994 to 2006. No salary is recorded for 2003, 2004, and 2006.
What was Jose Lima's salary?
Jose Lima's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2005. His highest recorded salary was $7,250,000, in 2002, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1994 to 2005.
What position did Jose Lima play?
Jose Lima played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jose Lima and how much did he weigh?
Jose Lima was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 170 pounds.
What was Jose Lima's career ERA?
Jose Lima finished with a 5.26 career ERA, going 89-102 with 980 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jose Lima have?
Jose Lima recorded 980 career strikeouts.
Is Jose Lima in the Hall of Fame?
No. Jose Lima has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.