What years did Guillermo Mota play?

Guillermo Mota played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2012.

Was Guillermo Mota a pitcher?

Yes. Guillermo Mota pitched in the major leagues, recording 39 wins and 696 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Guillermo Mota hit?

Guillermo Mota hit 2 career home runs with 9 hits.

What teams did Guillermo Mota play for?

Guillermo Mota played for 7 teams: the Montreal Expos (1999–2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2004, 2009), the Florida Marlins (2004–2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006), the New York Mets (2006–2007), the Milwaukee Brewers (2008), and the San Francisco Giants (2010–2012).

What were Guillermo Mota's career stats?

In 743 games, Guillermo Mota went 39-45 with a 3.94 ERA, 696 strikeouts, 856.2 innings pitched, and 10 saves.

What was Guillermo Mota's salary?

Guillermo Mota's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $3,200,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2012.

What position did Guillermo Mota play?

Guillermo Mota played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Guillermo Mota and how much did he weigh?

Guillermo Mota was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 240 pounds.

What was Guillermo Mota's career ERA?

Guillermo Mota finished with a 3.94 career ERA, going 39-45 with 696 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Guillermo Mota have?

Guillermo Mota recorded 696 career strikeouts.

Is Guillermo Mota in the Hall of Fame?

No. Guillermo Mota has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Guillermo Mota

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2012)

Guillermo Mota was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2012 for 7 teams, including the Montreal Expos, a span of 14 seasons. Across 743 career appearances, he went 39-45 with a 3.94 ERA and 696 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6431.8.

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 October 15, 2026

W–L 39–45

ERA 3.94

WHIP 1.28

SO 696

Pitcher PIV 6431.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 240 lb
Born: 7/25/1973 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1999-05-02
Last Game: 2012-10-02

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Career Pitching Statistics

Guillermo Mota — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
39	45	743	0	0	0	10	856.2	762	375	90	331	696	3.94	6431.8

Career ERA 3.94 vs. league average 4.36 across their career seasons — 9.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Guillermo Mota Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1999	MON	NL	2	4	51	0	55.1	54	18	25	27	2.93	4.71 (+38%)	-122.0
2000	MON	NL	1	1	29	0	30.0	27	20	12	24	6.00	4.77 (-26%)	404.0
2001	MON	NL	1	3	53	0	49.2	51	29	18	31	5.26	4.42 (-19%)	-1100.9
2002	LAN	NL	1	3	43	0	60.2	45	28	27	49	4.15	4.28 (+3%)	983.0
2003	LAN	NL	6	3	76	1	105.0	78	23	26	99	1.97	4.40 (+55%)	4333.1
2004	LAN	NL	8	4	52	1	63.0	51	15	27	52	2.14	4.46 (+52%)	1371.8
2004	FLO	NL	1	4	26	3	33.2	24	18	10	33	4.81	4.46 (-8%)	645.7
2005	FLO	NL	2	2	56	2	67.0	65	35	32	60	4.70	4.29 (-10%)	1043.0
2006	CLE	AL	1	3	34	0	37.2	45	26	19	27	6.21	4.53 (-37%)	-1700.4
2006	NYN	NL	3	0	18	0	18.0	10	2	5	19	1.00	4.53 (+78%)	548.1
2007	NYN	NL	2	2	52	0	59.1	63	38	18	47	5.76	4.47 (-29%)	80.7
2008	MIL	NL	5	6	58	1	57.0	52	26	28	50	4.11	4.32 (+5%)	-176.7
2009	LAN	NL	3	4	61	0	65.1	53	25	24	39	3.44	4.32 (+20%)	-174.7
2010	SFN	NL	1	3	56	1	54.0	49	26	22	38	4.33	4.08 (-6%)	304.4
2011	SFN	NL	2	2	52	1	80.1	71	34	30	77	3.81	3.94 (+3%)	42.4
2012	SFN	NL	0	1	26	0	20.2	24	12	8	24	5.23	4.01 (-30%)	-49.7
Career · 16 seasons			39	45	743	10	856.2	762	375	331	696	3.94	—	6,432

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

Guillermo Mota — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
743	48	4	9	2	0	2	7	0	0	21	.188	.188	.354	.542	0

Career AVG .188 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 28.9% below league average.

Career OBP .188 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 43.6% below league average.

Career SLG .354 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 15.7% below league average.

Career OPS .542 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — 28.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Guillermo Mota Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	MON	NL	51	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	MON	NL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	MON	NL	53	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	LAN	NL	43	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	LAN	NL	76	9	1	2	0	1	2	4	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	LAN	NL	52	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	FLO	NL	26	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	FLO	NL	56	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CLE	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYN	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYN	NL	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIL	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	LAN	NL	61	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SFN	NL	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SFN	NL	52	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SFN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			743	48	4	9	2	2	7	21	.188	—	—	—	—	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

Guillermo Mota — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Guillermo Mota — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
2012	NLCS	SFN	1	0	.000
2012	NLDS2	SFN	2	0	.000
2010	WS	SFN	2	0	.000
2008	NLDS2	MIL	2	0	.000
2006	NLCS	NYN	5	0	.000
2006	NLDS1	NYN	2	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Guillermo Mota — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	14	0	0	14.0	19	10	4	10	6.43

Playoff Pitching by Year

Guillermo Mota — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2012	NLCS	SFN	0	1	0.2	2	2	0	1	27.00
2012	NLDS2	SFN	0	2	1.0	4	2	0	2	18.00
2010	WS	SFN	0	2	2.1	1	0	2	0	0.00
2008	NLDS2	MIL	0	2	1.2	2	1	0	0	5.40
2006	NLCS	NYN	0	5	4.1	4	2	2	2	4.15
2006	NLDS1	NYN	1	2	4.0	6	3	0	5	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Guillermo Mota — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	365	22	2	6	1	5	.273
Away	378	26	2	3	1	2	.115

Pitching — Home / Away

Guillermo Mota — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	365	420.2	354	179	155	368	3.83
Away	378	436.0	408	196	176	328	4.05

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Guillermo Mota — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-10-02	SFG	LAD	—	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	1
2012-10-01	SFG	LAD	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-09-26	SFG	AZ	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-22	SFG	SDP	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-20	SFG	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-18	SFG	COL	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0
2012-09-17	SFG	COL	—	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
2012-09-14	SFG	AZ	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-09-12	SFG	COL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-11	SFG	COL	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Guillermo Mota — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	743	0	31	121	5	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Guillermo Mota — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1999	MON	P	51	4	10	0	1
2000	MON	P	29	1	3	0	1
2001	MON	P	53	1	10	1	3
2002	LAN	P	43	2	7	0	0
2003	LAN	P	76	6	14	2	0
2004	LAN	P	52	4	6	0	0
2004	FLO	P	26	2	4	0	0
2005	FLO	P	56	1	6	0	0
2006	CLE	P	34	0	3	0	0
2006	NYN	P	18	0	1	0	0
2007	NYN	P	52	1	14	1	0
2008	MIL	P	58	2	13	0	1
2009	LAN	P	61	1	10	0	0
2010	SFN	P	56	0	7	1	0
2011	SFN	P	52	4	10	0	0
2012	SFN	P	26	2	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Guillermo Mota Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	743

Salary History

Guillermo Mota's recorded salaries total $18,208,000 over 12 seasons, 1999 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mota's career ran from 1999 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 2000 and 2002.

Guillermo Mota — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	SFN	NL	$1,000,000
2011	SFN	NL	$925,000
2010	SFN	NL	$750,000
2009	LAN	NL	$2,350,000
2008	MIL	NL	$3,200,000
2007	NYN	NL	$1,800,000
2006	CLE	AL	$3,000,000
2005	FLO	NL	$2,600,000
2004	LAN	NL	$1,475,000
2003	LAN	NL	$675,000
2001	MON	NL	$233,000
1999	MON	NL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$18,208,000

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Guillermo Mota: the record in brief

Between the debut on May 2, 1999 and the final game on October 2, 2012, Guillermo Mota built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Montreal Expos (1999 to 2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2002 through 2009), the Florida Marlins (2004 through 2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006), the New York Mets (2006 to 2007), the Milwaukee Brewers (2008), and the San Francisco Giants (2010 through 2012). Listed as a pitcher, Mota batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 6 inches and 240 pounds. Mota was born on July 25, 1973, in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

Mota pitched in 743 games, starting 0, and finished with a 39-45 record and 3.94 ERA. Mota had 696 strikeouts and 10 saves. The leagues Mota pitched in allowed 4.36 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 9.6% better than average. 2004 brought Mota a season-high 8 wins. The strikeout high was 99 in 2003.

Frequently Asked Questions about Guillermo Mota

What years did Guillermo Mota play?: Guillermo Mota played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2012.
Was Guillermo Mota a pitcher?: Yes. Guillermo Mota pitched in the major leagues, recording 39 wins and 696 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Guillermo Mota hit?: Guillermo Mota hit 2 career home runs with 9 hits.
What teams did Guillermo Mota play for?: Guillermo Mota played for 7 teams: the Montreal Expos (1999–2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2004, 2009), the Florida Marlins (2004–2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006), the New York Mets (2006–2007), the Milwaukee Brewers (2008), and the San Francisco Giants (2010–2012).
What were Guillermo Mota's career stats?: In 743 games, Guillermo Mota went 39-45 with a 3.94 ERA, 696 strikeouts, 856.2 innings pitched, and 10 saves.
How much did Guillermo Mota earn in his career?: Guillermo Mota's recorded salaries total $18,208,000 over 12 seasons, 1999 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mota's career ran from 1999 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 2000 and 2002.
What was Guillermo Mota's salary?: Guillermo Mota's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $3,200,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2012.
What position did Guillermo Mota play?: Guillermo Mota played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Guillermo Mota and how much did he weigh?: Guillermo Mota was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 240 pounds.
What was Guillermo Mota's career ERA?: Guillermo Mota finished with a 3.94 career ERA, going 39-45 with 696 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Guillermo Mota have?: Guillermo Mota recorded 696 career strikeouts.
Is Guillermo Mota in the Hall of Fame?: No. Guillermo Mota has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.