What years did Jose Quintana play?

Jose Quintana played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2026.

Was Jose Quintana a pitcher?

Yes. Jose Quintana pitched in the major leagues, recording 115 wins and 1841 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jose Quintana hit?

Jose Quintana hit 0 career home runs with 12 hits.

Has Jose Quintana won a Cy Young Award?

No. Jose Quintana has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Jose Quintana won?

Jose Quintana has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What are Jose Quintana's career stats?

In 394 games, Jose Quintana has gone 115-113 with a 3.79 ERA, 1,841 strikeouts, and 2,149.1 innings pitched.

What was Jose Quintana's salary?

Jose Quintana's last recorded salary was $5,400,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,400,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position does Jose Quintana play?

Jose Quintana plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Jose Quintana and how much does he weigh?

Jose Quintana is listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 220 pounds.

What number does Jose Quintana wear?

Jose Quintana wears number 62, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Jose Quintana's career ERA?

Jose Quintana finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 115-113 with 1,841 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jose Quintana have?

Jose Quintana recorded 1,841 career strikeouts.

Jose Quintana

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2026)

Jose Quintana is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2012 for 9 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 15 seasons. Across 394 career appearances, he has gone 115-113 with a 3.79 ERA and 1,841 strikeouts. Jose Quintana is an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 18857.5.

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

Active Player

W–L 115–113

ERA 3.79

WHIP 1.28

SO 1,841

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 18857.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 220 lb
Born: 1/24/1989 in Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia
MLB Debut: 2012-05-07
Awards: All-Star
Jersey: #62

Full name: Jose Guillermo Quintana

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jose Quintana — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
115	113	394	368	2	2	0	2149.1	2,095	906	229	661	1,841	3.79	18857.5

Career ERA 3.79 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 8.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jose Quintana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	CHA	AL	6	6	25	22	0	0	136.1	142	57	42	81	3.76	4.01 (+6%)	-739.6
2013	CHA	AL	9	7	33	33	0	0	200.0	188	78	56	164	3.51	3.87 (+9%)	247.9
2014	CHA	AL	9	11	32	32	0	0	200.1	197	74	52	178	3.32	3.74 (+11%)	4838.6
2015	CHA	AL	9	10	32	32	1	1	206.1	218	77	44	177	3.36	3.96 (+15%)	4191.2
2016	CHA	AL	13	12	32	32	0	0	208.0	192	74	50	181	3.20	4.19 (+24%)	3415.5
2017	CHA	AL	4	8	18	18	0	0	104.1	98	52	40	109	4.49	4.36 (-3%)	899.9
2017	CHN	NL	7	3	14	14	1	1	84.1	72	35	21	98	3.74	4.36 (+14%)	2371.2
2018	CHN	NL	13	11	32	32	0	0	174.1	162	78	68	158	4.03	4.15 (+3%)	-1243.0
2019	CHN	NL	13	9	32	31	0	0	171.0	191	89	46	152	4.68	4.51 (-4%)	3125.1
2020	CHN	NL	0	0	4	1	0	0	10.0	10	5	3	12	4.50	4.45 (-1%)	366.2
2021	LAA	AL	0	3	24	10	0	0	53.1	66	40	29	73	6.75	4.27 (-58%)	-64.3
2021	SFN	NL	0	0	5	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	6	12	4.66	4.27 (-9%)	0.0
2022	PIT	NL	3	5	20	20	0	0	103.0	100	40	31	89	3.50	3.97 (+12%)	1944.3
2022	SLN	NL	3	2	12	12	0	0	62.2	54	14	16	48	2.01	3.97 (+49%)	2168.5
2023	NYN	NL	3	6	13	13	0	0	75.2	75	30	24	60	3.57	4.33 (+18%)	1560.6
2024	NYN	NL	10	10	31	31	0	0	170.1	150	71	63	135	3.75	4.08 (+8%)	-2068.1
2025	MIL	NL	11	7	24	24	0	0	131.2	120	58	50	89	3.96	4.16 (+5%)	-2156.5
2026	COL	NL	2	3	11	11	0	0	48.0	52	29	20	25	5.44	4.18 (-30%)	-
Career · 18 seasons			115	113	394	368	2	2	2,149.1	2,095	906	661	1,841	3.79	—	18,858

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 Quintana — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
383	156	4	12	1	0	0	7	0	3	84	.077	.094	.083	.177	-1,301

Career AVG .077 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 69.2% below league average.

Career OBP .094 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 70.5% below league average.

Career SLG .083 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 79.6% below league average.

Career OPS .177 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 75.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jose Quintana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	CHA	AL	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CHA	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CHA	AL	32	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHA	AL	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CHA	AL	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHA	AL	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHN	NL	14	22	2	2	0	3	1	15	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHN	NL	32	52	0	4	0	0	0	26	.077	.247 (-69%)	.318 (-76%)	.409 (-81%)	.727 (-79%)	-650.2
2019	CHN	NL	32	54	2	5	1	3	0	27	.093	.252 (-63%)	.322 (-71%)	.434 (-74%)	.757 (-73%)	-650.9
2020	CHN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SFN	NL	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	PIT	NL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SLN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	NYN	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	NYN	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	MIL	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			383	156	4	12	1	7	3	84	.077	—	—	—	—	-1,301

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 Quintana — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250

Playoff Batting by Year

Jose Quintana — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
2025	NLCS	MIL	1	0	0	0	.000
2025	NLDS1	MIL	1	0	0	0	.000
2024	NLCS	NYN	1	0	0	0	.000
2024	NLDS1	NYN	1	0	0	0	.000
2024	NLWC1	NYN	1	0	0	0	.000
2022	NLWC2	SLN	1	0	0	0	.000
2017	NLCS	CHN	2	2	1	1	.500
2017	NLDS2	CHN	2	2	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jose Quintana — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	3	10	8	0	38.0	32	16	15	31	3.79

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jose Quintana — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	NLCS	MIL	1	1	1	2.0	6	3	1	1	13.50
2025	NLDS1	MIL	0	1	0	3.0	2	0	1	2	0.00
2024	NLCS	NYN	1	1	1	3.1	5	5	4	2	13.50
2024	NLDS1	NYN	0	1	1	5.0	2	0	2	6	0.00
2024	NLWC1	NYN	0	1	1	6.0	4	0	1	5	0.00
2022	NLWC2	SLN	0	1	1	5.1	2	0	1	3	0.00
2017	NLCS	CHN	1	2	2	7.0	8	8	3	5	10.29
2017	NLDS2	CHN	0	2	1	6.1	3	0	2	7	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jose Quintana — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	189	57	2	5	0	6	.088
Away	193	98	2	7	0	1	.071

Pitching — Home / Away

Jose Quintana — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	189	1038.1	974	436	314	929	3.78
Away	193	1058.0	1063	440	327	883	3.74

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jose Quintana — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-14	MIL	STL	L	4.0	4	3	3	2	2	0
2025-09-08	MIL	TEX	L	6.2	4	5	5	2	4	1
2025-09-03	MIL	PHI	W	6.1	7	3	3	3	6	1
2025-08-28	MIL	AZ	L	3.2	5	6	6	4	2	0
2025-08-22	MIL	SFG	—	5.1	2	2	2	2	2	2
2025-08-17	MIL	CIN	—	6.1	5	1	1	1	4	0
2025-08-11	MIL	PIT	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	1
2025-08-06	MIL	ATL	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1
2025-08-01	MIL	WAS	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	4	1
2025-07-26	MIL	MIA	L	5.0	7	5	2	2	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jose Quintana — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	383	357	89	250	8	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jose Quintana — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2012	CHA	P	25	22	7	21	1	2
2013	CHA	P	33	33	4	23	2	1
2014	CHA	P	32	32	4	25	0	6
2015	CHA	P	32	32	2	27	0	1
2016	CHA	P	32	32	3	18	1	3
2017	CHA	P	18	18	4	9	0	1
2017	CHN	P	14	14	2	14	1	1
2018	CHN	P	32	32	13	19	1	2
2019	CHN	P	32	31	15	26	0	1
2020	CHN	P	4	1	1	1	0	0
2021	LAA	P	24	10	2	5	1	0
2021	SFN	P	5	0	3	1	0	0
2022	PIT	P	20	20	1	13	0	0
2022	SLN	P	12	12	3	6	0	0
2023	NYN	P	13	13	1	5	0	1
2024	NYN	P	31	31	13	22	0	1
2025	MIL	P	24	24	11	15	1	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jose Quintana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	383

Salary History

Jose Quintana's recorded salaries total $10,150,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Quintana's career ran from 2012 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.

Jose Quintana — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHA	AL	$5,400,000
2015	CHA	AL	$3,400,000
2014	CHA	AL	$850,000
2013	CHA	AL	$500,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$10,150,000

Award Voting History

Jose Quintana — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2016	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	1.0	210	0

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Jose Quintana: the record in brief

Active since a debut on May 7, 2012, Jose Quintana has a record on this page that is still being added to. By club, Quintana's seasons break down as the Chicago White Sox (2012 to 2017), the Chicago Cubs (2017 to 2020), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2021), the San Francisco Giants (2021), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2022), the St. Louis Cardinals (2022), the New York Mets (2023 to 2024), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2025). The bio lists Quintana as a pitcher who hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. Quintana is listed at 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds. Quintana was born on January 24, 1989, in Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia. The bio lists the given name Jose Guillermo.

The pitching table credits Quintana with a 115-113 record and a 3.79 ERA in 394 games. Quintana has 1,841 strikeouts. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same years, Quintana was 8.2% better. The best win total was 13, in 2016. 2016 was Quintana's sharpest full season, a 3.20 ERA against the league's 4.19.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jose Quintana

What years did Jose Quintana play?: Jose Quintana played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2026.
Was Jose Quintana a pitcher?: Yes. Jose Quintana pitched in the major leagues, recording 115 wins and 1841 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jose Quintana hit?: Jose Quintana hit 0 career home runs with 12 hits.
What teams has Jose Quintana played for?: Jose Quintana has played for 9 teams: the Chicago White Sox (2012–2017), the Chicago Cubs (2017–2020), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2021), the San Francisco Giants (2021), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2022), the St. Louis Cardinals (2022), the New York Mets (2023–2024), the Milwaukee Brewers (2025), and the Colorado Rockies (2026).
Has Jose Quintana won a Cy Young Award?: No. Jose Quintana has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Jose Quintana won?: Jose Quintana has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What are Jose Quintana's career stats?: In 394 games, Jose Quintana has gone 115-113 with a 3.79 ERA, 1,841 strikeouts, and 2,149.1 innings pitched.
How much has Jose Quintana earned in his career?: Jose Quintana's recorded salaries total $10,150,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Quintana's career ran from 2012 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.
What was Jose Quintana's salary?: Jose Quintana's last recorded salary was $5,400,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,400,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position does Jose Quintana play?: Jose Quintana plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Jose Quintana and how much does he weigh?: Jose Quintana is listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 220 pounds.
What number does Jose Quintana wear?: Jose Quintana wears number 62, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Jose Quintana's career ERA?: Jose Quintana finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 115-113 with 1,841 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jose Quintana have?: Jose Quintana recorded 1,841 career strikeouts.