What years did Jose Veras play?

Jose Veras played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2014.

Was Jose Veras a pitcher?

Yes. Jose Veras pitched in the major leagues, recording 23 wins and 438 strikeouts.

What were Jose Veras's career stats?

In 440 games, Jose Veras went 23-23 with a 3.91 ERA, 438 strikeouts, 423.0 innings pitched, and 27 saves.

What was Jose Veras's salary?

Jose Veras's last recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $382,475, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2014.

What position did Jose Veras play?

Jose Veras played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jose Veras and how much did he weigh?

Jose Veras was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 240 pounds.

What was Jose Veras's career ERA?

Jose Veras finished with a 3.91 career ERA, going 23-23 with 438 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jose Veras have?

Jose Veras recorded 438 career strikeouts.

Is Jose Veras in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jose Veras has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jose Veras

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2014)

Jose Veras was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2014 for 8 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 9 seasons. Across 440 career appearances, he went 23-23 with a 3.91 ERA, 438 strikeouts, and 27 saves.

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 23–23

ERA 3.91

WHIP 1.32

SO 438

Pitcher PIV -833.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 240 lb
Born: 10/20/1980 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2006-08-05
Last Game: 2014-09-27

Full name: Jose Enger Veras

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jose Veras — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
23	23	440	0	0	0	27	423.0	337	184	45	221	438	3.91	-833.0

Career ERA 3.91 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 5.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jose Veras Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	NYA	AL	0	0	12	1	11.0	8	5	5	6	4.09	4.53 (+10%)	-345.5
2007	NYA	AL	0	0	9	2	9.1	6	6	7	7	5.79	4.47 (-29%)	0.0
2008	NYA	AL	5	3	60	0	57.2	52	23	29	63	3.59	4.32 (+17%)	195.4
2009	NYA	AL	3	1	25	0	25.2	23	17	14	18	5.96	4.32 (-38%)	-1289.2
2009	CLE	AL	1	2	22	0	24.2	19	12	14	22	4.38	4.32 (-1%)	-319.8
2010	FLO	NL	3	3	48	0	48.0	32	20	29	54	3.75	4.08 (+8%)	26.2
2011	PIT	NL	2	4	79	1	71.0	54	30	34	79	3.80	3.94 (+4%)	789.1
2012	MIL	NL	5	4	72	1	67.0	61	27	40	79	3.63	4.01 (+10%)	725.7
2013	HOU	AL	0	4	42	19	43.0	29	14	14	44	2.93	3.87 (+24%)	508.4
2013	DET	AL	0	1	25	2	19.2	16	7	8	16	3.20	3.87 (+17%)	-123.0
2014	CHN	NL	0	1	12	0	13.1	12	12	11	13	8.10	3.74 (-117%)	-847.2
2014	HOU	AL	4	0	34	1	32.2	25	11	16	37	3.03	3.74 (+19%)	-153.2
Career · 12 seasons			23	23	440	27	423.0	337	184	221	438	3.91	—	-833

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 Veras — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
440	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jose Veras Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	R	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	NYA	AL	12	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYA	AL	9	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYA	AL	60	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	NYA	AL	25	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CLE	AL	22	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	FLO	NL	48	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	PIT	NL	79	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIL	NL	72	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	HOU	AL	42	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	DET	AL	25	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CHN	NL	12	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	HOU	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			440	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	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

Jose Veras — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jose Veras — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2013	ALCS	DET	5	.000
2013	ALDS2	DET	1	.000
2007	ALDS2	NYA	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jose Veras — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	8	0	0	5.2	6	2	1	10	3.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jose Veras — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2013	ALCS	DET	5	3.1	3	2	0	6	5.40
2013	ALDS2	DET	1	1.2	2	0	0	3	0.00
2007	ALDS2	NYA	2	0.2	1	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 Veras — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	235	0	1	0	0	0	—
Away	205	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Jose Veras — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	235	229.2	181	104	117	263	4.08
Away	205	193.1	156	80	104	175	3.72

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jose Veras — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-09-27	HOU	NYN	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-24	HOU	TEX	—	0.2	2	4	4	2	1	2
2014-09-21	HOU	SEA	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2014-09-18	HOU	CLE	—	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0
2014-09-14	HOU	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2014-09-13	HOU	LAA	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2014-09-10	HOU	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2014-09-07	HOU	OAK	W	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	0
2014-09-05	HOU	OAK	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0
2014-09-03	HOU	LAA	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jose Veras — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	440	0	28	34	2	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jose Veras — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2006	NYA	P	12	0	1	0	0
2007	NYA	P	9	0	0	0	0
2008	NYA	P	60	3	6	0	1
2009	NYA	P	25	3	1	0	0
2009	CLE	P	22	2	3	1	0
2010	FLO	P	48	5	4	1	0
2011	PIT	P	79	3	5	0	0
2012	MIL	P	72	2	6	0	0
2013	HOU	P	42	5	5	0	0
2013	DET	P	25	1	2	0	0
2014	CHN	P	12	1	0	0	0
2014	HOU	P	34	3	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jose Veras Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	440

Salary History

Jose Veras's recorded salaries total $9,065,450 over 6 seasons, 2007 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Veras's career ran from 2006 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2006, 2008, and 2011.

Jose Veras — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	CHN	NL	$3,850,000
2013	HOU	AL	$1,850,000
2012	MIL	NL	$2,000,000
2010	FLO	NL	$550,000
2009	NYA	AL	$432,975
2007	NYA	AL	$382,475
Total recorded salary (partial)			$9,065,450

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Career Spans

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Jose Veras: the record in brief

Jose Veras's major league career runs from a debut on August 5, 2006 to a final game on September 27, 2014. Club by club, the record runs the New York Yankees (2006 to 2009), the Cleveland Indians (2009), the Florida Marlins (2010), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2011), the Milwaukee Brewers (2012), the Houston Astros (2013 to 2014), the Detroit Tigers (2013), and the Chicago Cubs (2014). The bio lists Veras as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6-foot-6 and 240 pounds. The birth record reads October 20, 1980, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R. On the record, Jose Veras was born Jose Enger Veras.

The pitching table credits Veras with a 23-23 record and a 3.91 ERA in 440 games. The totals include 438 strikeouts and 27 saves. That 3.91 ERA compares with a 4.14 league average across the same seasons, 5.5% better. Veras won 5 games in 2008, the most of any season listed. Veras struck out 79 batters in 2011, a career high. The most saves in one season was 19, in 2013. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.93 in 2013, when the league's was 3.87.

Veras appears at one position only: pitcher, in 440 games. On the mound, Veras's fielding totals are 28 putouts, 34 assists and 2 errors.

The playoff pitching line reads 0-0, 3.18 ERA, across 8 appearances. Those appearances came in 2007 and 2013.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jose Veras

What years did Jose Veras play?: Jose Veras played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2014.
Was Jose Veras a pitcher?: Yes. Jose Veras pitched in the major leagues, recording 23 wins and 438 strikeouts.
What teams did Jose Veras play for?: Jose Veras played for 8 teams: the New York Yankees (2006–2009), the Cleveland Indians (2009), the Florida Marlins (2010), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2011), the Milwaukee Brewers (2012), the Houston Astros (2013–2014), the Detroit Tigers (2013), and the Chicago Cubs (2014).
What were Jose Veras's career stats?: In 440 games, Jose Veras went 23-23 with a 3.91 ERA, 438 strikeouts, 423.0 innings pitched, and 27 saves.
How much did Jose Veras earn in his career?: Jose Veras's recorded salaries total $9,065,450 over 6 seasons, 2007 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Veras's career ran from 2006 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2006, 2008, and 2011.
What was Jose Veras's salary?: Jose Veras's last recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $382,475, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2014.
What position did Jose Veras play?: Jose Veras played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jose Veras and how much did he weigh?: Jose Veras was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 240 pounds.
What was Jose Veras's career ERA?: Jose Veras finished with a 3.91 career ERA, going 23-23 with 438 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jose Veras have?: Jose Veras recorded 438 career strikeouts.
Is Jose Veras in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jose Veras has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.