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Jesse Orosco played 24 major-league seasons (1979-2003) as a P (1,252), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 22 | NYN | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1981 | 24 | NYN | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1982 | 25 | NYN | 54 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .286 | -17 |
| 1983 | 26 | NYN | 62 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .690 | 100 |
| 1984 | 27 | NYN | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .821 | 147 |
| 1985 | 28 | NYN | 54 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .857 | 149 |
| 1986 | 29 | NYN | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .333 | 4 |
| 1987 | 30 | NYN | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1988 | 31 | LAN | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1993 | 36 | ML4 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1997 | 40 | BAL | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 45 | LAN | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 22 | NYN | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 4.89 | 76 |
| 1981 | 24 | NYN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.1 | 18 | 6 | 1.56 | 224 |
| 1982 | 25 | NYN | 54 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 109.1 | 89 | 40 | 2.72 | 133 |
| 1983 | 26 | NYN | 62 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 110 | 84 | 38 | 1.47 | 246 |
| 1984 | 27 | NYN | 60 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 87 | 85 | 34 | 2.59 | 139 |
| 1985 | 28 | NYN | 54 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 79 | 68 | 34 | 2.73 | 131 |
| 1986 | 29 | NYN | 58 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 81 | 62 | 35 | 2.33 | 159 |
| 1987 | 30 | NYN | 58 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 77 | 78 | 31 | 4.44 | 92 |
| 1988 | 31 | LAN | 55 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 43 | 30 | 2.72 | 127 |
| 1989 | 32 | CLE | 69 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 79 | 26 | 2.08 | 187 |
| 1990 | 33 | CLE | 55 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 64.2 | 55 | 38 | 3.90 | 100 |
| 1991 | 34 | CLE | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.2 | 36 | 15 | 3.74 | 109 |
| 1992 | 35 | ML4 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 3.23 | 122 |
| 1993 | 36 | ML4 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 56.2 | 67 | 17 | 3.18 | 136 |
| 1994 | 37 | ML4 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 5.08 | 95 |
| 1995 | 38 | BAL | 65 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 49.2 | 58 | 27 | 3.26 | 144 |
| 1996 | 39 | BAL | 66 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55.2 | 52 | 28 | 3.40 | 147 |
| 1997 | 40 | BAL | 71 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50.1 | 46 | 30 | 2.32 | 196 |
| 1998 | 41 | BAL | 69 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 56.2 | 50 | 28 | 3.18 | 146 |
| 1999 | 42 | BAL | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 35 | 20 | 5.34 | 91 |
| 2000 | 43 | SLN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 | 3.86 | 120 |
| 2001 | 44 | LAN | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3.94 | 111 |
| 2002 | 45 | LAN | 56 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 3.00 | 137 |
| 2003 | 46 | NYA|MIN | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8.00 | 57 |
| 2003 | 46 | SDN | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 7.56 | 57 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | P | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 54 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | P | 62 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 60 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 54 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | P | 58 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 58 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | P | 55 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | P | 69 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | P | 55 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | P | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 59 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 57 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | P | 65 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | P | 66 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | P | 71 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | P | 69 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | P | 65 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | P | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | P | 56 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | P | 65 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1983.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 19 / 120 | 1 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
Jesse Orosco ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #78 | closers | 1983 | 246 ERA+ |
| #96 | relief pitchers | 1983 | 246 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.