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Jose Rijo played 14 major-league seasons (1984-2002) as a P (376). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 9 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 23 | CIN | 49 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .054 | .189 | -45 |
| 1989 | 24 | CIN | 19 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .211 | .468 | 39 |
| 1990 | 25 | CIN | 29 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .161 | .365 | 5 |
| 1991 | 26 | CIN | 31 | 67 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .209 | .441 | 29 |
| 1992 | 27 | CIN | 33 | 72 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .194 | .417 | 22 |
| 1993 | 28 | CIN | 36 | 82 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .268 | .648 | 79 |
| 1994 | 29 | CIN | 26 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .204 | .490 | 30 |
| 1995 | 30 | CIN | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .136 | .318 | -14 |
| 2002 | 37 | CIN | 31 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .250 | -32 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 19 | NYA | 24 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 62.1 | 47 | 33 | 4.76 | 84 |
| 1985 | 20 | OAK | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 63.2 | 65 | 28 | 3.53 | 117 |
| 1986 | 21 | OAK | 39 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 193.2 | 176 | 108 | 4.65 | 90 |
| 1987 | 22 | OAK | 21 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 82.1 | 67 | 41 | 5.90 | 75 |
| 1988 | 23 | CIN | 49 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 162 | 160 | 63 | 2.39 | 144 |
| 1989 | 24 | CIN | 19 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 86 | 48 | 2.84 | 123 |
| 1990 | 25 | CIN | 29 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 197 | 152 | 78 | 2.70 | 141 |
| 1991 | 26 | CIN | 30 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 204.1 | 172 | 55 | 2.51 | 147 |
| 1992 | 27 | CIN | 33 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 211 | 171 | 44 | 2.56 | 137 |
| 1993 | 28 | CIN | 36 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 257.1 | 227 | 62 | 2.48 | 163 |
| 1994 | 29 | CIN | 26 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 172.1 | 171 | 52 | 3.08 | 137 |
| 1995 | 30 | CIN | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 62 | 22 | 4.17 | 100 |
| 2001 | 36 | CIN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2.12 | 206 |
| 2002 | 37 | CIN | 31 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 38 | 20 | 5.14 | 80 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | P | 24 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | P | 39 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 21 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 49 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | P | 19 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | P | 29 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 30 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 1992 | P | 33 | 33 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 1993 | P | 36 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 8 |
| 1994 | P | 26 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | P | 14 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | P | 31 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Jose Rijo won: World Series MVP 1990 (ML), TSN All-Star 1991 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1993, 1991, 1990.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1991 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 13 / 120 | 1 |
| 1993 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 8 / 140 | 0 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 2 / 392 | 0 |
Jose Rijo ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #158 | starting pitchers | 1993 | 163 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.