Jose Lima Stats

Jose Lima was born on Saturday, September 30, 1972, in Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic. Lima was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1994, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jose Lima baseball stats page.

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"Baseball is a short career, and I'm going to enjoy every single day. Everybody should. If you don't like what I do, take me deep. You can dance around at every base if you want, I don't mind. I'm not going to stop being who I am." - Jose Lima in Sports Illustrated (Kostya Kennedy, June 14, 1999, 'The Mambo King')

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Jose Lima Autograph on a 1995 Select (#205)

Jose Lima Autograph on a 1995 Select (#205)

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Birth Name:   Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima
Nickname:   Lima Time
Born On:   09-30-1972  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-23-2010 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pasadena, California
Cemetery:   Las Charcas Cemetery, Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic
High School:   Santiago Escuela (Santiago, DR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-20-1994 (Age 21)
Last Game:   07-07-2006
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent

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Jose Lima Pitching Stats

1994 22 Tigers 3 1 1 0 1 .000 13.50 0 0 0 6.2 34 11 10 10 2 3 1 7 1 0 0 -
1995 23 Tigers 15 15 0 3 9 .250 6.11 0 0 0 73.2 320 85 50 52 10 18 4 37 5 4 0 0
1996 24 Tigers 39 4 15 5 6 .455 5.70 0 0 3 72.2 329 87 46 48 13 22 4 59 3 5 0 -
1997 25 Astros 52 1 15 1 6 .143 5.28 0 0 2 75.0 321 79 44 45 9 16 2 63 2 5 0 -
1998 26 Astros 33 33 0 16 8 .667 3.70 3 1 0 233.1 950 229 96 100 34 32 1 169 4 7 0 0
1999 27 Astros 35 35 0 21 10 .677 3.58 3 0 0 246.1 1,024 256 98 108 30 44 2 187 8 2 0 0
2000 28 Astros 33 33 0 7 16 .304 6.65 0 0 0 196.1 895 251 145 152 48 68 3 124 3 2 0 0
2001 29 Astros 14 9 3 1 2 .333 7.30 0 0 0 53.0 249 77 43 48 12 16 1 41 3 5 0 0
2001 29 Tigers 18 18 0 5 10 .333 4.71 2 0 0 112.2 470 120 59 66 23 22 2 43 1 4 0 0
2002 30 Tigers 20 12 3 4 6 .400 7.77 0 0 0 68.1 304 86 59 60 12 21 0 33 2 2 0 0
2003 31 Royals 14 14 0 8 3 .727 4.91 0 0 0 73.1 321 80 40 40 7 26 0 32 2 5 2 0
2004 32 Dodgers 36 24 3 13 5 .722 4.07 0 0 0 170.1 702 178 77 81 33 34 6 93 3 1 0 1
2005 33 Royals 32 32 0 5 16 .238 6.99 1 0 0 168.2 780 219 131 140 31 61 1 80 5 9 0 0
2006 34 Mets 4 4 0 0 4 .000 9.87 0 0 0 17.1 91 25 19 22 3 10 0 12 1 2 1 0
13 Years 348 235 40 89 102 .466 5.26 9 1 5 1,567.2 6,790 1,783 917 972 267 393 27 980 43 53 3 1

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Jose Lima Hitting Stats

1994 22 Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1995 23 Tigers 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1996 24 Tigers 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1997 25 Astros 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1998 26 Astros 33 79 6 11 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 27 9 1 0 0 .139 .159 .165
1999 27 Astros 35 75 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 24 13 0 0 3 .080 .115 .080
2000 28 Astros 33 60 6 10 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 17 8 0 0 1 .167 .180 .200
2001 29 Astros 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2001 29 Tigers 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2002 30 Tigers 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 31 Royals 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
2004 32 Dodgers 37 48 1 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 8 0 0 2 .188 .204 .188
2005 33 Royals 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
2006 34 Mets 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
13 Years 319 292 18 38 4 0 0 0 10 7 0 101 44 1 0 6 .130 .150 .144

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Jose Lima Fielding Stats

1994 Tigers P 3 1 20 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.35
1995 Tigers P 15 15 221 7 0.5 7 5 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.86
1996 Tigers P 39 4 218 28 0.7 28 11 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.47
1997 Astros P 52 1 225 9 0.2 9 5 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.08
1998 Astros P 33 33 700 59 1.8 56 24 32 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.16
1999 Astros P 35 35 739 41 1.2 39 18 21 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.42
2000 Astros P 33 33 589 39 1.2 38 16 22 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.74
2001 Astros P 14 9 159 10 0.7 9 0 9 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.53
2001 Tigers P 18 18 338 15 0.8 14 3 11 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.12
2002 Tigers P 20 12 205 9 0.5 9 4 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.19
2003 Royals P 14 14 220 11 0.8 11 7 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.35
2004 Dodgers P 36 24 511 39 1.1 39 13 26 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06
2005 Royals P 32 32 507 28 0.9 28 6 22 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.49
2006 Mets P 4 4 51 6 1.5 5 1 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.65
P Totals 348 235 4,703 302 0.9 293 114 179 9 18 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.68
13 Years 348 235 4,703 302 0.9 293 114 179 9 18 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.68

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Jose Lima Miscellaneous Stats

1994 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.33 9.45 4.05
1995 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.06 4.52 2.20
1996 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.68 7.31 2.72
1997 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.94 7.56 1.92
1998 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 19.8 5.28 6.52 1.23
1999 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.1 37.5 4.25 6.83 1.61
2000 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 30.0 1.82 5.68 3.12
2001 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.2 0.0 2.56 6.96 2.72
2001 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.95 3.43 1.76
2002 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.57 4.35 2.77
2003 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.23 3.93 3.19
2004 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 2.5 24.0 2.74 4.91 1.80
2005 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.31 4.27 3.25
2006 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.20 6.23 5.19
13 Years 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 2.9 29.2 2.49 5.63 2.26

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Jose Lima Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1994 Detroit Tigers 32 $109,000.00 - n/a
1995 Detroit Tigers 32 $129,000.00 - -
1996 Detroit Tigers 32 $145,000.00 - -
1997 Houston Astros 42 $170,000.00 - -
1998 Houston Astros 42 $240,000.00 - -
1999 Houston Astros 42 $2,250,000.00 Stats -
2000 Houston Astros 42 $5,032,444.00 - -
2001 Houston Astros 42 $6,250,000.00 - -
2001 Detroit Tigers 42 "     "     - -
2002 Detroit Tigers 42 $7,250,000.00 - -
2003 Kansas City Royals 25 $4,500,000.00 - -
2004 Los Angeles Dodgers 27 $3,500,000.00 - -
2005 Kansas City Royals 33 $2,500,000.00 - -
2006 New York Mets 17 $2,000,000.00 - -

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