Jesse Orosco
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Jesse Russell Orosco (born April 21, 1957) is a Mexican-American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances, having pitched in 1,252 games.[1] He pitched most notably for the New York Mets in the 1980s and made the NL All-Star team in 1983 and 1984. Orosco won a World Series in 1986 with the Mets and in 1988 with the Dodgers. He threw left-handed, but batted right-handed. Orosco retired in 2003 after having been with the Mets, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins. He retired when he was 46 years old, one of the oldest players to still be playing in the modern age. Orosco is one of only 31 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in Major League games in four decades.
Jesse Orosco | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1957-04-21) April 21, 1957 (age 67) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 5, 1979, for the New York Mets | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 2003, for the Minnesota Twins | |
MLB statistics | |
Games pitched | 1,252 |
Win–loss record | 87–80 |
Earned run average | 3.16 |
Strikeouts | 1,179 |
Saves | 144 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Orosco's longevity was aided by the increasing use of left-handed specialist relief pitchers from the 1990s onward; in his last several years, he was used almost exclusively in this role.