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b. April 21, 1957 · New York Mets 1979, 1981–1987, Los Angeles Dodgers 1988, 2001–2002, Cleveland Indians 1989–1991, Milwaukee Brewers 1992–1994, Baltimore Orioles 1995–1999, St. Louis Cardinals 2000, San Diego Padres 2003, New York Yankees 2003, Minnesota Twins 2003

Nobody has appeared in more games: 1,252, ahead of Mike Stanton's 1,178 and John Franco's 1,119. He pitched twenty-four seasons, from 1979 to 2003, which spans the careers of most of the men he faced, and he was forty-six in the last of them.

He struck out Marty Barrett to end the 1986 World Series and threw his glove into the air, which is the photograph. He had saved 21 games that season for the Mets and won the seventh game of the Championship Series in relief.

The later years were spent as a left-hander brought in to face one or two hitters, a role the game created around men like him and abolished in 2020. He saved 144 games in all with a 3.16 earned run average. The 2009 ballot gave him one vote of 539.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1983, 1984
Player of the Week	2	1983, 1984
Pitcher of the Month	1	1983

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1979	NYM	18	6	0	0	0	0	4	.000
1981	NYM	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1982	NYM	54	14	0	2	0	0	4	.143
1983	NYM	62	12	0	4	2	1	3	.333
1984	NYM	60	4	1	1	1	3	2	.250
1985	NYM	54	7	0	3	0	0	1	.429
1986	NYM	58	3	1	0	1	2	0	.000
1987	NYM	58	8	0	0	0	0	7	.000
1988	LAD	55	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1989	CLE	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1990	CLE	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1991	CLE	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1992	MIL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1993	MIL	57	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1994	MIL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1995	BAL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1996	BAL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1997	BAL	71	0	0	0	0	1	0	—
1998	BAL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1999	BAL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2000	STL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2001	LAD	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2002	LAD	56	0	1	0	0	1	0	—
2003	MIN/NYY/SDP	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	1252	59	3	10	4	8	25	.169

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1979	NYM	1	2	18	2	0	35.0	33	19	22	22	4.89
1981	NYM	0	1	8	0	1	17.1	13	3	6	18	1.56
1982	NYM	4	10	54	2	4	109.1	92	33	40	89	2.72
1983	NYM	13	7	62	0	17	110.0	76	18	38	84	1.47
1984	NYM	10	6	60	0	31	87.0	58	25	34	85	2.59
1985	NYM	8	6	54	0	17	79.0	66	24	34	68	2.73
1986	NYM	8	6	58	0	21	81.0	64	21	35	62	2.33
1987	NYM	3	9	58	0	16	77.0	78	38	31	78	4.44
1988	LAD	3	2	55	0	9	53.0	41	16	30	43	2.72
1989	CLE	3	4	69	0	3	78.0	54	18	26	79	2.08
1990	CLE	5	4	55	0	2	64.2	58	28	38	55	3.90
1991	CLE	2	0	47	0	0	45.2	52	19	15	36	3.74
1992	MIL	3	1	59	0	1	39.0	33	14	13	40	3.23
1993	MIL	3	5	57	0	8	56.2	47	20	17	67	3.18
1994	MIL	3	1	40	0	0	39.0	32	22	26	36	5.08
1995	BAL	2	4	65	0	3	49.2	28	18	27	58	3.26
1996	BAL	3	1	66	0	0	55.2	42	21	28	52	3.40
1997	BAL	6	3	71	0	0	50.1	29	13	30	46	2.32
1998	BAL	4	1	69	0	7	56.2	46	20	28	50	3.18
1999	BAL	0	2	65	0	1	32.0	28	19	20	35	5.34
2000	STL	0	0	6	0	0	2.1	3	1	3	4	3.86
2001	LAD	0	1	35	0	0	16.0	17	7	7	21	3.94
2002	LAD	1	2	56	0	1	27.0	24	9	12	22	3.00
2003	MIN/NYY/SDP	2	2	65	0	2	34.0	41	29	21	29	7.68
Career	—	87	80	1252	4	144	1295.1	1055	455	581	1179	3.16

On this day & linked events

1957

Born April 21, 1957

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1979

Major-league debut: Jesse Orosco

Jesse Orosco made a major-league debut on April 5, 1979.

2003

Final major-league game: Jesse Orosco

Jesse Orosco played a final major-league game on September 27, 2003.

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