Jose Mesa, a former Dominican professional baseball player, has a net worth of $10 million.
Jose Mesa, who was born in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic, in 1966, made his MLB debut for the Baltimore Orioles on September 10, 1987.
From 1987 to 1992, the right-handed pitcher was a career journeyman, having played in Baltimore from 1990 to 1992.
From 1992 to 1998, he played for the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies from 2004 to 2005, Pittsburgh Pirates from 2001 to 2003, Colorado Rockies in 2006, Detroit Tigers in 2007, and Phillies in 2007.
Mesa, a two-time MLB All-Star (1995, 1996), was named the American League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year in 1995, the same year he made the most saves in the league, and pitched in over one thousand career games, achieving an 80-109 win-loss record.
With 1,038 strikeouts and more than 300 saves, he achieved an earned run average of 4.36 at the end of his career.
The controversy that ensued between Mesa and his former teammate, Omar Vizquel, was a result of Vizquel’s negative comments about Mesa’s performance in Game 7 of the World Series in 1997.
In response, Mesa threatened to hit Vizquel with a pitch whenever he could.
In 1996, Mesa was arrested and charged with rape and gross sexual imposition in Ohio, but he was later found not guilty, approximately six months later.