caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
orosco with the minnesota twins 2003 right santa barbara , california 1979 september 27 1,252 87 -- 80 3.16 1,179 144 pitcher minnesota twins games strikeouts saves pitched win -- loss record earned run average april 5 21 april 1957 jesse orosco.jpg jesse orosco
 new york mets jesse orosco left
jesse orosco

jesse russell orosco -lrb- born april 21 , 1957 -rrb- is a former relief pitcher in major league baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances , having pitched in 1,252 games .
he pitched most notably for the new york mets in the 1980s .
he won a world series in 1986 with the mets and in 1988 with the dodgers .
he threw left-handed , but batted right-handed .
he 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 29 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in major league games in four decades .
orosco 's longevity was greatly 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 .
