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Elmer Dessens
Elmer (Jusaino) Dessens

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 24, 1996

Born January 13, 1971 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1996 25 PIT NL   0   2  15   3   0   0   1  0   25.0   40   23   23   2    4   13   0   0   112   0   0  8.28  4.39   53 1.760
 1997 26 PIT NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.3    2    0    0   0    0    2   1   0    13   0   0  0.00  4.33  inf 0.600
 1998 27 PIT NL   2   6  43   5   0   0   8  0   74.7   90   50   47  10   25   43   0   1   332   2   0  5.67  4.36   77 1.540
 2000 29 CIN NL  11   5  40  16   1   0   6  1  147.3  170   73   70  10   43   85   3   4   640   7   0  4.28  4.73  111 1.446
 2001 30 CIN NL  10  14  34  34   1   1   0  0  205.0  221  103  102  32   56  128   1   4   862   1   1  4.48  4.58  102 1.351
 2002 31 CIN NL   7   8  30  30   0   0   0  0  178.0  173   70   60  24   49   93   7   3   737   8   1  3.03  4.32  142 1.247
 2003 32 ARI NL   8   8  34  30   0   0   1  0  175.7  212  107   99  22   57  113   4   3   781   6   2  5.07  4.67   92 1.531
 2004 33 TOT NL   2   6  50  10   0   0   9  2  105.0  123   61   52  15   31   73   1   2   468   4   0  4.46  4.52  101 1.467
         ARI NL   1   6  38   9   0   0   7  2   85.3  107   54   45  11   23   55   1   2   386   4   0  4.75  4.62   97 1.523
         LAD NL   1   0  12   1   0   0   2  0   19.7   16    7    7   4    8   18   0   0    82   0   0  3.20  4.10  128 1.220
 2005 34 LAD NL   1   2  28   7   0   0   4  0   65.7   63   30   26   6   19   37   1   1   277   2   0  3.56  4.10  115 1.249
 2006 35 TOT      5   8  62   0   0   0  12  2   77.0   86   43   39   8   22   52   1   3   334   8   0  4.56  4.64  102 1.403
         KCR AL   5   7  43   0   0   0  10  2   54.0   63   31   27   4   13   36   1   2   234   6   0  4.50  4.70  104 1.407
         LAD NL   0   1  19   0   0   0   2  0   23.0   23   12   12   4    9   16   0   1   100   2   0  4.70  4.49   96 1.391
 2007 36 TOT NL   2   2  17   5   0   0   7  0   34.0   45   32   27   6   12   22   0   0   156   0   0  7.15  4.65   65 1.676
         MIL NL   1   1  12   0   0   0   7  0   15.0   24   16   11   3    3   12   0   0    69   0   0  6.60  4.48   68 1.800
         COL NL   1   1   5   5   0   0   0  0   19.0   21   16   16   3    9   10   0   0    87   0   0  7.58  4.79   63 1.579
 2008 37 ATL NL   0   1   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    5    7    7   1    3    1   0   0    14   0   0 31.50  4.13   13 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .436  48  62 358 140   2   1  49  5 1092.7 1230  599  552 136  321  662  19  21  4726  38   4  4.55  4.52  100 1.419
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  48  19   0   0   6  0  149.0  167   81   75  18   43   90   2   2   645   5   0  4.55  4.52  100 1.419
 Career High     11  14  62  34   1   1  12  2  205.0  221  107  102  32   57  128   7   4   862   8   2  3.03  4.73  142 1.247
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1996 25 PIT NL  15    5    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .400  .400  .400  109    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 27 PIT NL  42    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .000  .111  .000  -68    0   3   0   0   0   0
 2000 29 CIN NL  37   40    6    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   7  16  .100  .234  .100  -12    4   1   0   0   0   0
 2001 30 CIN NL  33   57    3   11   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  12  .193  .233  .211   14   12  10   0   0   0   0
 2002 31 CIN NL  30   45    1    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   3  11  .200  .250  .200   19    9   9   0   0   0   0
 2003 32 ARI NL  34   46    1    9   1  1   0    6   0  0   3  11  .196  .245  .261   28   12  10   0   0   0   0
 2004 33 TOT NL  48   22    0    4   2  0   0    0   0  0   3   3  .182  .280  .273   43    6   4   0   0   0   1
         ARI NL  36   18    0    3   2  0   0    0   0  0   3   3  .167  .286  .278   44    5   4   0   0   0   1
         LAD NL  12    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   33    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 34 LAD NL  28   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 35 TOT     62    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL  19    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 36 TOT NL  17    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .250  .000  -29    0   1   0   0   0   0
         COL NL   5    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .250  .000  -29    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     351  240   14   39   4  1   0   16   0  0  22  65  .163  .233  .188    9   45  38   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        111    6   18   2  0   0    7   0  0  10  30  .163  .233  .188    9   21  18   0   0   0   0
 Career High     62   57    6   11   2  1   0    6   0  0   7  16                          12  10   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1996 25 PIT NL    5    3    1   8.9   110| .400  .274| .400  .344| .400  .429| .800  .774| 109  .755   0.0   0.0   0%
 1998 27 PIT NL   12   11    0   0.0   109| .000  .271| .111  .342| .000  .428| .111  .770| -68  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 2000 29 CIN NL   48   37    1   0.7   118| .100  .275| .234  .353| .100  .450| .334  .804| -12  .025  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 2001 30 CIN NL   70   56    4   1.9   116| .193  .274| .233  .346| .211  .449| .444  .796|  14  .146  -7.7  -0.7   0%
 2002 31 CIN NL   57   45    3   1.8   111| .200  .270| .250  .345| .200  .430| .450  .776|  19  .141  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 2003 32 ARI NL   59   47    4   2.3   116| .196  .278| .245  .351| .261  .446| .506  .797|  28  .196  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2004 33 TOT NL   29   23    2   2.3   114| .182  .273| .280  .346| .273  .443| .553  .789|  43  .197  -1.9  -0.1   0%
         ARI NL   25   20    2   2.7   115| .167  .275| .286  .348| .278  .446| .564  .794|  44  .240  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         LAD NL    4    3    0   0.0   107| .250  .264| .250  .334| .250  .427| .500  .762|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 2005 34 LAD NL   10   10    0   0.0   106| .000  .266| .000  .336| .000  .424| .000  .760|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 2006 35 TOT       1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .273| .000  .344| .000  .444| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .273| .000  .344| .000  .444| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2007 36 TOT NL    9    7    0   0.0   118| .000  .282| .250  .353| .000  .451| .250  .804| -29  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         COL NL    9    7    0   0.0   118| .000  .282| .250  .353| .000  .451| .250  .804| -29  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      300  240   15   1.7   114| .163  .274| .233  .348| .188  .443| .421  .790|   9  .118 -34.3  -3.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 25 PIT NL P 15 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.20 0.52 1.08 1.84 3 25.0 1997 26 PIT NL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.53 5.45 1.91 0 3.3 1998 27 PIT NL P 43 4 9 1 0 .929 .963 0.30 0.54 1.57 1.86 5 74.7 2000 29 CIN NL P 40 10 26 0 3 1.000 .963 0.90 0.48 2.20 1.74 16 147.3 2001 30 CIN NL P 34 6 26 0 3 1.000 .958 0.94 0.46 1.40 1.75 34 205.0 2002 31 CIN NL P 30 12 27 1 3 .975 .963 1.30 0.48 1.97 1.83 30 178.0 2003 32 ARI NL P 34 9 18 0 2 1.000 .957 0.79 0.48 1.38 1.85 30 175.7 2004 33 TOT NL P 50 5 13 1 0 .947 .968 0.36 0.47 1.54 1.83 10 105.0 ARI NL P 38 5 12 1 0 .944 .966 0.45 0.47 1.79 1.84 9 85.3 LAD NL P 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.47 0.46 1.83 1 19.7 2005 34 LAD NL P 28 5 12 0 2 1.000 .960 0.61 0.46 2.33 1.75 7 65.7 2006 35 TOT P 62 3 13 0 0 1.000 .958 0.26 0.42 1.87 1.61 0 77.0 KCR AL P 43 3 11 0 0 1.000 .959 0.33 0.41 2.33 1.57 0 54.0 LAD NL P 19 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.43 0.78 1.72 0 23.0 2007 36 TOT NL P 17 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 0.59 0.40 2.65 1.67 5 34.0 MIL NL P 12 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.40 3.00 1.68 0 15.0 COL NL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.40 2.37 1.66 5 19.0 2008 37 ATL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.45 4.50 1.80 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 25 PIT NL P 15 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.20 0.52 1.08 1.84 3 25.0 1997 26 PIT NL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.53 5.45 1.91 0 3.3 1998 27 PIT NL P 43 4 9 1 0 .929 .963 0.30 0.54 1.57 1.86 5 74.7 2000 29 CIN NL P 40 10 26 0 3 1.000 .963 0.90 0.48 2.20 1.74 16 147.3 2001 30 CIN NL P 34 6 26 0 3 1.000 .958 0.94 0.46 1.40 1.75 34 205.0 2002 31 CIN NL P 30 12 27 1 3 .975 .963 1.30 0.48 1.97 1.83 30 178.0 2003 32 ARI NL P 34 9 18 0 2 1.000 .957 0.79 0.48 1.38 1.85 30 175.7 2004 33 TOT NL P 50 5 13 1 0 .947 .968 0.36 0.47 1.54 1.83 10 105.0 ARI NL P 38 5 12 1 0 .944 .966 0.45 0.47 1.79 1.84 9 85.3 LAD NL P 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.47 0.46 1.83 1 19.7 2005 34 LAD NL P 28 5 12 0 2 1.000 .960 0.61 0.46 2.33 1.75 7 65.7 2006 35 TOT P 62 3 13 0 0 1.000 .958 0.26 0.42 1.87 1.61 0 77.0 KCR AL P 43 3 11 0 0 1.000 .959 0.33 0.41 2.33 1.57 0 54.0 LAD NL P 19 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.43 0.78 1.72 0 23.0 2007 36 TOT NL P 17 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 0.59 0.40 2.65 1.67 5 34.0 MIL NL P 12 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.40 3.00 1.68 0 15.0 COL NL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.40 2.37 1.66 5 19.0 2008 37 ATL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.45 4.50 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 358 58 156 3 14 .986 .961 0.60 0.47 1.76 1.78 140 1092.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 358 58 156 3 14 .986 .961 0.60 0.47 1.76 1.78 140 1093
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   1   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2002 NL-3.03-6

Won-Loss %
2000 NL-.688-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
Act-2.64-28

Games Started
2001 NL-34-4

Shutouts
2001 NL-1-7

Home Runs Allow.
2001 NL-32-8

Hits Allowed
2001 NL-221-9
2003 NL-212-7

Losses
2001 NL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
2003 NL-99-9

Adjusted ERA+
2002 NL-142-4

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1498) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 27, 1993: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

March 31, 1999: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

December 15, 2002: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Cincinnati Reds with cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe Lopez to the Cincinnati Reds. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Arnold (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

August 19, 2004: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jereme Milons (minors).

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 25, 2006: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Odalis Perez, Blake Johnson (minors), Julio Pimentel (minors), and cash.

March 26, 2007: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Brady Clark and cash.

August 9, 2007: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 11, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$109,000
1998Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000
2001Cincinnati Reds$475,000
2002Cincinnati Reds$1,825,000
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$3,000,000
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$4,000,000
2005Los Angeles Dodgers$1,300,000
2006Kansas City Royals$1,700,000
2007Milwaukee Brewers$1,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,289,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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