Elmer Dessens
Elmer (Jusaino) Dessens
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 13, 1971 in Hermosillo, 26, Mexico
High School: Carrera Tech (Hermosilla, MX)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1996
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 PIT NL 25 P 15 3 25.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.20 .967 1.84 0.52
1997 PIT NL 26 P 3 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.67 .950 1.89 0.53
1998 PIT NL 27 P 43 5 74.2 14 4 9 1 0 .929 1.57 0.30 .964 1.86 0.54
2000 CIN NL 29 P 40 16 147.1 36 10 26 0 3 1.000 2.20 0.90 .961 1.74 0.48
2001 CIN NL 30 P 34 34 205.0 32 6 26 0 3 1.000 1.40 0.94 .956 1.75 0.46
2002 CIN NL 31 P 30 30 178.0 40 12 27 1 3 .975 1.97 1.30 .962 1.83 0.48
2003 ARI NL 32 P 34 30 175.2 27 9 18 0 2 1.000 1.38 0.79 .956 1.85 0.48
2004 TOT NL 33 P 50 10 105.0 19 5 13 1 0 .947 1.54 0.36 .968 1.83 0.47
2004 ARI NL 33 P 38 9 85.1 18 5 12 1 0 .944 1.79 0.45 .967 1.84 0.47
2004 LAD NL 33 P 12 1 19.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.46 0.08 1.000 1.83 0.47
2005 LAD NL 34 P 28 7 65.2 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.33 0.61 .959 1.75 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 35 P 62 0 77.0 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.87 0.26 .956 1.61 0.42
2006 KCR AL 35 P 43 0 54.0 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.33 0.33 .957 1.57 0.41
2006 LAD NL 35 P 19 0 23.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.78 0.11 .950 1.72 0.43
2007 TOT NL 36 P 17 5 34.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.65 0.59 .960 1.67 0.40
2007 MIL NL 36 P 12 0 15.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.42 .960 1.68 0.40
2007 COL NL 36 P 5 5 19.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.37 1.00 .960 1.66 0.40
2008 ATL NL 37 P 4 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.25 1.000 1.80 0.42
2009 NYM NL 38 P 28 0 32.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.76 0.36 .950 1.71 0.42
13 Seasons P 388 140 1127.1 227 62 162 3 14 .987 1.79 0.58 .960 1.78 0.47
13 Seasons TOT 388 140 1127.1 227 62 162 3 14 .987 1.79 0.58 .947 1.78 0.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1996 PIT NL 25 15 3 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PIT NL 26 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PIT NL 27 43 5 42 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CIN NL 29 40 15 37 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CIN NL 30 35 32 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 CIN NL 31 31 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 ARI NL 32 36 28 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 ARI NL 33 38 9 36 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 LAD NL 33 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 LAD NL 34 28 6 27 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 KCR AL 35 43 0 5 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 LAD NL 35 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIL NL 36 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 COL NL 36 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ATL NL 37 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 38 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 392 133 342 388 388 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1996 PIT NL 25 115 85% 45% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 PIT NL 26 14 79% 43% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PIT NL 27 337 80% 38% 16 88% 1 7 3 4 11 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2000 CIN NL 29 653 80% 35% 26 92% 2 10 1 8 24 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 7 86%
2001 CIN NL 30 893 79% 31% 30 97% 2 6 3 3 26 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 7 86%
2002 CIN NL 31 757 80% 34% 29 97% 0 5 3 0 27 25 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 12 92%
2003 ARI NL 32 794 78% 37% 21 90% 0 9 1 7 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 67%
2004 ARI NL 33 395 80% 38% 13 85% 0 5 0 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2004 LAD NL 33 82 68% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 LAD NL 34 284 80% 39% 14 93% 1 5 1 3 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 75%
2006 KCR AL 35 239 79% 34% 12 100% 0 3 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2006 LAD NL 35 103 76% 32% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 MIL NL 36 70 79% 40% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2007 COL NL 36 87 78% 34% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2008 ATL NL 37 27 78% 33% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 38 131 80% 29% 6 100% 0 4 1 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
13 Seasons 4981 79% 35% 184 93% 6 58 13 36 162 137 10 3 1 0 2 1 14 6 12 2 49 88%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Elmer Dessens    

Viewed 51,846 times through November 15, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Elmer (Jusaino) Elmer Dessens

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.