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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1996 25 PIT NL 0 2 .000 8.28 15 3 1 0 0 0 25.0 40 23 23 2 4 0 13 0 0 0 112 53 1.760 14.4 0.7 1.4 4.7 3.25
1997 26 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
1998 27 PIT NL 2 6 .250 5.67 43 5 8 0 0 0 74.2 90 50 47 10 25 2 43 0 0 1 332 77 1.540 10.8 1.2 3.0 5.2 1.72
2000 29 CIN NL 11 5 .688 4.28 40 16 6 1 0 1 147.1 170 73 70 10 43 7 85 3 0 4 640 111 1.446 10.4 0.6 2.6 5.2 1.98
2001 30 CIN NL 10 14 .417 4.48 34 34 0 1 1 0 205.0 221 103 102 32 56 1 128 1 1 4 862 102 1.351 9.7 1.4 2.5 5.6 2.29
2002 31 CIN NL 7 8 .467 3.03 30 30 0 0 0 0 178.0 173 70 60 24 49 8 93 7 1 3 737 142 1.247 8.7 1.2 2.5 4.7 1.90
2003 32 ARI NL 8 8 .500 5.07 34 30 1 0 0 0 175.2 212 107 99 22 57 6 113 4 2 3 781 92 1.531 10.9 1.1 2.9 5.8 1.98
2004 33 TOT NL 2 6 .250 4.46 50 10 9 0 0 2 105.0 123 61 52 15 31 4 73 1 0 2 468 101 1.467 10.5 1.3 2.7 6.3 2.35
2004 33 ARI NL 1 6 .143 4.75 38 9 7 0 0 2 85.1 107 54 45 11 23 4 55 1 0 2 386 97 1.523 11.3 1.2 2.4 5.8 2.39
2004 33 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 3.20 12 1 2 0 0 0 19.2 16 7 7 4 8 0 18 0 0 0 82 128 1.220 7.3 1.8 3.7 8.2 2.25
2005 34 LAD NL 1 2 .333 3.56 28 7 4 0 0 0 65.2 63 30 26 6 19 2 37 1 0 1 277 115 1.249 8.6 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.95
2006 35 TOT MLB 5 8 .385 4.56 62 0 12 0 0 2 77.0 86 43 39 8 22 8 52 1 0 3 334 102 1.403 10.1 0.9 2.6 6.1 2.36
2006 35 KCR AL 5 7 .417 4.50 43 0 10 0 0 2 54.0 63 31 27 4 13 6 36 1 0 2 234 104 1.407 10.5 0.7 2.2 6.0 2.77
2006 35 LAD NL 0 1 .000 4.70 19 0 2 0 0 0 23.0 23 12 12 4 9 2 16 0 0 1 100 96 1.391 9.0 1.6 3.5 6.3 1.78
2007 36 TOT NL 2 2 .500 7.15 17 5 7 0 0 0 34.0 45 32 27 6 12 0 22 0 0 0 156 65 1.676 11.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.83
2007 36 MIL NL 1 1 .500 6.60 12 0 7 0 0 0 15.0 24 16 11 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 69 67 1.800 14.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 4.00
2007 36 COL NL 1 1 .500 7.58 5 5 0 0 0 0 19.0 21 16 16 3 9 0 10 0 0 0 87 63 1.579 9.9 1.4 4.3 4.7 1.11
2008 37 ATL NL 0 1 .000 22.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 10 10 10 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 19 3.500 22.5 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.50
2009 38 NYM NL 0 0 3.31 28 0 8 0 0 0 32.2 24 12 12 5 10 1 14 2 0 1 130 124 1.041 6.6 1.4 2.8 3.9 1.40
13 Seasons 48 62 .436 4.53 388 140 58 2 1 5 1127.1 1259 614 567 141 332 39 677 21 4 22 4868 100 1.411 10.1 1.1 2.7 5.4 2.04
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .436 4.53 50 18 7 0 0 1 145 162 79 73 18 43 5 87 3 1 3 627 100 1.411 10.1 1.1 2.7 5.4 2.04
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PIT (3 yrs) 2 8 .200 6.12 61 8 10 0 0 0 103.0 132 73 70 12 29 2 58 1 0 1 457 71 1.563 11.5 1.0 2.5 5.1 2.00
LAD (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.74 59 8 8 0 0 0 108.1 102 49 45 14 36 4 71 1 0 2 459 112 1.274 8.5 1.2 3.0 5.9 1.97
CIN (3 yrs) 28 27 .509 3.94 104 80 6 2 1 1 530.1 564 246 232 66 148 16 306 11 2 11 2239 115 1.343 9.6 1.1 2.5 5.2 2.07
ARI (2 yrs) 9 14 .391 4.97 72 39 8 0 0 2 261.0 319 161 144 33 80 10 168 5 2 5 1167 94 1.529 11.0 1.1 2.8 5.8 2.10
KCR (1 yr) 5 7 .417 4.50 43 0 10 0 0 2 54.0 63 31 27 4 13 6 36 1 0 2 234 104 1.407 10.5 0.7 2.2 6.0 2.77
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 3.31 28 0 8 0 0 0 32.2 24 12 12 5 10 1 14 2 0 1 130 124 1.041 6.6 1.4 2.8 3.9 1.40
COL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.58 5 5 0 0 0 0 19.0 21 16 16 3 9 0 10 0 0 0 87 63 1.579 9.9 1.4 4.3 4.7 1.11
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 22.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 10 10 10 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 19 3.500 22.5 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.50
MIL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.60 12 0 7 0 0 0 15.0 24 16 11 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 69 67 1.800 14.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 4.00
NL (13 yrs) 43 55 .439 4.53 345 140 48 2 1 3 1073.1 1196 583 540 137 319 33 641 20 4 20 4634 99 1.411 10.0 1.1 2.7 5.4 2.01
AL (1 yr) 5 7 .417 4.50 43 0 10 0 0 2 54.0 63 31 27 4 13 6 36 1 0 2 234 104 1.407 10.5 0.7 2.2 6.0 2.77

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 33 LAD NL NLDS L STL 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 6.8
1 NLDS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 6.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 25 PIT NL 15 112 104 23 40 9 0 2 2 1 4 13 .385 .404 .529 .933 .422 55 5 0 3 1 0
1997 26 PIT NL 3 13 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .231 .250 .481 .200 3 0 1 0 0 0
1998 27 PIT NL 43 332 300 50 90 18 1 10 4 1 25 43 .300 .351 .467 .817 .320 140 8 0 4 3 2
2000 29 CIN NL 40 640 575 73 170 39 3 10 3 3 43 85 .296 .344 .426 .770 .329 245 13 3 12 7 7
2001 30 CIN NL 34 862 791 103 221 33 0 32 13 15 56 128 .279 .325 .442 .768 .296 350 15 1 7 7 1
2002 31 CIN NL 30 737 673 70 173 33 1 24 8 8 49 93 .257 .314 .416 .730 .268 280 19 7 7 1 8
2003 32 ARI NL 34 781 708 107 212 43 2 22 7 4 57 113 .299 .354 .459 .813 .330 325 18 4 9 3 6
2004 33 ARI NL 38 386 355 54 107 26 3 11 3 1 23 55 .301 .343 .485 .827 .329 172 4 1 4 3 4
2004 33 LAD NL 12 82 74 7 16 1 0 4 1 0 8 18 .216 .293 .392 .685 .231 29 2 0 0 0 0
2004 33 TOT NL 50 468 429 61 123 27 3 15 4 1 31 73 .287 .334 .469 .803 .314 201 6 1 4 3 4
2005 34 LAD NL 28 277 253 30 63 15 0 6 5 1 19 37 .249 .301 .379 .680 .268 96 9 1 1 3 2
2006 35 KCR AL 43 234 216 31 63 9 1 4 2 1 13 36 .292 .333 .398 .731 .333 86 6 1 3 1 6
2006 35 LAD NL 19 100 89 12 23 1 1 4 1 1 9 16 .258 .327 .427 .753 .275 38 2 0 2 0 2
2006 35 TOT MLB 62 334 305 43 86 10 2 8 3 2 22 52 .282 .331 .407 .738 .317 124 8 1 5 1 8
2007 36 COL NL 5 87 76 16 21 6 0 3 0 0 9 10 .276 .353 .474 .827 .286 36 0 0 2 0 0
2007 36 MIL NL 12 69 65 16 24 5 2 3 1 0 3 12 .369 .391 .646 1.037 .412 42 3 0 0 1 0
2007 36 TOT NL 17 156 141 32 45 11 2 6 1 0 12 22 .319 .370 .553 .923 .342 78 3 0 2 1 0
2008 37 ATL NL 4 26 20 10 10 2 1 1 1 0 4 2 .500 .538 .850 1.388 .474 17 0 0 0 2 0
2009 38 NYM NL 28 130 114 12 24 6 0 5 0 0 10 14 .211 .281 .395 .676 .196 45 2 2 2 2 1
13 Seasons 388 4868 4425 614 1259 247 15 141 51 36 332 677 .285 .335 .443 .778 .307 1959 106 21 56 34 39
162 Game Avg. 50 627 570 79 162 32 2 18 7 5 43 87 .285 .335 .443 .778 .307 252 14 3 7 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1996 25 PIT NL 15 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 32 18 8 6 0 1 3.0 7.0 3.1 54 2 0 0 0 71
1998 27 PIT NL 43 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 .000 1 0 0 0 1 20% 40 74 9 21 8 0 3 2.3 1.7 5.3 81 2 2 0 0 94
2000 29 CIN NL 40 16 10 5 1 2 1 11 5 .688 0 1 1 0 9 56% 49 85 23 21 7 2 7 6.3 6.4 6.5 96 0 10 6 0 116
2001 30 CIN NL 34 34 10 14 10 3 5 17 17 .500 3 4 1 1 19 56% 49 80 17 16 11 0 15 4.4 3.8 6.0 93 6 16 12 0 116
2002 31 CIN NL 30 30 7 8 15 0 4 15 15 .500 3 7 0 0 19 63% 53 71 27 12 1 0 13 3.8 3.8 5.9 90 6 17 7 0 114
2003 32 ARI NL 34 30 8 8 14 3 1 15 15 .500 3 7 0 0 10 33% 45 74 16 21 5 1 10 5.1 4.9 5.6 92 5 17 8 0 113
2004 33 TOT NL 50 10 1 5 4 1 0 5 5 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 52 5 26 9 2 5 5.5 5.3 4.5 83 5 4 1 0 103
2004 33 ARI NL 38 9 1 5 3 1 0 4 5 .444 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 52 5 22 9 1 5 5.3 5.7 4.6 83 4 4 1 0 103
2004 33 LAD NL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 4 0 1 0 7.6 0.0 4.0 75 1 0 0 0 75
2005 34 LAD NL 28 7 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .429 2 2 0 0 1 14% 49 69 38 10 4 0 4 4.2 2.3 4.6 70 5 2 0 0 93
2007 36 TOT NL 17 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 1 20% 62 12 5 3 0 3 9.6 11.5 3.8 62 5 0 0 0 78
2007 36 COL NL 5 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 1 20% 41 62 12 5 3 0 3 9.6 11.5 3.8 62 5 0 0 0 78
9 Seasons 279 140 37 49 54 9 11 69 71 .493 12 22 2 1 60 43% 47 85 5 140 54 5 61 4.8 4.6 5.6 88 36 68 34 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 25 PIT NL 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 25% 5 0.820 2 5 5 4 3 5 3 9 6 4 6 2 3.9 18
1997 26 PIT NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 0.218 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 3.3 17
1998 27 PIT NL 43 38 8 2 2 1 0 1 0% 8 6 17 7 41% 8 0.887 9 11 18 12 7 19 8 30 14 11 16 6 3.8 20
2000 29 CIN NL 40 24 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 2 18% 7 0.881 5 5 14 2 4 18 7 17 12 2 13 6 5.3 28
2003 32 ARI NL 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.023 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 4 0 4 0 6.8 38
2004 33 TOT NL 50 40 9 1 1 5 2 3 40% 9 4 25 13 52% 0.778 6 7 27 12 0 28 16 24 24 11 24 2 4.5 24
2004 33 ARI NL 38 29 7 0 1 4 2 2 50% 8 4 17 7 41% 7 0.829 6 5 18 8 0 21 11 18 19 7 19 1 4.6 24
2004 33 LAD NL 12 11 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 6 75% 2 0.537 0 2 9 4 0 7 5 6 5 4 5 1 4.3 25
2005 34 LAD NL 28 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 6 0.771 1 8 11 4 1 16 3 18 13 3 13 3 4.8 27
2006 35 TOT MLB 62 62 12 5 8 7 2 5 29% 25 18 42 15 36% 1.355 30 14 16 30 14 18 26 36 24 18 28 13 3.7 20
2006 35 KCR AL 43 43 10 5 7 7 2 5 29% 19 12 29 9 31% 8 1.496 24 8 11 22 11 10 19 24 16 13 20 8 3.8 20
2006 35 LAD NL 19 19 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 13 6 46% 6 1.024 6 6 5 8 3 8 7 12 8 5 8 5 3.6 19
2007 36 TOT NL 17 12 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 0.650 1 2 7 2 2 8 1 11 3 0 3 3 3.8 21
2007 36 MIL NL 12 12 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.447 1 2 7 2 2 8 1 11 3 0 3 3 3.8 21
2008 37 ATL NL 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 0.681 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 3.0 25
2009 38 NYM NL 28 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 16% 6 0.346 1 7 19 3 0 25 9 19 11 7 11 8 3.5 18
11 Seasons 319 248 58 11 13 15 5 10 33% 49 33 129 47 36% 0.904 57 60 125 71 32 145 75 173 113 59 120 43 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1996 25 PIT NL 112 42% 1.8% 11.6% 3.6% 9.8% 28% 1.33 2.59 80% 19% 6.1% 15% 27 5 19%
1997 26 PIT NL 13 38% 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 1.50 1.67 77% 0% 0.0% 25% 1 0 0%
1998 27 PIT NL 332 38% 3.0% 13.0% 7.5% 8.7% 32% 0.99 1.31 75% 20% 8.5% 9% 76 8 11%
2000 29 CIN NL 640 45% 1.6% 13.3% 6.7% 8.1% 31% 0.89 1.41 76% 27% 4.4% 12% 124 13 10%
2001 30 CIN NL 862 47% 3.7% 14.9% 6.5% 7.5% 29% 0.80 1.03 74% 24% 10.8% 16% 151 15 10%
2002 31 CIN NL 737 47% 3.3% 12.6% 6.7% 7.9% 34% 0.89 1.24 76% 22% 9.5% 12% 121 19 16%
2003 32 ARI NL 781 46% 2.8% 14.5% 7.3% 8.6% 32% 0.99 1.35 74% 19% 8.1% 8% 153 18 12%
2004 33 TOT NL 468 44% 3.2% 15.6% 6.6% 9.6% 37% 1.00 1.54 74% 19% 9.2% 8% 80 6 8%
2004 33 ARI NL 386 44% 2.9% 14.3% 6.0% 10.4% 37% 1.01 1.51 76% 19% 8.0% 7% 64 4 6%
2004 33 LAD NL 82 43% 4.9% 22.0% 9.8% 6.1% 31% 0.93 1.73 63% 16% 16.0% 14% 16 2 13%
2005 34 LAD NL 277 45% 2.2% 13.4% 6.9% 7.6% 33% 1.06 1.46 77% 15% 6.4% 10% 53 9 17%
2006 35 TOT MLB 334 40% 2.4% 15.6% 6.6% 6.0% 23% 0.81 1.21 74% 25% 6.0% 4% 63 8 13%
2006 35 KCR AL 234 38% 1.7% 15.4% 5.6% 6.0% 22% 0.81 1.27 76% 28% 4.2% 4% 43 6 14%
2006 35 LAD NL 100 45% 4.0% 16.0% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 0.83 1.08 69% 20% 10.5% 5% 20 2 10%
2007 36 TOT NL 156 45% 3.9% 14.1% 7.7% 12.2% 42% 0.94 1.76 73% 21% 10.7% 10% 25 3 12%
2007 36 MIL NL 69 43% 4.4% 17.4% 4.4% 14.5% 42% 1.08 3.13 74% 26% 13.0% 12% 15 3 20%
2007 36 COL NL 87 46% 3.5% 11.5% 10.3% 10.3% 43% 0.83 1.24 72% 18% 9.1% 8% 10 0 0%
2008 37 ATL NL 26 58% 3.9% 7.7% 15.4% 15.4% 40% 0.82 0.67 73% 30% 9.1% 0% 6 0 0%
2009 38 NYM NL 130 51% 3.9% 10.8% 7.7% 8.5% 46% 0.59 0.87 75% 16% 9.3% 16% 19 2 11%
13 Seasons 4868 45% 2.9% 13.9% 6.8% 8.3% 32% 0.91 1.29 75% 22% 8.2% 11% 899 106 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1996 25 PIT NL 90 327 3.63 192 59% 22% 12% 24% 41% 77% 0% 45% 84% 57% 6% 5 4 17% 15 4 1 25% 0 1 22 0 1
1997 26 PIT NL 11 34 3.09 24 71% 38% 0% 29% 33% 63% 0% 44% 100% 64% 0% 0 0 27% 3 1 0 100% 0 0 2 0 0
1998 27 PIT NL 332 1186 3.57 713 60% 25% 13% 25% 37% 75% 1% 45% 82% 56% 8% 25 14 15% 49 15 3 30% 6 9 0 0 0
2000 29 CIN NL 640 2209 3.45 1397 63% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 3% 48% 84% 61% 6% 40 19 19% 121 47 5 25% 9 14 0 0 0
2001 30 CIN NL 862 3175 3.68 1988 63% 24% 14% 28% 34% 76% 0% 47% 82% 58% 3% 26 16 17% 149 58 8 27% 13 9 0 0 0
2002 31 CIN NL 737 2690 3.65 1667 62% 28% 11% 25% 35% 72% 3% 44% 85% 59% 4% 27 14 15% 113 47 3 31% 9 6 0 0 0
2003 32 ARI NL 781 2903 3.72 1783 61% 26% 11% 28% 34% 74% 2% 45% 85% 59% 4% 30 17 16% 127 42 2 28% 14 7 0 0 0
2004 33 TOT NL 468 1797 3.84 1130 63% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 2% 45% 83% 63% 4% 20 9 21% 98 33 4 38% 10 7 0 0 0
2004 33 ARI NL 386 1447 3.75 915 63% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 2% 45% 84% 64% 4% 17 8 20% 79 27 4 38% 9 5 0 0 0
2004 33 LAD NL 82 350 4.27 215 61% 28% 14% 32% 26% 72% 0% 44% 81% 60% 4% 3 1 23% 19 6 0 39% 1 2 0 0 0
2005 34 LAD NL 277 1055 3.81 660 63% 28% 9% 30% 33% 72% 1% 45% 88% 63% 4% 11 5 19% 52 22 0 41% 3 5 0 0 0
2006 35 TOT MLB 334 1245 3.73 770 62% 30% 10% 26% 34% 70% 6% 43% 85% 63% 5% 18 7 14% 48 17 5 40% 3 3 0 0 0
2006 35 KCR AL 234 878 3.75 550 63% 30% 10% 26% 33% 70% 7% 44% 85% 65% 6% 15 6 14% 32 11 3 36% 3 3 0 0 0
2006 35 LAD NL 100 367 3.67 220 60% 30% 10% 25% 34% 70% 5% 42% 85% 60% 3% 3 1 16% 16 6 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 36 TOT NL 156 564 3.62 341 60% 33% 10% 22% 36% 67% 0% 41% 86% 59% 4% 7 3 15% 24 11 3 45% 4 4 0 0 0
2007 36 MIL NL 69 255 3.70 157 62% 36% 9% 21% 34% 64% 0% 40% 86% 61% 3% 2 1 17% 12 7 2 58% 3 1 0 0 0
2007 36 COL NL 87 309 3.55 184 60% 30% 10% 23% 37% 70% 0% 42% 85% 57% 6% 5 2 14% 12 4 1 30% 1 3 0 0 0
2008 37 ATL NL 26 100 3.85 57 57% 18% 9% 39% 35% 82% 0% 47% 89% 58% 4% 1 1 31% 8 4 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 38 NYM NL 130 498 3.83 297 60% 27% 8% 30% 35% 73% 1% 43% 89% 48% 5% 7 4 13% 17 5 0 29% 3 2 0 0 0
13 Seasons 4844 17783 3.67 11019 62% 27% 12% 27% 35% 73% 2% 45% 84% 59% 4% 217 113 17% 824 306 34 32% 74 67 24 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%
PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1996 25 PIT NL 112 40 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 0 75% 1 0 0 52 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 26 PIT NL 13 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 27 PIT NL 332 90 24 0 10 0 9 5 5 3 7 25 16 2 64% 3 1 0 132 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 29 CIN NL 640 170 22 3 10 0 10 5 5 3 7 41 26 5 63% 4 4 1 251 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
2001 30 CIN NL 862 221 25 0 32 0 13 14 18 18 14 36 18 6 50% 4 4 3 286 13 15 46% 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2002 31 CIN NL 737 173 18 6 24 0 17 17 7 15 9 32 16 5 50% 7 3 2 235 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2003 32 ARI NL 781 212 28 5 22 0 15 10 12 13 9 45 25 7 56% 5 3 1 305 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2004 33 TOT NL 468 123 8 0 15 0 10 5 10 7 8 20 11 2 55% 10 2 0 186 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2004 33 ARI NL 386 107 8 0 11 0 9 2 9 4 7 16 9 1 56% 8 2 0 157 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2004 33 LAD NL 82 16 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 1 50% 2 0 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 34 LAD NL 277 63 6 1 6 0 1 2 4 2 4 11 9 0 82% 8 1 1 109 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 35 TOT MLB 334 86 3 0 8 1 14 7 1 4 4 22 8 3 36% 5 3 1 128 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2006 35 KCR AL 234 63 3 0 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 14 5 1 36% 3 2 1 94 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 35 LAD NL 100 23 0 0 4 1 6 3 1 2 2 8 3 2 38% 2 1 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 36 TOT NL 156 45 2 0 6 0 4 3 3 2 4 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 54 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 36 MIL NL 69 24 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 50% 1 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 36 COL NL 87 21 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 37 ATL NL 26 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 38 NYM NL 130 24 1 0 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 8 4 0 50% 0 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Seasons 4868 1259 143 15 141 1 103 72 69 71 70 258 146 31 57% 48 22 10 1798 51 36 59% 49 33 2 3 0 0 5 1 83 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1996 25 0 2 .000 8.28 15 3 1 0 0 0 25.0 40 23 23 2 4 0 13 0 0 0 112 53 1.760 14.4 0.7 1.4 4.7 3.25 53
1997 26 0 2 .000 7.31 18 3 2 0 0 0 28.1 42 23 23 2 4 0 15 1 0 0 125 60 1.624 13.3 0.6 1.3 4.8 3.75 60
1998 27 2 8 .200 6.12 61 8 10 0 0 0 103.0 132 73 70 12 29 2 58 1 0 1 457 71 1.563 11.5 1.0 2.5 5.1 2.00 71
1999 28 2 8 .200 6.12 61 8 10 0 0 0 103.0 132 73 70 12 29 2 58 1 0 1 457 71 1.563 11.5 1.0 2.5 5.1 2.00 71
2000 29 13 13 .500 5.03 101 24 16 1 0 1 250.1 302 146 140 22 72 9 143 4 0 5 1097 91 1.494 10.9 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.99 91
2001 30 23 27 .460 4.78 135 58 16 2 1 1 455.1 523 249 242 54 128 10 271 5 1 9 1959 96 1.430 10.3 1.1 2.5 5.4 2.12 96
2002 31 30 35 .462 4.29 165 88 16 2 1 1 633.1 696 319 302 78 177 18 364 12 2 12 2696 105 1.378 9.9 1.1 2.5 5.2 2.06 105
2003 32 38 43 .469 4.46 199 118 17 2 1 1 809.0 908 426 401 100 234 24 477 16 4 15 3477 102 1.412 10.1 1.1 2.6 5.3 2.04 102
2004 33 40 49 .449 4.46 249 128 26 2 1 3 914.0 1031 487 453 115 265 28 550 17 4 17 3945 102 1.418 10.2 1.1 2.6 5.4 2.08 102
2005 34 41 51 .446 4.40 277 135 30 2 1 3 979.2 1094 517 479 121 284 30 587 18 4 18 4222 103 1.407 10.1 1.1 2.6 5.4 2.07 103
2006 35 46 59 .438 4.41 339 135 42 2 1 5 1056.2 1180 560 518 129 306 38 639 19 4 21 4556 102 1.406 10.1 1.1 2.6 5.4 2.09 102
2007 36 48 61 .440 4.50 356 140 49 2 1 5 1090.2 1225 592 545 135 318 38 661 19 4 21 4712 101 1.415 10.1 1.1 2.6 5.5 2.08 101
2008 37 48 62 .436 4.56 360 140 50 2 1 5 1094.2 1235 602 555 136 322 38 663 19 4 21 4738 99 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 5.5 2.06 99
2009 38 48 62 .436 4.53 388 140 58 2 1 5 1127.1 1259 614 567 141 332 39 677 21 4 22 4868 100 1.411 10.1 1.1 2.7 5.4 2.04 100

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1996 25 0 2 .000 7.88 24.0 37 23 21 2 4 12 0 1.708 13.9 1.5 4.5 3.00 0.8 15
1997 26 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 3
1998 27 3 5 .375 5.42 73.0 88 49 44 10 24 42 0 1.534 10.8 3.0 5.2 1.75 1.2 43
2000 29 9 7 .563 3.67 147.0 157 67 60 9 40 85 3 1.340 9.6 2.4 5.2 2.13 0.6 40
2001 30 11 11 .500 4.16 199.0 210 102 92 30 53 124 1 1.322 9.5 2.4 5.6 2.34 1.4 34
2002 31 12 7 .632 3.00 171.0 169 63 57 23 48 89 7 1.269 8.9 2.5 4.7 1.85 1.2 30
2003 32 8 11 .421 4.50 174.0 200 97 87 21 54 112 4 1.460 10.3 2.8 5.8 2.07 1.1 34
2004 33 6 5 .545 3.99 106.0 119 52 47 15 30 74 1 1.406 10.1 2.5 6.3 2.47 1.3 50
2005 34 4 3 .571 3.80 64.0 65 30 27 6 20 36 1 1.328 9.1 2.8 5.1 1.80 0.8 28
2006 35 4 4 .500 4.26 76.0 83 40 36 8 21 51 1 1.368 9.8 2.5 6.0 2.43 0.9 62
2007 36 1 2 .333 6.62 34.0 43 28 25 6 11 22 0 1.588 11.4 2.9 5.8 2.00 1.6 17
2008 37 0 0 24.75 4.0 10 12 11 1 4 2 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 2.3 4
2009 38 2 1 .667 3.48 31.0 24 13 12 5 10 13 2 1.097 7.0 2.9 3.8 1.30 1.5 28
13 Seasons 60 58 .508 4.22 1107.0 1205 576 519 136 319 664 21 1.377 9.8 5.4 2.08 1.1 388

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2002 NL--3.034--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active--2.651--32nd

Games Started s c a p y
2001 NL--34--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL--1--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--32--8th

Hits s c a p y
2001 NL--221--9th
2003 NL--212--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.039--237th

Losses s c a p y
2001 NL--14--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 NL--99--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2002 NL--142--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Russ Kemmerer (959)
  2. Kent Bottenfield (954)
  3. Darren Dreifort (951)
  4. Albie Lopez (944)
  5. Brian Meadows (943)
  6. Jay Witasick (939)
  7. Jim Owens (938)
  8. Dickie Noles (937)
  9. Gil Heredia (936)
  10. Hipolito Pichardo (936)
Similar Pitchers through 38 
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  1. Mark Leiter (934)
  2. Rick White (932)
  3. Pete Appleton (929)
  4. Orlando Pena (929)
  5. Jason Grimsley (927)
  6. Art Fowler (917)
  7. Chris Hammond (915)
  8. Russ Springer (913)
  9. Mike Maddux (902)
  10. Tim Worrell (898)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carl Willis (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Trujillo (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Bullinger (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roric Harrison (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ryan Franklin (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Gardner (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ryan Franklin (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ryan Franklin (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Leiter (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mark Leiter (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Leiter (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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