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

Born: January 13, 1971 in Hermosillo, 26, Mexico
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 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 68 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 2.70 7 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 4 2 0 0 41 157 1.100 5.4 1.8 4.5 3.6 0.80
13 Seasons 48 62 .436 4.55 367 140 53 2 1 5 1104.2 1241 605 558 138 327 38 667 21 4 21 4779 99 1.419 10.1 1.1 2.7 5.4 2.04
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .436 4.55 49 19 7 0 0 1 148 166 81 75 19 44 5 89 3 1 3 641 99 1.419 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 2.70 7 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 4 2 0 0 41 157 1.100 5.4 1.8 4.5 3.6 0.80
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 68 1.800 14.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 4.00
NL (13 yrs) 43 55 .439 4.55 324 140 43 2 1 3 1050.2 1178 574 531 134 314 32 631 20 4 19 4545 99 1.420 10.1 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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1996 25 PIT NL 15 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 109 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 26 PIT NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 27 PIT NL 42 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
2000 29 CIN NL 37 48 40 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 .100 .234 .100 .334 -12 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
2001 30 CIN NL 33 70 57 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .193 .233 .211 .444 14 12 0 0 10 0 0 1
2002 31 CIN NL 30 57 45 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 11 .200 .250 .200 .450 19 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
2003 32 ARI NL 34 59 46 1 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 11 .196 .245 .261 .506 28 12 0 0 10 0 0 1
2004 33 TOT NL 48 29 22 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .182 .280 .273 .553 43 6 1 0 4 0 0 1
2004 33 ARI NL 36 25 18 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .167 .286 .278 .563 44 5 1 0 4 0 0 1
2004 33 LAD NL 12 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 34 LAD NL 27 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 35 TOT 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 35 KCR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 35 LAD NL 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 36 TOT NL 17 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 36 MIL NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 36 COL NL 5 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2008 37 ATL NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 38 NYM NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 321 300 240 14 39 4 1 0 16 0 0 22 65 .163 .233 .188 .420 9 45 1 0 38 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 151 121 7 20 2 1 0 8 0 0 11 33 .163 .233 .188 .420 9 23 1 0 19 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (3 yrs) 60 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .154 .214 .154 .368 -2 2 0 0 3 0 0
LAD (3 yrs) 58 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (3 yrs) 100 175 142 10 24 1 0 0 7 0 0 13 39 .169 .239 .176 .415 8 25 0 0 20 0 0
ARI (2 yrs) 70 84 64 1 12 3 1 0 6 0 0 6 14 .188 .257 .266 .523 33 17 1 0 14 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 5 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -29 0 0 0 1 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 316 300 240 14 39 4 1 0 16 0 0 22 65 .163 .233 .188 .420 9 45 1 0 38 0 0
AL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 33 LAD NL NLDS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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 7 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.29 .950 1.71 0.41
13 Seasons P 367 140 1104.2 219 58 158 3 14 .986 1.76 0.59 .960 1.78 0.47
13 Seasons TOT 367 140 1104.2 219 58 158 3 14 .986 1.76 0.59 .947 1.78 0.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--2.664--30th

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--2.040--236th

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 - 9 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1485), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 Blake Johnson (minors), Julio Pimentel (minors), Odalis Perez 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.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 27, 2008: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 27, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 5, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

February 5, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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