Roy Oswalt
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 29, 1977 in Kosciusko, MS
High School: Weir (Weir, MS)
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2001
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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
2001 23 HOU NL 26 51 47 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .191 .208 .213 .421 7 10 0 0 3 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 24 HOU NL 33 89 77 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 26 .130 .183 .156 .339 -11 12 0 1 7 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 25 HOU NL 20 48 39 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .179 .220 .205 .425 11 8 0 0 7 0 0 1
2004 26 HOU NL 35 89 71 1 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .141 .184 .155 .339 -11 11 1 1 13 1 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 27 HOU NL 33 83 73 1 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .178 .211 .178 .389 3 13 0 1 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 28 HOU NL 33 90 66 3 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 15 .152 .200 .212 .412 6 14 2 0 20 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4
2007 29 HOU NL 32 79 64 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 21 .125 .176 .141 .317 -16 9 1 1 11 0 0 1 AS
2008 30 HOU NL 30 75 70 3 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .214 .214 .214 .429 14 15 0 0 5 0 0 1
2009 31 HOU NL 29 66 49 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .122 .173 .122 .296 -20 6 1 1 14 0 0 1
9 Seasons 271 670 556 26 88 7 0 1 33 0 0 21 150 .158 .196 .176 .372 -2 98 5 5 87 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 401 332 16 53 4 0 1 20 0 0 13 90 .158 .196 .176 .372 -2 59 3 3 52 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 23 HOU NL 51 41 2 1.3 117 .257 .191 .277 .208 .349 .213 .453 .421 .802 7 .078 -6.9 -0.7 .289 .043 .021
2002 24 HOU NL 89 74 3 1.1 112 .196 .130 .273 .183 .348 .156 .434 .339 .782 -11 .062 -13.2 -1.3 .254 .078 .026
2003 25 HOU NL 48 39 2 1.4 112 .292 .179 .272 .220 .344 .205 .436 .425 .781 11 .088 -5.4 -0.5 .313 .077 .026
2004 26 HOU NL 89 76 3 1.1 113 .179 .141 .272 .184 .344 .155 .441 .339 .785 -11 .055 -12.2 -1.2 .242 .056 .014
2005 27 HOU NL 83 67 3 1.2 109 .241 .178 .270 .211 .340 .178 .430 .389 .770 3 .072 -10.7 -1.0 .267 .027 .000
2006 28 HOU NL 90 78 3 1.0 113 .180 .152 .272 .200 .343 .212 .442 .412 .785 6 .051 -9.7 -0.9 .310 .121 .061 .0
2007 29 HOU NL 79 68 2 0.8 111 .186 .125 .273 .176 .342 .141 .436 .317 .778 -16 .032 -11.4 -1.1 .228 .063 .016
2008 30 HOU NL 75 60 4 1.8 106 .288 .214 .265 .214 .336 .214 .423 .429 .759 14 .137 -8.9 -0.9 .273 .000 .000
2009 31 HOU NL 66 58 2 0.9 106 .146 .122 .265 .173 .338 .122 .420 .296 .758 -20 .046 -8.7 -0.8 .205 .041 .000
9 Seasons 670 561 24 1.2 111 .214 .158 .271 .196 .343 .176 .435 .372 .777 -2 .065 -87.0 -8.4 .262 .056 .018 .0
162 Game Avg. 401 335 14 1.2 111 .214 .158 .271 .196 .343 .176 .435 .372 .777 -2 .065 -87.0 -8.4 .262 .056 .018

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 26 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL NLCS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL NLCS STL W 2 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 2 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL WS CHW L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 8 17 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .083 .214 .083 .298 1 1 0 3 0 0
2 NLDS 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 HOU NL 27
2006 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 HOU NL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 23 HOU NL 51 0.0% 23.5% 2.0% 2.0% 11% 12.00 3.9 15.7 2.56 4.40 69% 16% 0.0% 11%
2002 24 HOU NL 89 0.0% 29.2% 4.5% 2.3% 20% 6.50 3.0 19.3 1.14 1.32 57% 16% 0.0% 14%
2003 25 HOU NL 48 0.0% 31.3% 4.2% 2.1% 14% 7.50 2.6 3.00 3.80 50% 3% 0.0% 67%
2004 26 HOU NL 89 0.0% 18.0% 3.4% 1.1% 10% 5.33 4.4 11.8 2.06 3.69 63% 7% 0.0% 22%
2005 27 HOU NL 83 0.0% 22.9% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 9.50 3.8 36.5 1.68 1.82 65% 11% 0.0% 32%
2006 28 HOU NL 90 1.1% 16.7% 4.4% 2.2% 20% 3.75 4.4 66.0 8.3 1.78 4.73 56% 7% 7.1% 22%
2007 29 HOU NL 79 0.0% 26.6% 3.8% 1.3% 13% 7.00 3.0 21.3 1.29 1.81 54% 7% 0.0% 29%
2008 30 HOU NL 75 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.9 14.0 1.27 1.87 69% 19% 0.0% 27%
2009 31 HOU NL 66 0.0% 12.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 6.1 24.5 1.73 2.92 62% 7% 0.0% 7%
9 Seasons 670 0.2% 22.4% 3.1% 1.2% 9% 7.14 3.7 556.0 16.8 1.66 2.53 61% 11% 0.9% 23%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 HOU NL 1 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
2002 24 HOU NL 1 0 33% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11% 4 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 1
2003 25 HOU NL 0 0 44% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 26 HOU NL 0 0 7% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL 1 0 6% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
2006 28 HOU NL 0 0 15% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2007 29 HOU NL 1 0 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 2 0 20% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 2 0 44% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
9 Seasons 8 0 22% 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 22% 23 19 4 6 5 1 12 8 4
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 23 HOU NL 51 16% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 0 0% 11 2 18% 37 3 8% 4 2 50% 7 4 57% 0
2002 24 HOU NL 89 20% 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 47% 23 0 0% 21 3 14% 76 4 5% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
2003 25 HOU NL 48 27% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 8 0 0% 10 3 30% 23 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2004 26 HOU NL 89 29% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 81% 20 1 5% 21 5 24% 69 7 10% 7 4 57% 5 3 60% 0
2005 27 HOU NL 83 19% 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 54% 16 0 0% 14 3 21% 49 3 6% 6 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
2006 28 HOU NL 90 31% 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.48 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 21 20 95% 28 2 7% 28 11 39% 83 7 8% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
2007 29 HOU NL 79 23% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 17 1 6% 18 7 39% 65 4 6% 5 3 60% 5 1 20% 0
2008 30 HOU NL 75 32% 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 13 0 0% 14 2 14% 54 5 9% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
2009 31 HOU NL 66 18% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 100% 16 1 6% 15 5 33% 40 3 8% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
9 Seasons 670 24% 88 21 3 2 0 0 0 1.48 1 0 22 1 0 1 0 0 115 87 76% 148 5 3% 152 41 27% 496 36 7% 37 12 32% 30 14 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 HOU NL 51 190 3.73 131 69% 23% 15% 33% 29% 77% 0% 53% 80% 43% 0% 0 0 2% 1 1 4% 2 1 42% 0 0 0
2002 24 HOU NL 89 323 3.63 218 67% 32% 11% 30% 27% 68% 0% 46% 84% 39% 2% 2 0 13% 12 5 8% 7 4 58% 0 0 0
2003 25 HOU NL 48 171 3.56 116 68% 41% 15% 17% 27% 59% 0% 40% 75% 29% 6% 3 0 13% 6 0 6% 3 1 53% 0 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL 89 296 3.33 201 68% 32% 11% 22% 34% 68% 0% 46% 83% 38% 4% 4 0 10% 9 1 3% 3 0 38% 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL 83 272 3.28 201 74% 33% 12% 24% 30% 67% 0% 49% 82% 30% 4% 3 0 10% 8 1 4% 3 0 47% 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 90 337 3.74 228 68% 34% 11% 23% 31% 66% 0% 45% 83% 26% 3% 3 0 12% 11 2 8% 7 1 33% 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 79 297 3.76 212 71% 40% 9% 25% 25% 60% 0% 43% 84% 27% 5% 4 0 10% 8 1 6% 5 3 52% 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 75 289 3.85 200 69% 38% 9% 25% 29% 62% 0% 43% 85% 23% 0% 0 0 1% 1 0 1% 1 1 56% 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 66 210 3.18 146 70% 34% 3% 25% 38% 66% 0% 46% 95% 26% 2% 1 0 11% 7 4 3% 2 1 63% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 670 2385 3.56 1653 69% 34% 11% 25% 30% 66% 0% 46% 84% 31% 3% 20 0 9% 63 15 5% 33 12 49% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 26 51 47 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .191 .208 .213 .421 7 10 0 0 3 0 0
2002 24 59 140 124 8 19 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 38 .153 .192 .177 .370 -5 22 0 1 10 0 0
2003 25 79 188 163 12 26 4 0 0 7 0 0 7 53 .160 .199 .184 .383 -1 30 0 1 17 0 0
2004 26 114 277 234 13 36 5 0 0 13 0 0 10 69 .154 .194 .175 .370 -4 41 1 2 30 1 0
2005 27 147 360 307 14 49 5 0 0 15 0 0 12 88 .160 .198 .176 .374 -2 54 1 3 37 1 0
2006 28 180 450 373 17 59 6 0 1 23 0 0 16 103 .158 .198 .182 .381 -1 68 3 3 57 1 0
2007 29 212 529 437 19 67 7 0 1 26 0 0 19 124 .153 .195 .176 .371 -3 77 4 4 68 1 0
2008 30 242 604 507 22 82 7 0 1 31 0 0 19 142 .162 .198 .181 .379 -1 92 4 4 73 1 0
2009 31 271 670 556 26 88 7 0 1 33 0 0 21 150 .158 .196 .176 .372 -2 98 5 5 87 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 26 48 47 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 12 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 26
2002 24 33 85 79 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 5 26 .152 .212 .177 .389 3 33
2003 25 20 42 40 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 .200 .238 .225 .463 2 20
2004 26 35 80 74 1 13 1 0 0 6 0 4 16 .176 .225 .189 .414 3 35
2005 27 33 77 74 1 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 19 .189 .221 .189 .410 3 33
2006 28 33 70 66 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 4 15 .152 .200 .212 .412 3 33
2007 29 32 69 65 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 21 .138 .188 .154 .342 2 32
2008 30 30 70 70 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 30
2009 31 29 57 52 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 .173 .246 .173 .419 2 29
9 Seasons 271 598 567 27 84 7 0 1 31 0 24 150 .148 .191 .166 .356 23 271
162 Game Avg. 162 357 339 16 50 4 0 1 19 0 14 90 .148 .191 .166 .356 14 271

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2005-NL-NLCS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2001-NL-22-0%
2002-NL-23-0%
2004-NL-23-1%
2005-NL-23-1%
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2001-NL--5--1%
2002-NL--4--5%
2004-NL--3--12%
2005-NL--4--1%
2006-NL--4--19%
0.38 Career Shares (117th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 NL--13--6th
2006 NL--20--1st
2009 NL--14--4th
Active--87--12th

                                         
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