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 Fielding

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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
2001 HOU NL 23 P 28 20 141.2 35 19 15 1 1 .971 2.16 1.21 .957 1.75 0.46 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 HOU NL 24 P 35 34 233.0 52 13 38 1 3 .981 1.97 1.46 .962 1.83 0.48 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 HOU NL 25 P 21 21 127.1 23 10 13 0 1 1.000 1.63 1.10 .957 1.85 0.48
2004 HOU NL 26 P 36 35 237.0 49 14 32 3 3 .939 1.75 1.28 .965 1.84 0.47 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 HOU NL 27 P 35 35 241.2 50 19 31 0 2 1.000 1.86 1.43 .958 1.75 0.46 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 HOU NL 28 P 33 32 220.2 44 15 28 1 4 .977 1.75 1.30 .957 1.72 0.43 AS,CYA-4
2007 HOU NL 29 P 33 32 212.0 56 20 36 0 3 1.000 2.38 1.70 .964 1.68 0.40 AS
2008 HOU NL 30 P 32 32 208.2 54 24 30 0 4 1.000 2.33 1.69 .957 1.73 0.43
2009 HOU NL 31 P 30 30 181.1 40 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.99 1.33 .952 1.72 0.42
9 Seasons P 283 271 1803.1 403 145 252 6 22 .985 1.98 1.40 .959 1.76 0.45
9 Seasons TOT 283 271 1803.1 403 145 252 6 22 .985 1.98 1.40 .944 1.76 0.45

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 HOU NL 23 28 18 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 HOU NL 24 35 32 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 25 21 20 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 26 36 34 35 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU NL 27 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 HOU NL 28 35 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 HOU NL 29 33 31 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 HOU NL 30 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 285 258 271 283 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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*

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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%
2001 HOU NL 23 578 70% 31% 18 94% 0 19 3 13 15 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2002 HOU NL 24 975 72% 30% 42 93% 0 2 2 0 38 33 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 11 82%
2003 HOU NL 25 520 73% 37% 14 93% 0 10 1 8 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2004 HOU NL 26 1000 72% 30% 38 92% 1 14 3 8 32 24 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 2 3 0 9 100%
2005 HOU NL 27 1016 76% 37% 35 94% 1 19 4 12 31 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 100%
2006 HOU NL 28 907 77% 36% 30 100% 1 15 1 11 28 21 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 4 0 9 100%
2007 HOU NL 29 919 76% 39% 38 95% 1 20 0 20 36 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 100%
2008 HOU NL 30 867 74% 36% 34 91% 1 24 3 19 30 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 11 82%
2009 HOU NL 31 765 75% 32% 33 88% 2 11 0 10 29 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 100%
9 Seasons 7547 74% 34% 282 93% 7 134 17 101 252 200 22 6 0 1 5 4 22 14 22 0 69 94%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 81%

* 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.

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