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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 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
2001 23 HOU NL 14 3 .824 2.73 28 20 4 3 1 0 141.2 126 48 43 13 24 2 144 6 0 0 575 169 1.059 8.0 0.8 1.5 9.1 6.00 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 24 HOU NL 19 9 .679 3.01 35 34 0 0 0 0 233.0 215 86 78 17 62 4 208 5 0 3 956 143 1.189 8.3 0.7 2.4 8.0 3.35 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 25 HOU NL 10 5 .667 2.97 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.1 116 48 42 15 29 0 108 5 0 1 514 147 1.139 8.2 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.72
2004 26 HOU NL 20 10 .667 3.49 36 35 0 2 2 0 237.0 233 100 92 17 62 5 206 11 1 5 983 125 1.245 8.8 0.6 2.4 7.8 3.32 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 27 HOU NL 20 12 .625 2.94 35 35 0 4 1 0 241.2 243 85 79 18 48 3 184 8 1 5 1002 144 1.204 9.0 0.7 1.8 6.9 3.83 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 28 HOU NL 15 8 .652 2.98 33 32 1 2 0 0 220.2 220 76 73 18 38 4 166 6 1 1 896 149 1.169 9.0 0.7 1.5 6.8 4.37 AS,CYA-4
2007 29 HOU NL 14 7 .667 3.18 33 32 0 1 0 0 212.0 221 80 75 14 60 6 154 7 1 1 910 139 1.325 9.4 0.6 2.5 6.5 2.57 AS
2008 30 HOU NL 17 10 .630 3.54 32 32 0 3 2 0 208.2 199 89 82 23 47 2 165 10 0 1 862 119 1.179 8.6 1.0 2.0 7.1 3.51
2009 31 HOU NL 8 6 .571 4.12 30 30 0 3 0 0 181.1 183 83 83 19 42 4 138 8 0 4 757 102 1.241 9.1 0.9 2.1 6.8 3.29
9 Seasons 137 70 .662 3.23 283 271 5 18 6 0 1803.1 1756 695 647 154 412 30 1473 66 4 21 7455 135 1.202 8.8 0.8 2.1 7.4 3.58
162 Game Avg. 17 9 .662 3.23 35 33 1 2 1 0 221 216 85 79 19 51 4 181 8 0 3 915 135 1.202 8.8 0.8 2.1 7.4 3.58

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 26 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 2.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 3 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 0 52 1.676 11.9 1.6 3.2 6.4 2.00
2004 26 HOU NL NLCS L STL 0 0 6.75 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 37 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 2.3 0.50
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 30 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 8.6 3.50
2005 27 HOU NL NLCS W STL 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 12 2 0 0 56 0.857 5.1 0.6 2.6 7.7 3.00
2005 27 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 31 2.167 12.0 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60
2 Seasons (5 Series) 4 0 1.000 3.66 8 7 1 0 0 0 46.2 48 19 19 5 19 0 32 4 0 0 206 1.436 9.3 1.0 3.7 6.2 1.68
2 NLDS 2 0 1.000 2.89 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 21 6 6 2 6 0 15 1 0 0 82 1.446 10.1 1.0 2.9 7.2 2.50
2 NLCS 2 0 1.000 3.27 4 3 1 0 0 0 22.0 19 8 8 2 8 0 14 2 0 0 93 1.227 7.8 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.75
1 WS 0 0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 31 2.167 12.0 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60

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

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

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 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2002 NL  3.013 (5th)
2005 NL  2.942 (7th)
2006 NL  2.977 (1st)
2007 NL  3.184 (6th)
Active  3.229 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
2002 NL  19 (3rd)
2004 NL  20 (1st)
2005 NL  20 (3rd)
2006 NL  15 (7th)
2008 NL  17 (3rd)
Active  137 (18th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 NL  .824 (1st)
2002 NL  .679 (7th)
2004 NL  .667 (9th)
2006 NL  .652 (6th)
2007 NL  .667 (7th)
Active  .662 (3rd)
Career  .662 (17th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2002 NL  1.189 (6th)
2006 NL  1.169 (5th)
2008 NL  1.179 (9th)
Active  1.202 (11th)
Career  1.202 (135th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  8.764 (30th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  2.395 (10th)
2004 NL  2.354 (10th)
2005 NL  1.788 (6th)
2006 NL  1.550 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.027 (5th)
2009 NL  2.085 (8th)
Active  2.056 (6th)
Career  2.056 (105th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  8.034 (8th)
2004 NL  7.823 (9th)
Active  7.351 (28th)
Career  7.351 (60th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2002 NL  233.0 (3rd)
2004 NL  237.0 (3rd)
2005 NL  241.7 (2nd)
2006 NL  220.7 (8th)
2007 NL  212.0 (7th)
2008 NL  208.7 (10th)
Active  1803.3 (28th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 NL  208 (5th)
2004 NL  206 (6th)
Active  1473 (20th)
Career  1473 (180th)

Games Started s c a p y
2002 NL  34 (4th)
2004 NL  35 (1st)
2005 NL  35 (1st)
Active  271 (33rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 NL  3 (7th)
2004 NL  2 (7th)
2005 NL  4 (3rd)
2008 NL  3 (3rd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
Active  18 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2004 NL  2 (3rd)
2005 NL  1 (8th)
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
Active  6 (26th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  215 (9th)
2004 NL  233 (3rd)
2005 NL  243 (2nd)
2007 NL  221 (9th)
Active  1756 (35th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2002 NL  3.355 (5th)
2004 NL  3.323 (6th)
2005 NL  3.833 (6th)
2006 NL  4.368 (1st)
2008 NL  3.511 (5th)
Active  3.575 (7th)
Career  3.575 (15th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  .657 (5th)
2004 NL  .646 (5th)
2005 NL  .670 (6th)
2006 NL  .734 (7th)
2007 NL  .594 (7th)
Active  .769 (13th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 NL  11 (6th)
Active  66 (32nd)
Career  66 (188th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 NL  956 (4th)
2004 NL  983 (2nd)
2005 NL  1002 (2nd)
2007 NL  910 (10th)
Active  7455 (35th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2002 NL  143 (3rd)
2005 NL  144 (6th)
2006 NL  149 (2nd)
2007 NL  139 (5th)
Active  135 (7th)
Career  135 (25th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 106 (195), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Denny McLain (921)
  6. Sal Maglie (915)
  7. Jim Maloney (915)
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  9. John Tudor (913)
  10. Gary Nolan (910)
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  5. John Candelaria (924)
  6. Don Newcombe (922)
  7. Jim Maloney (915)
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  9. Dizzy Dean (914) *
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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1997.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Houston Astros$300,000
2003Houston Astros$500,000
2004Houston Astros$3,250,000
2005Houston Astros$5,900,000
2006Houston Astros$11,000,000
2007Houston Astros$13,000,000
2008Houston Astros$13,000,000
2009Houston Astros$14,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$60,950,000
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