Elmer Dessens

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1971 in Hermosillo, Mexico mx

High School: Carrera Tech (Hermosillo, Mexico)

Debut: June 24, 1996 (Age 25-163d, 16,910th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: October 2, 2010 (Age 39-262d)
vs. WSN 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Oscar Suarez

Full Name: Elmer Dessens

Pronunciation: \duh-SENZ\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.8

ERA

4.44

441

140

1174.1

693

WHIP

1.403

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	24	PIT-min	AA	15	8	.652	2.49	27	27	0	1	0	0	152.0	170	62	42	10	21	3	68	3	2	7	638			1.257	10.1	0.6	1.2	4.0	3.24	CAR SOUL
1996	25	PIT-min	AAA,AA	2	3	.400	3.72	11	7	2	0	0	0	46.0	55	22	19	6	19	1	22	2	1	2	205			1.609	10.8	1.2	3.7	4.3	1.16	CGY,CAR PCL,SOUL
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	54	3.65	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		2.81	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
1998	27	PIT-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.30	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	32	12	11	2	6	1	13	1	0	0	127			1.267	9.6	0.6	1.8	3.9	2.17	NVL PCL
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	4.73	1.540	10.8	1.2	3.0	5.2	1.72

2000	29	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.18	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	24	10	8	1	7	0	14	0	0	1	98			1.368	9.5	0.4	2.8	5.6	2.00	LOU IL
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	3.80	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	4.66	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	141	4.61	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	4.41	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	4.43	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	4.28	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	130	5.08	1.220	7.3	1.8	3.7	8.2	2.25
2005	34	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	31			1.000	6.8	1.1	2.3	6.8	3.00	LVG PCL
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	116	3.99	1.249	8.6	0.8	2.6	5.1	1.95
2006	35	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6			4.500	27.0	13.5	13.5	0.0	0.00	LVG PCL
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	103	4.04	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	105	3.55	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	97	5.19	1.391	9.0	1.6	3.5	6.3	1.78
2007	36	MIL-COL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.23	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	8	2	2	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	52			0.614	4.9	0.0	0.6	6.8	11.00	NVL,CSP PCL
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	66	5.30	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	69	4.84	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	64	5.66	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	20	8.38	3.500	22.5	2.3	9.0	4.5	0.50
2009	38	NYM-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.31	27	0	23	0	0	11	35.0	26	9	9	2	9	1	28	0	0	2	136			1.000	6.7	0.5	2.3	7.2	3.11	BFL IL
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	125	5.33	1.041	6.6	1.4	2.8	3.9	1.40
2010	39	NYM-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	2.12	13	0	10	0	0	6	17.0	20	4	4	0	3	1	18	0	0	0	72			1.353	10.6	0.0	1.6	9.5	6.00	BFL IL
2010	39	NYM	NL	4	2	.667	2.30	53	0	6	0	0	0	47.0	41	14	12	4	16	6	16	3	0	0	194	171	4.72	1.213	7.9	0.8	3.1	3.1	1.00
14 Yrs				52	64	.448	4.44	441	140	64	2	1	5	1174.1	1300	628	579	145	348	45	693	24	4	22	5062	101	4.44	1.403	10.0	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.99
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.448	4.44	52	16	7	0	0	1	137	152	74	68	17	41	5	81	3	0	3	592	101	4.44	1.403	10.0	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.99
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	72	4.41	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	113	4.45	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	4.41	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	4.37	1.529	11.0	1.1	2.8	5.8	2.10
NYM (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	2.71	81	0	14	0	0	0	79.2	65	26	24	9	26	7	30	5	0	1	324	148	4.97	1.142	7.3	1.0	2.9	3.4	1.15
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	105	3.55	1.407	10.5	0.7	2.2	6.0	2.77
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	64	5.66	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	20	8.38	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	69	4.84	1.800	14.4	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00

NL (14 yrs)				47	57	.452	4.43	398	140	54	2	1	3	1120.1	1237	597	552	141	335	39	657	23	4	20	4828	101	4.48	1.403	9.9	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.96
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	105	3.55	1.407	10.5	0.7	2.2	6.0	2.77

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