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Roy Oswalt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 6, 2001

Born August 29, 1977 in Kosciusko, MS

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1997. (All Transactions)

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        One of the best and most consistent pitchers in the game.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 23 HOU NL  14   3  28  20   3   1   4  0  141.7  126   48   43  13   24  144   6   0   575   2   0  2.73  4.62  169 1.059 MVP-22,CYA-5,RoY-2
 2002 24 HOU NL  19   9  35  34   0   0   0  0  233.0  215   86   78  17   62  208   5   3   956   4   0  3.01  4.32  143 1.189 MVP-23,CYA-4
 2003 25 HOU NL  10   5  21  21   0   0   0  0  127.3  116   48   42  15   29  108   5   1   514   0   0  2.97  4.37  147 1.139
 2004 26 HOU NL  20  10  36  35   2   2   0  0  237.0  233  100   92  17   62  206  11   5   983   5   1  3.49  4.36  125 1.245 MVP-23,CYA-3
 2005 27 HOU NL  20  12  35  35   4   1   0  0  241.7  243   85   79  18   48  184   8   5  1002   3   1  2.94  4.23  144 1.204 MVP-23,CYA-4,AS
 2006 28 HOU NL  15   8  33  32   2   0   1  0  220.7  220   76   73  18   38  166   6   1   896   4   1  2.98  4.45  149 1.169 CYA-4,AS
 2007 29 HOU NL  14   7  33  32   1   0   0  0  212.0  221   80   75  14   60  154   7   1   910   6   1  3.18  4.39  138 1.325 AS
 2008 30 HOU NL  17  10  32  32   3   2   0  0  208.7  199   89   82  23   47  165  10   1   862   2   0  3.54  4.25  120 1.179
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .668 129  64 253 241  15   6   5  0 1622.0 1573  612  564 135  370 1335  58  17  6698  26   4  3.13  4.36  139 1.198
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17   8  34  33   2   0   0  0  223.0  216   84   77  18   50  183   7   2   921   3   0  3.13  4.36  139 1.198
 Career High     20  12  36  35   4   2   4  0  241.7  243  100   92  23   62  208  11   5  1002   6   1  2.73  4.62  169 1.059

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 23 HOU NL  26   47    3    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  12  .191  .208  .213    7   10   3   0   0   0   0 MVP-22,RoY-2
 2002 24 HOU NL  33   77    5   10   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  26  .130  .183  .156  -11   12   7   0   0   1   0 MVP-23
 2003 25 HOU NL  20   39    4    7   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  15  .179  .220  .205   11    8   7   0   0   0   0
 2004 26 HOU NL  35   71    1   10   1  0   0    6   0  0   3  16  .141  .184  .155  -11   11  13   1   0   1   1 MVP-23
 2005 27 HOU NL  33   73    1   13   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  19  .178  .211  .178    3   13   7   0   0   1   0 MVP-23,AS
 2006 28 HOU NL  33   66    3   10   1  0   1    8   0  0   4  15  .152  .200  .212    6   14  20   0   0   0   2 AS
 2007 29 HOU NL  32   64    2    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  21  .125  .176  .141  -16    9  11   0   0   1   1 AS
 2008 30 HOU NL  30   70    3   15   0  0   0    5   0  0   0  18  .214  .214  .214   14   15   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      242  507   22   82   7  0   1   31   0  0  19 142  .162  .198  .181   -1   92  73   1   0   4   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        339   15   55   5  0   1   21   0  0  13  95  .162  .198  .181   -1   62  49   1   0   3   3
 Career High     35   77    5   15   2  0   1    8   0  0   4  26                          15  20   1   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 23 HOU NL   51   41    2   1.3   117| .191  .277| .208  .349| .213  .453| .421  .802|   7  .078  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 2002 24 HOU NL   89   74    3   1.1   112| .130  .273| .183  .348| .156  .434| .339  .782| -11  .062 -13.2  -1.3   0%
 2003 25 HOU NL   48   39    2   1.4   112| .179  .272| .220  .344| .205  .436| .425  .781|  11  .088  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2004 26 HOU NL   89   76    3   1.1   113| .141  .272| .184  .344| .155  .441| .339  .785| -11  .055 -12.2  -1.2   0%
 2005 27 HOU NL   83   67    3   1.2   109| .178  .270| .211  .340| .178  .430| .389  .770|   3  .072 -10.7  -1.0   0%
 2006 28 HOU NL   90   78    3   1.0   113| .152  .272| .200  .343| .212  .442| .412  .785|   6  .051  -9.7  -0.9   0%
 2007 29 HOU NL   79   68    2   0.8   110| .125  .272| .176  .341| .141  .434| .317  .775| -16  .032 -11.3  -1.1   0%
 2008 30 HOU NL   75   60    4   1.8   106| .214  .265| .214  .336| .214  .423| .428  .759|  14  .137  -8.9  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       604  503   22   1.2   111| .162  .271| .198  .343| .181  .436| .379  .779|  -1  .066 -78.2  -7.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 23 HOU NL P 28 19 15 1 1 .971 .958 1.21 0.46 2.16 1.75 20 141.7 2002 24 HOU NL P 35 13 38 1 3 .981 .962 1.46 0.48 1.97 1.83 34 233.0 2003 25 HOU NL P 21 10 13 0 1 1.000 .958 1.10 0.48 1.63 1.85 21 127.3 2004 26 HOU NL P 36 14 32 3 3 .939 .964 1.28 0.47 1.75 1.84 35 237.0 2005 27 HOU NL P 35 19 31 0 2 1.000 .960 1.43 0.46 1.86 1.75 35 241.7 AS 2006 28 HOU NL P 33 15 28 1 4 .977 .958 1.30 0.43 1.75 1.72 32 220.7 AS 2007 29 HOU NL P 33 20 36 0 3 1.000 .966 1.70 0.40 2.38 1.68 32 212.0 AS 2008 30 HOU NL P 32 24 30 0 4 1.000 .959 1.69 0.43 2.33 1.73 32 208.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 HOU NL P 28 19 15 1 1 .971 .958 1.21 0.46 2.16 1.75 20 141.7 2002 24 HOU NL P 35 13 38 1 3 .981 .962 1.46 0.48 1.97 1.83 34 233.0 2003 25 HOU NL P 21 10 13 0 1 1.000 .958 1.10 0.48 1.63 1.85 21 127.3 2004 26 HOU NL P 36 14 32 3 3 .939 .964 1.28 0.47 1.75 1.84 35 237.0 2005 27 HOU NL P 35 19 31 0 2 1.000 .960 1.43 0.46 1.86 1.75 35 241.7 2006 28 HOU NL P 33 15 28 1 4 .977 .958 1.30 0.43 1.75 1.72 32 220.7 2007 29 HOU NL P 33 20 36 0 3 1.000 .966 1.70 0.40 2.38 1.68 32 212.0 2008 30 HOU NL P 32 24 30 0 4 1.000 .959 1.69 0.43 2.33 1.73 32 208.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 253 134 223 6 21 .983 .961 1.41 0.45 1.98 1.77 241 1622.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 253 134 223 6 21 .983 .961 1.41 0.45 1.98 1.77 241 1622
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   2   2   2.38  1  0  0  0  11.1  15   3   4   8 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   2   1   6.75  0  0  0  0   8    11   6   4   2 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   1   1   3.68  1  0  0  0   7.1   6   3   2   7 
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   2   2   1.29  2  0  0  0  14     8   2   4  12 
        WS    HOU CHW     L   1   1   7.50  0  0  0  0   6     8   5   5   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   3   2.89  2  0  0  0  18.2  21   6   6  15 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   3   3.27  2  0  0  0  22    19   8   8  14 
  5 Postseason Ser      3-2   8   7   3.66  4  0  0  0  46.2  48  19  19  32 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   2   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .333  .500  .333   0  0             
        WS    HOU CHW     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .200  .333  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2   8  12   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   1  .083  .214  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2005   HOU NL      0  0  0   1     2   2   2   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2006   HOU NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2007   HOU NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      0  0  0  0   2     2   2   2   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   9.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2005   HOU NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 2006   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   HOU NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2005 *
2006 *
2007

Awards
2005-NLCS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2001-NL-22-0.00
2002-NL-23-0.00
2004-NL-23-0.01
2005-NL-23-0.01
Car-1327-0.02 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2001-NL-5-0.01
2002-NL-4-0.05
2004-NL-3-0.12
2005-NL-4-0.01
2006-NL-4-0.19
Car-114-0.38 shares

Sac. Hits
2004 NL-13-6
2006 NL-20-1
Act-73-21

ERA
2002 NL-3.01-5
2005 NL-2.94-7
2006 NL-2.98-1
2007 NL-3.18-6
Act-3.13-4

Wins
2002 NL-19-3
2004 NL-20-1
2005 NL-20-3
2006 NL-15-7
2008 NL-17-3
Act-129-22

Won-Loss %
2001 NL-.824-1
2002 NL-.679-10
2003 NL-.667-7
2004 NL-.667-10
2006 NL-.652-8
2007 NL-.667-8
Act-.668-3
Car-.668-13

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2002 NL-1.189-6
2006 NL-1.169-5
2008 NL-1.179-9
Act-1.198-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
Act-8.73-27

Bases on Balls/9IP
2002 NL-2.39-10
2004 NL-2.35-10
2005 NL-1.79-6
2006 NL-1.55-2
2008 NL-2.03-5
Act-2.05-7

Strikeouts/9IP
2002 NL-8.03-8
2004 NL-7.82-9
Act-7.41-27
Car-7.41-56

Innings
2002 NL-233.0-3
2004 NL-237.0-3
2005 NL-241.7-2
2006 NL-220.7-8
2007 NL-212.0-7
2008 NL-208.7-10

Strikeouts
2002 NL-208-5
2004 NL-206-6
Act-1335-29

Games Started
2002 NL-34-4
2004 NL-35-1
2005 NL-35-1

Comp. Games
2001 NL-3-7
2004 NL-2-7
2005 NL-4-3
2008 NL-3-3

Shutouts
2001 NL-1-7
2004 NL-2-3
2005 NL-1-8
2008 NL-2-3
Act-6-29

Hits Allowed
2002 NL-215-9
2004 NL-233-3
2005 NL-243-2
2007 NL-221-9

SO to Walk
2002 NL-3.35-5
2004 NL-3.32-6
2005 NL-3.83-6
2006 NL-4.37-1
2008 NL-3.51-5
Act-3.61-7
Car-3.61-12

Hit Batsmen
2004 NL-11-6

Batters Faced
2002 NL-956-4
2004 NL-983-2
2005 NL-1002-2
2007 NL-910-10

Adjusted ERA+
2002 NL-143-3
2005 NL-144-6
2006 NL-149-2
2007 NL-138-4
Act-139-5
Car-139-16

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 13 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 105 (192) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (125) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 55.0 (225) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

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


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$46,950,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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