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, 16,903rd 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

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-32 / in Starts: 0-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 8

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	19	2	Apr 2	PIT	@	MON	W,4-3	8-8	H(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.14	4	15	8	3	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.142	1.98	0.08%	0.50	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
2	20	3	Apr 3	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	7-8		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.81	8	31	20	6	2	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.196	1.86	0.12%	1.01	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
3	21	7	Apr 7	PIT		ATL	L,3-11	6-7		3	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.40	4.14	10	38	26	3	7	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.017	.15	-0.01%	-1.96	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d8
4	22	23	Apr 25	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-4	6-6		17	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.64	4	12	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.073	1.30	0.03%	0.47	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
5	23	25	Apr 27	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	7-7		1	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.00	3.64	3	10	8	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.13	-0.400	1.61	-0.18%	-3.63	7b 12- 0 out a5	7b -2- 0 out a1
6	24	27	Apr 30	PIT		LAD	L,6-14	8-8	BL(0-1)	2	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	9.95	3.77	5	20	12	3	5	1	2	1	1	0		1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.03	-0.718	1.83	-0.26%	-3.76	8t 1-- 2 out a1	8t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	25	29	May 2	PIT		LAD	L,4-5	8-8		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.45	3.44	2	8	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.001	.39	0.00%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-- 1 out d2
8	26	30	May 3	PIT		LAD	L,5-10	6-7		0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.35	3.14	9	31	19	5	0	3	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.02	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.96	6t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d10
9	27	33	May 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	8-8	W(1-1)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.38	3.14	5	14	8	0	1	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.054	.98	0.02%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
10	28	52	May 26	PIT	@	MIL	L,2-3	7-7		18	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.84	3.14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	0.236	2.53	0.09%	1.59	7b 123 1 out tie	7b 3 out tie
11	29	54	May 29	PIT		MON	L,1-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.15	3.14	3	9	5	2	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.05	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
12	30	55	May 30	PIT		MON	W,8-7	6-6		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.57	2.98	4	16	11	1	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.016	.11	0.00%	0.52	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	31	58	Jun 2	PIT		NYM	W,5-2	6-8	H(2)	2	2.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.52	2.73	10	36	23	7	3	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.086	.53	0.03%	0.87	6t --- 0 out a3	8t -2- 1 out a3
14	32	61	Jun 6	PIT		MIN	W,4-3	10-11		3	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.96	2.83	7	35	20	2	5	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	0.466	2.07	0.18%	1.73	10t 1-3 1 out tie	11t 3 out tie
15	33	63	Jun 8	PIT	@	CLE	L,0-8	5-5		1	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	2.84	5	16	12	2	0	0	5	2	2	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.055	.28	-0.02%	-1.34	5b 123 1 out d3	5b 3 out d6
16	34	66	Jun 12	PIT		MIL	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.75	4	13	10	1	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.019	.25	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
17	35	68	Jun 14	PIT		MIL	W,7-2	7-8	H(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.05	2.84	6	30	16	8	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.085	.44	0.03%	1.04	7t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a5
18	36	70	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.68	2.82	8	33	17	2	8	2	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.020	.08	0.01%	1.04	7b --- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a6
19	37	72	Jun 18	PIT	@	MIL	W,1-0	5-7	W(2-1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.24	2.90	10	30	15	2	3	2	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.252	.58	0.06%	1.53	5b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out a1
20	38	76	Jun 22	PIT		CHW	L,4-5	4-8	L(2-2)	3	4.2	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.03	3.04	17	67	42	15	7	4	8	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.184	.52	0.05%	2.02	4t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d1
21	39	81	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	3.14	5	19	12	4	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.013	.09	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	40	83	Jun 30	PIT		DET	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.08	3	11	9	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	41	86	Jul 3	PIT	@	CHC	L,9-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.31	3.11	8	25	17	5	0	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-2.47	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
24	42	88	Jul 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	8-8		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.58	3.11	1	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.051	.21	-0.01%	-0.39	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 1-- 0 out a3
25	43	89	Jul 10	PIT		PHI	L,6-7	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	2.99	7	32	19	7	1	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.070	.08	0.01%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
26	44	91	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,4-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.00	3	11	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
27	45	93	Jul 14	PIT		CHC	L,4-7	6-6		1	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.00	3.08	5	20	10	2	1	4	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	-0.283	.18	-0.02%	-2.49	6t --3 1 out tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
28	46	95	Jul 16	PIT	@	MON	L,5-10	5-6		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.06	6	27	17	2	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.61	5b --- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d4
29	47	96	Jul 17	PIT	@	MON	W,5-1	6-6		0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.06	2	7	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.091	.06	0.00%	-1.00	6b --- 0 out a4	6b 12- 0 out a4
30	48	103	Jul 24	PIT		ATL	L,0-3	7-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.66	3.04	6	19	13	5	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.038	.04	0.00%	1.04	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
31	49	106	Jul 27	PIT	@	COL	L,7-8	7-7	H(4)	2	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.04	5	13	9	1	1	0	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.12	-0.208	.21	-0.01%	-1.80	7b --- 0 out a3	7b --3 2 out a1
32	50	107	Jul 28	PIT	@	COL	L,6-12	6-8		0	2.0	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.07	11	33	21	5	2	5	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.002	.02	0.00%	-3.27	6b --- 0 out d2	8b -23 0 out d5
33	51	109	Jul 31	PIT		HOU	L,4-7	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.02	3	8	6	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	52	113	Aug 4	PIT		COL	W,13-5	5-6		3	0.2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.74	3.12	5	20	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.29	5t 123 2 out a4	6t 123 1 out a7
35	53	115	Aug 6	PIT		COL	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	3.12	3	10	8	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
36	54	118	Aug 9	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	8-8	H(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.12	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.23	8b --- 0 out a1	8b --- 1 out a1
37	55	121	Aug 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	6-7	H(6)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.70	3.40	4	13	6	2	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.48	6b --- 0 out a2	7b --- 0 out a3
38	56	122	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	L,5-10	4-5		0	2.0	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.06	3.78	10	34	20	7	2	2	6	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.98	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	57	138	Sep 2	PIT		ARI	L,1-2	GS-7		18	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.42	3.61	23	71	43	9	5	10	8	0	0	0	74			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.466	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
40	58	143	Sep 7	PIT		MIL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.1	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.55	3.81	26	94	55	13	6	11	11	6	0	0	47			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out tie
41	59	148	Sep 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-13	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	3.0	8	8	8	4	2	1	0	5.46	4.10	21	74	42	9	4	8	7	6	0	0	9			1	0	0	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	.62	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-5.44	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d6
42	60	154	Sep 18	PIT		HOU	L,2-5	GS-5	L(2-5)	5	4.2	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.61	4.08	23	87	47	12	2	13	9	3	0	0	29			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	.84	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-2.18	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d4
43	61	160	Sep 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-6)	5	5.2	7	4	4	2	2	4	0	5.67	4.73	26	85	47	15	3	9	13	1	1	0	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d3
							11-32		W-L:2-6,BSv:1,Hld:6	2.1	74.2	90	50	47	25	43	10	0	5.67	4.73	332	1187	60%	15%	8%	1.05		20%	5%	0	40	17	41%	4	1	0	300	18	1	2	8	3	3	.87	-0.034	.29	0.22%	-11.78

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