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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1995	24	-0.1	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	15	8	.652	2.49	3.67	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
1996	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	2	3	.400	3.72	4.30	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
1996	25	-1.1	Calgary	PCL	AAA	PIT	2	2	.500	3.15	3.67	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	40	14	12	5	15	1	15	1	1	2	150	1.602	10.5	1.3	3.9	3.9	1.00
1996	25	0.8	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	0	1	.000	5.40	6.17	5	1	2	0	0	0	11.2	15	8	7	1	4	0	7	1	0	0	55	1.629	11.6	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.75
1996	25	-3.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	8.28	8.28	15	3	1	0	0	0	25.0	40	23	23	2	4	0	13	0	0	0	112	1.760	14.4	0.7	1.4	4.7	3.25
1997	26	-2.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	13	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
1998	27	0.5	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	3	1	.750	3.30	3.60	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
1998	27	-1.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	6	.250	5.67	6.03	43	5	8	0	0	0	74.2	90	50	47	10	25	2	43	0	0	1	332	1.540	10.8	1.2	3.0	5.2	1.72
1999	28	0.0	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		0	1	.000	3.86	6.06	8	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	24	11	7	2	4	0	6	1	0	1	78	1.714	13.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.50
2000	29	2.5	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	2	0	1.000	3.18	3.97	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
2000	29	0.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	11	5	.688	4.28	4.46	40	16	6	1	0	1	147.1	170	73	70	10	43	7	85	3	0	4	640	1.446	10.4	0.6	2.6	5.2	1.98
2001	30	1.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	10	14	.417	4.48	4.52	34	34	0	1	1	0	205.0	221	103	102	32	56	1	128	1	1	4	862	1.351	9.7	1.4	2.5	5.6	2.29
2002	31	2.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	7	8	.467	3.03	3.54	30	30	0	0	0	0	178.0	173	70	60	24	49	8	93	7	1	3	737	1.247	8.7	1.2	2.5	4.7	1.90
2003	32	3.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	8	8	.500	5.07	5.48	34	30	1	0	0	0	175.2	212	107	99	22	57	6	113	4	2	3	781	1.531	10.9	1.1	2.9	5.8	1.98
2004	33		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ARI-LAD	2	6	.250	4.46	5.23	50	10	9	0	0	2	105.0	123	61	52	15	31	4	73	1	0	2	468	1.467	10.5	1.3	2.7	6.3	2.35
2004	33	3.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	6	.143	4.75	5.70	38	9	7	0	0	2	85.1	107	54	45	11	23	4	55	1	0	2	386	1.523	11.3	1.2	2.4	5.8	2.39
2004	33	3.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	0	1.000	3.20	3.20	12	1	2	0	0	0	19.2	16	7	7	4	8	0	18	0	0	0	82	1.220	7.3	1.8	3.7	8.2	2.25
2005	34	6.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		3.38	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
2005	34	4.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	2	.333	3.56	4.11	28	7	4	0	0	0	65.2	63	30	26	6	19	2	37	1	0	1	277	1.249	8.6	0.8	2.6	5.1	1.95
2006	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		0	1	.000	2.42	2.77	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	26	8	7	0	3	0	21	2	0	0	102	1.115	9.0	0.0	1.0	7.3	7.00
2006	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	KCR	5	8	.385	4.56	5.03	62	0	12	0	0	2	77.0	86	43	39	8	22	8	52	1	0	3	334	1.403	10.1	0.9	2.6	6.1	2.36
2006	35	8.2	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	1	.000	13.50	27.00	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
2006	35	6.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	7	.417	4.50	5.17	43	0	10	0	0	2	54.0	63	31	27	4	13	6	36	1	0	2	234	1.407	10.5	0.7	2.2	6.0	2.77
2006	35	5.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	1	.000	4.70	4.70	19	0	2	0	0	0	23.0	23	12	12	4	9	2	16	0	0	1	100	1.391	9.0	1.6	3.5	6.3	1.78
2006-07	35	7.9	Hermosillo	MXPW	FgW		0	0		0.53	0.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.0	14	1	1	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	62	0.941	7.4	0.0	1.1	7.4	7.00
2006-07	35	7.1	Mexico	CARS	FgW		0	1	.000	6.00	7.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	12	7	6	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	40	1.444	12.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	7.00
2007	36		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	COL-MIL	2	0	1.000	1.23	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
2007	36		2 Teams	NL	Maj	COL-MIL	2	2	.500	7.15	8.47	17	5	7	0	0	0	34.0	45	32	27	6	12	0	22	0	0	0	156	1.676	11.9	1.6	3.2	5.8	1.83
2007	36	9.2	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	1	0	1.000	1.54	1.54	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	7	2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	42	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	7.7
2007	36	9.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
2007	36	7.0	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	1	1	.500	6.60	9.60	12	0	7	0	0	0	15.0	24	16	11	3	3	0	12	0	0	0	69	1.800	14.4	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
2007	36	7.0	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	1	.500	7.58	7.58	5	5	0	0	0	0	19.0	21	16	16	3	9	0	10	0	0	0	87	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	4.7	1.11
2007-08	36	9.0	Hermosillo	MXPW	FgW		2	1	.667	2.08	2.97	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	27	10	7	0	9	0	13	0	0	0	127	1.187	8.0	0.0	2.7	3.9	1.44
2008	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		12	3	.800	3.52	3.85	27	26	0	0	0	0	138.0	163	59	54	13	24	1	64	5	0	2	578	1.355	10.6	0.8	1.6	4.2	2.67
2008	37	8.7	Mexico	MEX	AAA		10	2	.833	4.03	4.37	20	19	0	0	0	0	105.0	129	51	47	10	17	1	51	4	0	2	447	1.390	11.1	0.9	1.5	4.4	3.00
2008	37	8.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	1	.000	22.50	22.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	10	10	10	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	26	3.500	22.5	2.3	9.0	4.5	0.50
2008-09	37	9.4	Hermosillo	MXPW	FgW		2	1	.667	1.91	2.18	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.0	34	8	7	3	7	0	13	1	0	0	131	1.242	9.3	0.8	1.9	3.5	1.86
2009	38	11.1	Buffalo	IL	AAA	NYM	3	2	.600	2.31	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
2009	38	9.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		3.31	3.31	28	0	8	0	0	0	32.2	24	12	12	5	10	1	14	2	0	1	130	1.041	6.6	1.4	2.8	3.9	1.40
2009-10	38	10.8	Hermosillo	MXPW	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	26	1.263	8.5	0.0	2.8	1.4	0.50
2010	39	12.4	Buffalo	IL	AAA	NYM	5	0	1.000	2.12	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
2010	39	10.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	2	.667	2.30	2.68	53	0	6	0	0	0	47.0	41	14	12	4	16	6	16	3	0	0	194	1.213	7.9	0.8	3.1	3.1	1.00
2011	40	11.4	Mexico	MEX	AAA		4	0	1.000	5.16	5.56	25	3	2	0	0	0	45.1	61	28	26	2	11	1	34	1	0	2	206	1.588	12.1	0.4	2.2	6.8	3.09
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		52	64	.448	4.44	4.81	441	140	64	2	1	5	1174.1	1300	628	579	145	348	45	693	24	4	22	5062	1.403	10.0	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.99
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		32	15	.681	2.73	3.48	96	49	35	1	0	17	326.0	343	126	99	23	69	7	180	6	3	12	1365	1.264	9.5	0.6	1.9	5.0	2.61
Foreign (6 seasons)					Foreign		18	6	.750	3.47	3.98	75	45	3	0	0	0	262.1	307	116	101	17	53	2	139	9	0	5	1117	1.372	10.5	0.6	1.8	4.8	2.62
All Levels (17 Seasons)							102	85	.545	3.98	4.44	612	234	102	3	1	22	1762.2	1950	870	779	185	470	54	1012	39	7	39	7544	1.373	10.0	0.9	2.4	5.2	2.15

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		17	6	.739	2.77	3.10	64	21	33	0	0	17	162.1	158	56	50	12	44	4	105	2	1	5	672	1.244	8.8	0.7	2.4	5.8	2.39
AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		14	2	.875	4.37	4.73	45	22	2	0	0	0	150.1	190	79	73	12	28	2	85	5	0	4	653	1.450	11.4	0.7	1.7	5.1	3.04
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		15	9	.625	2.69	3.85	32	28	2	1	0	0	163.2	185	70	49	11	25	3	75	4	2	7	693	1.283	10.2	0.6	1.4	4.1	3.00
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		0	1	.000	3.86	6.06	8	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	24	11	7	2	4	0	6	1	0	1	78	1.714	13.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.50
FgW (4 seasons)					Foreign		4	3	.571	1.98	2.45	22	20	0	0	0	0	95.2	93	26	21	3	21	0	48	3	0	0	386	1.192	8.7	0.3	2.0	4.5	2.29