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Portrait of Elmer Dessens

Elmer Dessens P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 441 1174.3 52 64 5 4.44 9.3
Birth Date1-13-1971
Height5' 11"
Weight200 lbs
Age53 years, 3 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1996 PIT MLB 15 3 25.0 0 2 0 40 4 13 2 101 14.4 1.4 0.7 4.7 0% .409 1.76 3.57 8.28 93 4.61 91.0 0.3
1997 PIT MLB 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 102 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4 0% .200 0.60 2.77 0.00 98 5.52 114.9 0.0
1998 PIT MLB 43 5 74.7 2 6 0 90 25 43 10 104 10.8 3.0 1.2 5.2 0% .315 1.54 4.65 5.67 102 5.17 107.2 0.3
2000 CIN MLB 40 16 147.3 11 5 1 170 43 85 10 113 10.4 2.6 0.6 5.2 0% .321 1.45 3.71 4.28 94 4.58 88.1 2.4
2001 CIN MLB 34 34 205.0 10 14 0 221 56 128 32 104 9.7 2.5 1.4 5.6 0% .293 1.35 4.62 4.48 108 5.13 106.4 1.6
2002 CIN MLB 30 30 178.0 7 8 0 173 49 93 24 102 8.7 2.5 1.2 4.7 0% .264 1.25 4.52 3.03 106 4.86 104.4 1.5
2003 ARI MLB 34 30 175.7 8 8 0 212 57 113 22 103 10.9 2.9 1.1 5.8 0% .325 1.53 4.35 5.07 98 5.22 109.4 1.0
2004 ARI 0 38 9 85.3 1 6 2 107 23 55 11 101 11.3 2.4 1.2 5.8 0% .324 1.52 4.17 4.75 97 4.52 93.2 1.1
2004 LAN 0 12 1 19.7 1 0 0 16 8 18 4 94 7.3 3.7 1.8 8.2 0% .231 1.22 4.98 3.20 98 4.14 85.4 0.3
2005 LAN MLB 28 7 65.7 1 2 0 63 19 37 6 98 8.6 2.6 0.8 5.1 0% .266 1.25 3.96 3.56 100 4.14 89.1 1.0
2006 KCA 0 43 0 54.0 5 7 2 63 13 36 4 110 10.5 2.2 0.7 6.0 0% .328 1.41 3.59 4.50 99 4.81 98.1 0.5
2006 LAN 0 19 0 23.0 0 1 0 23 9 16 4 94 9.0 3.5 1.6 6.3 0% .268 1.39 5.15 4.70 91 4.12 83.8 0.4
2007 COL 0 5 5 19.0 1 1 0 21 9 10 3 106 9.9 4.3 1.4 4.7 0% .277 1.58 5.59 7.58 108 5.49 113.5 0.0
2007 MIL 0 12 0 15.0 1 1 0 24 3 12 3 103 14.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 0% .412 1.80 4.77 6.60 95 4.22 87.3 0.2
2008 ATL MLB 4 0 4.0 0 1 0 10 4 2 1 94 22.5 9.0 2.3 4.5 0% .474 3.50 8.35 22.50 113 9.18 195.8 -0.2
2009 NYN MLB 28 0 32.7 0 0 0 24 10 14 5 94 6.6 2.8 1.4 3.9 0% .192 1.04 5.28 3.31 121 6.20 133.1 -0.4
2010 NYN MLB 53 0 47.0 4 2 0 41 16 16 4 89 7.9 3.1 0.8 3.1 0% .239 1.21 4.73 2.30 122 6.46 145.8 -0.9
2004 TOT MLB 50 10 105.0 2 6 2 123 31 73 15 100 10.5 2.7 1.3 6.3 0% .000 1.47 4.32 4.46 97 4.45 91.7 1.4
2006 TOT MLB 62 0 77.0 5 8 2 86 22 52 8 105 10.1 2.6 0.9 6.1 0% .000 1.40 4.05 4.56 97 4.61 93.8 0.9
2007 TOT MLB 17 5 34.0 2 2 0 45 12 22 6 105 11.9 3.2 1.6 5.8 0% .000 1.68 5.23 7.15 102 4.93 101.9 0.3
CareerMLB4411401174.352645130034869314510310.02.71.15.351%.3001.404.384.441024.97103.49.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1995 CAR AA SOU 27 27 152.0 15 8 0 170 21 68 10 10.1 1.2 0.6 4.0 0% .000 1.26 3.63 2.49 0 0.00 0.0
1996 PIT MLB NL 15 3 25.0 0 2 0 40 4 13 2 101 14.4 1.4 0.7 4.7 0% .409 1.76 3.57 8.28 93 4.61 91.0
1996 CAR AA SOU 5 1 11.7 0 1 0 15 4 7 1 11.5 3.1 0.8 5.4 0% .000 1.62 4.26 5.38 0 0.00 0.0
1996 CLG AAA PCL 6 6 34.3 2 2 0 40 15 15 5 10.5 3.9 1.3 3.9 0% .000 1.60 5.99 3.15 0 0.00 0.0
1997 PIT MLB NL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 102 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4 0% .200 0.60 2.77 0.00 98 5.52 114.9
1998 PIT MLB NL 43 5 74.7 2 6 0 90 25 43 10 104 10.8 3.0 1.2 5.2 0% .315 1.54 4.65 5.67 102 5.17 107.2
1998 NAS AAA PCL 6 5 30.0 3 1 0 32 6 13 2 9.6 1.8 0.6 3.9 0% -1.364 1.27 4.25 3.30 0 0.00 0.0
1999 YOM npb JCL 8 3 16.3 0 0 1 24 4 6 2 13.3 2.2 1.1 3.3 0% -1.833 1.72 0.51 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2000 CIN MLB NL 40 16 147.3 11 5 1 170 43 85 10 113 10.4 2.6 0.6 5.2 0% .321 1.45 3.71 4.28 94 4.58 88.1
2000 LOU AAA INT 4 4 22.7 2 0 0 24 7 14 1 9.5 2.8 0.4 5.6 0% -1.045 1.37 3.40 3.17 0 0.00 0.0
2001 CIN MLB NL 34 34 205.0 10 14 0 221 56 128 32 104 9.7 2.5 1.4 5.6 0% .293 1.35 4.62 4.48 108 5.13 106.4
2002 CIN MLB NL 30 30 178.0 7 8 0 173 49 93 24 102 8.7 2.5 1.2 4.7 0% .264 1.25 4.52 3.03 106 4.86 104.4
2003 ARI MLB NL 34 30 175.7 8 8 0 212 57 113 22 103 10.9 2.9 1.1 5.8 0% .325 1.53 4.35 5.07 98 5.22 109.4
2003 Her Wnt MPL 3 3 14.3 0 1 0 13 2 8 1 8.2 1.3 0.6 5.0 0% -1.091 1.05 2.77 5.03 0 0.00 0.0
2004 ARI MLB NL 38 9 85.3 1 6 2 107 23 55 11 101 11.3 2.4 1.2 5.8 0% .324 1.52 4.17 4.75 97 4.52 93.2
2004 LAN MLB NL 12 1 19.7 1 0 0 16 8 18 4 94 7.3 3.7 1.8 8.2 0% .231 1.22 4.98 3.20 98 4.14 85.4
2005 LAN MLB NL 28 7 65.7 1 2 0 63 19 37 6 98 8.6 2.6 0.8 5.1 0% .266 1.25 3.96 3.56 100 4.14 89.1
2005 LVG AAA PCL 3 3 8.0 0 0 0 6 2 6 1 94 6.8 2.3 1.1 6.8 0% -.556 1.00 4.38 3.38 89 3.10 61.0
2006 KCA MLB AL 43 0 54.0 5 7 2 63 13 36 4 110 10.5 2.2 0.7 6.0 0% .328 1.41 3.59 4.50 99 4.81 98.1
2006 LAN MLB NL 19 0 23.0 0 1 0 23 9 16 4 94 9.0 3.5 1.6 6.3 0% .268 1.39 5.15 4.70 91 4.12 83.8
2006 LVG AAA PCL 1 0 0.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .250 0.00 0.00 0.00 126 6.53 137.1
2006 MEX wor CS 2 0 4.2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 6.4 0.0 0.0 2.1 0% .231 0.71 1.58 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 COL MLB NL 5 5 19.0 1 1 0 21 9 10 3 106 9.9 4.3 1.4 4.7 0% .277 1.58 5.59 7.58 108 5.49 113.5
2007 MIL MLB NL 12 0 15.0 1 1 0 24 3 12 3 103 14.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 0% .412 1.80 4.77 6.60 95 4.22 87.3
2007 CSP AAA PCL 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 126 3.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 0% .125 0.67 3.86 0.00 76 5.23 107.3
2007 NAS AAA PCL 3 3 11.7 1 0 0 7 0 10 0 100 5.4 0.0 0.0 7.7 0% .219 0.60 1.82 1.54 74 2.38 48.9
2007 HER Wnt MPL 6 6 30.3 2 1 0 27 9 13 0 8.0 2.7 0.0 3.9 0% .257 1.19 2.74 2.08 0 0.00 0.0
2008 ATL MLB NL 4 0 4.0 0 1 0 10 4 2 1 94 22.5 9.0 2.3 4.5 0% .474 3.50 8.35 22.50 113 9.18 195.8
2008 MCD mex MEX 20 19 105.0 10 2 0 129 17 51 10 11.1 1.5 0.9 4.4 0% .326 1.39 4.22 4.03 0 0.00 0.0
2009 NYN MLB NL 28 0 32.7 0 0 0 24 10 14 5 94 6.6 2.8 1.4 3.9 0% .192 1.04 5.28 3.31 121 6.20 133.1
2009 BUF AAA INT 27 0 35.0 3 2 11 26 9 28 2 104 6.7 2.3 0.5 7.2 0% .247 1.00 3.06 2.31 86 2.79 58.6
2009 HER Wnt MPL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .429 1.50 2.05 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NYN MLB NL 53 0 47.0 4 2 0 41 16 16 4 89 7.9 3.1 0.8 3.1 0% .239 1.21 4.73 2.30 122 6.46 145.8
2010 BUF AAA INT 13 0 17.0 5 0 6 20 3 18 0 10.6 1.6 0.0 9.5 0% .392 1.35 1.70 2.12 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 100 0.4400 0.4500 0.8889 0.7500 0.2143 0.9394 0.7500 0.1111
2009 495 0.5333 0.4283 0.8868 0.6174 0.2121 0.9202 0.7755 0.1132
2010 687 0.5357 0.4440 0.8918 0.6250 0.2351 0.9217 0.8000 0.1082
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-04-21 2010-05-01 Minors 10 0 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-03-02 2010-03-02 Camp 0 0 Knee Contusion Batted Ball -
2008-03-01 2008-03-15 Camp 14 0 - Low Back Strain - -
2007-09-08 2007-10-29 DTD 51 23 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2007-05-19 2007-08-01 15-DL 74 65 Right Shoulder Strain -
2006-08-03 2006-08-18 15-DL 15 14 Right Ankle Sprain -
2005-04-20 2005-06-18 15-DL 59 53 Right Shoulder Bone Spur Bennett's Lesion -
2005-03-02 2005-03-08 Camp 6 0 Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2003-07-11 2003-07-21 DTD 10 7 - General Medical Illness - -
2002-08-02 2002-08-27 15-DL 25 22 Right Groin Strain -
2002-06-29 2002-06-29 DTD 0 0 Right Shoulder Stiffness - -
2001-02-21 2001-03-01 Camp 8 0 Right Shoulder Weakness - -
1998-04-08 1998-04-25 15-DL 17 15 Right Groin Strain - -
1996-07-31 1996-09-10 15-DL 41 36 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 MIL $1,700,000
2006 KCA, LAN $1,700,000
2005 LAN $1,300,000
2004 ARI, LAN $4,000,000
2003 ARI $3,000,000
2002 CIN $1,825,000
2001 CIN $475,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$14,000,000
7 yrTotal$14,000,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 21 dOscar Suarez

Details
  • 1 year (2010) re-signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/18/09 (minor-league contract) $0.7M in majors, $90,000 in minors contract purchased by NY Mets 5/21/10
  • 1 year (2009) signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/5/09 (minor-league contract) $0.6M salary on 40-man roster ($72,000 in minors) performance bonuses: $30,000 each for 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 relief appearances contract purchased by NY Mets 6/22/09 DFA by Mets 7/30/09, sent outright to Triple-A 8/3/09 contract purchased by Mets 8/6/09.
  • 1 year (2008) signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 1/7/08 (minor-league contract) released by Pittsburgh 08 signed by Atlanta as a free agent 8/28/08
  • 2 years/$3.4M (2006-07). Signed as a free agent 12/05. 06:$1.7M, 07:$1.7M. Limited no-trade clause allowing Dessens to block deals to 5 clubs, including Yankees, Red Sox, Rockies. Begins earning performance bonuses after 10 starts. Acquired in trade (from LA Dodgers) 3/07. Milwaukee to pay $2.1M of Brady Clark's 2007 salary. Acquired in trade from KC 7/06, with about $2.4M left on Dessens' contract and about $16.3M left on Odalis Perez' contract. LAD paying to KC $8M cash. KC responsible for Dessens' 2006 and 2007 salaries ($2.4M left). LAD responsible for Perez' $4.5M bonus. KC and LAD to split $1.5M 2008 buyout (with KC returning $0.75M to LAD if Royals trade Perez during life of his contract). DFA 8/4/07, released by Milwaukee 8/9/07. Signed as a free agent 8/10/07 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 8/16/07.
  • 1 year/$1.55M (2005), plus 2006 mutual option re-signed as a free agent 12/04 05:$1.3M, 06:$1.3M mutual option ($1.4M with 15 GS in 2005) ($0.25M buyout) Dessens declined 2006 option 11/05 after Dodgers had exercised it performance bonuses: $0.15M each for 20, 25, 30 GS.
  • 2 years/$7.3M (2003-04), plus 2005 club option 03:$3M, 04:$4M, 05:$4.5M ($0.3M buyout) option declined 11/04
  • 1 year/$1.85M (2002) 1 /02
  • signed 1993 as amateur free agent from Mexico

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Elmer Dessens threw 1,584 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2010, including pitches thrown in . In 2010, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Slider (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph).