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Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Pitching Comparison

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	52	64	.448	4.44	441	140	64	2	1	5	1174.1	1300	628	579	145	348	45	693	24	4	22	5062	1723	101	4.44	1.403	10.0	1.1	2.7	5.3
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	163	102	.615	3.36	365	341	7	20	8	0	2245.1	2199	897	838	197	520	34	1852	80	7	30	9301	2872	127	3.37	1.211	8.8	0.8	2.1	7.4

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1		11.30	0.750	6.8	6.8	0.0	6.8
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	5	2	.714	3.73	13	11	2	0	0	0	72.1	73	32	30	9	24	0	56	6	0	1	314	106		3.76	1.341	9.1	1.1	3.0	7.0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Value

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	441	140	1174.1	11.3	2.4
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	49.9	32.3

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Against

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	441	140	1174.1	1723	4596	882	257	16	52	39	57.14	4	112	59	35	.283	.334	.440	.775	101	.158	.305	687	2024	418	1672	1723
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	2872	8539	1489	466	47	65	40	61.90	7	201	105	57	.258	.304	.392	.697	85	.135	.306	1031	3350	710	2799	2872

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	1	0	1.1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000		.600	.000	1	4	1	1	1
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1	106	276	51	13	0	0	0		0	5	4	4	.264	.332	.409	.742		.145	.298	40	113	22	103	106

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Starting & Relieving

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	60	43	46.8	162	58	36	11	31.3	64	301
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	225	66	55.5	10	2	20	0		7	24

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	0			0	0		0		0	1
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	6	55	53.4	0	0				2	2

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Ratios

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	441	140	1174.1	13.7	6.9	6.8
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	19.9	5.6	14.3

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	1	0	1.1	20.0	0.0	20.0
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1	17.8	7.6	10.2

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Pitch Summary

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	441	140	1174.1	16971	89	10530	62.05
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	33978	98	23004	67.70

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	1	0	1.1	17		11	64.71
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1	1149	101	768	66.84

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Head-to-Head Pitching

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Elmer Dessens	1	1	.500	3.94	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	15	9	7	1	5	1	9	0	0	1	67	1.250	8.4	0.6	2.8	5.1
2	Roy Oswalt	3	1	.750	3.77	5	4	0	1	1	0	28.2	27	12	12	2	9	0	22	1	0	0	119	1.256	8.5	0.6	2.8	6.9

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Game Logs

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Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Elmer Dessens	NYM	2010-09-12	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		11	5	0.0	0.47	0	0	0.13
2	Roy Oswalt	PHI	2010-09-12	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	5	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	84	113	78	0.5	4.26			0.93
3	Elmer Dessens	LAD	2005-08-27	6-8	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		34	22	0.0	1.26	0	0	0.30
4	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2005-08-27	GS-5, L	4.0	9	7	7	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	24	12	21	5	3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	15	86	48	-0.3	-5.64			0.54
5	Elmer Dessens	ARI	2004-07-22	5-6	1.1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		34	19	0.0	-1.21	1	0	0.20
6	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2004-07-22	GS-7, W	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	28	8	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	4	63	120	75	0.2	1.81			0.59
7	Elmer Dessens	CIN	2002-07-11	GS-6, L	6.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	23	6	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	46	89	50	-0.2	-0.85			0.59
8	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2002-07-11	GS-8, W	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	29	9	26	6	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	1	54	94	74	0.0	0.68			1.24
9	Elmer Dessens	CIN	2001-05-20	GS-5, W	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	9	22	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	44	93	61	0.1	-0.22			0.86
10	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2001-05-20	4-5	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	8	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		25	17	0.0	0.80	2	1	0.41

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batter vs. Pitcher

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Dessens (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Dessens (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2002	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2004	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
3	2010	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Dessens (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Dessens (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2002	2002-07-11	HOU	CIN	ahead 1-4	b2	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B
2	2002	2002-07-11	HOU	CIN	ahead 1-4	b5	---	0	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
3	2004	2004-07-22	HOU	ARI	ahead 0-6	t6	1-3	1	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; M. Ensberg to 2B
4	2010	2010-09-12	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-3	t9	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 2B-1B); W. Valdez to 2B

Elmer Dessens (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Elmer Dessens (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2001	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2002	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			1	0	0	0	0
3	2004	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	1	0	0	0	0

Elmer Dessens (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Elmer Dessens (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2001	2001-05-20	CIN	HOU	ahead 1-6	t5	1-3	2	8 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2002	2002-07-11	CIN	HOU	down 4-1	t3	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. LaRue to 2B
3	2002	2002-07-11	CIN	HOU	down 4-1	t6	---	0	7 (3-2)	Walk
4	2004	2004-07-22	ARI	HOU	down 6-0	b5	---	1	4 (2-1)	Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Comparison

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	392	300	240	14	39	4	1	0	16	0	0	22	65	.163	.233	.188	.420	9	45	1	0	38	0	0
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	657	30	101	7	0	1	36	0	0	27	181	.154	.193	.169	.362	-4	111	6	5	106	1	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	25	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	1	0	4	0	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Value

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	392	300	0.5	0.4	0.5	-0.2	-37	1	-1	0
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-109	1	-2	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Sabermetric

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	392	300	5	61	62	240	15	.223	30	-34	-3.2	.025	3.7		0
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	8	133	142	669	28	.210	65	-103	-10.0	.015	3.6		0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Elmer Dessens	33	2004	2004	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	25	0	4	4	22	1	.111	1			.000	19.0		0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Win Probability

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Elmer Dessens	25-39	1996	2010	392	300	-2.5	-3.0	0.3	-35.30	-3.3	-36.36	0.92
2	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	-8.9	-9.7	0.0	-105.57	-10.3	-108.15	0.92

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Head-to-Head Batting

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Elmer Dessens	5	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Roy Oswalt	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Game Logs

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Roy Oswalt vs. Elmer Dessens: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Elmer Dessens	NYM	2010-09-12		1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Roy Oswalt	PHI	2010-09-12	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.39	-0.045	0.95	-0.07%	-1.09			P
3	Elmer Dessens	LAD	2005-08-27		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2005-08-27	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.020	0.72	-0.02%	-0.39			P
5	Elmer Dessens	ARI	2004-07-22		3	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0.015	0.00	0.00%	0.43			P
6	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2004-07-22	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.48	-0.039	0.18	-0.01%	-1.11			P
7	Elmer Dessens	CIN	2002-07-11	*	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.020	1.90	0.02%	0.18			P
8	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2002-07-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.031	0.33	-0.02%	-0.66			P
9	Elmer Dessens	CIN	2001-05-20	*	6	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.002	0.36	0.00%	-0.80			P
10	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2001-05-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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