Elmer Dessens
Pittsburgh Pirates 1996–1998; Cincinnati Reds 2000–2002; Arizona Diamondbacks 2003–2004; Los Angeles Dodgers 2004–2005; Kansas City Royals 2006; Los Angeles Dodgers 2006; Colorado Rockies 2007; Milwaukee Brewers 2007; Atlanta Braves 2008; New York Mets 2009–2010
Percentile snapshot
2003 season — qualified pitchers
of 92 qualified 2003 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 113.3 | 110.1 | .364 | -0.8 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 43 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -72.8 | -67.5 | .082 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 40 | 48 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .234 | .100 | .334 | -5.4 | -11.4 | .187 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 35 | 70 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .233 | .211 | .444 | 8.4 | 14.5 | .207 | 2.3 |
| 2002 | 31 | 57 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 15.0 | 20.0 | .217 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | 36 | 59 | 46 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .245 | .261 | .506 | 23.1 | 29.1 | .233 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 50 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .273 | .553 | 43.6 | 42.6 | .261 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.2 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | -11.1 | -28.9 | .184 | -0.6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 |
| 2009 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 2010 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 25.0 | 8.28 | 1.760 | 4.68 | 3.57 | 82.5 | 52.3 | -0.8 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.00 | .600 | 5.40 | 2.77 | 64.8 | — | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 47 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 74.7 | 5.67 | 1.540 | 5.18 | 4.66 | 108.7 | 75.7 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 70 | 43 | 85 | 10 | 147.3 | 4.28 | 1.446 | 5.19 | 3.72 | 79.2 | 109.8 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 221 | 102 | 56 | 128 | 32 | 205.0 | 4.48 | 1.351 | 5.62 | 4.62 | 102.2 | 101.0 | 2.3 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 60 | 49 | 93 | 24 | 178.0 | 3.03 | 1.247 | 4.70 | 4.53 | 108.5 | 137.6 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 99 | 57 | 113 | 22 | 175.7 | 5.07 | 1.531 | 5.79 | 4.36 | 96.6 | 88.9 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 52 | 31 | 73 | 15 | 105.0 | 4.46 | 1.467 | 6.26 | 4.34 | 98.3 | 99.3 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 26 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 65.7 | 3.56 | 1.249 | 5.07 | 3.97 | 95.6 | 116.5 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 39 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 77.0 | 4.56 | 1.403 | 6.08 | 4.06 | 88.5 | 101.1 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 34.0 | 7.15 | 1.676 | 5.82 | 5.24 | 114.6 | 63.9 | -0.6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 22.50 | 3.500 | 4.50 | 8.36 | 197.4 | 18.8 | -0.8 |
| 2009 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 32.7 | 3.31 | 1.041 | 3.86 | 5.29 | 129.5 | 123.6 | 0.6 |
| 2010 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 47.0 | 2.30 | 1.213 | 3.06 | 4.74 | 121.5 | 169.9 | 1.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-23 | AZ @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003-07-26 | LAD @ AZ Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002-05-07 | MIL @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001-09-08 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001-08-13 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-26 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002-09-27 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 2003-07-05 | AZ @ LAD Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001-05-15 | AZ @ CIN Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001-07-03 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.