MLB / Players

Roy Oswalt

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb

BornAugust 29, 1977 · Kosciusko, MS, USA

MLB debutMay 6, 2001

Final gameSeptember 29, 2013

Seasons13 (2001–2013)

Houston Astros 2001–2010; Philadelphia Phillies 2010–2011; Texas Rangers 2012; Colorado Rockies 2013

Percentile snapshot

2010 season — qualified pitchers

54.9

41.8

51.6

14.3

SHO

91.2

162

90.1

71.4

193

81.3

47.3

211.7

74.7

ERA

2.76

92.3

WHIP

1.025

98.9

K/9

8.21

FIP

3.30

82.4

FIP-

82.5

76.9

ERA+

144.8

93.4

sWAR

5.1

91.2

of 92 qualified 2010 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

126.7

95.2

sWAR

44.5

98.4

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2001	28	51	47	3	9	1	0	3	1	12	.191	.208	.213	.421	-3.9	6.9	.191	4.4
2002	35	89	77	5	10	2	0	4	4	26	.130	.183	.156	.339	-22.4	-10.9	.165	5.6
2003	21	48	39	4	7	1	0	0	2	15	.179	.220	.205	.425	3.5	11.1	.199	3.3
2004	36	89	71	1	10	1	0	6	3	16	.141	.184	.155	.339	-20.4	-10.6	.162	4.5
2005	35	83	73	1	13	0	0	2	2	19	.178	.211	.178	.389	-6.2	3.9	.184	5.9
2006	35	90	66	3	10	1	1	8	4	15	.152	.200	.212	.412	1.5	7.2	.191	5.7
2007	33	79	64	2	8	1	0	3	3	21	.125	.176	.141	.317	-24.5	-15.9	.155	4.8
2008	32	75	70	3	15	0	0	5	0	18	.214	.214	.214	.429	3.2	14.4	.194	3.7
2009	30	66	49	4	6	0	0	2	2	8	.122	.173	.122	.296	-29.2	-19.0	.147	1.7
2010	35	70	57	2	8	0	0	1	2	15	.140	.169	.140	.310	-26.6	-14.7	.148	5.1
2011	24	49	38	2	3	0	0	2	4	14	.079	.167	.079	.246	-36.4	-29.2	.135	1.4
2012	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
2013	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	67.3	72.5	.301	-1.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2001	28	20	14	3	3	1	126	43	24	144	13	141.7	2.73	1.059	9.15	2.80	60.9	168.3	4.4
2002	35	34	19	9	0	0	215	78	62	208	17	233.0	3.01	1.189	8.03	2.90	68.0	141.6	5.6
2003	21	21	10	5	0	0	116	42	29	108	15	127.3	2.97	1.139	7.63	3.61	82.8	147.0	3.3
2004	36	35	20	10	2	2	233	92	62	206	17	237.0	3.49	1.245	7.82	3.07	71.1	123.7	4.5
2005	35	35	20	12	4	1	243	79	48	184	18	241.7	2.94	1.204	6.85	3.13	74.2	143.4	5.9
2006	33	32	15	8	2	0	220	73	38	166	18	220.7	2.98	1.169	6.77	3.26	73.8	148.5	5.7
2007	33	32	14	7	1	0	221	75	60	154	14	212.0	3.18	1.325	6.54	3.53	80.1	138.5	4.8
2008	32	32	17	10	3	2	199	82	47	165	23	208.7	3.54	1.179	7.12	3.78	89.4	119.4	3.7
2009	30	30	8	6	3	0	183	83	42	138	19	181.3	4.12	1.241	6.85	3.72	90.7	99.6	1.7
2010	33	32	13	13	2	2	162	65	55	193	19	211.7	2.76	1.025	8.21	3.30	82.5	144.8	5.1
2011	23	23	9	10	0	0	153	57	33	93	10	139.0	3.69	1.338	6.02	3.41	89.8	102.9	1.4
2012	17	9	4	3	0	0	79	38	11	59	11	59.0	5.80	1.525	9.00	4.18	96.0	75.1	-0.4
2013	9	6	0	6	0	0	49	31	9	34	3	32.3	8.63	1.794	9.46	3.05	69.8	50.6	-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

370

796

657

101

RBI

181

.1537

OBP

.1928

SLG

.1689

OPS

.3617

Pitching

G (P)

365

341

232nd-most career GS

163

221st-most career W

102

SHO

2,245

331st-most career IP

SO (P)

1,852

118th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

520

ERA

3.359

347th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2110

193rd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.42

155th-highest career K/9

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	HR	RBI	TB
2006-08-09	PIT @ HOU Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	4
2002-05-05	NYM @ HOU Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	3	3
2004-04-11	HOU @ MIL Gameday	3	0	2	1	0	0	3
2006-06-14	HOU @ CHC Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	0	3
2001-06-30	HOU @ MIL Gameday	3	0	2	0	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-09-09	MIL @ HOU Gameday	9.0	7	0	0	1	12	0
2002-05-16	PIT @ HOU Gameday	8.0	7	1	1	1	11	0
2004-07-02	TEX @ HOU Gameday	8.0	9	5	5	0	11	2
2003-06-05	BAL @ HOU Gameday	7.0	8	1	1	0	11	0
2005-09-01	CIN @ HOU Gameday	5.2	5	1	1	1	11	0

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.

Honors

1× NLCS MVP3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.