Players · D · Pitcher · 2010 regular season
Elmer Dessens
- Age
- 39
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- January 13, 1971 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
- MLB debut
- June 24, 1996
- dbWAR
- .9 Regular season, 2005–2010 only
- IP
- 47.0
- ERA
- 2.30
- FIP
- 4.72
- K/9
- 3.1
- FIP−
- 116 100 = avg
Elmer Dessens was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2010 he struck out 16 batters over 47.0 innings across 53 appearances, going 4-2. His ERA of 2.30 was 43.7% lower than the league average of 4.08 — the third best on his team, and 38th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.72 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 10.3% of swings (4.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.2%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2010 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1996, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NYM | 53 | 0 | 47.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 2.30 | 4.72 | 1.21 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 56 | 116 | -0.1 | |
| 2009 | NYM | 28 | 0 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3.31 | 5.33 | 1.04 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 76 | 123 | -0.2 | |
| 2008 | ATL | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22.50 | 8.38 | 3.50 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 520 | 194 | -0.2 | |
| 2007 | MIL/COL | 17 | 5 | 34.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 7.15 | 5.30 | 1.68 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 160 | 118 | -0.0 | |
| 2006 | KC/LAD | 62 | 0 | 77.0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 86 | 39 | 52 | 22 | 4.56 | 4.04 | 1.40 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 101 | 89 | 0.9 | |
| 2005 | LAD | 28 | 7 | 65.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 26 | 37 | 19 | 3.56 | 3.99 | 1.25 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 83 | 93 | 0.7 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1996, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 62 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .232 | .306 | .357 | .282 | 9.7% |
| vs RHB | 132 | 115 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .243 | .318 | .391 | .311 | 7.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Elmer Dessens throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 290 | 88.0 | 1,856 | 42.1% | 10.2% | 75 | .267 | .759 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 179 | 88.5 | 1,763 | 44.7% | 5.3% | 35 | .229 | .768 | |
| Slider | 144 | 82.4 | 622 | 29.2% | 13.6% | 39 | .231 | .538 | |
| Changeup | 43 | 81.8 | 1,449 | 39.5% | 22.7% | 10 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 30 | 76.0 | 759 | 30.0% | 5.6% | 12 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 15 | 55.8 | 866 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2010 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.