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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Elmer Dessens 2026 Season · Diablos Rojos del Mexico

Elmer Dessens is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -0.1, #2,947 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2000 (+1.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 52-64, 4.44 ERA, 693 K in 1174.1 IP.

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Elmer Dessens Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Elmer Dessens

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-0.1Career NUT

+0.1 to Average

Career

4.44ERA1.40WHIP52W693K1174.1IP5SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 11", 200 lb · b. Jan 13, 1971 · Hermosillo, Sonora · Signed International FA, 2009 (BIS)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1996	25	PIT	+0.3	0	2	8.28	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	112	25.0	40	23	4	0	13	1.76
1997	26	PIT	—	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	3.1	2	0	0	1	2	0.60
1998	27	PIT	-0.2	2	6	5.67	43	5	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	332	74.2	90	47	25	0	43	1.54
2000	29	CIN	+1.5	11	5	4.28	40	16	1	0	6	1	1	0	1	640	147.1	170	70	43	3	85	1.45
2001	30	CIN	-0.5	10	14	4.48	34	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	862	205.0	221	102	56	1	128	1.35
2002	31	CIN	-0.7	7	8	3.03	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	737	178.0	173	60	49	7	93	1.25
2003	32	ARI	+0.0	8	8	5.07	34	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	781	175.2	212	99	57	4	113	1.53
2004	33	ARI	+0.2	1	6	4.75	38	9	0	0	7	2	4	2	4	386	85.1	107	45	23	1	55	1.52
2004	33	LAD	—	1	0	3.20	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	82	19.2	16	7	8	0	18	1.22
2004	33	TOT	+0.0	2	6	4.46	50	10	0	0	9	2	4	3	5	468	105.0	123	52	31	1	73	1.47
2005	34	LAD	+0.2	1	2	3.56	28	7	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	277	65.2	63	26	19	1	37	1.25
2006	35	KC	+0.6	5	7	4.50	43	0	0	0	10	2	12	5	7	234	54.0	63	27	13	1	36	1.41
2006	35	LAD	—	0	1	4.70	19	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	100	23.0	23	12	9	0	16	1.39
2006	35	TOT	+0.4	5	8	4.56	62	0	0	0	12	2	18	5	7	334	77.0	86	39	22	1	52	1.40
2007	36	MIL	—	1	1	6.60	12	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	69	15.0	24	11	3	0	12	1.80
2007	36	COL	—	1	1	7.58	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	19.0	21	16	9	0	10	1.58
2007	36	TOT	-0.3	2	2	7.15	17	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	156	34.0	45	27	12	0	22	1.68
2008	37	ATL	—	0	1	22.50	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	26	4.0	10	10	4	0	2	3.50
2009	38	NYM	-0.4	0	0	3.31	28	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	130	32.2	24	12	10	2	14	1.04
2010	39	NYM	-0.3	4	2	2.30	53	0	0	0	6	0	11	1	1	194	47.0	41	12	16	3	16	1.21
Career	—	14 yrs	-0.1	52	64	4.44	441	140	2	1	64	5	35	10	15	5062	1174.1	1300	579	348	24	693	1.40

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Dessens's career NUT of -0.1

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.5

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NUT by Season

+0.3

-0.2

+1.5

-0.5

-0.7

+0.0

+0.2

+0.4

-0.3

-0.4

-0.3

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1995	24	AA	15	8	2.49	27	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	638	152.0	170	42	21	3	68	1.26
1996	25	AA	0	1	5.40	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	55	11.2	15	7	4	1	7	1.63
1996	25	AAA	2	2	3.15	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	34.1	40	12	15	1	15	1.60
1998	27	AAA	3	1	3.30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	30.0	32	11	6	1	13	1.27
2000	29	AAA	2	0	3.18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	98	22.2	24	8	7	0	14	1.37
2005	34	AAA	0	0	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	8.0	6	3	2	0	6	1.00
2006	35	AAA	0	1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	4.50
2007	36	AAA	1	0	1.54	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	11.2	7	2	0	0	10	0.60
2007	36	AAA	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3.0	1	0	1	0	1	0.67
2007	36	AAA	2	0	1.23	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	14.2	8	2	1	0	11	0.61
2008	37	AAA	10	2	4.03	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	447	105.0	129	47	17	4	51	1.39
2009	38	AAA	3	2	2.31	27	0	0	23	11	0	2	13	136	35.0	26	9	9	0	28	1.00
2010	39	AAA	5	0	2.12	13	0	0	10	6	0	3	9	72	17.0	20	4	3	0	18	1.35
2011	40	AAA	4	0	5.16	25	3	0	2	0	9	2	2	206	45.1	61	26	11	1	34	1.59

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