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Five Fun Facts about Elmer Dessens

Here is 5 quick fun facts about the newest Brewer:

  1.  Dessens has pitched in three different professional leagues, MLB, the Mexican League and he also spent one year in Japan (1999).
  2.  Elmer has posted exactly one winning season in his 10 years in the major leagues (11-5 in 2000).  In fact he ended that year on a pretty good run:  6-1, 2.85 ERA in 47 IP covering his last 7 games.
  3.  The last game of that run in 2000 was the last game ever in County Stadium where Dessens was the starter and winner for Cincinnati:  9 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 0 BB that day.
  4.  Dessens has pitched more innings against the Brewers (111 IP) than any other club over his career.  He is 8-6 with a 3.57 era against the Crew.
  5.  There is only one other person who has played in the major leagues with "Elmer" as part of his name since 1965.  The other is James Elmer Ganter who had a pretty good career with the Brewers.

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Melvin strategy
Dessens has pitched more innings against the Brewers (111 IP) than any other club over his career. He is 8-6 with a 3.57 era against the Crew.

Now we know Doug Melvin's strategy: find guys who are effective against Milwaukee! Suppan, Vargas (in a couple outings, anyway), now Dessens... next offseason, that'll be the first thing I check with potential free agent acquisitions.

by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 26, 2007 2:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Teammates
He and Clark were teammates for three years, 2000-2002, in Cincinnati.  Neither played for the Reds in any other years.

by battlekow on Mar 26, 2007 2:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Reds Years
Dessens actually outhit Brady with the Reds in 2002.
Elmer: .200 in 45 AB
Brady: .152 in 66 AB

by Infield Fly Rule on Mar 26, 2007 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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