Elmer Dessens vs. Sean Doolittle — Career Comparison

Elmer Dessens
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Elmer Dessens built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Doolittle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Doolittle led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 125), strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 102). Role difference aside, Sean Doolittle holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Dessens and Sean Doolittle

Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
3.38
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.07
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.52
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.49
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
4.44
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.2
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1300
9.96
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.11
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.96
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
2.67
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693
5.31
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.17
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.18
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5062
38.79
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.49
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
4.81
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.86
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4596
35.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1665
33.25
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97

Fielding Stats for Elmer Dessens and Sean Doolittle

Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
3.38
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.07
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.51
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.33
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
1.87
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.84
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.74
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Dessens and Sean Doolittle

Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
445
890
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
480
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
78
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
68
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.11
22.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
90
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
122
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
60
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.6
23.19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
130
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.62
4.62
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
76
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA