Born: (1977-08-29) August 29, 1977 (age 46) Weir, Mississippi, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 2001, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 2013, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
163–102
Earned run average
3.36
Strikeouts
1,852
Teams
Houston Astros (2001–2010)
Philadelphia Phillies (2010–2011)
Texas Rangers (2012)
Colorado Rockies (2013)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (2005–2007)
NLCS MVP (2005)
NL wins leader (2004)
NL ERA leader (2006)
Pitched a combined no-hitter on June 11, 2003
Houston Astros Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
Olympic
2000 Sydney
Team
Roy Edward Oswalt (/ˈoʊzwɑːlt/; born August 29, 1977) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Oswalt played for the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, and Colorado Rockies.[1]
Oswalt was selected by the Astros in the 1996 MLB draft.[1] He made his MLB debut with Houston, in 2001, finishing his rookie season with a win–loss record of 14–3.[1] Oswalt was a back-to-back 20-game winner in 2004 and 2005. He helped lead the Astros to their first World Series appearance in 2005, and was named Most Valuable Player of the 2005 National League Championship Series (NLCS). When Oswalt left the Astros in 2010, both his wins (143) and strikeouts totals (1,593) ranked second in franchise history to Joe Niekro (144) and Nolan Ryan (1,866), respectively. Oswalt was a three-time All-Star, selected from 2005 to 2007.[2]
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The Astros had also developed an excellent pitching staff, anchored by RoyOswalt (20–12, 2.94), Andy Pettitte (17–9, 2.39), and Roger Clemens (13–8 with...
Lee, Cole Hamels, RoyOswalt and Joe Blanton had commentators dub it one of the best rotations ever assembled. Halladay, Oswalt, Lee, and Hamels were...
Game 6, played at Busch Stadium, was a rematch between Game 2 starters RoyOswalt and Mark Mulder. Houston set up the scoring with getting runners on second...
innings pitched. During the season's first half, he defeated Houston's RoyOswalt three times in three months. All three games were pitchers' duels. After...
for whom the vulcan changeup was considered one of his best pitches. RoyOswalt adopted this pitch during the 2010 offseason and preferred it over the...
seasons, Hamels was joined by fellow All-Star pitchers Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and RoyOswalt. Hamels flourished alongside them, putting up some of his...
lead, and subsequently stave off elimination. However, behind NLCS MVP RoyOswalt, the Astros were able to defeat the Cards 5–1 in Game 6 and earned a trip...
the "Four Aces" starting rotation alongside Halladay, Cole Hamels, and RoyOswalt. Although he received two more All-Star selections, the remainder of Lee's...
during which he posted 12 wins, an Astros' rookie record, later broken by RoyOswalt in 2001. In a September 23, 1986, game against the Los Angeles Dodgers...
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for the 2000 season. The Round Rock Express, led by Morgan Ensberg and RoyOswalt, powered their way to the Texas League title in that first season at The...
middle of the month. The acquisition of pitcher RoyOswalt in early August was a key step, as Oswalt won seven consecutive games in just over five weeks...
a member of the White Sox on July 3, against the Texas Rangers off of RoyOswalt. He also went 3–6 with 4 RBIs in that game. On July 9, 2012, Youkilis...
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Colorado. Stanton's favorite MLB at-bat came on September 6, 2010, against RoyOswalt in Philadelphia. Stanton thought he had struck out on a foul tip, but...
moved to third on RoyOswalt's sacrifice bunt and scored on Craig Biggio's ground out. Albert Pujols's leadoff home run off of Oswalt in the sixth put...
previous offseason in order to acquire Roy Halladay. With the addition of Lee, Halladay, Cole Hamels, and RoyOswalt earned the nickname "The Four Aces"...
However, despite the rest of the team picking up steam behind the likes of RoyOswalt, Wandy Rodríguez, Hunter Pence, and Ty Wigginton's rebound second half...
traded Villar, J. A. Happ, and Anthony Gose to the Houston Astros for RoyOswalt. Villar was named the 94th best prospect in baseball by Baseball America...
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year from 2004 to 2007, the others being Carlos Zambrano, Greg Maddux, RoyOswalt, Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe, Jason Marquis and Johan Santana. Suppan, along...
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