caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
oswalt with the philadelphia phillies 2013 right weir , mississippi 2001 september 29 163 -- 102 3.36 1,852 pitcher colorado rockies win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts may 6 29 august 1977 img 1405 roy oswalt.jpg roy oswalt
 houston astros roy oswalt right
roy oswalt

roy edward oswalt -lrb- ; born august 29 , 1977 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball pitcher who played for the majority of his career with the houston astros .
he also played for the philadelphia phillies , the texas rangers , and the colorado rockies .
oswalt was selected by the astros in the 1996 mlb draft .
he made his major league debut with the club in 2001 and finished with a win -- loss record of 14 -- 3 .
he was back-to-back 20-game winner in both 2004 and 2005 .
he helped the astros to their first world series appearance in 2005 .
he was named most valuable player of the 2005 national league championship series -lrb- nlcs -rrb- .
when he left the astros in 2010 his wins -lrb- 143 -rrb- and strikeout total -lrb- 1,593 -rrb- was second in franchise history to joe niekro -lrb- 144 -rrb- and nolan ryan -lrb- 1,866 -rrb- .
he is a three-time all-star , selected from 2005 to 2007 .
as of the 2012 season his career strikeout total was in the top 100 all-time .
as a member of team usa , oswalt won a gold medal in the 2000 summer olympics .
