Hi Bithorn

Hiram Gabriel (Sosa) Bithorn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 18, 1916 in Santurce, P.R. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1942-1947

Final Game: May 4, 1947
Died: December 29, 1951 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Buried: Buxeda Cemetery,in Isla Verde, P.R.
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1936	20	NYY-min	B	16	9	.640	4.22	35						211.0	233	115	99		92							1.540	9.9		3.9			NFK · PIED
1937	21	NYY-min	B,A	17	9	.654	1.94	32						181.0	155	72	39		91							1.359	7.7		4.5			NFK,BNG · PIED,NYPL
1938	22	NYY-min	A,AA	5	2	.714	4.71	14						63.0	77	39	33		33							1.746	11.0		4.7			BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1939	23	OLD	AA	13	14	.481	3.64	35	30					210.0	211	90	85		100							1.481	9.0		4.3			OLD · PCL
1940	24	HOL	AA	10	17	.370	4.38	43	24					181.0	185	102	88		100							1.575	9.2		5.0			HOL · PCL
1941	25	HOL	AA	17	15	.531	3.59	41	31		16	2		228.0	196	103	91		99	111	1	1	1			1.294	7.7		3.9	4.4	1.12	HOL · PCL
1942	26	CHC	NL	9	14	.391	3.68	38	16	14	9	0	2	171.1	191	93	70	8	81	65	0	0	2	744	87	1.588	10.0	0.4	4.3	3.4	0.80
1943	27	CHC	NL	18	12	.600	2.60	39	30	7	19	7	2	249.2	227	79	72	8	65	86	2	0	3	1020	128	1.170	8.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	1.32	MVP-32
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service - Navy)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service - Navy)
1946	30	CHC	NL	6	5	.545	3.84	26	7	9	2	1	1	86.2	97	42	37	5	25	34	0	0	0	376	87	1.408	10.1	0.5	2.6	3.5	1.36
1947	31	CHW-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.76	4	2		0	0		17.0	27		9		9	5						2.118	14.3		4.8	2.6	0.56	HOL · PCL
1947	31	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1949	33	CHC-CLE-min	AA	4	3	.571	4.89	13						46.0	65	28	25		18							1.804	12.7		3.5			NVL,OKC · SOUA,TL
4 Yrs				34	31	.523	3.16	105	53	31	30	8	5	509.2	517	214	179	21	171	185	2	0	5	2147	104	1.350	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08
162 Game Avg.				15	13	.523	3.16	45	23	13	13	3	2	219	223	92	77	9	74	80	1	0	2	924	104	1.350	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08

CHC (3 yrs)				33	31	.516	3.17	103	53	30	30	8	5	507.2	515	214	179	21	171	185	2	0	5	2140	103	1.351	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (3 yrs)				33	31	.516	3.17	103	53	30	30	8	5	507.2	515	214	179	21	171	185	2	0	5	2140	103	1.351	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1942	26	CHC	NL	172.1	38	16	93	4.86	3.82	-0.14	0.00	97.8	3.87	-17	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.449	.488	$
1943	27	CHC	NL	249.1	39	30	79	2.85	3.80	-0.11	0.00	98.4	3.85	28	3.4	1.0	-0.2	5.3	49	.587	.521	$	MVP-32

1946	30	CHC	NL	86.2	26	7	42	4.36	3.76	-0.09	0.00	97.8	3.77	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.475	.496	$
1947	31	CHW	AL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.69	0.05	0.00	96.0	4.46	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.557	.501	$
4 Seasons				510.1	105	53	214	3.77	3.80	-0.12	0.00	98.1	3.85	6	0.9	1.0	-0.3	4.9	50	.509	.501	$

CHC (3 yrs)				508.1	103	53	214	3.79	3.80	-0.12	0.00	98.1	3.84	5	0.8	1.0	-0.3	4.8	49	.508	.502	$
CHW (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.69	0.05	0.00	96.0	4.46	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.557	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1942	26	CHC	NL	770	1.0%	8.4%	10.5%	3.4%	14%	78%
1943	27	CHC	NL	1020	0.8%	8.4%	6.4%	3.2%	15%	82%

1946	30	CHC	NL	376	1.3%	9.0%	6.7%	1.6%	6%	81%
1947	31	CHW	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			100%
4 Yrs				2173	1.0%	8.5%	7.9%	3.0%	13%	80%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.9%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1942	26	9	14	.391	3.68	38	16	14	9	0	2	171.1	191	93	70	8	81	65	0	2	744	87	1.588	10.0	0.4	4.3	3.4	0.80	87
1943	27	27	26	.509	3.04	77	46	21	28	7	4	421.0	418	172	142	16	146	151	2	5	1764	107	1.340	8.9	0.3	3.1	3.2	1.03	107
1944	28	27	26	.509	3.04	77	46	21	28	7	4	421.0	418	172	142	16	146	151	2	5	1764	107	1.340	8.9	0.3	3.1	3.2	1.03	107
1945	29	27	26	.509	3.04	77	46	21	28	7	4	421.0	418	172	142	16	146	151	2	5	1764	107	1.340	8.9	0.3	3.1	3.2	1.03	107
1946	30	33	31	.516	3.17	103	53	30	30	8	5	507.2	515	214	179	21	171	185	2	5	2140	103	1.351	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08	103
1947	31	34	31	.523	3.16	105	53	31	30	8	5	509.2	517	214	179	21	171	185	2	5	2147	104	1.350	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.3	1.08	104

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1942	26	7	10	.412	5.01	158.0	220	98	88	9	93	60	0	1.981	12.5	5.3	3.4	0.65	0.5	38
1943	27	17	10	.630	3.15	246.0	254	96	86	9	73	85	2	1.329	9.3	2.7	3.1	1.16	0.3	39

1946	30	4	5	.444	4.60	86.0	108	49	44	6	28	34	0	1.581	11.3	2.9	3.6	1.21	0.6	26
1947	31	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2
4 Yrs		28	25	.528	3.99	492.0	582	243	218	24	194	179	2	1.577	10.6		3.3	0.92	0.4	105

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 NL (32, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1943 NL 5.3 (7th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1943 NL 5.3 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1943 NL 2.60 (6th)
Wins s c a p y 1943 NL 18 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1943 NL .600 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1943 NL 1.170 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 NL 8.183 (9th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 NL 2.343 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1943 NL 39 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1943 NL 249.7 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1943 NL 86 (8th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1943 NL 19 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1943 NL 7 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1942 NL 81 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1943 NL 1.323 (9th)
Losses s c a p y 1942 NL 14 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1943 NL 128 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1943 NL 22 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1943 NL 2.5 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Nate Andrews (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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