Elias Sosa
Elias (Martinez) Sosa
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 10, 1950 in La Vega, D.R.
High School: LaVega (LaVega, DO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1972
Final Game: September 18, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 SFG NL 22 P 8 0 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.25 .950 1.78 0.72
1973 SFG NL 23 P 71 1 107.0 19 7 12 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.27 .947 1.88 0.73 RoY-3
1974 SFG NL 24 P 68 0 101.0 21 4 14 3 2 .857 1.60 0.26 .948 1.88 0.71
1975 TOT NL 25 P 57 1 89.2 19 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 0.30 .947 1.86 0.72
1975 STL NL 25 P 14 1 27.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.36 .940 1.84 0.72
1975 ATL NL 25 P 43 0 62.1 14 2 10 2 1 .857 1.73 0.28 .950 1.86 0.72
1976 TOT NL 26 P 45 0 69.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.43 0.24 .954 1.88 0.72
1976 ATL NL 26 P 21 0 35.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.02 0.19 .960 1.88 0.72
1976 LAD NL 26 P 24 0 33.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.87 0.29 .950 1.87 0.72
1977 LAD NL 27 P 44 0 63.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.27 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 OAK AL 28 P 68 0 109.0 24 9 15 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.35 .950 1.90 0.85
1979 MON NL 29 P 62 0 96.2 18 8 8 2 0 .889 1.49 0.26 .956 1.80 0.66
1980 MON NL 30 P 67 0 93.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.63 0.25 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 MON NL 31 P 32 0 39.1 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.52 0.34 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 DET AL 32 P 38 0 61.0 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.42 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 SDP NL 33 P 41 1 72.1 12 7 5 0 0 1.000 1.49 0.29 .950 1.92 0.68
12 Seasons P 601 3 918.0 185 52 123 10 4 .946 1.72 0.29 .951 1.87 0.72
12 Seasons TOT 601 3 918.0 185 52 123 10 4 .946 1.72 0.29 .897 1.87 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 SFG NL 22 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SFG NL 23 71 1 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 24 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 25 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 25 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 26 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 27 45 0 45 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 OAK AL 28 68 0 2 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 29 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 30 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 31 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 DET AL 32 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 33 41 1 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 602 3 498 601 601 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1972 SFG NL 22 69 68% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 SFG NL 23 469 75% 29% 13 92% 0 7 0 5 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1974 SFG NL 24 452 79% 26% 17 82% 0 5 0 3 14 13 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1975 ATL NL 25 294 78% 25% 12 75% 0 3 0 2 9 7 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1975 STL NL 25 121 75% 21% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 145 78% 30% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 ATL NL 26 165 72% 22% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 LAD NL 27 250 76% 27% 12 83% 0 3 0 2 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1978 OAK AL 28 481 78% 27% 13 100% 0 10 0 8 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1979 MON NL 29 405 76% 28% 13 77% 0 6 1 4 9 7 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1980 MON NL 30 401 81% 28% 19 89% 1 4 3 1 14 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1981 MON NL 31 173 84% 27% 8 100% 0 3 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 DET AL 32 268 84% 28% 13 100% 0 3 0 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 SDP NL 33 337 77% 26% 6 83% 0 5 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
12 Seasons 4030 78% 27% 143 88% 1 51 5 37 125 107 8 11 1 9 1 8 5 2 4 1 35 89%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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