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José Sosa

Jose Ynocencio Sosa
born Jose Ynocencio Sosa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: December 28, 1952 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1975
Team: Astros 1975-1976

Final Game: September 26, 1976
Relatives: Cousin of Felipe Alou, Cousin of Jesus Alou, Cousin of Matty Alou and Cousin of Moises Alou
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 22 HOU NL 26 9 9 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 23 HOU NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2 Seasons 35 9 9 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 7 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 42 42 9 14 5 0 5 14 0 0 0 14 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 32 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 22 HOU NL 9 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1 Season 9 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 22 HOU NL 9 6 2 9.0 90 .400 .333 .257 .333 .327 .778 .371 1.111 .698 211 .793 1.2 0.1 1.167 .444 .444 .0
2 Seasons 9 6 2 9.0 90 .400 .333 .257 .333 .327 .778 .371 1.111 .698 211 .793 1.2 0.1 1.167 .444 .444 .0
162 Game Avg. 42 28 9 9.0 90 .400 .333 .257 .333 .327 .778 .371 1.111 .698 211 .793 6 0 1.167 .444 .444

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 22 HOU NL 9 11.1% 33.3% 0.0% 22.2% 67% 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 56%
2 Seasons 9 11.1% 33.3% 0.0% 22.2% 67% 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 56%
MLB Averages 1.7% 12.8% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.47 6.9 53.3 8.9 1.08 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 22 HOU NL 1.2 0.1 9 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.08 0.1 -0.1 1.7 0.2 0.98 1.3 0
1976 23 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons 1.2 0.1 9 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.08 0.1 -0.1 1.7 0.2 0.98 1.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 22 HOU NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 22 HOU NL 9 56% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 6 2 33% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2 Seasons 9 56% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 6 2 33% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 22 26 9 9 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 7 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 35 9 9 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 7 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 22 26 9 9 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 3 26
1 Season 26 9 9 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 3 26
162 Game Avg. 162 56 56 19 19 6 0 6 25 0 0 19 .333 .333 .778 1.111 19 26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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