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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, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1975 (Age 22)
Team: Astros 1975-1976

Final Game: September 26, 1976 (Age 23)
Relatives: Cousin of Felipe Alou, Cousin of Jesus Alou, Cousin of Matty Alou and Cousin of Moises Alou
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1970	17	HOU-min	Rk	3	5	.375	3.44	10	10		1	0	0	55.0	42	31	21	1	40	0	50	4	1	6			1.491	6.9	0.2	6.5	8.2	1.25	CVN · APPY
1971	18	HOU-min	AA	3	8	.273	4.83	15	15		2	1	0	82.0	66	56	44	6	80	0	83	5	1	19			1.780	7.2	0.7	8.8	9.1	1.04	CBS · DIXA
1972	19	HOU-min	AA,A	3	11	.214	6.56	16	16		1	0	0	85.0	88	73	62	6	85	1	72	6	0	10			2.035	9.3	0.6	9.0	7.6	0.85	CBS,COC · SOUL,FLOR
1973	20	HOU-min	A	4	1	.800	3.79	7	7		0	0	0	38.0	33	17	16	2	28	0	37	2	0	4			1.605	7.8	0.5	6.6	8.8	1.32	CDR · MIDW
1974	21	HOU-min	A	6	12	.333	3.77	22	21		5	0	0	124.0	121	75	52	4	67	4	88	14	2	6			1.516	8.8	0.3	4.9	6.4	1.31	CDR · MIDW
1975	22	HOU-min	AA	6	2	.750	1.10	29	0		0	0	8	49.0	33	8	6	1	26	7	46	1	1	4			1.204	6.1	0.2	4.8	8.4	1.77	CBS · SOUL
1975	22	HOU	NL	1	3	.250	4.02	25	2	9	0	0	1	47.0	51	21	21	5	23	4	31	1	0	5	206	85	1.574	9.8	1.0	4.4	5.9	1.35
1976	23	HOU-min	AAA	4	10	.286	5.62	41	5		1	0	12	80.0	86	54	50	7	51	7	56	3	0	10			1.712	9.7	0.8	5.7	6.3	1.10	MEM · IL
1976	23	HOU	NL	0	0		6.94	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	9	9	0	6	2	5	3	0	1	60	48	1.886	12.3	0.0	4.6	3.9	0.83
1977	24	HOU-min	AAA	8	3	.727	3.81	42	7		1	1	4	85.0	87	42	36	4	32	5	43	5	0	5			1.400	9.2	0.4	3.4	4.6	1.34	CHL · IL
1978	25	HOU-min	AAA,AA	4	1	.800	2.90	20	0		0	0	2	31.0	20	11	10	0	18	2	22	1	0	4			1.226	5.8	0.0	5.2	6.4	1.22	CHL,CBS · IL,SOUL
2 Yrs				1	3	.250	4.60	34	2	11	0	0	1	58.2	67	30	30	5	29	6	36	4	0	6	266	74	1.636	10.3	0.8	4.4	5.5	1.24
162 Game Avg.				2	6	.250	4.60	64	4	21	0	0	2	111	127	57	57	9	55	11	68	8	0	11	502	74	1.636	10.3	0.8	4.4	5.5	1.24

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1975	22	HOU	NL	47.0	25	2	21	4.02	4.02	-0.12	-0.21	98.3	3.87	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.495	.499
1976	23	HOU	NL	11.2	9	0	9	6.94	3.96	-0.05	-0.32	93.9	3.46	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.444	.497
2 Seasons				58.2	34	2	30	4.60	4.01	-0.11	-0.23	97.4	3.79	-6	-0.6	1.0	0.1	-0.0	-1	.481	.498

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1970	17	HOU-min	Rk	10	21	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.286	.286	.286	.571		6		0	0	0			CVN · APPY
1971	18	HOU-min	AA	15	31	29	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	10	.138	.167	.138	.305		4		0	1	0			CBS · DIXA
1972	19	HOU-min	AA,A	16	27	23	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	9	.087	.120	.087	.207		2		0	2	1			CBS,COC · SOUL,FLOR
1973	20	HOU-min	A	8	18	18	4	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556		6		0	0	0			CDR · MIDW
1974	21	HOU-min	A	23	45	41	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	12	.122	.182	.146	.328		6		1	1	0			CDR · MIDW
1975	22	HOU-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CBS · SOUL
1975	22	HOU	NL	26	9	9	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	.333	.333	.778	1.111	213	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	23	HOU-min	AAA	42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MEM · IL
1976	23	HOU	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1977	24	HOU-min	AAA	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			CHL · IL
1978	25	HOU-min	AA,AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
2 Yrs				35	9	9	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	.333	.333	.778	1.111	213	7	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	42	42	9	14	5	0	5	14	0	0	14	.333	.333	.778	1.111	213	32	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Pos
1975	22	HOU	NL	26	9	1	-1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	2	1
1976	23	HOU	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0	/1
2 Seasons				35	9	1	-1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	2

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1975	HOU	NL	22	P	25	2	47.0	2	1	1	1.000	0.38	0.08	.945	1.86	1.86	2	4	67%	32%
1976	HOU	NL	23	P	9	0	11.2	7	2	5	1.000	5.40	0.78	.950	1.85	1.87	2	0	0%	33%
	2 Seasons			P	34	2	58.2	9	3	6	1.000	1.38	0.26	.949	1.86	1.86	4	4	50%	32%
	2 Seasons			TOT	34	2	58.2	9	3	6	1.000	1.38	0.26	.949	1.86	1.86	4	4	50%	32%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

Before 1970 Season: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

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