Jorge Sosa

Jorge Bolivar Sosa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 28, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2002
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Braves/Mets/Marlins/Cardinals/... 2002-2010
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]Agents: SFX [*]
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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
1997	19	COL-min	Rk	29	111	93	13	13	1	2	0	6	6	0	13	36	.140	.273	.194	.466		18	0	4	1	0	0	RKS · ARIZ
1998	20	COL-min	Rk	45	167	152	23	36	6	1	2	11	4	3	12	57	.237	.299	.329	.628		50	3	2	0	1	0	RKS · ARIZ
1999	21	COL-min	A-	35	127	113	15	23	3	0	2	8	2	3	13	57	.204	.291	.283	.575		32	0	1	0	0	0	POR · NORW
2000	22	COL-min	A-	62	241	200	24	46	7	5	4	26	4	6	37	102	.230	.357	.375	.732		75	3	3	0	1	0	POR · NORW
2001	23	SEA-min	A-,A	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EVR,APP · NORW,MIDW
2002	24	TBD-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ORL · SOUL
2002	24	TBD	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	25	TBD-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
2003	25	TBD	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	TBD-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
2004	26	TBD	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	27	ATL	NL	45	35	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.097	.125	.097	.222	-41	3	1	0	3	0	0	1
2006	28	TOT	NL	46	32	24	4	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	11	.125	.192	.500	.692	69	12	0	0	6	0	0	1
2006	28	ATL	NL	27	28	20	4	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	8	.150	.227	.600	.827	102	12	0	0	6	0	0	1
2006	28	STL	NL	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	29	NYM-min	AAA	5	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250		1	0	0	1	0	0	NOR · PCL
2007	29	NYM	NL	42	30	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.200	.286	.280	.566	49	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
2008	30	SEA-HOU-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TAC,RRK · PCL
2008	30	NYM	NL	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	31	WSN-min	AAA	20	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200		0	1	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
2009	31	WSN	NL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2010	32	FLA-min	AAA	24	13	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.231	.385		3	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · PCL
2010	32	FLA	NL	22	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	33	-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	YUC · MEX
9 Seasons				296	102	83	5	12	2	0	3	4	0	0	7	37	.145	.211	.277	.488	26	23	1	0	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	56	45	3	7	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	20	.145	.211	.277	.488	26	13	1	0	7	0	0

TBD (3 yrs)				103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				62	32	26	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.192	.300	.269	.569	51	7	0	0	2	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				72	63	51	5	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	23	.118	.167	.294	.461	17	15	1	0	9	0	0
STL (1 yr)				19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSN (1 yr)				18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				22	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				193	102	83	5	12	2	0	3	4	0	0	7	37	.145	.211	.277	.488	26	23	1	0	12	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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
2005	27	ATL	NL	35	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$650,000	1
2006	28	ATL	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$2,200,000	1
2006	28	STL	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2007	29	NYM	NL	30	-2	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
2008	30	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,000,000	1

2010	32	FLA	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				101	-9	0	1	0	0	10	3	6	0.5	6	0.5	0.0	$4,850,000

NYM (2 yrs)				32	-2	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$2,000,000
ATL (2 yrs)				63	-6	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$2,850,000
STL (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
FLA (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	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
2005	27	ATL	NL	35	32	0	0.0	109	.188	.097	.270	.125	.340	.097	.430	.222	.770	-41	.000	-6.6	-0.6	.138	.032	.000
2006	28	TOT	NL	32	27	3	3.0	113	.000	.125	.272	.192	.343	.500	.442	.692	.785	69	.272	-1.5	-0.1	.667	.458	.375	.0
2006	28	ATL	NL	28	23	3	3.5	113	.000	.150	.272	.227	.343	.600	.442	.827	.785	102	.334	-0.3	-0.0	.824	.550	.450	.0
2006	28	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.000	.342	.000	.440	.000	.782	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2007	29	NYM	NL	30	22	2	2.4	109	.313	.200	.270	.286	.340	.280	.432	.566	.772	49	.207	-1.8	-0.2	.500	.200	.080
2008	30	NYM	NL	2	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.266	.500	.338	.000	.424	.500	.762	48	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
2009	31	WSN	NL	1	1	0	0.0												.000	0.0	0.0
2010	32	FLA	NL	2	1	1	26.7	105	1.000	.500	.266	.500	.336	.500	.418	1.000	.754	168	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
9 Seasons				102	84	6	1.9	110	.209	.145	.270	.211	.341	.277	.434	.488	.774	26	.148	-9.7	-0.9	.417	.217	.133	.0
162 Game Avg.				56	46	3	1.9	110	.209	.145	.270	.211	.341	.277	.434	.488	.774	26	.148	-9.7	-0.9	.417	.217	.133

NYM (2 yrs)				32	23	2	2.3	109	.313	.192	.270	.300	.339	.269	.432	.569	.771	51	.195	-1.8	-0.2	.524	.231	.077
ATL (2 yrs)				63	55	3	1.5	111	.120	.118	.271	.167	.341	.294	.435	.461	.776	17	.096	-6.8	-0.7	.391	.235	.176	.0
STL (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.000	.342	.000	.440	.000	.782	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
WSN (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0												.000	0.0	0.0
FLA (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.7	105	1.000	.500	.266	.500	.336	.500	.418	1.000	.754	168	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	27	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
2005	27	ATL	NL	35	0.0%	42.9%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	15.00	2.1			1.20	1.83	46%	16%	0.0%	20%
2006	28	TOT	NL	32	9.4%	34.4%	6.3%	9.4%	100%	5.50	2.2	8.0	8.0	0.33	1.43	31%	11%	42.9%	22%
2006	28	ATL	NL	28	10.7%	28.6%	7.1%	10.7%	100%	4.00	2.5	6.7	6.7	0.22	1.29	32%	11%	42.9%	22%
2006	28	STL	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					25%	0%
2007	29	NYM	NL	30	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	6.7%	40%	3.00	2.8		25.0	0.75	2.00	53%	17%	0.0%	13%
2008	30	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%
2009	31	WSN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								0%	0%
2010	32	FLA	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0					50%	0%
9 Seasons				102	2.9%	36.3%	6.9%	4.9%	42%	5.29	2.2	27.7	20.8	0.73	1.76	42%	14%	16.7%	18%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	2.01	5.2	32.9	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2002	24	TBD	AL	0.0
2003	25	TBD	AL	0.0
2004	26	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	27	ATL	NL	-6.6	-0.6	35	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.83	-0.6	0.0	-6.0	-0.6	0.94	-6.6	0
2006	28	TOT	NL	-1.5	-0.1	32	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.02	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-2.0	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	28	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	1.09	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-0.8	0
2006	28	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.59	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-1.3	0
2007	29	NYM	NL	-1.8	-0.2	30	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.70	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.85	-2.0	0
2008	30	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.58	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.74	0.1	0
2009	31	WSN	NL	0.0	0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.77	-0.2	0
2010	32	FLA	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.31	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.38	0.1	0
9 Seasons				-9.7	-0.9	102	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.85	-1.2	-0.0	-12.5	-1.2	0.91	-10.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2005	27	ATL	NL	1	25%	8	0%	1	1	0	0
2006	28	TOT	NL	0	50%	8	0%	1	1	1	1
2006	28	ATL	NL	0	50%	8	0%	1	1	1	1
2006	28	STL	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
2007	29	NYM	NL	1	0%	14	0%	3	3	1	1
2008	30	NYM	NL	0	0%	3		0	0	0	0
2009	31	WSN	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
2010	32	FLA	NL	0	0%	1		0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				2	13%	34	0%	5	5	2	2

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
2005	27	ATL	NL	35	31%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	38%	10	1	10%	10	2	20%	23	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2006	28	TOT	NL	32	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	8	6	75%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	21	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	28	18%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	8	6	75%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	18	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2006	28	STL	NL	4	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	29	NYM	NL	30	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2008	30	NYM	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2009	31	WSN	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	32	FLA	NL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				102	35%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	21	12	57%	22	1	5%	22	4	18%	63	1	2%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	27	ATL	NL	35	113	3.23	80	71%	38%	23%	16%	24%	63%	0%	44%	64%	43%	3%	1	0	6%	2	1	3%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2006	28	TOT	NL	32	115	3.59	73	63%	37%	21%	16%	26%	63%	0%	40%	67%	16%	0%	0	0	9%	3	2	0%	0	0	27%	0	0	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	28	97	3.46	63	65%	37%	17%	17%	29%	63%	0%	41%	73%	18%	0%	0	0	11%	3	2	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2006	28	STL	NL	4	18	4.50	10	56%	40%	40%	10%	10%	60%	0%	33%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2007	29	NYM	NL	30	111	3.70	67	60%	36%	19%	18%	27%	64%	0%	39%	70%	30%	0%	0	0	7%	2	2	10%	3	1	44%	0	0	0
2008	30	NYM	NL	2	9	4.50	4	44%	75%	25%	0%	0%	25%	0%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
2009	31	WSN	NL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2010	32	FLA	NL	2	7	3.50	5	71%	80%	0%	0%	20%	20%	0%	14%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
6 Seasons				102	358	3.51	231	65%	39%	20%	16%	25%	61%	0%	40%	67%	28%	1%	1	0	8%	8	5	5%	5	1	38%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2005	27	148	35	31	1	3	0	0	0	1	15	.097	.125	.097	.222	-41	3	1	3
2006	28	194	67	55	5	6	0	3	3	3	26	.109	.155	.273	.428	8	15	1	9
2007	29	236	97	80	5	11	2	3	4	6	35	.138	.198	.275	.473	21	22	1	11
2008	30	256	99	81	5	11	2	3	4	7	36	.136	.205	.272	.476	23	22	1	11
2009	31	274	100	81	5	11	2	3	4	7	36	.136	.205	.272	.476	23	22	1	12
2010	32	296	102	83	5	12	2	3	4	7	37	.145	.211	.277	.488	26	23	1	12

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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
2005	27	45	32	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.000	.031	.000	.031	0	45
2006	28	46	26	24	4	3	0	0	3	3	0	2	11	.125	.192	.500	.692	3	46
2007	29	42	28	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	3	9	.200	.286	.280	.566	2	42
2008	30	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	20

2010	32	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
6 Seasons		193	90	83	4	8	2	0	3	4	0	7	37	.096	.167	.229	.396	5	193
162 Game Avg.		162	76	70	3	7	2	0	3	3	0	6	31	.096	.167	.229	.396	4	193

* 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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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