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Óscar Zamora

Oscar Jose (Sosa) Zamora

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: September 23, 1944 in Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba
High School: Miami Edison HS (Miami, FL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Astros 1974-1978

Final Game: July 21, 1978
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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
1974 29 CHC NL 56 14 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1
1975 30 CHC NL 52 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1976 31 CHC NL 40 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 33 HOU NL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
4 Yrs 158 35 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .107 .107 .107 .214 -41 3 1 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 36 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .107 .107 .107 .214 -41 3 1 0 7 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 148 33 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .115 .231 -36 3 1 0 7 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 29 CHC NL 56 14 -1 -0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1975 30 CHC NL 52 10 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1976 31 CHC NL 40 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1978 33 HOU NL 10 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
4 Seasons 158 35 -5 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -1 $
CHC (3 yrs) 148 33 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -0 $
HOU (1 yr) 10 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 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
1974 29 CHC NL 14 13 0 0.0 97 .200 .182 .266 .182 .338 .182 .384 .364 .722 1 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .200 .000 .000
1975 30 CHC NL 10 9 0 0.0 100 .167 .167 .270 .167 .342 .167 .390 .333 .732 -9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1976 31 CHC NL 9 9 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .272 .000 .339 .000 .387 .000 .727 -100 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1978 33 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .252 .000 .319 .000 .372 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 35 33 0 0.0 97 .130 .107 .268 .107 .338 .107 .386 .214 .724 -41 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .115 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 36 34 0 0.0 97 .130 .107 .268 .107 .338 .107 .386 .214 .724 -41 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .115 .000 .000
CHC (3 yrs) 33 31 0 0.0 98 .136 .115 .269 .115 .339 .115 .387 .231 .726 -36 .000 -4.9 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
HOU (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .252 .000 .319 .000 .372 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

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
1974 29 CHC NL 14 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 11.0 11.0 4.00 71%
1975 30 CHC NL 10 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.50 60%
1976 31 CHC NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.20 67%
1978 33 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
4 Yrs 35 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.6 28.0 1.89 66%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.50 6.9 48.0 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 29 CHC NL -1.5 -0.2 14 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .80 -0.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 1.09 -0.3 0
1975 30 CHC NL -0.9 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .35 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -1.6 0
1976 31 CHC NL -2.4 -0.3 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .47 -0.2 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.82 -2.3 0
1978 33 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .28 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.67 -0.5 0
4 Yrs -5.4 -0.6 35 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .56 -0.5 0.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.96 -4.8 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
1974 29 CHC NL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 30 CHC NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 31 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 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
1974 29 CHC NL 14 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 1 17% 4 0 0% 11 1 9% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 30 CHC NL 10 20% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1976 31 CHC NL 9 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 HOU NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 35 23% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 10 1 10% 9 2 22% 21 1 5% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

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
1974 29 56 14 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 1 2 1 0 3 0 0
1975 30 108 24 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .176 .176 .176 .353 -2 3 1 0 7 0 0
1976 31 148 33 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .115 .231 -36 3 1 0 7 0 0
1977 32 148 33 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .115 .231 -36 3 1 0 7 0 0
1978 33 158 35 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .107 .107 .107 .214 -41 3 1 0 7 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
1974 29 56 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 56
1975 30 52 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
1976 31 40 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 40
1978 33 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
4 Yrs 158 35 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 158
162 Game Avg. 162 36 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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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