Oscar Zamora
Oscar Jose (Sosa) Zamora
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: September 23, 1944 in Camaguey, Cuba
High School: Edison (Miami, FL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1974
Final Game: July 21, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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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
1974 29 CHC NL 3 9 .250 3.12 56 0 31 0 0 10 83.2 82 33 29 6 19 7 38 0 1 0 345 122 1.207 8.8 0.6 2.0 4.1 2.00
1975 30 CHC NL 5 2 .714 5.07 52 0 31 0 0 10 71.0 84 42 40 17 15 5 28 0 0 1 306 76 1.394 10.6 2.2 1.9 3.5 1.87
1976 31 CHC NL 5 3 .625 5.24 40 2 13 0 0 3 55.0 70 34 32 8 17 6 27 1 1 1 248 73 1.582 11.5 1.3 2.8 4.4 1.59
1978 33 HOU NL 0 0 7.20 10 0 1 0 0 0 15.0 20 12 12 2 7 3 6 0 1 0 69 46 1.800 12.0 1.2 4.2 3.6 0.86
4 Seasons 13 14 .481 4.53 158 2 76 0 0 23 224.2 256 121 113 33 58 21 99 1 3 2 968 84 1.398 10.3 1.3 2.3 4.0 1.71
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .481 4.53 67 1 32 0 0 10 95 109 51 48 14 25 9 42 0 1 1 411 84 1.398 10.3 1.3 2.3 4.0 1.71
CHC (3 yrs) 13 14 .481 4.34 148 2 75 0 0 23 209.2 236 109 101 31 51 18 93 1 2 2 899 88 1.369 10.1 1.3 2.2 4.0 1.82
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 7.20 10 0 1 0 0 0 15.0 20 12 12 2 7 3 6 0 1 0 69 46 1.800 12.0 1.2 4.2 3.6 0.86

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 29 CHC NL 56 345 311 33 82 14 2 6 4 3 19 38 .264 .301 .379 .680 .278 118 10 0 9 6 7
1975 30 CHC NL 52 307 283 42 84 11 2 17 2 3 15 28 .297 .325 .530 .855 .273 150 6 0 2 7 5
1976 31 CHC NL 40 248 221 34 70 8 1 8 1 1 17 27 .317 .365 .471 .836 .330 104 4 1 7 2 6
1978 33 HOU NL 10 69 61 12 20 5 1 2 0 0 7 6 .328 .391 .541 .932 .333 33 3 0 0 1 3
4 Seasons 158 969 876 121 256 38 6 33 7 7 58 99 .292 .331 .462 .794 .293 405 23 1 18 16 21
162 Game Avg. 67 412 372 51 109 16 3 14 3 3 25 42 .292 .331 .462 .794 .293 172 10 0 8 7 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 31 CHC NL 40 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 31 42 19 22 7 1 0 3.1 7.0 4.3
1 Season 40 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 31 42 19 22 7 1 0 3.1 7.0 4.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 29 CHC NL 56 56 31 3 9 13 10 3 77% 21 7 70 17 24% 8 2.049 37 10 9 24 12 20 39 17 28 19 29 23 4.5
1975 30 CHC NL 52 52 31 5 2 11 10 1 91% 13 1 53 22 42% 8 1.185 19 10 20 16 6 30 28 24 21 12 22 10 4.1
1976 31 CHC NL 40 38 13 5 2 5 3 2 60% 7 2 30 11 37% 8 1.050 13 11 13 8 10 20 16 22 13 14 15 14 3.7
1978 33 HOU NL 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 6 0.391 0 3 7 1 0 9 6 4 4 3 4 4 4.5
4 Seasons 158 156 76 13 13 29 23 6 79% 41 10 163 55 34% 1.402 69 34 49 49 28 79 89 67 66 48 70 51 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 29 CHC NL 345 43% 1.7% 11.0% 5.5% 6.4% 27% 0.95 79% 93 10 11%
1975 30 CHC NL 307 38% 5.5% 9.1% 4.9% 9.8% 36% 0.64 80% 63 6 10%
1976 31 CHC NL 248 40% 3.2% 10.9% 6.9% 6.9% 24% 0.54 76% 60 4 7%
1978 33 HOU NL 69 35% 2.9% 8.7% 10.1% 11.6% 40% 0.56 78% 17 3 18%
4 Seasons 969 40% 3.4% 10.2% 6.0% 8.0% 30% 0.71 78% 233 23 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 29 CHC NL 345 82 6 0 19 4 2 4 2 31 17 3 55% 5 0 1 157 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
1975 30 CHC NL 307 84 17 0 15 7 10 12 5 31 19 2 61% 4 1 1 115 2 3 40% 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 0
1976 31 CHC NL 248 70 8 1 7 5 3 4 4 17 9 0 53% 3 1 0 105 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 33 HOU NL 69 20 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 14 6 1 43% 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 969 256 33 2 45 17 16 21 12 93 51 6 55% 13 2 2 402 7 7 50% 6 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 33 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1974 29 3 9 .250 3.12 56 0 31 0 0 10 83.2 82 33 29 6 19 7 38 0 1 0 345 122 1.207 8.8 0.6 2.0 4.1 2.00 122
1975 30 8 11 .421 4.02 108 0 62 0 0 20 154.2 166 75 69 23 34 12 66 0 1 1 651 95 1.293 9.7 1.3 2.0 3.8 1.94 95
1976 31 13 14 .481 4.34 148 2 75 0 0 23 209.2 236 109 101 31 51 18 93 1 2 2 899 88 1.369 10.1 1.3 2.2 4.0 1.82 88
1977 32 13 14 .481 4.34 148 2 75 0 0 23 209.2 236 109 101 31 51 18 93 1 2 2 899 88 1.369 10.1 1.3 2.2 4.0 1.82 88
1978 33 13 14 .481 4.53 158 2 76 0 0 23 224.2 256 121 113 33 58 21 99 1 3 2 968 84 1.398 10.3 1.3 2.3 4.0 1.71 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 29 5 4 .556 3.33 81.0 83 33 30 6 19 37 0 1.259 9.2 2.1 4.1 1.95 0.7 56
1975 30 2 5 .286 5.43 68.0 86 46 41 17 15 27 0 1.485 11.4 2.0 3.6 1.80 2.3 52
1976 31 2 3 .400 5.60 53.0 71 37 33 8 17 26 1 1.660 12.1 2.9 4.4 1.53 1.4 40
1978 33 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 22 17 15 2 8 5 0 2.308 15.2 5.5 3.5 0.63 1.4 10
4 Seasons 9 13 .409 4.98 215.0 262 133 119 33 59 95 1 1.493 11.0 4.0 1.61 1.4 158

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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL--10--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 NL--31--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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