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Oscar Zamora
Oscar Jose (Sosa) Zamora

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

Debut June 18, 1974
  vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 21, 1978
Born September 23, 1944 in Camaguey, Cuba

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 29 CHC NL   3   9  56   0   0   0  31 10   83.7   82   33   29   6   19   38   0   0   345   7   1  3.12  3.81  122 1.207
 1975 30 CHC NL   5   2  52   0   0   0  31 10   71.0   84   42   40  17   15   28   0   1   306   5   0  5.07  3.85   76 1.394
 1976 31 CHC NL   5   3  40   2   0   0  13  3   55.0   70   34   32   8   17   27   1   1   248   6   1  5.24  3.82   73 1.582
 1978 33 HOU NL   0   0  10   0   0   0   1  0   15.0   20   12   12   2    7    6   0   0    69   3   1  7.20  3.29   46 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .481  13  14 158   2   0   0  76 23  224.7  256  121  113  33   58   99   1   2   968  21   3  4.53  3.79   84 1.398
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   5  67   0   0   0  32  9   95.3  108   51   48  14   24   42   0   0   411   8   1  4.53  3.79   84 1.398
 Career High      5   9  56   2   0   0  31 10   83.7   84   42   40  17   19   38   1   1   345   7   1  3.12  3.85  122 1.207

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 29 CHC NL  56   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .182  .182  .182    1    2   3   0   0   0   1
 1975 30 CHC NL  52    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .167  .167  .167   -8    1   4   0   0   0   0
 1976 31 CHC NL  40    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 33 HOU NL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      158   28    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .107  .107  .107  -40    3   7   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         29    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .107  .107  .107  -40    3   7   0   0   0   1
 Career High     56   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3                           2   4   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 29 CHC NL   14   13    0   0.0    97| .182  .266| .182  .338| .182  .384| .364  .722|   1  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1975 30 CHC NL   10    9    0   0.0    99| .167  .270| .167  .341| .167  .390| .334  .731|  -8  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1976 31 CHC NL    9    9    0   0.0    98| .000  .272| .000  .339| .000  .387| .000  .726|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1978 33 HOU NL    2    2    0   0.0    88| .000  .252| .000  .319| .000  .372| .000  .690|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        35   33    0   0.0    97| .107  .268| .107  .338| .107  .385| .214  .723| -40  .000  -5.4  -0.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 29 CHC NL P 56 5 13 1 0 .947 .942 0.32 0.71 1.94 1.88 0 83.7 1975 30 CHC NL P 52 3 10 1 0 .929 .949 0.25 0.72 1.65 1.86 0 71.0 1976 31 CHC NL P 40 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 0.20 0.72 1.31 1.88 2 55.0 1978 33 HOU NL P 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.72 1.80 1.92 0 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 29 CHC NL P 56 5 13 1 0 .947 .942 0.32 0.71 1.94 1.88 0 83.7 1975 30 CHC NL P 52 3 10 1 0 .929 .949 0.25 0.72 1.65 1.86 0 71.0 1976 31 CHC NL P 40 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 0.20 0.72 1.31 1.88 2 55.0 1978 33 HOU NL P 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.72 1.80 1.92 0 15.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 158 10 32 4 1 .913 .946 0.27 0.72 1.68 1.88 2 224.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 158 10 32 4 1 .913 .946 0.27 0.72 1.68 1.88 2 225
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1974 NL-10-7

Games Finished
1974 NL-31-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 30, 1965: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 10, 1969: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

May 7, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

June 17, 1974: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Houston Astros.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

November 18, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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