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Bennett Sousa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: April 6, 1995 in North Palm Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 34th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) and the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: The Benjamin School (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$910k (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 2.156 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: John Bennett Sousa

Pronunciation: \SUE-zuh\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.1

0.4

ERA

8.10

4.54

3.1

83.1

WHIP

2.400

1.236

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	20	-0.4	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		1	0	1.000	5.14	5.14	7	0			0	0	7.0	7	4	4	0	13	0	2	1	0	2	40	2.857	9.0	0.0	16.7	2.6	0.15
2015	20	-0.1	Keene	NECL	Smr		1	2	.333	1.62	2.70	5	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	10	5	3	0	8	1	11	1	0	1	66	1.080	5.4	0.0	4.3	5.9	1.38
2015	20	-0.1	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	21	2.000	6.8	0.0	11.3	2.3	0.20
2016	21	0.4	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		3	0	1.000	7.92	9.00	16	3		0	0	0	25.0	30	25	22	1	19	0	23	1	2	6	125	1.960	10.8	0.4	6.8	8.3	1.21
2016	21	0.9	Keene	NECL	Smr		0	0		27.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	4	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	6	6.000	13.5	0.0	40.5	13.5	0.33
2017	22	1.4	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		3	0	1.000	4.09	6.55	24	0		0	0	0	33.0	25	24	15	5	15	3	44	3	0	3	140	1.212	6.8	1.4	4.1	12.0	2.93
2018	23	2.4	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		5	4	.556	5.23	5.65	23	0		0	0	6	43.0	36	27	25	2	22	1	61	4	1	9	196	1.349	7.5	0.4	4.6	12.8	2.77
2018	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	CHW	2	0	1.000	1.27	1.78	20	0	12	0	0	5	35.1	24	7	5	0	7	0	42	2	0	1	134	0.877	6.1	0.0	1.8	10.7	6.00
2018	23	1.1	Kannapolis	SALL	A	CHW	1	0	1.000	2.01	2.82	11	0	4	0	0	1	22.1	20	7	5	0	7	0	24	2	0	0	89	1.209	8.1	0.0	2.8	9.7	3.43
2018	23	1.9	Great Falls	PION	Rk	CHW	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	9	0	8	0	0	4	13.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	45	0.308	2.8	0.0	0.0	12.5
2019	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-A+-AA	CHW	3	6	.333	2.49	3.46	43	0	28	0	0	8	65.0	62	25	18	7	13	1	74	1	1	4	266	1.154	8.6	1.0	1.8	10.2	5.69
2019	24	-0.3	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	10	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
2019	24	0.8	Winston-Salem	CARL	A+	CHW	1	3	.250	2.70	3.30	20	0	11	0	0	5	30.0	22	11	9	4	5	0	32	1	0	1	113	0.900	6.6	1.2	1.5	9.6	6.40
2019	24	2.2	Kannapolis	SALL	A	CHW	2	3	.400	2.51	3.90	21	0	17	0	0	3	32.1	38	14	9	3	7	1	39	0	1	3	143	1.392	10.6	0.8	1.9	10.9	5.57
2019	24	0.8	Glendale	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	5.59	5.59	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	11	6	6	0	1	0	12	0	1	2	41	1.241	10.2	0.0	0.9	11.2	12.00

2021	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHW	4	3	.571	3.61	4.37	41	0	22	0	0	4	47.1	37	23	19	7	20	0	71	2	0	7	200	1.204	7.0	1.3	3.8	13.5	3.55
2021	26	-1.0	Charlotte	AAAE	AAA	CHW	4	2	.667	3.97	4.76	21	0	11	0	0	1	22.2	23	12	10	3	5	0	33	0	0	2	95	1.235	9.1	1.2	2.0	13.1	6.60
2021	26	1.4	Birmingham	AASO	AA	CHW	0	1	.000	3.28	4.01	20	0	11	0	0	3	24.2	14	11	9	4	15	0	38	2	0	5	105	1.176	5.1	1.5	5.5	13.9	2.53
2022	27	0.0	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	2	1	.667	3.95	4.61	28	0	13	0	0	6	27.1	22	14	12	4	12	1	35	2	0	2	116	1.244	7.2	1.3	4.0	11.5	2.92
2022	27	-1.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	0	1.000	8.41	8.85	25	0	2	0	0	1	20.1	25	20	19	3	10	1	12	1	0	4	96	1.721	11.1	1.3	4.4	5.3	1.20
2023	28		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk	HOU	2	2	.500	4.43	4.87	20	0	6	0	0	1	20.1	17	11	10	2	9	0	29	1	0	2	87	1.279	7.5	0.9	4.0	12.8	3.22
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIL	0	0		4.00	4.00	7	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	34	0.889	6.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	5.00
2023	28	0.7	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2023	28	1.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	27.0	1.00
2023	28	1.1	Nashville	IL	AAA	MIL	2	2	.500	4.76	5.29	16	0	6	0	0	1	17.0	15	10	9	2	7	0	23	1	0	2	73	1.294	7.9	1.1	3.7	12.2	3.29
2023	28	6.7	Brewers	ACL	Rk	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2023	28	-0.7	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	20	0.158	1.4	0.0	0.0	11.4
2023	28	-1.2	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	6.8	1.00

2025	30	2.9	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	9.0
2025	30	0.8	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	5	1	.833	2.84	3.20	44	0	13	0	0	4	50.2	37	18	16	4	15	0	59	0	0	4	199	1.026	6.6	0.7	2.7	10.5	3.93
2026	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-Rk	HOU	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.04	8	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	31	0.462	3.1	0.0	1.0	14.5	14.00
2026	31	3.3	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	0		0.00	2.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	15	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2026	31	6.4	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.6
2026	31	9.9	Astros	FCL	Rk	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2026	31	1.8	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		8.10	8.10	5	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	17	2.400	8.1	0.0	13.5	10.8	0.80
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		8	1	.889	4.54	4.86	81	0	21	0	0	5	83.1	71	45	42	8	32	1	85	1	0	8	346	1.236	7.7	0.9	3.5	9.2	2.66
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	2.76	3.49	164	1	81	0	0	24	209.0	167	81	64	20	62	2	270	8	1	16	851	1.096	7.2	0.9	2.7	11.6	4.35
College (4 seasons)					College		12	4	.750	5.50	6.67	70	3		0	0	6	108.0	98	80	66	8	69	4	130	9	3	20	501	1.546	8.2	0.7	5.8	10.8	1.88
Other (3 seasons)					Other		2	2	.500	3.77	4.94	16	4	2	0	0	0	31.0	25	17	13	0	17	1	25	1	1	5	134	1.355	7.3	0.0	4.9	7.3	1.47
All Levels (10 Seasons)							36	19	.655	3.86	4.65	331	8	104	0	0	35	431.1	361	223	185	36	180	8	510	19	5	49	1832	1.254	7.5	0.8	3.8	10.6	2.83

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		8	5	.615	3.68	4.37	76	0	30	0	0	8	78.1	64	38	32	9	26	1	106	3	0	6	325	1.149	7.4	1.0	3.0	12.2	4.08
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.70	3.30	24	0	11	0	0	3	30.0	16	11	9	4	16	0	48	2	0	5	123	1.067	4.8	1.2	4.8	14.4	3.00
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	3	.250	2.70	3.30	20	0	11	0	0	5	30.0	22	11	9	4	5	0	32	1	0	1	113	0.900	6.6	1.2	1.5	9.6	6.40
A (2 seasons)					Minors		3	3	.500	2.30	3.46	32	0	21	0	0	4	54.2	58	21	14	3	14	1	63	2	1	3	232	1.317	9.5	0.5	2.3	10.4	4.50
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	12	1	8	0	0	4	16.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	21	0	0	1	58	0.500	3.9	0.0	0.6	11.8	21.00
Fal (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	5.59	5.59	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	11	6	6	0	1	0	12	0	1	2	41	1.241	10.2	0.0	0.9	11.2	12.00
Smr (2 seasons)					Other		1	2	.333	2.95	4.64	7	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	14	11	7	0	16	1	13	1	0	3	93	1.406	5.9	0.0	6.8	5.5	0.81