Bennett Sousa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Team: Milwaukee Brewers (minors, 40-man)

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 2022 season

2023 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2023): 0.068 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: John Bennett Sousa

Pronunciation: \SUE-zuh\

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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

-0.1

-1.0

ERA

10.80

8.59

1.2

22.0

WHIP

1.800

1.727

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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		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	0.5	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		3	0	1.000	7.92	9.00	16	3			0	0	25.0	30	25	22	1	19		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	33.0	25	24	15	5	15		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	6	43.0	36	27	25	2	22		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		2 Teams	IL	AAA	MIL-CIN	2	1	.667	3.95	4.61	13	0	6	0	0	1	13.2	14	7	6	2	6	0	19	0	0	1	59	1.463	9.2	1.3	4.0	12.5	3.17
2023	28	0.7	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	0.7	Nashville	IL	AAA	MIL	2	1	.667	3.38	4.05	12	0	6	0	0	1	13.1	13	6	5	2	5	0	18	0	0	1	56	1.350	8.8	1.4	3.4	12.2	3.60
2023	28	-1.4	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		10.80	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	5.4	5.4	10.8	2.00
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 (2 seasons)					Majors		3	0	1.000	8.59	9.00	26	0	3	0	0	1	22.0	27	22	21	4	11	1	14	1	0	4	104	1.727	11.0	1.6	4.5	5.7	1.27
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		13	11	.542	2.86	3.63	145	0	81	0	0	24	188.2	159	76	60	20	58	2	241	7	1	15	775	1.150	7.6	1.0	2.8	11.5	4.16
College (4 seasons)					College		12	4	.750	5.50	6.67	70	3			0	6	108.0	98	80	66	8	69		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 (8 Seasons)							30	17	.638	4.12	5.02	257	7	86	0	0	31	349.2	309	195	160	32	155	4	410	18	5	44	1514	1.327	8.0	0.8	4.0	10.6	2.65

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	4	.667	3.96	4.66	62	0	30	0	0	8	63.2	59	33	28	9	23	1	87	2	0	5	270	1.288	8.3	1.3	3.3	12.3	3.78
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.96	3.62	22	0	11	0	0	3	27.1	16	11	9	4	16	0	41	2	0	5	115	1.171	5.3	1.3	5.3	13.5	2.56
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 (1 season)					Minors		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
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