Elías Sosa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 186lb (188cm, 84kg)

Born: June 10, 1950 in La Vega, Dominican Republic do

High School: La Vega (La Vega, Dominican Republic)

Last Game: September 18, 1983 (Age 33-100d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Elías Sosa

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Career

WAR

9.0

ERA

3.32

601

918.0

538

WHIP

1.315

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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
1968	18	-1.2	Salt Lake City	PION	Rk	SFG	0	5	.000	8.00	16.00	8	5		0	0		18.0	33	32	16	2	14	0	15	1	1	1		2.611	16.5	1.0	7.0	7.5	1.07
1969	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	SFG	0	3	.000	5.33	6.24	23	5		0	0	1	49.0	49	34	29	3	39	1	62	2	0	9		1.796	9.0	0.6	7.2	11.4	1.59
1969	19	-2.2	Decatur	MIDW	A	SFG	0	1	.000	4.50	5.32	9	3		0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	2	17	1	24	0	0	3		2.000	11.0	0.8	7.0	9.8	1.41
1969	19	-0.3	Great Falls	PION	Rk	SFG	0	2	.000	6.00	7.00	14	2		0	0	1	27.0	22	21	18	1	22	0	38	2	0	6		1.630	7.3	0.3	7.3	12.7	1.73
1970	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	SFG	6	8	.429	4.96	5.72	24	15		3	1	0	107.0	122	68	59	11	43	0	97	2	0	7		1.542	10.3	0.9	3.6	8.2	2.26
1970	20	-2.7	Amarillo	TL	AA	SFG	0	0		1.80	3.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	3	2	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	0		1.400	5.4	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50
1970	20	-1.8	Fresno	CALL	A	SFG	6	8	.429	5.12	5.82	21	15		3	1	0	102.0	119	66	58	10	39	0	95	2	0	7		1.549	10.5	0.9	3.4	8.4	2.44
1971	21	-0.7	Fresno	CALL	A	SFG	12	9	.571	3.32	4.03	31	19		8	1	1	152.0	140	68	56	14	48	6	124	5	0	11		1.237	8.3	0.8	2.8	7.3	2.58
1972	22	-3.1	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	10	2	.833	2.93	3.00	55	4		1	0	4	120.0	123	40	39	6	44	8	92	5	2	4		1.392	9.2	0.5	3.3	6.9	2.09
1972	22	-5.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	1	.000	2.30	2.30	8	0	4	0	0	3	15.2	10	4	4	0	12	0	10	0	0	0	67	1.404	5.7	0.0	6.9	5.7	0.83
1973	23	-4.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	10	4	.714	3.28	3.53	71	1	46	0	0	18	107.0	95	42	39	7	41	8	70	4	1	8	449	1.271	8.0	0.6	3.4	5.9	1.71
1974	24	-3.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	9	7	.563	3.48	4.81	68	0	30	0	0	6	101.0	94	54	39	8	45	5	48	1	0	4	435	1.376	8.4	0.7	4.0	4.3	1.07
1975	25		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-STL	2	5	.286	4.32	4.92	57	1	25	0	0	2	89.2	92	49	43	6	43	9	46	4	1	4	395	1.506	9.2	0.6	4.3	4.6	1.07
1975	25	-2.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	3	.000	3.95	4.61	14	1	4	0	0	0	27.1	22	14	12	3	14	2	15	1	0	1	116	1.317	7.2	1.0	4.6	4.9	1.07
1975	25	-2.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	2	.500	4.48	5.05	43	0	21	0	0	2	62.1	70	35	31	3	29	7	31	3	1	3	279	1.588	10.1	0.4	4.2	4.5	1.07
1976	26		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-LAD	6	8	.429	4.43	5.48	45	0	24	0	0	4	69.0	71	42	34	3	25	6	52	1	0	2	302	1.391	9.3	0.4	3.3	6.8	2.08
1976	26	-1.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	4	.500	5.35	6.62	21	0	10	0	0	3	35.1	41	26	21	3	13	2	32	1	0	1	161	1.528	10.4	0.8	3.3	8.2	2.46
1976	26	-1.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	4	.333	3.48	4.28	24	0	14	0	0	1	33.2	30	16	13	0	12	4	20	0	0	1	141	1.248	8.0	0.0	3.2	5.3	1.67
1977	27	-0.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	2	.500	1.98	2.12	44	0	20	0	0	1	63.2	42	15	14	7	12	3	47	1	0	1	239	0.848	5.9	1.0	1.7	6.6	3.92
1978	28	0.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	8	2	.800	2.64	3.06	68	0	44	0	0	14	109.0	106	37	32	5	44	10	61	1	3	4	459	1.376	8.8	0.4	3.6	5.0	1.39
1979	29	0.8	MON	NL	Maj	MON	8	7	.533	1.96	2.23	62	0	41	0	0	18	96.2	77	24	21	2	37	11	59	2	0	1	396	1.179	7.2	0.2	3.4	5.5	1.59
1980	30	1.7	MON	NL	Maj	MON	9	6	.600	3.07	3.17	67	0	43	0	0	9	93.2	104	33	32	5	19	3	58	1	1	1	394	1.313	10.0	0.5	1.8	5.6	3.05
1981	31	2.3	MON	NL	Maj	MON	1	2	.333	3.66	3.66	32	0	17	0	0	3	39.1	46	16	16	3	8	0	18	1	0	1	170	1.373	10.5	0.7	1.8	4.1	2.25
1982	32	3.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	3	.500	4.43	4.57	38	0	27	0	0	4	61.0	64	31	30	11	18	3	24	2	0	1	260	1.344	9.4	1.6	2.7	3.5	1.33
1983	33	4.5	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	4	.200	4.35	5.10	41	1	9	0	0	1	72.1	72	41	35	7	30	5	45	3	0	4	314	1.410	9.0	0.9	3.7	5.6	1.50

1987	37	13.9	San Jose	CALL	A		0	1	.000	9.95	11.37	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	12	8	7	1	9	1	2	2	0	0		3.316	17.1	1.4	12.8	2.8	0.22
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 (12 seasons)					Majors		59	51	.536	3.32	3.80	601	3	330	0	0	83	918.0	873	388	339	64	334	63	538	21	6	31	3880	1.315	8.6	0.6	3.3	5.3	1.61
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		28	28	.500	4.10	4.97	144	49	0	12	2	6	452.1	479	250	206	37	197	16	392	17	3	32		1.494	9.5	0.7	3.9	7.8	1.99
All Levels (17 Seasons)							87	79	.524	3.58	4.19	745	52	330	12	2	89	1370.1	1352	638	545	101	531	79	930	38	9	63	3880	1.374	8.9	0.7	3.5	6.1	1.75

AAA (1 season)					Minors		10	2	.833	2.93	3.00	55	4		1	0	4	120.0	123	40	39	6	44	8	92	5	2	4		1.392	9.2	0.5	3.3	6.9	2.09
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	0		1.80	3.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	3	2	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	0		1.400	5.4	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50
A (4 seasons)					Minors		18	19	.486	4.21	4.94	64	38	0	11	2	1	282.1	298	155	132	27	113	8	245	9	0	21		1.456	9.5	0.9	3.6	7.8	2.17
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	7	.000	6.80	10.60	22	7		0	0	1	45.0	55	53	34	3	36	0	53	3	1	7		2.022	11.0	0.6	7.2	10.6	1.47