Elias Sosa | Major Leaguer 1972-1983

Full Name: Elias Sosa Martinez
Born: June 10,1950 in La Vega, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Mar 4,1968] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Oct 14,1974] - Traded by Giants with Ken Rudolph to Cardinals for Marc Hill. [May 28,1975] - Traded by Cardinals with Ray Sadecki to Braves for Wayne Nordhagen and Ron Reed. [Jun 23,1976] - Traded by Braves with Lee Lacy to Dodgers for Mike Marshall. [Jan 31,1978] - Purchased by Pirates from Dodgers. [Apr 4,1978] - Traded by Pirates with Mike Edwards and Miguel Dilone to Athletics for Manny Sanguillen. [Nov 2,1978] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 8,1979] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos. [Mar 30,1982] - Sent to Tigers by Expos for future considerations. [Oct 7,1982] - Purchased by Padres from Tigers. [Nov 7,1983] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1968	Salt Lake	Pio	18	Sf	Rk	0	5	8.00	8						18.0	33	32	16		14	15			16.50	---	7.00	7.50	2.61	--
1969	great flls	Pio	19	Sf	Rk	0	2	6.00	14						27.0	22	21	18		22	38			7.33	---	7.33	12.67	1.63	--
	Decatur	Midw	19	Sf	A	0	1	4.50	9						22.0	27	13	11		17	24			11.05	---	6.95	9.82	2.00	--
1970	Fresno	Calif	20	Sf	A+	6	8	5.12	21						102.0	119	66	58		39	95			10.50	---	3.44	8.38	1.55	--
	Amarillo	Tex	20	Sf	AA	0	0	1.80	3						5.0	3	2	1		4	2			5.40	---	7.20	3.60	1.40	--
1971	Fresno	Calif	21	Sf	A+	12	9	3.32	31						152.0	140	68	56		48	124			8.29	---	2.84	7.34	1.24	--
1972	Phoenix	PCL	22	Sf	AAA	10	2	2.93	55						120.0	123	40	39		44	107			9.23	---	3.30	8.03	1.39	--
	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	0	1	2.30	8	0	0	0	4	3	15.2	10	4	4	0	12	10	0	0	5.75	0.00	6.90	5.75	1.40	43%
1973	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	10	4	3.28	71	1	0	0	46	18	107.0	95	42	39	7	41	70	8	1	7.99	0.59	3.45	5.89	1.27	56%
1974	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	9	7	3.48	68	0	0	0	30	6	101.0	94	54	39	8	45	48	4	0	8.38	0.71	4.01	4.28	1.38	48%
1975	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	2	2	4.48	43	0	0	0	21	2	62.1	70	35	31	3	29	31	3	1	10.11	0.43	4.19	4.48	1.59	46%
	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	0	3	3.95	14	1	0	0	4	0	27.1	22	14	12	3	14	15	1	0	7.24	0.99	4.61	4.94	1.32	39%
1976	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	4	4	5.35	21	0	0	0	10	3	35.1	41	26	21	3	13	32	1	0	10.44	0.76	3.31	8.15	1.53	46%
	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	2	4	3.48	24	0	0	0	14	1	33.2	30	16	13	0	12	20	1	0	8.02	0.00	3.21	5.35	1.25	49%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	2	2	1.98	44	0	0	0	20	1	63.2	42	15	14	7	12	47	1	0	5.94	0.99	1.70	6.64	0.85	42%
1978	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	8	2	2.64	68	0	0	0	44	14	109.0	106	37	32	5	44	61	4	3	8.75	0.41	3.63	5.04	1.38	56%
1979	Montreal	NL	29	Mtl	MLB	8	7	1.96	62	0	0	0	41	18	96.2	77	24	21	2	37	59	1	0	7.17	0.19	3.45	5.49	1.18	49%
1980	Montreal	NL	30	Mtl	MLB	9	6	3.07	67	0	0	0	43	9	93.2	104	33	32	5	19	58	1	1	9.99	0.48	1.83	5.57	1.31	58%
1981	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	1	2	3.66	32	0	0	0	17	3	39.1	46	16	16	3	8	18	1	0	10.53	0.69	1.83	4.12	1.37	45%
1982	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	3	3	4.43	38	0	0	0	27	4	61.0	64	31	30	11	18	24	1	0	9.44	1.62	2.66	3.54	1.34	50%
1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	1	4	4.36	41	1	0	0	9	1	72.1	72	41	35	7	30	45	4	0	8.96	0.87	3.73	5.60	1.41	55%
1987	San Jose	Calif	37		A+	0	1	9.95	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	12	8	7	1	9	2	0		17.06	1.42	12.80	2.84	3.32	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						59	51	3.32	601	3	0	0	330	83	918.0	873	388	339	64	334	538	31	6	8.56	0.63	3.27	5.27	1.31	50%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						28	28	4.10	144						452.1	479	250	206		197	407			9.54	---	3.92	8.10	1.50	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1972	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	p	9	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1973	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	p	9	71	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.188	.071	259	75%
1974	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	p	9	68	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	.067	.067	.067	134	60%
1975	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	p	9	43	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	75%
	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p	9	14	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	67%
1976	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	p	9	21	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	50%
	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	p	9	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	100%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	p	9	45	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	100%
1978	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	p	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Montreal	NL	29	Mtl	MLB	p	9	62	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	.154	.214	.231	445	67%
1980	Montreal	NL	30	Mtl	MLB	p	9	67	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	33%
1981	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	p	9	32	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	100%
1982	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	p	9	41	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	60%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								602	92	2	12	1	0	0	6	0	2	3	35	0	0	8	0	1	.130	.158	.141	299	66%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	27		Ch	0	1	10.15	2		0			0	2.2	5		3		0	0			16.92	---	0.00	0.00	1.88	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	27		Ws	0	0	11.59	2		0			0	2.1	3		3		1	1			11.59	---	3.86	3.86	1.72	--
1981	Montreal	NL	31		Div	0	0	3.00	2		0			0	3.0	4		1		0	1			12.00	---	0.00	3.00	1.33	--
	Montreal	NL	31		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	1		0		1	0			27.27	---	27.27	0.00	6.06	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	1	7.56	7		0			0	8.1	13		7		2	2			14.04	---	2.16	2.16	1.80	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	Ch	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1972	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	P	8		15.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.15

1973	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	P	71		107	7	12	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.60

1974	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	P	68		101	4	14	3	21	2	-	-	-	.857	1.60

1975	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	P	43		62.1	2	10	2	14	1	-	-	-	.857	1.73
1975	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	14		27.1	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

1976	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	P	21		35.1	0	4	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	1.02
1976	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	P	24		33.2	1	6	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.87

1977	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	P	44		63.2	3	9	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.70

1978	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	P	68		109	9	15	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.98

1979	Montreal	NL	29	Mtl	MLB	P	62		96.2	8	8	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	1.49

1980	Montreal	NL	30	Mtl	MLB	P	67		93.2	4	13	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	1.63

1981	Montreal	NL	31	Mtl	MLB	P	32		39.1	3	8	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.52

1982	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	38		61	3	13	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.36

1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	P	41		72.1	7	5	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.49

1987	San Jose	Calif	37		A+	P	3			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1973] - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #3)

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