CF Jose Sosa #24
San Francisco Seagulls MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
07/31/1973
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CF JOSE SOSA #24 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
109 398 102 18 8 7 42 62 59 .256 .356 .394 17 4.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 50
Gap 55 60 55 55
Power 40 40 40 45
Eye 65 70 65 65
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 70
Errors: - 40 65
Arm: 20 50 65
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 25
Catcher: - Left Field: 80
1st Base: 35 Center Field: 65
2nd Base: 25 Right Field: 75
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 60
Stealing Aggressiveness: 70
Stealing Ability: 70
Baserunning Inst.: 70
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1973 SEA Win, 9-3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
07/30/1973 TCN Win, 7-3 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
07/29/1973 TCN Loss, 6-9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1973 TCN Win, 14-6 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
07/27/1973 @ DAL Win, 14-5 4 3 2 1 0 2 1 1
07/26/1973 @ DAL Win, 10-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
07/25/1973 @ DAL Win, 6-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
07/23/1973 @ HOU Win, 3-0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/23/1973 @ HOU Loss, 4-10 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
07/22/1973 @ HOU Win, 6-0 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Jose is a crowd-pleaser.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Birthday:02/07/1946
Born in:Dubuque, IA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$75,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 29 Days
Service This Yr:119 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 25th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 109 398 102 18 8 7 42 79 62 59 .256 .356 .394 .751 .341 .138 119
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 97 471 2 0 0 6 5 4 157 33 17 6 73.9 61.2 5.21 4.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   137 36 6 3 1 12 32 17 19 2 1 1 .263 .344 .372 .716
Versus Right   261 66 12 5 6 30 47 45 40 2 4 1 .253 .362 .406 .769
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   5 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 .400 .571 .800 1.371
Last Week   26 6 0 0 1 3 7 4 6 1 0 0 .231 .323 .346 .669
April   94 28 5 2 3 15 18 19 11 0 0 0 .298 .416 .489 .905
May   98 26 4 2 1 6 21 18 16 0 1 2 .265 .390 .378 .767
June   102 23 8 1 1 7 19 14 15 1 3 0 .225 .316 .353 .669
July   104 25 1 3 2 14 21 11 17 3 1 0 .240 .305 .365 .670
All-Star Game   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   65 14 2 0 0 10 10 15 12 1 0 0 .215 .358 .246 .604
Last Year   491 133 24 15 9 51 70 76 76 2 2 0 .271 .367 .436 .803
2 Years Ago   299 70 15 6 3 29 32 46 50 2 1 1 .234 .336 .355 .691
Career   1584 388 68 32 26 152 242 230 266 8 12 5 .245 .341 .378 .719
Home   194 49 6 4 3 19 36 35 23 0 3 0 .253 .367 .371 .738
Road   204 53 12 4 4 23 43 27 36 4 2 2 .260 .346 .417 .763
Grass   398 102 18 8 7 42 79 62 59 4 5 2 .256 .356 .394 .751
Day   228 63 10 8 6 29 48 29 34 1 3 2 .276 .362 .469 .831
Night   170 39 8 0 1 13 31 33 25 3 2 0 .229 .350 .294 .644
As Starter   390 101 18 8 7 41 78 59 55 3 5 2 .259 .357 .400 .757
As Reliever / Substitution   8 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 .125 .333 .125 .458
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Close/Late   77 16 3 1 1 3 16 17 18 1 4 0 .208 .347 .312 .659
Inning 1-3   163 50 10 4 3 16 37 24 16 2 0 0 .307 .392 .472 .864
Inning 4-6   112 25 3 2 2 15 20 18 16 0 1 1 .223 .336 .339 .675
Inning 7-9   113 24 4 2 2 11 20 19 22 2 3 1 .212 .326 .336 .662
Extra Innings   10 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 .300 .364 .400 .764
0 Outs   152 38 5 3 3 9 38 22 21 0 3 0 .250 .345 .382 .726
1 Outs   136 43 10 2 3 13 28 14 17 4 2 2 .316 .378 .485 .863
2 Outs   110 21 3 3 1 20 13 26 21 0 0 0 .191 .346 .300 .646
Scoring Position   91 19 3 4 3 34 20 23 12 4 5 1 .209 .361 .429 .790
Bases Empty   238 65 12 2 3 3 49 31 34 0 0 1 .273 .359 .378 .737
Runner on 1st   69 18 3 2 1 5 10 8 13 0 0 0 .261 .338 .406 .743
Runner on 2nd   33 4 0 1 1 3 6 6 3 0 2 0 .121 .256 .273 .529
Runner on 3rd   6 4 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .667 .778 1.167 1.944
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 4 1 0 2 8 6 6 4 0 1 0 .143 .294 .393 .687
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 5 1 1 0 8 3 3 0 2 0 0 .417 .471 .667 1.137
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Bases Loaded   10 2 0 1 0 10 2 4 5 1 0 0 .200 .400 .400 .800
Two Strikes   245 53 9 3 4 22 38 33 59 2 0 1 .216 .310 .327 .636
First Pitch   41 11 2 1 1 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 .268 .268 .439 .707
Count 0-1   27 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .250 .296 .546
Count 0-2   30 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 16 0 0 0 .100 .100 .167 .267
Count 1-0   25 7 2 2 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 .280 .280 .640 .920
Count 1-1   28 10 1 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .571 .929
Count 1-2   68 15 3 1 1 4 7 0 18 1 0 0 .221 .217 .338 .556
Count 2-0   7 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .857 .857 .857 1.714
Count 2-1   19 6 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 .316 .300 .526 .826
Count 2-2   52 13 2 0 2 6 8 0 13 0 0 0 .250 .250 .404 .654
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 2 1 0 0 1 5 10 0 0 0 1 .333 .765 .500 1.265
Full Count   95 22 2 2 1 10 21 33 12 1 0 1 .232 .431 .326 .757
Behind in Count   125 25 6 1 1 7 10 0 34 2 0 0 .200 .197 .288 .485
Ahead in Count   57 21 5 3 1 12 24 29 0 1 1 1 .368 .580 .614 1.194
Batting Leadoff   138 36 6 2 2 10 33 28 22 1 1 2 .261 .391 .377 .767
Batting 2nd   252 65 12 6 5 31 45 31 33 2 4 0 .258 .337 .413 .750
Batting 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 4th   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Low Leverage   196 51 10 2 4 13 32 20 33 1 0 1 .260 .330 .393 .723
Medium Leverage   149 39 5 6 1 13 36 26 14 1 2 0 .262 .369 .396 .765
High Leverage   53 12 3 0 2 16 11 16 12 2 3 1 .226 .403 .396 .799
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 San Francisco - MLB 22 5 18 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 71 71 0.0
1969 San Francisco - MLB 23 118 182 37 3 2 4 14 33 23 2 0 37 5 1 .203 .300 .308 .607 77 81 1.0
1970 San Francisco - MLB 24 108 196 42 6 1 3 15 26 23 0 0 40 5 5 .214 .297 .301 .598 70 71 0.7
1971 San Francisco - MLB 25 126 299 70 15 6 3 29 32 46 1 2 50 8 2 .234 .336 .355 .691 102 104 2.4
1972 San Francisco - MLB 26 157 491 133 24 15 9 51 70 76 0 2 76 19 5 .271 .367 .436 .803 148 159 7.9
1973 San Francisco - MLB 27 109 398 102 18 8 7 42 79 62 2 4 59 17 6 .256 .356 .394 .751 107 119 4.6
Total MLB 623 1584 388 68 32 26 152 242 230 5 8 266 54 19 .245 .341 .378 .719 110 118 16.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Total - 21 48 216 59 11 5 4 29 51 24 1 3 27 34 7 .273 .344 .426 .770 100 100 1.0
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 San Francisco - MLB 22 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 359 385 0.2
1969 San Francisco - MLB 23 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 185 190 0.7
1970 San Francisco - MLB 24 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -129 0.6
1971 San Francisco - MLB 25 6 17 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 0 .235 .235 .353 .588 70 66 1.0
1972 San Francisco - MLB 26 10 38 8 3 0 0 3 6 3 0 0 9 2 0 .211 .268 .289 .558 73 69 1.8
Total MLB 24 62 14 7 0 0 4 9 3 0 0 16 4 0 .226 .262 .339 .600 81 77
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 San Francisco - MLB SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.1 27.00 0.0 .000
1968 San Francisco - MLB CF 4 4 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 29.0 5.28 +0.7 1.057
1969 San Francisco - MLB SS 4 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 4.2 5.79 +0.3 1.050
1969 San Francisco - MLB LF 57 5 30 0 0 30 0 1.000 145.1 1.86 +0.8 .998
1969 San Francisco - MLB CF 27 27 53 0 0 53 0 1.000 188.0 2.54 +2.7 .998
1969 San Francisco - MLB RF 51 5 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 140.0 1.74 -0.8 .979
1970 San Francisco - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 San Francisco - MLB LF 40 10 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 148.0 1.76 +2.4 1.049
1970 San Francisco - MLB CF 16 16 37 0 0 37 0 1.000 117.0 2.85 +1.7 1.060
1970 San Francisco - MLB RF 54 14 51 0 0 51 0 1.000 217.0 2.12 +3.5 1.112
1971 San Francisco - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 San Francisco - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 San Francisco - MLB LF 60 0 20 0 0 20 0 1.000 149.0 1.21 -0.7 .977
1971 San Francisco - MLB CF 35 34 84 3 0 87 0 1.000 250.1 3.13 +1.3 1.028
1971 San Francisco - MLB RF 56 39 93 2 1 95 0 1.000 361.1 2.37 +6.8 1.108
1972 San Francisco - MLB SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.1 6.75 0.0 .000
1972 San Francisco - MLB LF 44 27 52 0 0 52 0 1.000 257.1 1.82 +1.7 1.043
1972 San Francisco - MLB CF 96 87 249 6 3 257 2 .992 698.1 3.29 +12.4 1.052
1972 San Francisco - MLB RF 50 21 51 1 0 52 0 1.000 235.1 1.99 +3.0 1.036
1973 San Francisco - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 San Francisco - MLB CF 97 89 235 8 0 245 2 .992 748.2 2.92 +12.2 1.065
1973 San Francisco - MLB RF 40 8 28 1 0 29 0 1.000 146.2 1.78 +2.3 1.085
TOTAL SS 8 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 7.1 6.14 +0.3 1.050
TOTAL LF 203 42 131 0 0 131 0 1.000 701.2 1.68 +4.2 1.023
TOTAL CF 275 257 675 17 3 696 4 .994 2031.1 3.07 +31.0 1.050
TOTAL RF 251 87 250 4 1 254 0 1.000 1100.1 2.08 +14.8 1.077
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 25, 53rd overall pick) by the San Francisco Seagulls, out of college Arkansas
10/20/1967 Named the #64 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 45 (55).
04/09/1968 Named the #66 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #42 prospect in the MLB
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 55 (55).
02/24/1969 Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at center field at the San Francisco Seagulls development complex.
04/07/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the San Francisco Seagulls development complex.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
01/29/1971 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $300,000 with the San Francisco Seagulls organization.
03/08/1971 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the San Francisco Seagulls development complex.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 65 (65).
02/29/1972 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the San Francisco Seagulls development complex.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 65 (65).
03/05/1973 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the San Francisco Seagulls development complex.
07/08/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1972 15 2
Year OBP Rank
1972 .367 9
Year RC/27 Rank
1972 6.26 7
Year ISO Rank
1972 .165 10
Year wOBA Rank
1972 .369 8
Year OPS Rank
1972 .803 8
Year WAR Rank
1972 7.4 5
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