#31 Elias Sosa, Closer, 38 yrs, Fayetteville Farmers

#31 Elias Sosa, Closer, 38 yrs, Fayetteville Farmers
Sunday, 8/8/1988

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Elias Sosa

6/10/1950
38
D.R.,,LA VEGA
6"2
195

Closer
R
R

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Minimal
Loyal
Great Leader
2 / 6 (Fair)
4 / 6 (Popular)
Good
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1988
15 Year(s), 164 Days (2744 total Days)
80 Day(s)
16 Year(s), 101 Days (2853 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	29	47	53	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	23	45	50
Versus RHB	34	49	56
Talent	21	49	45

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

28
64
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	21	3	1	10
Versus LHP	1	21	3	1	10
Versus RHP	1	21	3	1	10
Talent	1	1	1	1	50

Running & Bunting Ratings
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Hitter Type :

1
20
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 38 (Range), .944 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 19

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/21	EI	W 13-12		0.2	0	1	0	3	0
6/23	EI	L 6-9		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
6/24	KC	L 14-15		2.2	3	2	2	0	2
6/28	@VAN	W 10-9		1.1	1	0	0	1	1	W
7/1	VA	W 10-9		3.2	4	2	2	0	2
7/7	LOU	W 13-12		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	W
7/9	KY	L 4-10		2.2	4	1	1	0	3
8/3	@KY	W 10-8		0	0	0	0	1	0
8/5	@LOU	W 11-9		3.1	2	0	0	1	3	W
8/6	@LOU	L 5-6		0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 1988

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	19	0	3	1	0	5.04	30.1	29	18	17	15	21	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	28	0	4	1	0	5.04	44.0	43	27	25	22	31

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	5	1	.0	19	6	13.1	8.6	6.2	4.5	10	5	50.0	14	3	21.4	4.86

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	65	13	3	0	2	6	7	7	10	0	0	0	.200	.278	.338	.616
vs. RHB	52	16	1	0	4	8	11	8	11	0	0	0	.308	.400	.558	.958

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	12	0	1	1	0	7.20	20.0	25	17	16	8	14
Road	7	0	2	0	0	0.87	10.1	4	1	1	7	7
This Week	3	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.2	2	0	0	2	3
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	2	0	0	0	0	2.84	6.1	2	2	2	2	4
June	11	0	1	1	0	7.90	13.2	17	13	12	11	9
July	3	0	1	0	0	4.05	6.2	8	3	3	0	5
August	3	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.2	2	0	0	2	3

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1980	52	0	6	7	25	3.33	67.2	71	26	25	8	21	33	0	0	1.36	.279	SUN
1981	61	0	9	5	32	1.79	80.1	68	19	16	7	25	45	0	0	1.16	.256	SUN,AL
1982	45	0	1	10	13	5.51	47.1	53	37	29	8	21	32	0	0	1.56	.304	EI
1983	40	0	1	4	20	3.44	49.2	46	21	19	6	15	28	0	0	1.23	.265	EI ChC
1984	44	0	3	5	20	3.13	63.1	69	24	22	7	13	39	0	0	1.29	.308	ChC
1985	39	0	3	3	19	3.17	48.1	50	18	17	3	11	38	0	0	1.26	.322	ChC
1986	51	0	2	5	20	5.17	55.2	75	34	32	6	23	28	0	0	1.76	.338	HAR
1987	14	0	1	0	0	5.19	17.1	25	11	10	3	8	13	0	0	1.90	.367	WIN
1988	19	0	3	1	0	5.04	30.1	29	18	17	6	15	21	0	0	1.45	.256	FAY
Total	365	0	29	40	149	3.66	460.0	486	208	187	54	152	277	0	0	1.39	.295

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1987, AAA	28	0	7	2	14	3.27	33.0	35	14	12	3	13	26	0	0	1.45	.323

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1984	7	0	0	1	6	7.71	7.0	13	6	6	5	4	0	0
1985	7	0	1	3	2	6.43	7.0	7	6	5	3	7	0	0
Total	14	0	1	4	8	7.07	14.0	20	12	11	8	11	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1980	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SUN
1981	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SUN,AL
1982	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	EI
1983	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	EI ChC
1984	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ChC
1985	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ChC
1986	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HAR
1987	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	WIN
Total	346	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1988

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

30.1

2.08

Player History

Drafted in 4th round, 92nd overall pick, by Sunnyvale in 1980...
Earned first career win on 6/26/1980...
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game...
5/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Emerald Isle, $2,890,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from Emerald Isle to Charleston on 7/30/1983 (Going to EI: 1B Karl Doan, P Jim Hellwig, C Tim Laudner, P Manolo Ribera, SS Greg Gagne. Going to ChC: P Pete Vuckovich, C George South, 1B C
armelo Martinez, P Elias Sosa)...
Injured on 6/2/1984 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Signed as a free agent by Harlan Co. on 2/1/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $2,400,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Fayetteville on 5/20/1988 to a minor league deal...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1980 - 25 - 9th
1981 - 32 - 4th
1983 - 20 - 9th
1984 - 20 - 10th
1985 - 19 - 8th
1986 - 20 - 9th

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