Pitching

Oswaldo Sosa

Minnesota Twins (R)

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Age: 39

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'4" / 225

DOB: 9/19/1985

(39 years, 8 months, 10 days)

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Stats

Minor LeaguesSpring Training

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2006	MIN	A	20	9	7	0	20	20	117.2		7.27	2.75	0.08	.291	70.1%						2.75		2.87
2006	MIN	A+	20	4	1	0	6	6	34.2		7.01	4.67	0.26	.227	73.2%						2.08		3.58
2006	MIN	MiLB	20	13	8	0	26	26	152.1		7.21	3.19	0.12	.277	70.8%						2.60		3.03
2007	MIN	A+	21	5	5	0	19	19	105.0		7.03	3.09	0.17	.289	79.1%						2.23		3.13	3.61
2007	MIN	AA	21	1	4	0	9	9	48.0		6.56	4.13	0.75	.287	66.8%						4.50		4.65	4.50
2007	MIN	MiLB	21	6	9	0	28	28	153.0		6.88	3.41	0.35	.289	74.9%	50.8%	4.3%				2.94		3.60	3.89
2007	MIN	ST	21	0	0	0	2	0	1.1		13.50	6.75	0.00	.500	33.3%						13.50		2.86	4.41
2008	MIN	A+	22	2	2	0	17	6	43.0		6.91	6.70	0.00	.341	61.0%	51.9%	0.0%				5.44		4.18	4.85
2008	MIN	AA	22	2	5	0	13	13	62.0		6.82	6.24	0.58	.346	67.9%	50.0%	6.0%				5.81		4.79	5.05
2008	MIN	MiLB	22	4	7	0	30	19	105.0		6.86	6.43	0.34	.344	65.0%	50.8%	4.0%				5.66		4.54	4.97
2008	MIN	ST	22	0	0	1	1	0	1.0		9.00	0.00	9.00	.333	100.0%	50.0%	50.0%				9.00		14.62	3.73
2009	MIN	R	23	1	1	0	6	0	9.0		12.00	4.00	1.00	.348	79.4%	52.2%	20.0%				2.00		3.71	2.54

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2006	MIN	A	20	9	7	0	20	20	117.2		7.27	2.75	0.08	.291	70.1%						2.75		2.87
2006	MIN	A+	20	4	1	0	6	6	34.2		7.01	4.67	0.26	.227	73.2%						2.08		3.58
2006	MIN	MiLB	20	13	8	0	26	26	152.1		7.21	3.19	0.12	.277	70.8%						2.60		3.03
2007	MIN	A+	21	5	5	0	19	19	105.0		7.03	3.09	0.17	.289	79.1%						2.23		3.13	3.61
2007	MIN	AA	21	1	4	0	9	9	48.0		6.56	4.13	0.75	.287	66.8%						4.50		4.65	4.50
2007	MIN	MiLB	21	6	9	0	28	28	153.0		6.88	3.41	0.35	.289	74.9%	50.8%	4.3%				2.94		3.60	3.89
2007	MIN	ST	21	0	0	0	2	0	1.1		13.50	6.75	0.00	.500	33.3%						13.50		2.86	4.41
2008	MIN	A+	22	2	2	0	17	6	43.0		6.91	6.70	0.00	.341	61.0%	51.9%	0.0%				5.44		4.18	4.85
2008	MIN	AA	22	2	5	0	13	13	62.0		6.82	6.24	0.58	.346	67.9%	50.0%	6.0%				5.81		4.79	5.05
2008	MIN	MiLB	22	4	7	0	30	19	105.0		6.86	6.43	0.34	.344	65.0%	50.8%	4.0%				5.66		4.54	4.97
2008	MIN	ST	22	0	0	1	1	0	1.0		9.00	0.00	9.00	.333	100.0%	50.0%	50.0%				9.00		14.62	3.73
2009	MIN	R	23	1	1	0	6	0	9.0		12.00	4.00	1.00	.348	79.4%	52.2%	20.0%				2.00		3.71	2.54

Minor LeaguesSpring Training

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2006	MIN	A	9	7	2.75	20	20		1	0	0	0	0	117.2	485	102	44	36	1	36	0	6	9	1	95
2006	MIN	A+	4	1	2.08	6	6		0	0	0	0	0	34.2	143	23	12	8	1	18	0	0	2	0	27
2006	MIN	MiLB	13	8	2.60	26	26		1	0	0	0	0	152.1	628	125	56	44	2	54	0	6	11	1	122
2007	MIN	A+	5	5	2.23	19	19		0	0	0	0	0	105.0	441	94	30	26	2	36	0	3	5	0	82
2007	MIN	AA	1	4	4.50	9	9		0	0	0	0	0	48.0	210	45	28	24	4	22	0	6	0	0	35
2007	MIN	MiLB	6	9	2.94	28	28		0	0	0	0	0	153.0	651	139	58	50	6	58	0	9	5	0	117
2007	MIN	ST	0	0	13.50	2	0		0	0	0	0	1	1.1	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
2008	MIN	A+	2	2	5.44	17	6		0	0	0	3	1	43.0	204	46	32	26	0	32	0	4	5	0	33
2008	MIN	AA	2	5	5.81	13	13		0	0	0	0	0	62.0	288	70	41	40	4	43	0	3	9	0	47
2008	MIN	MiLB	4	7	5.66	30	19		0	0	0	3	1	105.0	492	116	73	66	4	75	0	7	14	0	80
2008	MIN	ST	0	0	9.00	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	1.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	MIN	R	1	1	2.00	6	0		0	0	0	0	2	9.0	41	9	4	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	12

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2006	MIN	A	9	7	2.75	20	20		1	0	0	0	0	117.2	485	102	44	36	1	36	0	6	9	1	95
2006	MIN	A+	4	1	2.08	6	6		0	0	0	0	0	34.2	143	23	12	8	1	18	0	0	2	0	27
2006	MIN	MiLB	13	8	2.60	26	26		1	0	0	0	0	152.1	628	125	56	44	2	54	0	6	11	1	122
2007	MIN	A+	5	5	2.23	19	19		0	0	0	0	0	105.0	441	94	30	26	2	36	0	3	5	0	82
2007	MIN	AA	1	4	4.50	9	9		0	0	0	0	0	48.0	210	45	28	24	4	22	0	6	0	0	35
2007	MIN	MiLB	6	9	2.94	28	28		0	0	0	0	0	153.0	651	139	58	50	6	58	0	9	5	0	117
2007	MIN	ST	0	0	13.50	2	0		0	0	0	0	1	1.1	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
2008	MIN	A+	2	2	5.44	17	6		0	0	0	3	1	43.0	204	46	32	26	0	32	0	4	5	0	33
2008	MIN	AA	2	5	5.81	13	13		0	0	0	0	0	62.0	288	70	41	40	4	43	0	3	9	0	47
2008	MIN	MiLB	4	7	5.66	30	19		0	0	0	3	1	105.0	492	116	73	66	4	75	0	7	14	0	80
2008	MIN	ST	0	0	9.00	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	1.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	MIN	R	1	1	2.00	6	0		0	0	0	0	2	9.0	41	9	4	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	12

Minor LeaguesSpring TrainingAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2006	MIN	A	7.27	2.75	2.64	0.08		19.6%	7.4%	12.2%		.230	1.17	.291	70.1%		73	78		2.87
2006	MIN	A+	7.01	4.67	1.50	0.26		18.9%	12.6%	6.3%		.184	1.18	.227	73.2%		56	95		3.58
2006	MIN	MiLB	7.21	3.19	2.26	0.12		19.4%	8.6%	10.8%		.220	1.18	.277	70.8%		69	82		3.03
2007	MIN	A+	7.03	3.09	2.28	0.17		18.6%	8.2%	10.4%		.234	1.24	.289	79.1%		57	80		3.13
2007	MIN	AA	6.56	4.13	1.59	0.75		16.7%	10.5%	6.2%		.247	1.40	.287	66.8%		106	113		4.65
2007	MIN	MiLB	6.88	3.41	2.02	0.35		18.0%	8.9%	9.1%		.238	1.29	.289	74.9%		73	90		3.60
2007	MIN	ST	13.50	6.75	2.00	0.00		28.6%	14.3%	14.3%		.333	2.25	.500	33.3%		276	57		2.86
2008	MIN	A+	6.91	6.70	1.03	0.00		16.2%	15.7%	0.5%		.274	1.81	.341	61.0%		146	111		4.18
2008	MIN	AA	6.82	6.24	1.09	0.58		16.3%	14.9%	1.4%		.289	1.82	.346	67.9%		135	116		4.79
2008	MIN	MiLB	6.86	6.43	1.07	0.34		16.3%	15.2%	1.0%		.283	1.82	.344	65.0%		140	114		4.54
2008	MIN	ST	9.00	0.00	1.00	9.00		20.0%	0.0%	20.0%		.400	2.00	.333	100.0%		178	284		14.62
2009	MIN	R	12.00	4.00	3.00	1.00		29.3%	9.8%	19.5%		.250	1.44	.348	79.4%		61	113		3.71

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2006	MIN	A	7.27	2.75	2.64	0.08		19.6%	7.4%	12.2%		.230	1.17	.291	70.1%		73	78		2.87
2006	MIN	A+	7.01	4.67	1.50	0.26		18.9%	12.6%	6.3%		.184	1.18	.227	73.2%		56	95		3.58
2006	MIN	MiLB	7.21	3.19	2.26	0.12		19.4%	8.6%	10.8%		.220	1.18	.277	70.8%		69	82		3.03
2007	MIN	A+	7.03	3.09	2.28	0.17		18.6%	8.2%	10.4%		.234	1.24	.289	79.1%		57	80		3.13
2007	MIN	AA	6.56	4.13	1.59	0.75		16.7%	10.5%	6.2%		.247	1.40	.287	66.8%		106	113		4.65
2007	MIN	MiLB	6.88	3.41	2.02	0.35		18.0%	8.9%	9.1%		.238	1.29	.289	74.9%		73	90		3.60
2007	MIN	ST	13.50	6.75	2.00	0.00		28.6%	14.3%	14.3%		.333	2.25	.500	33.3%		276	57		2.86
2008	MIN	A+	6.91	6.70	1.03	0.00		16.2%	15.7%	0.5%		.274	1.81	.341	61.0%		146	111		4.18
2008	MIN	AA	6.82	6.24	1.09	0.58		16.3%	14.9%	1.4%		.289	1.82	.346	67.9%		135	116		4.79
2008	MIN	MiLB	6.86	6.43	1.07	0.34		16.3%	15.2%	1.0%		.283	1.82	.344	65.0%		140	114		4.54
2008	MIN	ST	9.00	0.00	1.00	9.00		20.0%	0.0%	20.0%		.400	2.00	.333	100.0%		178	284		14.62
2009	MIN	R	12.00	4.00	3.00	1.00		29.3%	9.8%	19.5%		.250	1.44	.348	79.4%		61	113		3.71