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Hank Aaron League
4-1-2201
Rich Sosa First Base
Retired (1961, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .283 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .803 Status Deceased (1991) Option Years 0  
H 860 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 12-28-1925
HR 114 Drafted Round 10, Pick 150
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(0 games)
RBI 478
SB 1
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B+ Velocity C    Mentor vR C-
Speed D- Bunt B  Control F    Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF C  (36.2%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF C- (28.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 CLE
115
453
61
134
24
3
26
80
50
 53 1 5
0
 1 21
.898
.363
.534
.238
.296
1951 CLE-PHI
113
388
47
115
23
2
11
47
48
 45 1 3
0
 1 16
.824
.373
.451
.155
.296
1952 PHI
96
242
39
80
13
0
11
48
30
 29 1 2
1
 0 6
.924
.404
.521
.190
.331
1953 PHI
116
277
38
79
13
0
10
42
22
 37 3 4
0
 0 3
.780
.340
.440
.155
.285
1954 PHI
125
238
35
64
8
1
7
35
29
 36 2 4
0
 0 6
.747
.348
.399
.130
.269
1955 PHI
95
277
44
79
14
0
11
42
24
 31 1 1
0
 0 3
.798
.343
.455
.170
.285
1956 PHI
68
143
24
33
6
1
5
22
17
 17 0 3
0
 0 4
.698
.307
.392
.161
.231
1957 PHI
118
296
37
75
10
0
9
39
28
 49 3 1
0
 0 0
.702
.323
.378
.125
.253
1958 PHI
95
245
35
75
11
0
10
45
26
 33 2 1
0
 0 2
.849
.376
.473
.167
.306
1959 PHI
80
131
14
35
3
0
5
16
19
 24 2 1
0
 0 3
.771
.366
.405
.137
.267
1960 PHI
96
221
32
53
9
0
7
48
33
 27 3 4
0
 0 7
.717
.341
.376
.136
.240
1961 PHI
59
125
14
38
8
0
2
14
9
 16 1 0
0
 0 3
.772
.356
.416
.112
.304
Total
1176
3036
420
860
142
7
114
478
335
 397 20 29
1
 2 74
.803
.355
.447
.164
.283
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Rich Sosa has retired from the Philadelphia Doilies
1956-09-26The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rich Sosa to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Galen Cash to the minors.
1956-08-23The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Lee Dauff to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rich Sosa to the minors.
1956-08-22The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rich Sosa to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Brandon Stick to the minors.
1956-07-16The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Galen Cash to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rich Sosa to the minors.
1955-08-19The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rich Sosa to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Galen Cash to the minors.
1955-08-13The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Galen Cash to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rich Sosa to the minors.
1955-08-08The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rich Sosa to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Richie Mendez to the minors.
1955-08-02The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Richie Mendez to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rich Sosa to the minors.
1951-10-03The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rich Sosa to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Pat Divijtski to the minors.
1951-09-09The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Pat Divijtski to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rich Sosa to the minors.
1951-04-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Philadelphia Doilies. The Philadelphia Doilies receive Rich Sosa, Billy Traber, Cliff Lee from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Elby Esix.
1950-04-01The Cleveland Indians have renamed Travis Hafner to Rich Sosa.
1950-04-01The Cleveland Indians have renamed Rich Sosa to Travis Hafner.