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Name Team Age
Rich Sosa Retired (1961, Age 35) Died (1991, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 10, Pick 150
(1950)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League 0 0 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A  D-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B+ B 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
F  C- C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 12/28/1925
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
C  (36.2 %) C- (28.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CLE 115 453 61 134 24 3 26 80 50 53 0 1 21 .898 .363 .534 .296
1951 CLE-PHI 113 388 47 115 23 2 11 47 48 45 0 1 16 .824 .373 .451 .296
1952 PHI 96 242 39 80 13 0 11 48 30 29 1 0 6 .924 .404 .521 .331
1953 PHI 116 277 38 79 13 0 10 42 22 37 0 0 3 .780 .340 .440 .285
1954 PHI 125 238 35 64 8 1 7 35 29 36 0 0 6 .747 .348 .399 .269
1955 PHI 95 277 44 79 14 0 11 42 24 31 0 0 3 .798 .343 .455 .285
1956 PHI 68 143 24 33 6 1 5 22 17 17 0 0 4 .698 .307 .392 .231
1957 PHI 118 296 37 75 10 0 9 39 28 49 0 0 0 .702 .323 .378 .253
1958 PHI 95 245 35 75 11 0 10 45 26 33 0 0 2 .849 .376 .473 .306
1959 PHI 80 131 14 35 3 0 5 16 19 24 0 0 3 .771 .366 .405 .267
1960 PHI 96 221 32 53 9 0 7 48 33 27 0 0 7 .717 .341 .376 .240
1961 PHI 59 125 14 38 8 0 2 14 9 16 0 0 3 .772 .356 .416 .304
Total 1176 3036 420 860 142 7 114 478 335 397 1 2 74 .803 .355 .447 .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.