Bill Graham vs. Jose Sosa — Career Comparison

Bill Graham
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Graham built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Sosa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Graham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Bill Graham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Graham and Jose Sosa

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.45
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.91
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
36.51
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
33.14
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.06
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Graham and Jose Sosa

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.92
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.38
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.38
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Graham and Jose Sosa

Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-10.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA