Johnny Gray vs. Jose Sosa — Career Comparison

Johnny Gray
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johnny Gray 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. Jose Sosa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.739 compared to 6.18 and 1.882 for Johnny Gray. By the career numbers, Jose Sosa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Gray and Jose Sosa

Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.28
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
6.18
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
9.16
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.85
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
7.56
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.45
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
3.99
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
42.23
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
40.81
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
7.03
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.858
1.858
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
34.62
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.23
42.23
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.81
40.81

Fielding Stats for Johnny Gray and Jose Sosa

Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.28
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.85
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.12
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.08
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.97
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.771
0.771
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Gray and Jose Sosa

Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
588
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
564
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
1.44
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.2
-38.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
21
252
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA