Bill Phyle vs. Jose Sosa — Career Comparison

Bill Phyle
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Phyle 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 Phyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Bill Phyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Phyle and Jose Sosa

Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.21
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.48
34.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
10.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.28
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.91
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
2.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
39.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
6.34
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
36.35
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.65
39.65
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Phyle and Jose Sosa

Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.16
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.881
2.881
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.59
35.59
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Phyle and Jose Sosa

Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
190.63
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
568.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.25
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.63
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
18.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.95
27.98
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
121.88
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
128.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
53.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
78.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.07
25.23
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
93.75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
6.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA