Bill Powell vs. Elias Sosa — Career Comparison

Bill Powell
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Elias Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Powell built a career as a starting pitcher and Elias Sosa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 3.32 and 1.383 for Elias Sosa. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Powell and Elias Sosa

Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.81
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.64
53.64
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.81
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.87
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
3.32
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2754
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.2
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.08
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
8.56
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.57
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.27
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.62
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.66
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
5.27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
37.52
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3880
38.04
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
3.24
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.46
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
3.8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.79
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
32.31
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3423
33.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.04
38.04

Fielding Stats for Bill Powell and Elias Sosa

Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.51
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.29
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.21
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.81
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.95
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.72
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.3
97.3
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.59
94.59
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.118
2.118
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Powell and Elias Sosa

Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
364.29
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
602
3506.8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
557.14
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
535.92
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
69.9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
49.94
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
8.94
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
87.38
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
59.63
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.03
-6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
35
203.88
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2.94
2.94
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0