Jose Sosa vs. Stephen Strasburg — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stephen Strasburg
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Stephen Strasburg 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. Stephen Strasburg posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.110 compared to 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Stephen Strasburg had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Stephen Strasburg

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.57
64.57
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
7.45
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.91
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
2.41
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
5.52
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1723
10.55
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5962
36.5
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
3.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.24
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.06
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5449
33.36
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.5
36.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Stephen Strasburg

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.92
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.8
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.46
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.4
95.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Stephen Strasburg

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
285.6
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
440
506.72
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
77.16
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.04
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.52
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.12
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.77
21.62
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
102.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
105.95
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
26.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
33.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
55.28
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.69
14.62
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.15
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.64
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
176.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
64.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.91
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA