Jose Sosa vs. Tony Walker — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tony Walker
UnknownThrows RightBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Tony Walker 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 6.59 and 1.610 for Tony Walker. By the career numbers, Jose Sosa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Tony Walker

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.98
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.66
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.66
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
6.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.28
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
10.54
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.95
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.17
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
40.81
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
42.15
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.88
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
7.9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.9
7.9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.66
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
37.1
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.81
40.81
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.15
42.15

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Tony Walker

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.98
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.66
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.32
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.778
0.778
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Tony Walker

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
388.24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
4.66
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.46
-16.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Walker
Career
Per 600 PA