Jose Sosa vs. Dan Webster — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Webster
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dan Webster 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 5.48 and 1.466 for Dan Webster. 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 Dan Webster

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.62
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.48
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
27
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.1
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.28
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
10.76
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.76
10.76
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.26
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.744
0.744
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
40.2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.22
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
6.7
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.02
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
36.74
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.323
0.323
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
40.2

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Dan Webster

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.45
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.18
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Dan Webster

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
11
220
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
540
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
120
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.86
57.12
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
200
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.646
0.646
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
80
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
140
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.26
65.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Webster
Career
Per 600 PA