Rafael Souza
Pitcher
Years on the Rams: 2003-2022
Awards
All-Star Selections - 2009, 2020
Leaderboard (Not including this years stats)
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30th All Time - Win % - .612
39th All Time - G Pitched - 794
46th All Time - HR Allowed - 241
40th All Time - Strikeouts - 1788
42nd All Time - H/9 innings - 7.4
38th All Time - K/9 innings - 7.3
26th All Time - WHiP - 1.04
39th All Time - OAVG - .222
21st All Time - OOBP - .265
Black Ink Test: 0
Gray Ink Test: 46
HoF Standards: 48
Team Records
His 40 saves in 2020 is the 5th highest ever for a Ram.
In 2009, he went out to the mound for 244.0 innings, 3rd most in a season for any Ram. In that same season he allowed only 1 BB/9 IP, 5th for any Ram. He also had a WHiP of 0.86 that season, which ranked 6th.
2013 was also a good season for Rafael when he had a OOBP of .238 (9th), and OAVG of .197 (10th), and a WHiP of 0.89 (10th).
Career Team Records
#2 in Wins, Innings Pitched, Hits Allowed, BBs Allowed,
#3 in Losses, Homeruns Allowed, Strikeouts, WHiP, OOBP
#4 in Games Pitched
#5 in ERA, Winning Percentage, Games Started, H/9 IP, K/9 IP, OAVG
#6 in BB/9 IP
#7 in Saves (which will be higher after this season), OOPS
#8 in Shutouts
#9 in OSLG
#10 in Complete Games
Commentary
Rafael Souza was a guy who early in his career I couldn't really count on. He'd always be on the bubble of being great, but then he'd get hurt. The man had awesome talent, but was plagued by injuries early in his career. When he started games, he won. Unfortunately, all the injuries hurt his endurance, and he wasn't able to pitch deep into games, so I converted him to a reliever in the 2018 season.
To put the injury thing in persepective, the Rams went to the playoffs EVERY year from 2009 until 2018 (10 years). Rafael pitched in just 7 of them.
Lately, he's been the most consistent person in the pen and even took over the roll of closer at age 39, when he recorded 40 saves.
He may not have been as influential as Rehm or Bacon, and he may not have the Hall of Fame resume like those two do, but he has been a very imporant part of the Rams for almost 20 years and it will be sad when I don't have a chance to write his name into our pitching staff next season.
His Stats
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Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP Teams
2003 14 0 0 1 1 5.40 23.1 18 14 14 7 7 25 0 0 1.07 CO
2004 44 0 1 1 1 4.05 53.1 53 29 24 10 17 65 0 0 1.31 CO
2005 41 8 4 3 0 6.75 76.0 83 58 57 14 39 70 0 0 1.61 CO
2006 69 7 5 6 0 4.69 111.1 116 62 58 20 30 119 0 0 1.31 CO
2007 57 0 3 2 1 3.52 69.0 54 30 27 7 17 65 0 0 1.03 CO
2008 52 11 7 7 10 3.47 114.0 96 50 44 14 15 122 0 0 0.97 CO
2009 34 34 16 5 0 2.32 244.0 184 70 63 21 27 202 3 0 0.86 CO
2010 33 33 15 8 0 2.79 232.1 180 78 72 21 32 190 2 0 0.91 CO
2011 8 8 4 3 0 2.87 47.0 39 17 15 1 9 35 0 0 1.02 CO
2012 22 17 6 7 0 3.09 113.2 93 41 39 12 24 85 0 0 1.03 .248 CO
2013 35 35 15 9 0 2.54 209.1 149 65 59 16 38 155 1 1 0.89 .228 CO
2014 19 19 9 5 0 2.38 128.2 90 37 34 16 17 90 0 0 0.83 .205 CO
2015 14 14 6 0 0 2.91 86.2 70 30 28 12 12 62 0 0 0.95 .234 CO
2016 26 26 14 5 0 2.68 157.2 125 49 47 10 28 113 1 1 0.97 .254 CO
2017 32 32 8 7 0 3.44 154.1 123 64 59 21 41 97 0 0 1.06 .223 CO
2018 83 0 8 4 2 3.45 91.1 90 43 35 9 27 68 0 0 1.28 .292 CO
2019 63 13 6 5 7 2.58 111.2 90 36 32 11 34 93 0 0 1.11 .263 CO
2020 64 0 3 4 40 3.47 72.2 69 32 28 6 19 52 0 0 1.21 .281 CO
2021 84 0 4 3 1 4.26 99.1 95 48 47 13 29 80 0 0 1.25 .286 CO
2022 76 1 5 4 18 2.84 92.0 90 31 29 8 30 61 0 0 1.30 .294 CO
Total 870 258 139 89 81 3.19 2287.2 1907 884 811 249 492 1849 7 2 1.05 .608
Postseason Stats
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Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO
2004 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
2009 4 4 1 2 0 4.10 26.1 26 12 12 6 22 0 0
2010 5 5 3 0 0 2.51 32.1 24 10 9 2 20 0 0
2012 2 2 0 2 0 9.39 7.2 11 8 8 2 5 0 0
2013 3 3 1 0 0 0.90 20.0 10 3 2 4 19 0 0
2015 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
2016 3 3 1 0 0 4.91 14.2 12 8 8 4 6 0 0
2017 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 22 17 6 5 0 3.42 105.1 87 42 40 21 72 0 0
One other thing that I should probably point out. Rafael Souza was drafted in 30th round, 714th overall pick, by Colorado Citadelles in 2000. He is one of only 2 guys still playing for their original (and only) team in this league.