Life Of The Greatest Ball Player Ever

By: Luis Garcia

BIOGRAPHY

Sammy Sosa was born November 12, 1968 inSan Pedro de Marcis Dominican Republic. Is one of the most respected left fielding sluggerthe MLB has ever seen. Sammy Sosa has bounced around from team to team, he once was a Texas Ranger, a Chicago White Sox, a Baltimore Oriole and a Chicago Cub. Right now Sosa is in the free agency catagory, but there are rumors that Sosa might be set for retirement. Last season he ended up with 588 career homeruns placing him 5th on the alltime homerun's list. When Sosa was a young boy he was very poor his first glove was made out of a milk carton cut out. He started playing baseball at the age of 14 at the age of 15 the Phillies attempted to sign the young teenager but were not allowed because it was against the rules of baseball.

STATS

CAREER BATTING STATS

Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
17 Years		2,240	8,401	1,422	2,304	355	44	588	8	1,575	895	151	2,194	17	73	56	191	.274	.345	.537

CAREER FIELDING STATS

Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
17 Years	0	2,259	1,939	55,303	4,761	2.1	4,633	4,491	142	128	24	-	-	-	.973	2.26	25

FACTS

Sosa is a Scorpio
Sosa's real name is Samuel Peralta Sosa
Sammy played for 4 different teams

Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00
Weight:	185

Sosa was an undrafted free agent

SOSA'S RECORDS

Most homeruns in any month by a righthander

Sammy Sosa

Chicago

June

1998

He has the most homeruns in June, August, and October

AWARDS

He was mvp in 1998
He won the Silver Sluger award in 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002
He is the only player to win the Hank Aaron award he won it in 1999

Sammy Sosa is the greast ball player ever because he is responsible for making baseball popular again when him and Mark Mcguire had there homerun competition.