Sammy Sosa

  21 Sammy Sosa, RF
Height: 6-0
Weight: 220
Bats: R
Throws: R
 Born: 11/12/1968
Birthplace: San Pedro De Macoris, DR
College:
ML Debut: 06/16/1989
Years of Service: 14

 

Biography

It would be hard to find a ballplayer who enjoys the game more than slammin' Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs. That's evident in the way he sprints out to right field before every game at Wrigley Field. The Bleacher Bums love him and for good reason. Sammy led the majors with 50 home runs in 2000, while knocking in 138 runs and batting a career-high .320. It was his third consecutive season with 50-or-more homers.

Sammy is a free swinger (he has struck out at least 168 times in each of the last four years), with explosive power to all fields. His home run duel with Mark McGwire in 1998 captured the attention of sports fans everywhere. They traded swat for swat on almost a daily basis until McGwire finished with 70 homers to Sammy's 66. McGwire won the battle, but it was Sammy who won the National League MVP and Outstanding NL Player awards that year after driving in a major league-high 158 runs. In 1999, Sammy blasted 63 homers, but McGwire hit 65 to again lead the majors. The two players have tremendous respect for one another and their battles are marked by friendship, not animosity or jealousy.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Sammy was raised in the baseball-mad city of San Pedro de Macoris. He created the Sammy Sosa Foundation in 1998 to raise funds for underprivileged children in both Chicago and the Dominican Republic. In 1999, the Foundation opened the Sammy Sosa Children's Medical Center for Preventive Medicine in San Pedro de Macoris. In 1999 he was recognized at the Players Choice Awards as Man of the Year.

 
Batting
YEAR TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS OBP SLG AVG
1989
...
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
 CWS
Tex
CWS
CWS
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
 33
25
153
116
67
159
105
144
124
162
159
162
156
160
32
 99
84
532
316
262
598
426
564
498
642
643
625
604
577
112
 19
8
72
39
41
92
59
89
84
90
134
114
106
146
29
 27
20
124
64
68
156
128
151
136
161
198
180
193
189
39
 5
3
26
10
7
25
17
17
21
31
20
24
38
34
4
 0
0
10
1
2
5
6
3
2
4
0
2
1
5
2
 3
1
15
10
8
33
25
36
40
36
66
63
50
64
14
 10
3
70
33
25
93
70
119
100
119
158
141
138
160
22
 11
0
33
14
19
38
25
58
34
45
73
78
91
116
25
 2
0
4
2
1
6
1
11
6
9
14
8
19
37
6
 27
20
150
98
63
135
92
134
134
174
171
171
168
153
23
 7
0
32
13
15
36
22
34
18
22
18
7
7
0
1
 3
2
16
6
7
11
13
7
5
12
9
8
4
2
0
 .351
.238
.282
.240
.317
.309
.339
.340
.323
.300
.377
.367
.406
.437
.471
 .414
.310
.404
.335
.393
.485
.545
.500
.564
.480
.647
.635
.634
.737
.795
 .273
.238
.233
.203
.260
.261
.300
.268
.273
.251
.308
.288
.320
.328
.348
Career
 		 
 		1757
 		6582
 		1122
 		1834
 		282
 		43
 		464
 		1261
 		660
 		126
 		1713
 		232
 		105
 		.346
 		.546
 		.279

 
Fielding
YEAR TEAM POS G INN TC PO A E DP TP FPCT
1997
1998
...
...
1999
...
2000
...
2001
2002
 ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
ChC
 RF
RF
CF
RF
RF
CF
RF
CF
RF
RF
 161
156
7
3
146
25
156
2
160
32
 1416.2
1379.0
43.1
26.1
1220.0
194.2
1373.1
10.0
1385.0
273.2
 348
342
15
5
335
81
329
2
340
78
 324
319
15
5
322
77
316
2
326
76
 16
14
0
0
5
3
3
0
8
1
 8
9
0
0
8
1
10
0
6
1
 1
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 .977
.974
1.000
1.000
.976
.988
.970
1.000
.982
.987
Career
 		 
 		 
 		848
 		7322.0
 		1875
 		1782
 		50
 		43
 		8
 		0
 		.977
 

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