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Sammy
Sosa		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 12, 1968 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1995   
Gold Glove Award 1995    2002   
All-Star Selections 1999    2000    2001    2002   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1989 20 NYY AL 45 126 8 26 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 38 .206 .225 .222 .447 3.3 0.0
1990 21 NYY AL 154 574 55 138 17 4 5 56 2 0 18 192 .240 .266 .310 .576 45.1 2.4
1991 22 NYY AL 151 549 34 120 22 1 8 44 0 0 14 196 .219 .240 .306 .546 35.6 0.0
1992 23 NYY AL 154 591 53 134 27 6 3 46 0 0 29 212 .227 .266 .308 .574 42.2 0.8
1993 24 NYY AL 152 577 48 141 32 5 5 56 0 1 47 182 .244 .305 .343 .648 57.6 6.7
1994 25 NYY AL 157 569 70 120 24 5 19 76 0 0 35 191 .211 .260 .371 .631 53.8 2.8
1995 26 NYY AL 155 610 94 162 30 3 24 102 0 0 57 195 .266 .331 .443 .774 85.2 15.5
1996 27 NYY AL 157 588 81 143 25 1 29 89 0 0 53 195 .243 .310 .437 .747 80.3 9.9
1997 28 NYY AL 158 586 88 145 20 5 30 105 0 0 51 190 .247 .316 .452 .768 83.6 10.9
1998 29 NYY AL 98 381 58 85 11 0 29 73 1 1 47 136 .223 .316 .480 .796 60.2 7.7
  TEX AL 61 219 40 66 16 0 18 52 1 0 19 67 .301 .365 .621 .986 46.1 7.6
  TOT   159 600 98 151 27 0 47 125 2 1 66 203 .252 .333 .532 .865 106.3 15.3
1999 30 TEX AL 159 628 122 163 28 9 54 146 0 0 63 193 .260 .337 .591 .927 119.4 17.2
2000 31 TEX AL 158 623 145 198 26 6 69 162 1 0 84 173 .318 .404 .711 1.115 158.4 29.1
2001 32 TEX AL 157 605 131 179 40 1 56 146 2 0 93 175 .296 .394 .643 1.037 139.5 23.7
2002 33 TEX AL 159 638 142 193 29 8 63 179 5 0 71 192 .303 .383 .669 1.053 150.0 27.0
2003 34 TEX AL 140 536 85 114 16 5 28 82 0 0 66 182 .213 .311 .418 .729 72.3 5.4
2004 35 CHC NL 152 466 63 104 19 2 27 73 1 0 57 167 .223 .313 .446 .760 67.0 6.7
2005 36 CHC NL 155 534 81 140 24 0 32 97 2 0 74 196 .262 .362 .487 .849 93.3 13.7
17 Years Sim 2522 9400 1398 2371 408 61 499 1591 15 2 881 3072 .252 .322 .468 .790 1392.9 187.2
162 Game Average 603 89 152 26 3 32 102 0 0 56 197 .252 .322 .468 .790 89.5  
Career Highs 159 638 145 198 40 9 69 179 5 1 93 212 .318 .404 .711 1.115 158.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1989 20 NYY AL LF 29 28 210.3 38 2 0 1 1.000 1.71   0.5
    RF 8 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 21 NYY AL RF 116 116 1022.7 206 3 8 1 .963 1.84   3.4
    LF 38 38 320.7 58 2 1 1 .984 1.68    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1991 22 NYY AL RF 149 149 1296.0 253 4 13 1 .952 1.78   2.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1992 23 NYY AL RF 153 153 1336.3 261 4 13 1 .953 1.78   2.3
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1993 24 NYY AL RF 152 150 1331.0 262 7 16 2 .944 1.82   2.2
1994 25 NYY AL RF 155 150 1313.3 252 1 16 1 .941 1.73   2.3
    LF 4 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1995 26 NYY AL LF 155 154 1363.0 274 4 5 1 .982 1.84   2.9
    CF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1996 27 NYY AL LF 156 154 1336.3 257 5 3 3 .989 1.76   2.3
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1997 28 NYY AL LF 156 155 1380.7 252 3 3 0 .988 1.66   1.2
    RF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1998 29 NYY AL CF 60 60 549.0 119 4 4 1 .969 2.02   0.5
    LF 1 0 2.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.0
  TEX AL CF 38 38 305.7 66 2 2 0 .971 2.00   1.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  TOT   CF 98 98 854.7 185 6 6 1 .970 2.01   1.5
      LF 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.86   0.0
1999 30 TEX AL LF 106 104 921.0 175 1 2 1 .989 1.72   2.3
    RF 51 49 432.0 72 1 7 0 .913 1.52    
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 2 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2000 31 TEX AL LF 157 156 1388.7 258 8 3 2 .989 1.72   2.9
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2001 32 TEX AL LF 154 154 1356.0 255 6 3 0 .989 1.73   4.7
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2002 33 TEX AL LF 157 156 1380.7 290 5 8 3 .974 1.92   5.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2003 34 TEX AL LF 139 138 1205.3 233 6 1 2 .996 1.78   3.8
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2004 35 CHC NL LF 82 81 674.3 138 4 1 1 .993 1.90   2.3
    CF 50 47 398.7 92 0 4 0 .958 2.08    
    RF 10 9 80.0 14 2 0 1 1.000 1.80    
    1B 4 4 34.0 30 2 0 4 1.000 8.47   0.1
2005 36 CHC NL RF 127 125 1085.3 202 2 13 0 .940 1.69   2.1
    CF 20 19 171.0 46 0 1 0 .979 2.42    
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
  LF 1340 1319 11566.7 2234 46 30 15 .987 1.77   28.3
  RF 927 901 7933.7 1529 24 86 7 .948 1.76   15.0
  CF 178 166 1450.4 329 6 11 1 .968 2.08   1.5
  1B 7 4 44.0 40 4 0 7 1.000 9.00   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2454 2390 20996.7 4132 80 127 30 .971 1.81   44.9
Career Highs   160 156 1389.7 290 8 16 6 1.000 2.14    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1995 26 NYY AL 16 61 10 12 3 1 5 9 0 0 7 28 .197 .279 .525 .804
1999 30 TEX AL 8 30 6 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 0 11 .367 .424 .667 1.091
2000 31 TEX AL 9 32 3 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 14 .281 .395 .469 .863
2001 32 TEX AL 5 19 4 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .474 .565 .789 1.355
2002 33 TEX AL 9 38 9 8 2 0 3 8 1 0 4 20 .211 .302 .500 .802
Career Post-Season Batting 47 180 32 49 14 1 12 37 1 0 20 77 .272 .361 .561 .922
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2000-3-.711
2001-3-.643
2002-5-.669
 OPS
2000-3-1.115
2001-4-1.037
2002-5-1.053
 XR
2000-3-158.4
2001-4-139.5
2002-4-150.0
CAR-21-1392.9
 Games
1998-7-159
CAR-10-2522
 At-Bats
1999-9-628
CAR-11-9400
 Runs
2000-6-145
2001-6-131
2002-4-142
CAR-19-1398
Hits
2000-4-198
CAR-26-2371
 Total Bases
1999-7-371
2000-2-443
2001-3-389
2002-3-427
CAR-14-4398
 Triples
1999-8-9
 Homeruns
1998-5-47
1999-3-54
2000-1-69
2001-3-56
2002-2-63
CAR-9-499
 RBIs
1998-9-125
1999-5-146
2000-3-162
2001-4-146
2002-2-179
CAR-10-1591
 Walks
2001-10-93
Strikeouts
1990-4-192
1991-4-196
1992-4-212
1993-6-182
1994-6-191
1995-5-195
1996-4-195
1997-4-190
1998-1-203
1999-4-193
2002-6-192
2005-2-196
CAR-1-3072
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  3. Kal Daniels (820)
  4. Eddie Murray (808)
  5. Pedro Guerrero (805)
  6. Nelson Simmons (800)
  7. Bob Horner (800)
  8. Eric Davis (797)
  9. Barry Bonds (794)
  10. Jim Rice (787)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1989
Had first career hit on 4/16/1989, off Randy St.claire (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1990, off John Burkett (CAL)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1991, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/20/1993 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/16/1994: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $450,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1995
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1995
5/16/1996: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,150,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1997, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1997, hitting .352 with 10 HR, 26 RBI
7/31/1998: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $6,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from New York (A) to Texas on 7/31/1998 (Going to TEX: C Mike Piazza, LF Sammy Sosa. Going to NYY: SS Nomar Garciaparra, C Gregg Zaun, P Al Leiter)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1998, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1998, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 7/8/1999
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/2000, hitting .435 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against California, driving in 4 runs on 7/20/2000
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 63 on 9/22/2000
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/2000, hitting .560 with 8 HR, 18 RBI
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 10/2/2000
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 5 runs on 5/12/2001
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (A) on 7/21/2001
Hit 3 homeruns against New Orleans, driving in 5 runs on 8/3/2001
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 8/18/2001
Hit 3 homeruns against New Orleans, driving in 9 runs on 5/29/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/2002, hitting .462 with 6 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/2002, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New Orleans on 7/26/2002
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2002, hitting .396 with 9 HR, 40 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 9/5/2002
Had 2000th career hit on 9/23/2002, off Allan Anderson (DET)
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 9/27/2002
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2002
Hit for the cycle against California on 4/8/2003
Injured on 9/18/2003 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/2/2004 to a 2-year deal worth $2,444,444 per year
5/16/2005: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 1 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Montreal, driving in 5 runs on 9/30/2005
 
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