Sammy Sosa Stats

Sammy Sosa was born on Tuesday, November 12, 1968, in San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris, Dominican Republic. Sosa was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 16, 1989, with the Texas Rangers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sammy Sosa baseball stats page.
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Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Autograph on a 1996 Fleer (#U242)

Sammy Sosa Autograph on a 1996 Fleer (#U242)
 

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Birth Name:   Samuel Peralta Sosa
Nickname:   Sammy or Slammin' Sammy
Born On:   11-12-1968  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris, Dominican Republic
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   San Pedro de Marcoris Escuela (San Pedro de Marcoris, DR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   06-16-1989 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-29-2007
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1989 21 Rangers 25 84 8 20 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 20 4 0 0 3 .238 .238 .310
1989 21 White Sox 33 99 19 27 5 0 3 0 10 11 2 27 1 2 2 3 .273 .351 .414
1990 22 White Sox 153 532 72 124 26 10 15 0 70 33 4 150 2 6 6 10 .233 .282 .404
1991 23 White Sox 116 316 39 64 10 1 10 0 33 14 2 98 5 1 2 5 .203 .240 .335
1992 24 Cubs 67 262 41 68 7 2 8 0 25 19 1 63 4 2 4 4 .260 .317 .393
1993 25 Cubs 159 598 92 156 25 5 33 0 93 38 6 135 0 1 4 14 .261 .309 .485
1994 26 Cubs 105 426 59 128 17 6 25 0 70 25 1 92 1 4 2 7 .300 .339 .545
1995 27 Cubs 144 564 89 151 17 3 36 0 119 58 11 134 0 2 5 8 .268 .340 .500
1996 28 Cubs 124 498 84 136 21 2 40 0 100 34 6 134 0 4 5 14 .273 .323 .564
1997 29 Cubs 162 642 90 161 31 4 36 0 119 45 9 174 0 5 2 16 .251 .300 .480
1998 30 Cubs 159 643 134 198 20 0 66 3 158 73 14 171 0 5 1 20 .308 .377 .647
1999 31 Cubs 162 625 114 180 24 2 63 0 141 78 8 171 0 6 3 17 .288 .367 .635
2000 32 Cubs 156 604 106 193 38 1 50 1 138 91 19 168 0 8 2 12 .320 .406 .634
2001 33 Cubs 160 577 146 189 34 5 64 2 160 116 37 153 0 12 6 6 .328 .437 .737
2002 34 Cubs 150 556 122 160 19 2 49 1 108 103 15 144 0 4 3 14 .288 .399 .594
2003 35 Cubs 137 517 99 144 22 0 40 0 103 62 9 143 0 5 5 14 .279 .358 .553
2004 36 Cubs 126 478 69 121 21 0 35 1 80 56 4 133 0 3 2 9 .253 .332 .517
2005 37 Orioles 102 380 39 84 15 1 14 0 45 39 3 84 0 3 2 15 .221 .295 .376
2007 39 Rangers 114 412 53 104 24 1 21 1 92 34 3 112 0 5 3 11 .252 .311 .468
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
18 Years 2,354 8,813 1,475 2,408 379 45 609 9 1,667 929 154 2,306 17 78 59 202 .273 .344 .534
Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1989 Rangers CF 8 7 153 15 1.9 14 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.47
1989 Rangers LF 11 10 240 22 2.0 21 20 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.36
1989 Rangers RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1989 White Sox CF 25 20 570 47 1.9 45 44 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.13
1989 White Sox LF 1 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1989 White Sox RF 8 8 183 15 1.9 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.21
1990 White Sox CF 3 0 3 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1990 White Sox RF 154 137 3,759 340 2.2 327 313 14 13 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.35
1991 White Sox CF 14 9 246 20 1.4 20 19 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.20
1991 White Sox LF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1991 White Sox RF 103 67 2,097 206 2.0 200 195 5 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.58
1992 Cubs CF 67 65 1,719 155 2.3 149 145 4 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.34
1993 Cubs CF 70 61 1,581 155 2.2 150 145 5 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.56
1993 Cubs RF 114 92 2,508 216 1.9 212 201 11 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.28
1994 Cubs CF 15 10 267 32 2.1 30 29 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 3.03
1994 Cubs RF 98 95 2,520 228 2.3 222 218 4 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.38
1995 Cubs RF 143 142 3,822 344 2.4 331 318 13 13 4 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.34
1996 Cubs RF 124 124 3,258 280 2.3 270 255 15 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.24
1997 Cubs RF 161 161 4,248 348 2.2 340 324 16 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.16
1998 Cubs CF 7 6 129 15 2.1 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.14
1998 Cubs RF 156 153 4,137 342 2.2 333 319 14 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.17
1999 Cubs CF 25 23 582 81 3.2 80 77 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .988 3.71
1999 Cubs RF 146 139 3,660 335 2.3 327 322 5 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.41
2000 Cubs CF 2 2 30 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
2000 Cubs RF 156 154 4,120 329 2.1 319 316 3 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.09
2001 Cubs RF 160 160 4,155 340 2.1 334 326 8 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.17
2002 Cubs RF 150 150 3,883 297 2.0 291 284 7 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.02
2003 Cubs RF 137 136 3,536 219 1.6 214 212 2 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.63
2004 Cubs RF 124 124 3,293 247 2.0 243 238 5 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 1.99
2005 Orioles RF 66 66 1,731 127 1.9 124 121 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.93
2007 Rangers RF 16 16 393 33 2.1 33 32 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.27
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 2,017 1,924 51,309 4,246 2.1 4,135 4,009 126 111 23 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.18
CF Totals 236 203 5,280 523 2.2 506 491 15 17 3 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.59
LF Totals 13 11 261 22 1.7 21 20 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.17
18 Years 2,276 2,138 56,850 4,791 2.1 4,662 4,520 142 129 26 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.21
Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1989 Rangers 0 2 .000 3 1 0 84.0 4.2 28.0 - - -
1989 White Sox 7 3 .700 2 1 6 33.0 3.7 9.9 - - -
1990 White Sox 32 16 .667 1 5 0 35.5 3.5 7.6 - - -
1991 White Sox 13 6 .684 10 10 2 31.6 3.2 9.6 - - -
1992 Cubs 15 7 .682 0 0 n/a 32.8 4.2 10.5 - - -
1993 Cubs 36 11 .766 3 1 n/a 18.1 4.4 6.4 - - -
1994 Cubs 22 13 .629 0 0 n/a 17.0 4.6 6.1 - - -
1995 Cubs 34 7 .829 2 0 n/a 15.7 4.2 4.7 - - -
1996 Cubs 18 5 .783 0 0 n/a 12.5 3.7 5.0 - - -
1997 Cubs 22 12 .647 1 0 0 17.8 3.7 5.4 - - -
1998 Cubs 18 9 .667 0 0 0 9.7 3.8 4.1 - - -
1999 Cubs 7 8 .467 0 0 0 9.9 3.7 4.4 - - -
2000 Cubs 7 4 .636 0 0 0 12.1 3.6 4.4 - - -
2001 Cubs 0 2 .000 0 0 0 9.0 3.8 3.6 - - -
2002 Cubs 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 11.3 3.9 5.1 - - -
2003 Cubs 0 1 .000 0 0 0 12.9 3.6 5.0 - - -
2004 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 2 13.7 3.6 6.0 - - -
2005 Orioles 1 1 .500 1 0 0 27.1 4.5 8.4 - - -
2007 Rangers 0 0 .000 11 0 0 19.6 3.7 4.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
18 Years 234 107 .686 34 18 10 14.5 3.8 5.3 - - -
Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1989 Texas Rangers 17 $68,000.00 - -
1989 Chicago White Sox 25 $68,000.00 - -
1990 Chicago White Sox 25 $100,000.00 - -
1991 Chicago White Sox 25 $150,000.00 - -
1992 Chicago Cubs 21 $180,000.00 - -
1993 Chicago Cubs 21 $745,000.00 - -
1994 Chicago Cubs 21 $2,950,000.00 - n/a
1995 Chicago Cubs 21 $4,300,000.00 Stats -
1996 Chicago Cubs 21 $4,750,000.00 - -
1997 Chicago Cubs 21 $5,500,000.00 - -
1998 Chicago Cubs 21 $8,325,000.00 Stats -
1999 Chicago Cubs 21 $9,000,000.00 Stats -
2000 Chicago Cubs 21 $11,000,000.00 Stats -
2001 Chicago Cubs 21 $12,500,000.00 Stats -
2002 Chicago Cubs 21 $15,000,000.00 Stats -
2003 Chicago Cubs 21 $16,875,000.00 - -
2004 Chicago Cubs 21 $16,875,000.00 Stats -
2005 Baltimore Orioles 21 $17,875,000.00 - -
2007 Texas Rangers 21 $500,000.00 - -


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