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Sammy Sosa
Samuel Peralta Sosa (Slammin' Sammy and Say it Ain't Sosa)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Marcoris (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO)
Signed
by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1989
Final Game: September 29, 2007
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 20 TOT AL 58 203 183 27 47 8 0 4 13 7 5 11 47 .257 .303 .366 .669 89 67 6 2 5 2 2 879/D
1989 20 TEX AL 25 88 84 8 20 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 20 .238 .238 .310 .548 52 26 3 0 4 0 0 7/89
1989 20 CHW AL 33 115 99 19 27 5 0 3 10 7 3 11 27 .273 .351 .414 .765 118 41 3 2 1 2 2 8/9D7
1990 21 CHW AL 153 579 532 72 124 26 10 15 70 32 16 33 150 .233 .282 .404 .687 92 215 10 6 2 6 4 *9/8
1991 22 CHW AL 116 338 316 39 64 10 1 10 33 13 6 14 98 .203 .240 .335 .576 59 106 5 2 5 1 2 *98/D7
1992 23 CHC NL 67 291 262 41 68 7 2 8 25 15 7 19 63 .260 .317 .393 .710 99 103 4 4 4 2 1 8
1993 24 CHC NL 159 641 598 92 156 25 5 33 93 36 11 38 135 .261 .309 .485 .794 111 290 14 4 0 1 6 *98
1994 25 CHC NL 105 458 426 59 128 17 6 25 70 22 13 25 92 .300 .339 .545 .884 127 232 7 2 1 4 1 *98
1995 26 CHC NL 144 629 564 89 151 17 3 36 119 34 7 58 134 .268 .340 .500 .840 121 282 8 5 0 2 11 *9 AS,MVP-8,SS
1996 27 CHC NL 124 541 498 84 136 21 2 40 100 18 5 34 134 .273 .323 .564 .888 126 281 14 5 0 4 6 *9 MVP-15
1997 28 CHC NL 162 694 642 90 161 31 4 36 119 22 12 45 174 .251 .300 .480 .779 99 308 16 2 0 5 9 *9 MVP-19
1998 29 CHC NL 159 722 643 134 198 20 0 66 158 18 9 73 171 .308 .377 .647 1.024 160 416 20 1 0 5 14 *9/8 AS,MVP-1,SS
1999 30 CHC NL 162 712 625 114 180 24 2 63 141 7 8 78 171 .288 .367 .635 1.002 151 397 17 3 0 6 8 *98 AS,MVP-9,SS
2000 31 CHC NL 156 705 604 106 193 38 1 50 138 7 4 91 168 .320 .406 .634 1.040 161 383 12 2 0 8 19 *9/8 AS,MVP-9,SS
2001 32 CHC NL 160 711 577 146 189 34 5 64 160 0 2 116 153 .328 .437 .737 1.174 203 425 6 6 0 12 37 *9 AS,MVP-2,SS
2002 33 CHC NL 150 666 556 122 160 19 2 49 108 2 0 103 144 .288 .399 .594 .993 160 330 14 3 0 4 15 *9 AS,MVP-9,SS
2003 34 CHC NL 137 589 517 99 144 22 0 40 103 0 1 62 143 .279 .358 .553 .911 133 286 14 5 0 5 9 *9 MVP-8
2004 35 CHC NL 126 539 478 69 121 21 0 35 80 0 0 56 133 .253 .332 .517 .849 113 247 9 2 0 3 4 *9/D AS
2005 36 BAL AL 102 424 380 39 84 15 1 14 45 1 1 39 84 .221 .295 .376 .671 78 143 15 2 0 3 3 9D
2007 38 TEX AL 114 454 412 53 104 24 1 21 92 0 0 34 112 .252 .311 .468 .779 101 193 11 3 0 5 3 D9
18 Seasons 2354 9896 8813 1475 2408 379 45 609 1667 234 107 929 2306 .273 .344 .534 .878 128 4704 202 59 17 78 154
162 Game Avg. 162 681 607 102 166 26 3 42 115 16 7 64 159 .273 .344 .534 .878 128 324 14 4 1 5 11
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHC (13 yrs) 1811 7898 6990 1245 1985 296 32 545 1414 181 79 798 1815 .284 .358 .569 .928 139 3980 155 44 5 61 140
CHW (3 yrs) 302 1032 947 130 215 41 11 28 113 52 25 58 275 .227 .276 .382 .659 84 362 18 10 8 9 8
TEX (2 yrs) 139 542 496 61 124 27 1 22 95 0 2 34 132 .250 .299 .442 .741 94 219 14 3 4 5 3
BAL (1 yr) 102 424 380 39 84 15 1 14 45 1 1 39 84 .221 .295 .376 .671 78 143 15 2 0 3 3
NL (13 yrs) 1811 7898 6990 1245 1985 296 32 545 1414 181 79 798 1815 .284 .358 .569 .928 139 3980 155 44 5 61 140
AL (5 yrs) 543 1998 1823 230 423 83 13 64 253 53 28 131 491 .232 .287 .397 .684 86 724 47 15 12 17 14

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 20 TOT AL 203 154 20 3.5 92 .321 .257 .260 .303 .324 .366 .382 .669 .707 89 .400 -2.8 -0.3 .558 .180 .109 5.1
1989 20 TEX AL 88 73 5 1.8 95 .302 .238 .263 .238 .328 .310 .387 .548 .715 52 .171 -5.8 -0.6 .348 .048 .071 .0
1989 20 CHW AL 115 81 15 5.0 91 .338 .273 .257 .351 .322 .414 .379 .765 .700 118 .561 2.9 0.3 .744 .293 .141 4.2
1990 21 CHW AL 579 442 58 3.5 93 .292 .233 .257 .282 .325 .404 .384 .687 .709 92 .400 -8.0 -0.8 .622 .263 .171 20.4
1991 22 CHW AL 338 269 24 2.4 95 .258 .203 .258 .240 .326 .335 .391 .576 .718 59 .237 -19.0 -1.9 .490 .199 .133 11.3
1992 23 CHC NL 291 211 33 4.2 94 .311 .260 .261 .317 .327 .393 .385 .710 .712 99 .510 -1.2 -0.1 .654 .237 .134 10.4
1993 24 CHC NL 641 468 86 4.9 102 .285 .261 .269 .309 .334 .485 .409 .794 .743 111 .527 5.5 0.5 .764 .329 .224 34.4
1994 25 CHC NL 458 323 75 6.2 108 .329 .300 .273 .339 .340 .545 .427 .884 .768 127 .606 14.3 1.4 .843 .324 .244 23.4
1995 26 CHC NL 629 430 99 6.2 105 .290 .268 .268 .340 .337 .500 .418 .840 .755 121 .610 14.4 1.4 .869 .383 .232 35.0
1996 27 CHC NL 541 385 87 6.1 109 .293 .273 .273 .323 .343 .564 .428 .888 .771 126 .601 15.4 1.5 .874 .386 .291 24.8
1997 28 CHC NL 694 514 86 4.5 110 .286 .251 .273 .300 .345 .480 .428 .779 .773 99 .462 -5.4 -0.5 .717 .315 .229 27.3
1998 29 CHC NL 722 479 149 8.4 110 .321 .308 .272 .377 .344 .647 .430 1.024 .773 160 .729 53.1 5.0 1.053 .467 .339 28.3
1999 30 CHC NL 712 476 140 7.9 113 .295 .288 .272 .367 .347 .635 .438 1.002 .785 151 .673 45.1 4.1 1.015 .470 .347 12.6
2000 31 CHC NL 705 435 157 9.6 114 .363 .320 .270 .406 .346 .634 .440 1.040 .787 161 .748 57.9 5.2 1.122 .470 .315 12.3
2001 32 CHC NL 711 408 193 12.6 107 .336 .328 .262 .437 .333 .737 .430 1.174 .763 203 .844 92.6 8.5 1.376 .607 .409 .0
2002 33 CHC NL 666 414 135 8.7 105 .302 .288 .264 .399 .337 .594 .419 .993 .756 160 .749 49.7 4.7 1.068 .495 .306 3.8
2003 34 CHC NL 589 393 101 6.9 110 .307 .279 .270 .358 .342 .553 .433 .911 .775 133 .648 23.8 2.2 .907 .393 .275 .0
2004 35 CHC NL 539 369 83 6.0 114 .275 .253 .273 .332 .345 .517 .443 .849 .788 113 .582 7.2 0.7 .833 .381 .264 .0
2005 36 BAL AL 424 315 40 3.4 104 .246 .221 .267 .295 .330 .376 .423 .671 .753 78 .338 -12.2 -1.2 .590 .258 .155 1.9
2007 38 TEX AL 454 324 59 4.9 108 .292 .252 .272 .311 .340 .468 .426 .779 .765 101 .482 -0.4 0.0 .721 .299 .216 .0
18 Seasons 9896 6809 1625 6.4 106 .301 .273 .268 .344 .338 .534 .422 .878 .760 128 .622 330.0 30.4 .867 .380 .261 338.1
162 Game Avg. 681 469 112 6.4 106 .301 .273 .268 .344 .338 .534 .422 .878 .760 128 .622 23 2 .867 .380 .261 23
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (13 yrs) 7898 5305 1424 7.2 108 .307 .284 .270 .358 .341 .569 .427 .928 .767 139 .667 372.4 34.6 .940 .414 .285 271.7
CHW (3 yrs) 1032 792 97 3.3 93 .286 .227 .257 .276 .325 .382 .386 .659 .711 84 .366 -24.0 -2.4 .590 .245 .155 36.4
TEX (2 yrs) 542 397 64 4.3 106 .294 .250 .271 .299 .338 .442 .419 .741 .757 94 .438 -6.2 -0.6 .655 .256 .192 .0
BAL (1 yr) 424 315 40 3.4 104 .246 .221 .267 .295 .330 .376 .423 .671 .753 78 .337 -12.2 -1.2 .590 .258 .155 1.9
NL (13 yrs) 7898 5305 1424 7.2 108 .307 .284 .270 .358 .341 .569 .427 .928 .767 139 .667 372.4 34.6 .940 .414 .285 271.7
AL (5 yrs) 1998 1504 201 3.6 99 .279 .232 .263 .287 .329 .397 .403 .684 .732 86 .380 -42.4 -4.2 .607 .251 .165 58.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 29 CHC NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 .182 .250 .273 .523 3 0 0 0 0 0
2003 34 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 5 22 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 .188 .409 .250 .659 4 1 0 0 0 1
2003 34 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 7 33 26 7 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 6 9 .308 .455 .577 1.031 15 0 1 0 0 3
2 Seasons (3 Series) 15 67 53 8 13 3 0 2 7 1 2 13 17 .245 .403 .415 .818 22 1 1 0 0 4
2 NLDS 8 34 27 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 2 7 8 .185 .353 .259 .612 7 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 7 33 26 7 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 6 9 .308 .455 .577 1.031 15 0 1 0 0 3

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 CHC NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHC NL 29 DNP
1999 CHC NL 30 as CF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHC NL 31 as RF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHC NL 32 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 33 as RF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHC NL 35 as RF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (6 Appearances) 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 20 TOT AL 203 2.0% 23.2% 5.4% 5.9% 26% 4.27 3.9 45.8 14.1 0.88 1.40 66% 20% 6.6% 15%
1989 20 TEX AL 88 1.1% 22.7% 0.0% 4.6% 20% 4.2 84.0 28.0 1.03 1.83 72% 19% 3.4% 6%
1989 20 CHW AL 115 2.6% 23.5% 9.6% 7.0% 30% 2.45 3.7 33.0 9.9 0.76 1.08 62% 20% 9.4% 22%
1990 21 CHW AL 579 2.6% 25.9% 5.7% 8.8% 41% 4.55 3.5 35.5 7.6 0.80 1.07 64% 20% 8.5% 17%
1991 22 CHW AL 338 3.0% 29.0% 4.1% 6.2% 33% 7.00 3.2 31.6 9.6 0.88 1.15 62% 17% 11.4% 23%
1992 23 CHC NL 291 2.8% 21.7% 6.5% 5.8% 25% 3.32 4.2 32.8 10.5 0.61 0.86 66% 23% 8.4% 21%
1993 24 CHC NL 641 5.2% 21.1% 5.9% 9.8% 40% 3.55 4.4 18.1 6.4 0.55 0.74 67% 20% 13.9% 19%
1994 25 CHC NL 458 5.5% 20.1% 5.5% 10.5% 38% 3.68 4.6 17.0 6.1 0.67 0.80 68% 20% 15.7% 19%
1995 26 CHC NL 629 5.7% 21.3% 9.2% 8.9% 37% 2.31 4.2 15.7 4.7 0.78 0.95 63% 18% 18.3% 18%
1996 27 CHC NL 541 7.4% 24.8% 6.3% 11.7% 46% 3.94 3.7 12.5 5.0 0.57 0.82 61% 25% 21.3% 19%
1997 28 CHC NL 694 5.2% 25.1% 6.5% 10.2% 44% 3.87 3.7 17.8 5.4 0.90 1.22 63% 19% 18.4% 19%
1998 29 CHC NL 722 9.1% 23.7% 10.1% 11.9% 43% 2.34 3.8 9.7 4.1 0.67 0.94 57% 21% 26.5% 13%
1999 30 CHC NL 712 8.9% 24.0% 11.0% 12.5% 49% 2.19 3.7 9.9 4.4 0.61 0.82 56% 20% 25.5% 14%
2000 31 CHC NL 705 7.1% 23.8% 12.9% 12.6% 46% 1.85 3.6 12.1 4.4 0.66 0.84 56% 27% 24.5% 14%
2001 32 CHC NL 711 9.0% 21.5% 16.3% 14.5% 55% 1.32 3.8 9.0 3.6 0.69 0.85 52% 23% 34.4% 16%
2002 33 CHC NL 666 7.4% 21.6% 15.5% 10.5% 44% 1.40 3.9 11.3 5.1 0.83 1.12 55% 23% 28.8% 15%
2003 34 CHC NL 589 6.8% 24.3% 10.5% 10.5% 43% 2.31 3.6 12.9 5.0 0.79 1.11 58% 17% 21.5% 12%
2004 35 CHC NL 539 6.5% 24.7% 10.4% 10.4% 46% 2.38 3.6 13.7 6.0 0.78 1.12 58% 18% 20.1% 11%
2005 36 BAL AL 424 3.3% 19.8% 9.2% 7.1% 36% 2.15 4.5 27.1 8.4 0.80 1.03 67% 17% 10.1% 16%
2007 38 TEX AL 454 4.6% 24.7% 7.5% 10.1% 44% 3.29 3.7 19.6 4.5 0.63 0.97 63% 20% 12.8% 12%
18 Seasons 9896 6.2% 23.3% 9.4% 10.4% 43% 2.48 3.8 14.5 5.3 0.71 0.96 60% 21% 19.5% 16%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 20 TOT AL 2 0 41% 55 7 5 58% 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 60% 9 5 4 3 2 1 8 1 7
1989 20 TEX AL 1 0 37% 21 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 50% 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
1989 20 CHW AL 1 0 43% 34 7 3 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 64% 6 4 2 1 1 0 7 0 7
1990 21 CHW AL 6 0 39% 172 32 16 67% 26 13 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 6 56% 22 11 10 3 2 1 16 4 12
1991 22 CHW AL 5 0 41% 86 13 6 68% 13 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 5 6 52% 13 8 5 3 1 2 9 3 6
1992 23 CHC NL 1 0 40% 82 15 7 68% 15 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 70% 9 3 5 1 0 1 10 2 8
1993 24 CHC NL 5 0 36% 176 36 11 77% 31 9 5 2 0 0 3 2 9 14 47% 22 12 9 6 3 2 21 5 12
1994 25 CHC NL 6 0 26% 156 22 13 63% 21 10 1 2 0 1 7 3 9 6 53% 20 12 8 2 1 1 14 3 10
1995 26 CHC NL 6 0 30% 194 34 7 83% 32 7 2 0 0 0 4 1 6 11 42% 26 16 10 6 5 1 20 9 11
1996 27 CHC NL 9 0 33% 139 18 5 78% 15 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 10 50% 14 11 2 8 2 6 14 3 10
1997 28 CHC NL 6 0 31% 173 22 12 65% 20 11 2 1 0 0 4 1 5 13 60% 23 13 10 9 3 5 18 3 15
1998 29 CHC NL 9 0 33% 215 18 9 67% 17 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 18 48% 45 26 19 12 7 3 20 5 15
1999 30 CHC NL 7 0 26% 235 7 8 47% 7 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 38% 33 21 11 14 10 4 17 7 9
2000 31 CHC NL 11 0 24% 267 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 41% 32 22 10 15 8 6 16 4 10
2001 32 CHC NL 8 0 33% 238 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 17 45% 48 32 16 12 7 5 26 8 18
2002 33 CHC NL 13 0 34% 233 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 41% 44 33 11 12 7 5 25 8 17
2003 34 CHC NL 5 0 35% 211 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 30% 35 28 7 9 4 4 17 8 7
2004 35 CHC NL 6 0 24% 179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 31% 31 19 11 7 4 3 10 8 1
2005 36 BAL AL 7 0 23% 152 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 27% 20 17 3 6 4 2 8 2 4
2007 38 TEX AL 4 0 27% 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 45% 18 11 7 5 2 2 8 3 5
18 Seasons 116 0 31% 3105 234 107 69% 211 95 23 9 0 3 40 9 93 183 45% 464 300 158 133 72 54 277 86 177
MLB Averages
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 20 TOT AL 203 43% 47 6 2 2 0 0 0 1.80 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 5 5 100% 47 6 13% 27 7 26% 113 10 9% 11 3 27% 16 7 44% 0
1989 20 TEX AL 88 50% 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.51 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 15 3 20% 12 4 33% 35 2 6% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 0
1989 20 CHW AL 115 38% 27 5 1 1 0 0 0 2.10 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 15 3 20% 78 8 10% 7 2 29% 12 5 42% 0
1990 21 CHW AL 579 44% 124 19 4 0 0 0 0 1.56 15 0 10 3 12 10 5 0 4 2 50% 92 10 11% 50 18 36% 340 56 16% 33 15 45% 45 18 40% 0
1991 22 CHW AL 338 41% 64 25 0 6 2 1 1 0.85 10 0 9 5 5 3 7 0 6 5 83% 68 5 7% 36 13 36% 209 23 11% 18 7 39% 18 10 56% 0
1992 23 CHC NL 291 29% 68 34 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 8 0 4 4 0 6 4 67% 49 4 8% 28 7 25% 145 18 12% 6 2 33% 13 3 23% 0
1993 24 CHC NL 641 25% 156 21 3 2 1 0 0 1.17 33 0 10 23 10 23 10 0 0 0 112 14 13% 58 7 12% 410 60 15% 34 13 38% 47 12 26% 0
1994 25 CHC NL 457 27% 128 14 2 0 0 0 0 25 0 6 16 9 11 14 0 2 1 50% 91 7 8% 39 9 23% 290 48 17% 28 12 43% 29 13 45% 1
1995 26 CHC NL 629 27% 151 15 1 1 0 0 1 2.17 36 0 8 27 9 19 17 0 0 0 127 8 6% 52 14 27% 427 87 20% 51 21 41% 51 21 41% 0
1996 27 CHC NL 541 23% 136 10 1 0 0 0 0 40 0 10 32 8 26 14 0 0 0 114 14 12% 51 11 22% 387 63 16% 28 12 43% 31 8 26% 0
1997 28 CHC NL 694 22% 161 16 0 1 0 0 0 2.94 36 0 19 24 12 25 11 1 0 0 160 16 10% 77 26 34% 491 83 17% 50 25 50% 36 15 42% 0
1998 29 CHC NL 722 28% 198 36 0 0 0 0 0 66 3 15 54 12 35 31 0 0 0 186 20 11% 50 16 32% 487 96 20% 43 24 56% 51 20 39% 0
1999 30 CHC NL 712 26% 180 10 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 19 45 18 33 30 0 0 0 166 17 10% 66 19 29% 462 83 18% 51 27 53% 39 12 31% 0
2000 31 CHC NL 705 22% 193 17 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 13 42 8 22 28 0 0 0 141 12 9% 62 22 35% 495 93 19% 54 26 48% 36 9 25% 0
2001 32 CHC NL 711 19% 189 13 0 0 0 0 0 64 2 19 51 13 34 30 1 0 0 160 6 4% 68 22 32% 495 100 20% 78 35 45% 49 8 16% 0
2002 33 CHC NL 666 20% 160 7 0 0 0 0 0 49 1 6 38 11 24 25 0 0 0 134 14 10% 45 12 27% 391 63 16% 41 18 44% 50 13 26% 0
2003 34 CHC NL 589 21% 144 10 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 6 33 7 19 21 0 0 0 141 14 10% 63 22 35% 393 66 17% 46 25 54% 52 25 48% 0
2004 35 CHC NL 539 22% 121 8 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 10 31 4 18 17 0 0 0 81 9 11% 40 8 20% 322 47 15% 27 11 41% 49 16 33% 0
2005 36 BAL AL 424 28% 84 8 0 1 1 0 0 0.19 14 0 6 10 4 4 10 0 0 0 85 15 18% 42 8 19% 275 31 11% 28 11 39% 31 10 32% 0
2007 38 TEX AL 454 31% 104 7 0 9 0 0 0 1.57 21 1 21 14 7 10 11 0 0 0 89 11 12% 38 11 29% 349 73 21% 31 18 58% 34 16 47% 0
18 Seasons 9895 26% 2408 276 18 22 4 1 2 1.39 609 9 193 458 151 321 288 2 23 17 74% 2043 202 10% 892 252 28% 6481 1100 17% 658 305 46% 677 236 35% 1
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 20 TOT AL 197 773 3.92 508 66% 20% 21% 31% 27% 80% 3% 52% 74% 38% 3% 6 0 11% 21 11 7% 14 9 27% 6 1 1
1989 20 TEX AL 88 289 3.28 212 73% 19% 22% 26% 32% 81% 0% 59% 73% 50% 1% 1 0 5% 4 1 3% 3 3 25% 0 0 0
1989 20 CHW AL 109 484 4.44 296 61% 21% 20% 35% 24% 79% 4% 48% 74% 28% 5% 5 0 16% 17 10 10% 11 6 28% 6 1 1
1990 21 CHW AL 530 1938 3.66 1264 65% 16% 30% 26% 28% 84% 2% 55% 64% 45% 3% 14 0 10% 51 31 4% 21 18 22% 49 0 2
1991 22 CHW AL 338 1223 3.62 806 66% 14% 31% 27% 28% 86% 2% 57% 64% 43% 2% 7 0 9% 29 19 4% 14 10 15% 0 0 0
1992 23 CHC NL 291 1094 3.76 706 65% 20% 20% 31% 29% 80% 1% 52% 75% 43% 4% 11 0 11% 33 12 5% 16 13 35% 0 0 0
1993 24 CHC NL 621 2265 3.65 1467 65% 14% 26% 30% 30% 86% 3% 56% 70% 46% 3% 19 1 12% 77 48 4% 26 19 15% 20 0 0
1994 25 CHC NL 439 1667 3.80 1087 65% 17% 23% 31% 30% 83% 1% 54% 73% 39% 3% 13 3 11% 50 31 7% 31 22 18% 19 0 0
1995 26 CHC NL 607 2360 3.89 1449 61% 17% 25% 30% 29% 83% 4% 51% 70% 39% 6% 35 10 16% 95 52 8% 46 35 25% 22 0 0
1996 27 CHC NL 497 1847 3.72 1190 64% 13% 29% 29% 29% 87% 3% 56% 67% 44% 3% 14 4 9% 46 30 4% 22 19 16% 44 0 1
1997 28 CHC NL 653 2508 3.84 1580 63% 17% 26% 29% 28% 83% 3% 52% 68% 37% 4% 28 13 12% 76 40 6% 42 32 22% 41 0 1
1998 29 CHC NL 722 2910 4.03 1696 58% 22% 24% 26% 28% 78% 4% 45% 69% 21% 6% 45 17 18% 128 68 9% 67 43 25% 0 0 0
1999 30 CHC NL 712 2886 4.05 1679 58% 19% 29% 25% 27% 81% 2% 47% 64% 21% 5% 38 18 18% 127 79 11% 78 51 19% 0 0 1
2000 31 CHC NL 705 2951 4.19 1688 57% 22% 25% 27% 26% 78% 6% 45% 68% 24% 8% 57 24 22% 155 76 9% 65 47 20% 0 0 0
2001 32 CHC NL 711 2859 4.02 1581 55% 20% 27% 25% 28% 80% 11% 44% 66% 30% 12% 82 24 20% 140 46 10% 71 42 20% 0 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL 666 2738 4.11 1552 57% 22% 24% 27% 27% 78% 4% 44% 69% 27% 9% 57 19 20% 132 60 10% 69 45 19% 0 0 0
2003 34 CHC NL 589 2361 4.01 1412 60% 23% 25% 25% 27% 77% 3% 46% 68% 25% 7% 42 12 15% 88 40 10% 59 43 18% 0 0 0
2004 35 CHC NL 539 2158 4.00 1287 60% 21% 26% 26% 27% 79% 1% 47% 67% 30% 7% 38 18 17% 93 42 9% 46 30 26% 0 0 0
2005 36 BAL AL 424 1544 3.64 958 62% 19% 24% 26% 31% 81% 2% 50% 71% 37% 4% 15 4 13% 56 36 8% 36 25 29% 0 0 0
2007 38 TEX AL 454 1741 3.83 1077 62% 20% 26% 26% 28% 80% 1% 49% 68% 32% 3% 12 4 13% 57 37 8% 37 28 30% 0 0 0
18 Seasons 9695 37823 3.90 22987 61% 19% 26% 27% 28% 81% 4% 49% 68% 33% 5% 533 171 15% 1454 758 8% 760 531 22% 201 1 6
MLB Averages
PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 20 58 203 183 27 47 8 0 4 13 7 5 11 47 .257 .303 .366 .669 89 67 6 2 5 2 2
1990 21 211 782 715 99 171 34 10 19 83 39 21 44 197 .239 .288 .394 .682 91 282 16 8 7 8 6
1991 22 327 1120 1031 138 235 44 11 29 116 52 27 58 295 .228 .273 .376 .650 82 388 21 10 12 9 8
1992 23 394 1411 1293 179 303 51 13 37 141 67 34 77 358 .234 .282 .380 .662 85 491 25 14 16 11 9
1993 24 553 2052 1891 271 459 76 18 70 234 103 45 115 493 .243 .291 .413 .704 94 781 39 18 16 12 15
1994 25 658 2510 2317 330 587 93 24 95 304 125 58 140 585 .253 .300 .437 .737 100 1013 46 20 17 16 16
1995 26 802 3139 2881 419 738 110 27 131 423 159 65 198 719 .256 .308 .449 .757 104 1295 54 25 17 18 27
1996 27 926 3680 3379 503 874 131 29 171 523 177 70 232 853 .259 .310 .466 .777 108 1576 68 30 17 22 33
1997 28 1088 4374 4021 593 1035 162 33 207 642 199 82 277 1027 .257 .308 .469 .777 106 1884 84 32 17 27 42
1998 29 1247 5096 4664 727 1233 182 33 273 800 217 91 350 1198 .264 .318 .493 .811 114 2300 104 33 17 32 56
1999 30 1409 5808 5289 841 1413 206 35 336 941 224 99 428 1369 .267 .324 .510 .834 119 2697 121 36 17 38 64
2000 31 1565 6513 5893 947 1606 244 36 386 1079 231 103 519 1537 .273 .333 .523 .856 123 3080 133 38 17 46 83
2001 32 1725 7224 6470 1093 1795 278 41 450 1239 231 105 635 1690 .277 .343 .542 .885 131 3505 139 44 17 58 120
2002 33 1875 7890 7026 1215 1955 297 43 499 1347 233 105 738 1834 .278 .348 .546 .894 133 3835 153 47 17 62 135
2003 34 2012 8479 7543 1314 2099 319 43 539 1450 233 106 800 1977 .278 .349 .546 .895 133 4121 167 52 17 67 144
2004 35 2138 9018 8021 1383 2220 340 43 574 1530 233 106 856 2110 .277 .348 .545 .892 132 4368 176 54 17 70 148
2005 36 2240 9442 8401 1422 2304 355 44 588 1575 234 107 895 2194 .274 .345 .537 .882 129 4511 191 56 17 73 151
2006 37 2240 9442 8401 1422 2304 355 44 588 1575 234 107 895 2194 .274 .345 .537 .882 129 4511 191 56 17 73 151
2007 38 2354 9896 8813 1475 2408 379 45 609 1667 234 107 929 2306 .273 .344 .534 .878 128 4704 202 59 17 78 154

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 20 58 199 184 29 48 8 0 4 14 7 11 47 .261 .307 .370 .676 21 58
1990 21 153 585 538 81 130 27 10 16 79 34 35 150 .242 .292 .418 .711 65 153
1991 22 116 334 317 42 65 10 1 10 35 13 14 98 .205 .243 .338 .580 26 116
1992 23 67 295 268 46 74 8 2 9 28 16 21 63 .276 .336 .422 .757 37 67
1993 24 159 637 595 92 153 25 5 32 93 35 37 135 .257 .305 .477 .782 86 159
1994 25 148 633 591 80 171 23 8 33 95 29 33 130 .289 .327 .523 .850 101 105
1995 26 162 711 637 98 172 19 3 41 131 39 66 151 .270 .343 .502 .846 109 144
1996 27 124 530 489 77 127 20 2 37 92 17 32 134 .260 .309 .536 .845 80 124
1997 28 162 679 630 85 149 29 4 33 112 20 42 174 .237 .284 .452 .737 81 162
1998 29 159 701 628 125 183 18 0 61 147 17 67 171 .291 .358 .611 .970 139 159
1999 30 162 692 611 104 166 22 2 58 129 6 72 171 .272 .348 .599 .947 128 162
2000 31 156 689 593 97 182 36 1 47 126 7 86 168 .307 .392 .609 1.001 143 156
2001 32 160 716 580 144 192 35 5 65 158 0 118 153 .331 .441 .745 1.186 191 160
2002 33 150 673 560 124 164 19 2 50 110 2 106 144 .293 .406 .602 1.007 137 150
2003 34 137 582 512 94 139 21 0 39 98 0 60 143 .271 .351 .541 .892 96 137
2004 35 126 533 474 64 117 20 0 34 74 0 54 133 .247 .325 .504 .829 77 126
2005 36 102 421 378 39 82 15 1 14 45 1 38 84 .217 .290 .373 .663 40 102
2007 38 114 449 408 51 100 23 1 20 88 0 33 112 .245 .303 .453 .756 56 114
18 Seasons 2415 10059 8993 1472 2414 378 47 603 1654 243 925 2361 .268 .338 .522 .860 1613 2354
162 Game Avg. 162 675 603 99 162 25 3 40 111 16 62 158 .268 .338 .522 .860 108 2354
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 *
1998
1999 (CF)
2000 (RF)
2001 (RF)
2002 (RF)
2004 (RF)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1998-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1998-NL-MVP
1998-ML-Roberto Clemente Award
1999-NL-Hank Aaron Award

Silver Sluggers
1995-NL-OF
1998-NL-OF
1999-NL-OF
2000-NL-OF
2001-NL-OF
2002-NL-OF
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1995-NL-8-21%
1996-NL-15-3%
1997-NL-19-1%
1998-NL-1-98%
1999-NL-9-19%
2000-NL-9-16%
2001-NL-2-62%
2002-NL-9-14%
2003-NL-8-12%
1 MVP
2.46 Career Shares (55th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2001 NL--.328--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
2001 NL--.437--3rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1996 NL--.564--8th
1998 NL--.647--2nd
1999 NL--.635--3rd
2000 NL--.634--6th
2001 NL--.737--2nd
2002 NL--.594--4th
2003 NL--.553--10th
Career--.534--42nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1998 NL--1.024--4th
1999 NL--1.002--6th
2000 NL--1.040--5th
2001 NL--1.174--2nd
2002 NL--.993--6th
Career--.878--102nd

Games Played s c a p y
1993 NL--159--5th
1995 NL--144--1st
1997 NL--162--1st
1998 NL--159--9th
1999 NL--162--1st
2001 NL--160--8th
Career--2354--87th

At Bats s c a p y
1995 NL--564--3rd
1997 NL--642--2nd
1998 NL--643--7th
1999 NL--625--6th
Career--8813--75th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1995 NL--629--5th
1997 NL--694--5th
1998 NL--722--3rd
1999 NL--712--6th
2000 NL--705--5th
2001 NL--711--5th
Career--9896--78th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1998 NL--134--1st
1999 NL--114--8th
2001 NL--146--1st
2002 NL--122--1st
Career--1475--74th

Hits s c a p y
1998 NL--198--5th
2000 NL--193--7th
2001 NL--189--8th
Career--2408--111th

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 NL--290--9th
1994 NL--232--10th
1995 NL--282--8th
1997 NL--308--10th
1998 NL--416--1st
1999 NL--397--1st
2000 NL--383--2nd
2001 NL--425--1st
2002 NL--330--5th
Career--4704--32nd

Doubles s c a p y
Career--379--201st

Triples s c a p y
1990 AL--10--2nd
1994 NL--6--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL--33--9th
1994 NL--25--9th
1995 NL--36--2nd
1996 NL--40--5th
1997 NL--36--7th
1998 NL--66--2nd
1999 NL--63--2nd
2000 NL--50--1st
2001 NL--64--2nd
2002 NL--49--1st
2003 NL--40--6th
Career--609--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1995 NL--119--2nd
1997 NL--119--6th
1998 NL--158--1st
1999 NL--141--3rd
2000 NL--138--2nd
2001 NL--160--1st
2002 NL--108--9th
Career--1667--26th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2001 NL--116--2nd
2002 NL--103--7th
Career--929--148th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1990 AL--150--4th
1993 NL--135--2nd
1994 NL--92--7th
1995 NL--134--2nd
1996 NL--134--4th
1997 NL--174--1st
1998 NL--171--1st
1999 NL--171--1st
2000 NL--168--2nd
2001 NL--153--5th
2002 NL--144--7th
2003 NL--143--5th
Career--2306--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1990 AL--32--7th
1995 NL--34--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1998 NL--160--4th
1999 NL--151--6th
2000 NL--161--6th
2001 NL--203--2nd
2002 NL--160--3rd
Career--128--188th

Runs Created s c a p y
1998 NL--149--3rd
1999 NL--140--6th
2000 NL--157--2nd
2001 NL--193--2nd
2002 NL--135--6th
Career--1625--56th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1998 NL--53--4th
1999 NL--45--6th
2000 NL--58--5th
2001 NL--93--2nd
2002 NL--50--4th
Career--330--104th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1998 NL--5.0--4th
1999 NL--4.1--6th
2000 NL--5.2--5th
2001 NL--8.5--2nd
2002 NL--4.7--4th
Career--30.4--113th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1993 NL--63--9th
1997 NL--71--6th
1998 NL--86--3rd
1999 NL--89--1st
2000 NL--89--2nd
2001 NL--103--3rd
Career--1033--25th

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 NL--286--5th
2001 NL--311--3rd
2002 NL--266--10th
Career--3396--110th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2000 NL--.748--6th
2001 NL--.844--2nd
2002 NL--.749--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2001 NL--12--2nd
Career--78--91st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL--11--6th
1998 NL--14--3rd
2000 NL--19--4th
2001 NL--37--1st
2002 NL--15--9th
Career--154--40th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 NL--20--7th
1999 NL--17--10th
Career--202--83rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1990 AL--16--4th
1994 NL--13--2nd
1997 NL--12--9th
Career--107--88th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1990 AL--20.4--4th
1993 NL--34.4--2nd
1994 NL--23.4--3rd
1995 NL--35.0--1st
1996 NL--24.8--10th
1997 NL--27.3--6th
1998 NL--28.3--4th
Career--338.1--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 NL--18.121--10th
1994 NL--17.040--9th
1995 NL--15.667--6th
1996 NL--12.450--3rd
1997 NL--17.833--10th
1998 NL--9.742--2nd
1999 NL--9.921--2nd
2000 NL--12.080--3rd
2001 NL--9.016--2nd
2002 NL--11.347--2nd
2003 NL--12.925--5th
2004 NL--13.657--7th
Career--14.471--11th

Outs Made s c a p y
1993 NL--468--9th
1995 NL--430--3rd
1997 NL--514--1st
1998 NL--479--5th
1999 NL--476--5th
Career--6809--59th

Salary s c a p y
1998 NL--$8,325,000--6th
1999 NL--$9,000,000--7th
2000 NL--$11,000,000--6th
2001 NL--$12,500,000--4th
2002 NL--$15,000,000--2nd
2003 NL--$16,000,000--2nd
2004 NL--$16,000,000--5th
2005 AL--$17,000,000--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1989 AL--born 1968-11-12--6th
1990 AL--born 1968-11-12--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 28 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 113 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 201 (38), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 52 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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