You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Sammy Sosa Statistics and History

 

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
    About biographical information

Preferred Bat: Blond Easton SS3 Maple (More info on Game Used Bats)

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 TOT AL 20 OF 52 46 399.1 100 94 2 4 0 .960 -5.0 -15.0 -4.0 -1.2 -2.8 -1 2.16 1.85 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TOT AL 20 CF 33 27 238.1 62 58 1 3 0 .952 -3.9 -19.6 -4.9 -2.1 -2.8 1 2.23 1.79 .985 2.78 2.46
1989 TOT AL 20 LF 13 11 95.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.7 21.5 2.7 2.7 0.0 -1 1.99 1.62 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 TOT AL 20 RF 10 8 66.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -50.9 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 -1 2.05 1.50 .980 2.33 1.90
1989 TEX AL 20 OF 19 17 141.0 36 33 1 2 0 .944 0.9 7.7 1.9 1.9 0.0 -1 2.17 1.79 .981 2.42 2.12
1989 TEX AL 20 LF 12 10 88.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.7 23.2 2.7 2.7 0.0 -1 2.15 1.75 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 TEX AL 20 CF 8 7 51.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.8 -18.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 2.47 1.75 .987 2.79 2.46
1989 TEX AL 20 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1989 CHW AL 20 OF 33 29 258.1 64 61 1 2 0 .969 -5.9 -27.4 -5.9 -3.1 -2.8 0 2.16 1.88 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 CHW AL 20 CF 25 20 187.1 47 44 1 2 0 .957 -3.1 -19.9 -4.1 -1.3 -2.8 1 2.16 1.80 .985 2.78 2.46
1989 CHW AL 20 RF 9 8 64.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -52.5 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 -1 2.11 1.67 .980 2.33 1.90
1989 CHW AL 20 DH 6
1989 CHW AL 20 LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.80
1990 CHW AL 21 OF 152 137 1255.0 342 315 14 13 1 .962 1.3 1.2 -3.7 -1.9 -1.8 5 2.36 2.16 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 CHW AL 21 RF 152 137 1254.2 340 313 14 13 1 .962 1.0 1.0 -4.0 -2.2 -1.8 5 2.35 2.15 .978 2.23 1.81
1990 CHW AL 21 CF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1991 CHW AL 22 OF 111 76 782.1 226 214 6 6 0 .973 15.2 23.3 13.2 6.8 6.4 2 2.53 1.98 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 CHW AL 22 RF 102 67 698.2 206 195 5 6 0 .971 15.2 26.1 13.2 7.8 5.4 2 2.58 1.96 .980 2.19 1.76
1991 CHW AL 22 CF 14 9 83.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.4 0.1 -0.9 1.0 0 2.15 1.43 .990 2.76 2.40
1991 CHW AL 22 DH 2
1991 CHW AL 22 LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 1.70
1992 CHC NL 23 CF 67 65 573.1 155 145 4 6 1 .961 -3.1 -6.5 -2.1 -3.4 1.3 -1 2.34 2.22 .989 2.80 2.44
1992 CHC NL 23 OF 67 65 573.1 155 145 4 6 1 .961 -3.1 -6.5 -2.1 -3.4 1.3 -1 2.34 2.22 .983 2.34 1.96
1993 CHC NL 24 OF 158 153 1363.1 370 344 17 9 4 .976 17.8 15.7 9.8 9.2 0.6 8 2.38 2.28 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 CHC NL 24 RF 114 92 836.1 216 201 11 4 2 .981 12.7 18.2 7.7 6.0 1.7 5 2.28 1.86 .976 2.17 1.78
1993 CHC NL 24 CF 70 61 527.0 155 145 5 5 2 .968 5.1 11.6 2.1 3.2 -1.1 3 2.56 2.14 .985 2.75 2.37
1994 CHC NL 25 OF 105 105 930.1 260 248 5 7 2 .973 14.5 18.7 15.5 6.1 9.4 -1 2.45 2.41 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 CHC NL 25 RF 98 95 840.2 228 218 4 6 2 .974 15.3 21.8 16.3 6.9 9.4 -1 2.38 2.27 .975 2.18 1.82
1994 CHC NL 25 CF 15 10 89.2 32 29 1 2 0 .938 -0.8 -10.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 3.01 2.00 .984 2.63 2.40
1995 CHC NL 26 OF 143 142 1274.0 346 320 13 13 4 .962 22.6 21.3 20.6 12.4 8.2 2 2.35 2.33 .979 2.15 1.82 AS,MVP-8,SS
1995 CHC NL 26 RF 143 142 1274.0 344 318 13 13 4 .962 22.6 21.3 20.6 12.4 8.2 2 2.34 2.31 .978 2.08 1.76 AS,MVP-8,SS
1996 CHC NL 27 OF 124 124 1086.2 278 253 15 10 1 .964 27.2 30.0 18.2 1.8 16.4 9 2.22 2.16 .978 2.13 1.80 MVP-15
1996 CHC NL 27 RF 124 124 1086.2 280 255 15 10 1 .964 27.2 30.0 18.2 1.8 16.4 9 2.24 2.18 .974 2.07 1.71 MVP-15
1997 CHC NL 28 OF 161 161 1417.0 349 325 16 8 1 .977 16.9 14.3 11.9 -3.5 15.4 5 2.17 2.12 .980 2.13 1.77 MVP-19
1997 CHC NL 28 RF 161 161 1417.0 348 324 16 8 1 .977 16.9 14.3 11.9 -3.5 15.4 5 2.16 2.11 .977 2.04 1.64 MVP-19
1998 CHC NL 29 OF 159 159 1422.1 362 339 14 9 2 .975 2.6 2.2 4.6 0.8 3.8 -2 2.23 2.22 .980 2.17 1.78 AS,MVP-1,SS
1998 CHC NL 29 RF 156 153 1379.0 342 319 14 9 2 .974 1.9 1.7 3.9 0.1 3.8 -2 2.17 2.13 .976 2.08 1.66 AS,MVP-1,SS
1998 CHC NL 29 CF 7 6 43.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 19.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.12 2.14 .987 2.53 2.14 AS,MVP-1,SS
1999 CHC NL 30 OF 162 162 1414.2 416 399 8 9 3 .978 -0.8 -0.7 2.2 6.0 -3.8 -3 2.59 2.51 .981 2.26 1.86 AS,MVP-9,SS
1999 CHC NL 30 RF 146 139 1220.0 335 322 5 8 3 .976 -1.4 -1.4 2.6 3.1 -0.5 -4 2.41 2.24 .981 2.16 1.72 AS,MVP-9,SS
1999 CHC NL 30 CF 25 23 194.2 81 77 3 1 0 .988 0.6 3.7 -0.4 2.9 -3.3 1 3.70 3.20 .984 2.63 2.20 AS,MVP-9,SS
2000 CHC NL 31 OF 156 156 1383.1 337 323 4 10 1 .970 -5.5 -4.8 6.5 4.6 1.9 -12 2.13 2.10 .981 2.25 1.86 AS,MVP-9,SS
2000 CHC NL 31 RF 156 154 1373.1 329 316 3 10 1 .970 -5.3 -4.6 6.7 4.8 1.9 -12 2.09 2.04 .979 2.18 1.75 AS,MVP-9,SS
2000 CHC NL 31 CF 2 2 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.61 2.25 AS,MVP-9,SS
2001 CHC NL 32 OF 160 160 1385.0 340 326 8 6 1 .982 6.4 5.5 13.4 3.3 10.1 -7 2.17 2.09 .982 2.20 1.86 AS,MVP-2,SS
2001 CHC NL 32 RF 160 160 1385.0 340 326 8 6 1 .982 6.4 5.5 13.4 3.3 10.1 -7 2.17 2.09 .981 2.11 1.73 AS,MVP-2,SS
2002 CHC NL 33 OF 150 150 1295.1 298 285 7 6 1 .980 -8.4 -7.8 1.6 -5.5 7.1 -10 2.03 1.95 .983 2.19 1.84 AS,MVP-9,SS
2002 CHC NL 33 RF 150 150 1295.1 297 284 7 6 1 .980 -8.4 -7.8 1.6 -5.5 7.1 -10 2.02 1.94 .983 2.07 1.67 AS,MVP-9,SS
2003 CHC NL 34 OF 137 136 1178.2 219 212 2 5 1 .977 -0.4 -0.4 1.6 1.6 0.0 -2 1.63 1.56 .984 2.17 1.85 MVP-8
2003 CHC NL 34 RF 137 136 1178.2 219 212 2 5 1 .977 -0.4 -0.4 1.6 1.6 0.0 -2 1.63 1.56 .982 2.09 1.72 MVP-8
2004 CHC NL 35 OF 124 124 1097.2 247 238 5 4 2 .984 5.5 6.0 9.5 9.1 0.4 -4 1.99 1.96 .982 2.16 1.85 AS
2004 CHC NL 35 RF 124 124 1097.2 247 238 5 4 2 .984 5.5 6.0 9.5 9.1 0.4 -4 1.99 1.96 .980 2.09 1.71 AS
2004 CHC NL 35 DH 2 AS
2005 BAL AL 36 OF 66 66 577.0 127 121 3 3 1 .976 -2.8 -5.8 -1.8 -1.2 -0.6 -1 1.93 1.88 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 BAL AL 36 RF 66 66 577.0 127 121 3 3 1 .976 -2.8 -5.8 -1.8 -1.2 -0.6 -1 1.93 1.88 .982 2.12 1.83
2005 BAL AL 36 DH 35
2007 TEX AL 38 DH 87
2007 TEX AL 38 OF 16 16 131.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -4.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 -1 2.27 2.06 .988 2.30 2.00
2007 TEX AL 38 RF 16 16 131.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -4.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 -1 2.27 2.06 .985 2.08 1.77
18 Seasons OF 2203 2138 18966.1 4805 4533 144 128 26 .973 103.5 6.5 117.5 45.2 72.3 -14 2.22 2.12 .981 2.23 1.89
17 Seasons RF 2015 1924 17111.0 4246 4009 126 111 23 .974 103.1 7.2 120.1 42.9 77.2 -17 2.17 2.05 .979 2.12 1.73
9 Seasons CF 234 203 1760.1 523 491 15 17 3 .967 -1.2 -0.8 -5.2 -0.3 -4.9 4 2.59 2.16 .986 2.75 2.38
5 Seasons DH 132
2 Seasons LF 14 11 95.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.6 20.2 2.6 2.6 0.0 -1 1.99 1.50 .977 2.16 1.82
18 Seasons TOT 2218 2138 18966.1 4792 4521 143 128 26 .973 103.5 6.5 117.5 45.2 72.3 -14 2.21 2.10 .953 2.17 1.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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

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 (56th)

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

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 (88th)

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  30.3 (116th)

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  18.1 (10th)
1994 NL  17.0 (9th)
1995 NL  15.7 (6th)
1996 NL  12.5 (3rd)
1997 NL  17.8 (10th)
1998 NL  9.7 (2nd)
1999 NL  9.9 (2nd)
2000 NL  12.1 (3rd)
2001 NL  9.0 (2nd)
2002 NL  11.3 (2nd)
2003 NL  12.9 (5th)
2004 NL  13.7 (7th)
Career  14.5 (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 (64), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 138 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 201 (41), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 52 (71), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Mike Schmidt (858) *
  2. Jim Thome (841)
  3. Reggie Jackson (841) *
  4. Ken Griffey (834)
  5. Harmon Killebrew (822) *
  6. Eddie Mathews (822) *
  7. Mickey Mantle (821) *
  8. Willie Stargell (820) *
  9. Gary Sheffield (814)
  10. Willie McCovey (807) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jack Clark (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lloyd Moseby (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chili Davis (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Curt Blefary (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jimmy Wynn (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Wynn (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Conigliaro (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dale Murphy (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Darryl Strawberry (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Canseco (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dale Murphy (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Griffey (867)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ken Griffey (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ken Griffey (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ken Griffey (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Ken Griffey (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Ken Griffey (869)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 30, 1985: Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent.

July 29, 1989: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Wilson Alvarez and Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique.

March 30, 1992: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Ken Patterson to the Chicago Cubs for George Bell.

February 2, 2005: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Crouthers (minors), Mike Fontenot and Jerry Hairston.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 23, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989Texas Rangers$68,000
1990Chicago White Sox$100,000
1991Chicago White Sox$150,000
1992Chicago Cubs$180,000
1993Chicago Cubs$745,000
1994Chicago Cubs$2,950,000
1995Chicago Cubs$4,300,000
1996Chicago Cubs$4,750,000
1997Chicago Cubs$5,500,000
1998Chicago Cubs$8,325,000
1999Chicago Cubs$9,000,000
2000Chicago Cubs$11,000,000
2001Chicago Cubs$12,500,000
2002Chicago Cubs$15,000,000
2003Chicago Cubs$16,000,000
2004Chicago Cubs$16,000,000
2005Baltimore Orioles$17,000,000
2007Texas Rangers$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$124,068,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Sammy Sosa    

Viewed 1,200,021 times through February 10, 2010.
Name and misspellings: Slammin' Sammy Say it Ain't Samuel Sosa samy Sammy Peralta Sosa sousa

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.