Nickname: Slammin'Samm
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 11-12-1968
Birthplace: San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Career Positions Played: DH,LF,CF,RF
All-Star: 1995,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2004
League MVP Award: 1998
Height: 6 ft., 0 in. Weight: 220 lbs.
(Sammy Sosa at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 261 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1989 TEX:A D,7,8,9 20 25 89 84 20 16 3 0 1 3 8 .238 .261 .238 .310 0 0 20 5 0 0 1989 TEX:A
1989 CHI:A D,7,8,9 20 33 115 99 27 19 5 0 3 10 19 .273 .261 .357 .414 11 2 27 1 2 2 1989 CHI:A
1990 CHI:A 8,9 21 153 579 532 124 73 26 10 15 70 72 .233 .259 .285 .404 33 4 150 2 6 6 1990 CHI:A
1991 CHI:A D,7,8,9 22 116 338 316 64 43 10 1 10 33 39 .203 .260 .241 .335 14 2 98 5 1 2 1991 CHI:A
1992 CHI:N 8 23 67 291 262 68 51 7 2 8 25 41 .260 .252 .319 .393 19 1 63 4 2 4 1992 CHI:N
1993 CHI:N 8,9 24 159 646 598 156 93 25 5 33 93 92 .261 .264 .309 .485 38 6 135 0 6 4 1993 CHI:N
1994 CHI:N 8,9 25 105 459 426 128 80 17 6 25 70 59 .300 .267 .342 .545 25 1 92 1 5 2 1994 CHI:N
1995 CHI:N 9 26 144 637 564 151 95 17 3 36 119 89 .268 .263 .341 .500 58 11 134 0 10 5 1995 CHI:N
1996 CHI:N 9 27 124 542 498 136 73 21 2 40 100 84 .273 .262 .326 .564 34 6 134 0 5 5 1996 CHI:N
1997 CHI:N 9 28 162 696 642 161 90 31 4 36 119 90 .251 .263 .302 .480 45 9 174 0 7 2 1997 CHI:N
1998 CHI:N 8,9 29 159 726 643 198 112 20 0 66 158 134 .308 .262 .379 .647 73 14 171 0 9 1 1998 CHI:N
1999 CHI:N 8,9 30 162 718 625 180 91 24 2 63 141 114 .288 .268 .370 .635 78 8 171 0 12 3 1999 CHI:N
2000 CHI:N 8,9 31 156 705 604 193 104 38 1 50 138 106 .320 .266 .410 .634 91 19 168 0 8 2 2000 CHI:N
2001 CHI:N 9 32 160 711 577 189 86 34 5 64 160 146 .328 .261 .445 .737 116 37 153 0 12 6 2001 CHI:N
2002 CHI:N 9 33 150 666 556 160 90 19 2 49 108 122 .288 .259 .402 .594 103 15 144 0 4 3 2002 CHI:N
2003 CHI:N 9 34 137 589 517 144 82 22 0 40 103 99 .279 .262 .361 .553 62 9 143 0 5 5 2003 CHI:N
2004 CHI:N 9 35 126 539 478 121 65 21 0 35 80 69 .253 .263 .334 .517 56 4 133 0 3 2 2004 CHI:N
2005 BAL:A D,9 36 102 424 380 84 54 15 1 14 45 39 .221 .268 .297 .376 39 3 84 0 3 2 2005 BAL:A
2007 TEX:A D,9 38 114 454 412 104 58 24 1 21 92 53 .252 .271 .314 .468 34 3 112 0 5 3 2007 TEX:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1989 TEX:A 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 .12 .00 .67 .00 1 0 0 0 26 74 37 18 13 2.06 3 17 1989 TEX:A
1989 CHI:A 20 7 3 2 0 0 0 .36 .09 .33 1.00 0 0 0 0 41 82 33 26 15 1.27 3 33 1989 CHI:A
1990 CHI:A 21 32 16 6 3 0 0 .33 .09 .45 .75 10 0 2 0 215 443 177 134 71 1.32 10 108 1990 CHI:A
1991 CHI:A 22 13 6 0 1 0 2 .30 .02 .38 .67 5 0 0 0 106 273 109 77 38 1.42 5 74 1991 CHI:A
1992 CHI:N 23 15 7 0 0 0 0 .31 .00 .56 .80 4 0 0 0 103 212 85 72 48 1.18 4 57 1992 CHI:N
1993 CHI:N 24 36 11 5 2 0 0 .36 .06 .41 .57 10 0 0 0 290 473 168 203 89 .83 14 118 1993 CHI:N
1994 CHI:N 25 22 13 1 2 0 1 .27 .04 .35 .71 9 0 1 0 232 324 138 129 67 1.07 7 100 1994 CHI:N
1995 CHI:N 26 34 7 2 0 0 0 .28 .02 .38 .55 13 0 0 0 282 438 190 166 73 1.14 8 136 1995 CHI:N
1996 CHI:N 27 18 5 3 0 0 0 .22 .04 .14 .71 9 0 0 0 281 386 134 139 89 .96 14 120 1996 CHI:N
1997 CHI:N 28 22 12 2 1 0 0 .25 .04 .43 .83 14 1 0 0 308 516 219 155 89 1.41 16 173 1997 CHI:N
1998 CHI:N 29 18 9 1 0 0 0 .17 .01 .40 .75 23 0 0 3 416 483 190 185 100 1.03 20 194 1998 CHI:N
1999 CHI:N 30 7 8 0 0 0 0 .10 .00 .30 .53 12 0 0 0 397 482 174 192 94 .91 17 169 1999 CHI:N
2000 CHI:N 31 7 4 1 0 0 0 .06 .01 .31 .62 14 0 0 1 383 435 118 119 16 .99 12 151 2000 CHI:N
2001 CHI:N 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 .01 .00 .33 .69 16 1 0 2 425 408 117 120 13 .98 6 174 2001 CHI:N
2002 CHI:N 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 .01 .00 .23 .68 10 0 0 1 330 414 135 102 19 1.32 14 150 2002 CHI:N
2003 CHI:N 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 .01 .00 .20 .41 23 0 0 0 286 393 167 148 64 1.13 14 158 2003 CHI:N
2004 CHI:N 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .35 .10 11 0 0 1 247 369 152 135 61 1.13 9 96 2004 CHI:N
2005 BAL:A 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .15 .50 3 0 0 0 143 315 133 116 50 1.15 15 92 2005 BAL:A
2007 TEX:A 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .39 .62 12 0 0 1 193 324 118 126 61 .94 11 99 2007 TEX:A
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1989 TEX:A 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 15 3 0 0 0 0 8 .200 .200
1989 CHI:A 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .000 - - - - - - - - -
1990 CHI:A 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 - - - - - - - - -
1991 CHI:A 22 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 .286 .714 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .000
1992 CHI:N 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1993 CHI:N 24 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .500 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1994 CHI:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1995 CHI:N 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1996 CHI:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1997 CHI:N 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1998 CHI:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1999 CHI:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2000 CHI:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2001 CHI:N 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2002 CHI:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2003 CHI:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2004 CHI:N 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 .286 1.143
2005 BAL:A 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 123 25 3 0 4 20 35 .203 .325
2007 TEX:A 38 10 1 1 0 0 1 5 .100 .200 341 93 18 1 19 27 91 .273 .499
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1989 TEX:A 20 24 9 0 0 0 0 10 .375 .375 60 11 3 0 1 0 10 .183 .283 1989 TEX:A
1989 CHI:A 20 43 10 2 0 1 7 14 .233 .349 56 17 3 0 2 4 13 .304 .464 1989 CHI:A
1990 CHI:A 21 266 68 15 7 10 19 72 .256 .477 266 56 11 3 5 14 78 .211 .331 1990 CHI:A
1991 CHI:A 22 145 27 5 1 3 7 44 .186 .297 171 37 5 0 7 7 54 .216 .368 1991 CHI:A
1992 CHI:N 23 116 31 6 1 4 12 28 .267 .440 146 37 1 1 4 7 35 .253 .356 1992 CHI:N
1993 CHI:N 24 298 81 14 1 23 21 61 .272 .557 300 75 11 4 10 17 74 .250 .413 1993 CHI:N
1994 CHI:N 25 228 65 8 6 11 16 43 .285 .518 198 63 9 0 14 9 49 .318 .576 1994 CHI:N
1995 CHI:N 26 276 75 6 2 19 28 60 .272 .514 288 76 11 1 17 30 74 .264 .486 1995 CHI:N
1996 CHI:N 27 266 75 10 1 26 17 71 .282 .620 232 61 11 1 14 17 63 .263 .500 1996 CHI:N
1997 CHI:N 28 312 84 10 2 25 31 77 .269 .554 330 77 21 2 11 14 97 .233 .409 1997 CHI:N
1998 CHI:N 29 310 93 11 0 35 34 79 .300 .674 333 105 9 0 31 39 92 .315 .622 1998 CHI:N
1999 CHI:N 30 308 100 15 1 33 44 76 .325 .701 317 80 9 1 30 34 95 .252 .571 1999 CHI:N
2000 CHI:N 31 291 89 15 1 22 46 82 .306 .591 313 104 23 0 28 45 86 .332 .674 2000 CHI:N
2001 CHI:N 32 281 94 13 3 34 54 76 .335 .765 296 95 21 2 30 62 77 .321 .709 2001 CHI:N
2002 CHI:N 33 279 74 7 1 24 51 72 .265 .556 277 86 12 1 25 52 72 .310 .632 2002 CHI:N
2003 CHI:N 34 283 80 18 0 19 35 85 .283 .548 234 64 4 0 21 27 58 .274 .560 2003 CHI:N
2004 CHI:N 35 231 64 12 0 18 30 58 .277 .563 247 57 9 0 17 26 75 .231 .474 2004 CHI:N
2005 BAL:A 36 178 35 9 0 4 18 34 .197 .315 202 49 6 1 10 21 50 .243 .431 2005 BAL:A
2007 TEX:A 38 198 45 12 0 10 20 56 .227 .439 214 59 12 1 11 14 56 .276 .495 2007 TEX:A
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1989 TEX:A 20 44 14 2 0 0 0 9 .318 .364 40 6 1 0 1 0 11 .150 .250 1989 TEX:A
1989 CHI:A 20 34 13 3 0 2 7 10 .382 .647 65 14 2 0 1 4 17 .215 .292 1989 CHI:A
1990 CHI:A 21 233 61 14 3 12 20 59 .262 .502 299 63 12 7 3 13 91 .211 .328 1990 CHI:A
1991 CHI:A 22 128 29 5 0 5 8 39 .227 .383 188 35 5 1 5 6 59 .186 .303 1991 CHI:A
1992 CHI:N 23 75 21 3 0 0 8 19 .280 .320 187 47 4 2 8 11 44 .251 .422 1992 CHI:N
1993 CHI:N 24 150 43 8 2 10 13 33 .287 .567 448 113 17 3 23 25 102 .252 .458 1993 CHI:N
1994 CHI:N 25 113 38 1 2 9 11 22 .336 .619 313 90 16 4 16 14 70 .288 .518 1994 CHI:N
1995 CHI:N 26 148 38 6 1 9 20 37 .257 .493 416 113 11 2 27 38 97 .272 .502 1995 CHI:N
1996 CHI:N 27 113 28 7 0 8 11 26 .248 .522 385 108 14 2 32 23 108 .281 .577 1996 CHI:N
1997 CHI:N 28 141 38 7 0 12 15 33 .270 .574 501 123 24 4 24 30 141 .246 .453 1997 CHI:N
1998 CHI:N 29 164 47 5 0 12 37 54 .287 .537 479 151 15 0 54 36 117 .315 .685 1998 CHI:N
1999 CHI:N 30 163 51 9 1 18 23 46 .313 .712 462 129 15 1 45 55 125 .279 .608 1999 CHI:N
2000 CHI:N 31 124 43 7 0 8 28 36 .347 .597 480 150 31 1 42 63 132 .313 .644 2000 CHI:N
2001 CHI:N 32 93 36 5 1 13 41 30 .387 .882 484 153 29 4 51 75 123 .316 .709 2001 CHI:N
2002 CHI:N 33 101 37 2 1 11 34 24 .366 .733 455 123 17 1 38 69 120 .270 .563 2002 CHI:N
2003 CHI:N 34 105 35 4 0 7 20 23 .333 .571 412 109 18 0 33 42 120 .265 .549 2003 CHI:N
2004 CHI:N 35 95 24 6 0 4 22 34 .253 .442 383 97 15 0 31 34 99 .253 .535 2004 CHI:N
2005 BAL:A 36 104 30 5 1 4 14 22 .288 .471 276 54 10 0 10 25 62 .196 .341 2005 BAL:A
2007 TEX:A 38 119 39 13 0 7 17 29 .328 .613 293 65 11 1 14 17 83 .222 .410 2007 TEX:A
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1989 TEX:A 20 .955 .977 12 10 88.0 20 1 1 0 0
1989 CHI:A 20 .000 .977 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHI:A 22 .000 .983 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1989 TEX:A 20 .933 .984 8 7 51.0 14 0 1 0 0
1989 CHI:A 20 .957 .984 25 20 187.3 44 1 2 0 0
1990 CHI:A 21 1.000 .986 1 0 .3 1 0 0 0 0
1991 CHI:A 22 1.000 .983 14 9 83.7 19 1 0 0 0
1992 CHI:N 23 .961 .983 67 65 573.3 145 4 6 2 1
1993 CHI:N 24 .968 .983 70 61 527.0 145 5 5 0 2
1994 CHI:N 25 .938 .980 15 10 89.7 29 1 2 1 0
1998 CHI:N 29 1.000 .987 7 6 43.3 15 0 0 0 0
1999 CHI:N 30 .988 .984 25 23 194.7 77 3 1 0 0
2000 CHI:N 31 1.000 .987 2 2 10.0 2 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1989 TEX:A 20 .000 .979 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHI:A 20 1.000 .979 9 8 64.0 15 0 0 0 0
1990 CHI:A 21 .962 .978 152 137 1254.7 314 13 13 1 1
1991 CHI:A 22 .971 .983 102 67 698.7 195 5 6 4 0
1993 CHI:N 24 .981 .983 114 92 836.3 201 11 4 2 2
1994 CHI:N 25 .974 .980 98 95 840.7 218 4 6 2 2
1995 CHI:N 26 .962 .979 143 142 1274.0 318 13 13 1 4
1996 CHI:N 27 .964 .974 124 124 1086.7 253 15 10 1 1
1997 CHI:N 28 .977 .977 161 161 1417.0 325 16 8 1 1
1998 CHI:N 29 .974 .976 156 153 1379.0 324 14 9 0 2
1999 CHI:N 30 .976 .981 146 139 1220.0 322 5 8 0 3
2000 CHI:N 31 .970 .979 156 154 1373.3 321 4 10 2 1
2001 CHI:N 32 .982 .981 159 160 1385.0 326 8 6 1 1
2002 CHI:N 33 .980 .983 150 150 1295.3 285 7 6 1 1
2003 CHI:N 34 .977 .982 137 136 1178.7 212 2 5 0 1
2004 CHI:N 35 .984 .980 124 124 1097.7 238 5 4 0 2
2005 BAL:A 36 .976 .982 66 66 577.0 121 3 3 0 1
2007 TEX:A 38 1.000 .985 16 16 131.0 32 1 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,790 1,273 70 3,436 3,862 23 1,462 5,080 2,190
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Sosa - Historical Batting Stastistics
Sammy Sosa - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Sammy Sosa - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Sammy Sosa - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
Sammy Sosa - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching