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Sammy Sosa Samuel Peralta Sosa (Slammin' Sammy, Say it Ain't Sosa) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb. MLB Debut June 16, 1989 Final Game September 29, 2007 Born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R. (age 56)

• Hit 4 home runs in a game for CHN vs. CON on August 8, 1995
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. PIN on August 9, 1998
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. LAN on June 29, 1999
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. SLN on August 22, 1999
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. LAN on July 9, 2002
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. SDN on June 13, 2004
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. SLN on July 12, 2004

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 20 CHA AL   74  186   21   50  13   1   1    9  14   3   10   54  .269  .315  .366  .681    98    68   2   1   1   3   3  
 1990 21 CHA AL   95  142   28   33  13   0   4   29  15   2   10   51  .232  .280  .408  .689    97    58   1   4   1   1   2  
 1991 22 CHN NL  109  266   25   49   7   0   7   21  13   6    7   83  .184  .211  .289  .500    69    77   2   0   0   2   6  
 1992 23 CHN NL  114  269   35   76  14   3   5   36  11   5   16   51  .283  .325  .413  .738   106   111   2   2   0   2   4  
 1993 24 CHN NL  162  638   84  155  34   7  26   82  22   4   30  133  .243  .277  .440  .718    96   281   0   7   1   3  15  
 1994 25 CHN NL  153  610   90  166  25   7  35  107  19   5   31  118  .272  .307  .508  .816   109   310   0   2   3   1  27  
 1995 26 CHN NL  162  640   99  161  11   4  50  134  24   7   59  137  .252  .316  .516  .831   114   330   0   4   2   3  23  MVP-4
 1996 27 CHN NL  144  514   82  134  21   2  27   82  12   2   37  127  .261  .316  .467  .782   103   240   1   4   3   6  21  
 1997 28 CHN NL  162  661   72  140  32   2  32  104  13   6   30  177  .212  .247  .411  .659    88   272   0   6   3   3  30  
 1998 29 CHN NL  162  637  132  189  19   2  62  141  12   5   72  172  .297  .366  .625  .990   133   398   0   5   6   0  25  MVP-2
 1999 30 CHN NL  161  625  126  188  28   4  70  158   1   3   77  156  .301  .377  .694 1.071   139   434   0   5  11   2  16  MVP-1
 2000 31 CHN NL  155  592  115  171  43   1  45  123   2   0   88  165  .289  .383  .593  .976   123   351   0   3   7   4  16  MVP-4
 2001 32 CHN NL  155  574  134  178  30   2  68  162   1   0   92  125  .310  .407  .725 1.132   147   416   0   6   9   6  13  MVP-2
 2002 33 CHN NL  152  542  110  158  18   3  54  136   2   0  103  141  .292  .404  .635 1.038   143   344   0   6   1   3  13  MVP-1
 2003 34 CHN NL  138  527   84  147  28   0  39  105   0   0   52  148  .279  .347  .554  .901   122   292   0   4   1   5   9  MVP-13
 2004 35 CHN NL  151  470   78  133  25   0  37   84   1   0   65  123  .283  .370  .572  .943   116   269   0   3   0   2   9  
 2005 36 OAA AL   56  150   23   44  10   1   5   24   0   0   14   33  .293  .349  .473  .823   109    71   0   2   1   0   4  
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 38 TOA AL  104  349   40   79  19   0  15   54   0   0   36   95  .226  .305  .410  .715    90   143   1   1   4   4  13  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     2409 8392 1378 2251 390  39 582 1591 162  48  829 2089  .268  .335  .532  .867        4465   9  65  54  50 249
 Per 600 PA           539   88  145  25   3  37  102  10   3   53  134                                 287   1   4   3   3  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     2080 7565 1266 2045 335  37 557 1475 133  43  759 1856  .270  .338  .545  .883        4125   5  57  47  42 227
   With CHA      169  328   49   83  26   1   5   38  29   5   20  105  .253  .300  .384  .684         126   3   5   2   4   5
   With TOA      104  349   40   79  19   0  15   54   0   0   36   95  .226  .305  .410  .715         143   1   1   4   4  13
   With OAA       56  150   23   44  10   1   5   24   0   0   14   33  .293  .349  .473  .823          71   0   2   1   0   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2354 8813 1475 2408 379  45 609 1667 234 107  929 2306  .273  .344  .534  .878        4704  17  78 154  59 202
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1989 20 CHA AL  82   22   4.2  16   3   1  .188   1   35   30  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e14   11   
 1990 21 CHA AL  66   17   4.1  10   3   0  .300   3   15   11  .733    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e15    2   
 1991 22 CHN NL  54   14   1.7  19   2   1  .105   1   30   25  .833    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e11  -75   
 1992 23 CHN NL  31   36   4.7  42   9   1  .214   7   28   18  .643    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e15   28   
 1993 24 CHN NL  36   75   4.0   0   0   0  .000  13   64   46  .719    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e10  -76   
 1994 25 CHN NL  29   84   4.8   3   0   0  .000  11   42   28  .667    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e11  -68   
 1995 26 CHN NL  27   98   5.2   0   0   0  .000  14   46   30  .652    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e15   -9   
 1996 27 CHN NL  28   71   4.7   5   1   0  .200  10   46   34  .739    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e13 -105   
 1997 28 CHN NL  23   56   2.7   0   0   0  .000   4   64   51  .797    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e8  -121   
 1998 29 CHN NL  28  137   7.7   0   0   0  .000   6   51   32  .627    0    0  .000  OF   3(-4)e9   -33   
 1999 30 CHN NL  24  159   9.3   2   1   0  .500  12   56   28  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e9    69   
 2000 31 CHN NL  23  135   8.3   2   0   0  .000  15   58   25  .431    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e11   -64   
 2001 32 CHN NL  23  171  11.2   2   0   0  .000   4   54   36  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6    -42   
 2002 33 CHN NL  21  144   9.7   3   1   1  .333   5   35   19  .543    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7    45   
 2003 34 CHN NL  23  102   7.0   3   0   0  .000   8   46   17  .370    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e6   -10   
 2004 35 CHN NL  26  102   7.9  19   5   3  .263   4   37   12  .324    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5    94   
 2005 36 OAA AL  79   24   5.9   8   1   0  .125   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7   152   
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 38 TOA AL  34   41   3.9  11   4   1  .364   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -64   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons         1495   6.2 145  30   8  .207 118  709  443  .625    0    0  .000                 -24   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1989 20 CHA AL  CF    53   127     4    1    1   .992    43   381.1   3.09
                 RF    30    11     0    0    0  1.000     1    54.2   1.81
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1990 21 CHA AL  CF    28    54     1    0    0  1.000    28   216.0   2.29
                 RF    65    29     0    3    0   .906     3   140.1   1.86
 1991 22 CHN NL  CF    94   171     7    1    0   .994    66   631.1   2.54
                 RF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1992 23 CHN NL  CF    67   111     2    6    0   .950    52   439.0   2.32
                 RF    19     8     0    1    0   .889     5    59.1   1.21
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   1.29
 1993 24 CHN NL  RF   161   315     6   13    0   .961   161  1419.2   2.03
                 CF     8     5     1    0    0  1.000     0    14.0   3.86
 1994 25 CHN NL  RF   139   225    12   10    5   .960   137  1226.2   1.74
                 CF    11    22     1    1    0   .958    10    93.0   2.23
 1995 26 CHN NL  RF   162   261     5   14    1   .950   162  1459.2   1.64
 1996 27 CHN NL  RF   139   214     6   10    1   .957   127  1173.1   1.69
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     4.0   0.00
 1997 28 CHN NL  RF   162   281     8    4    2   .986   161  1468.0   1.77
 1998 29 CHN NL  RF   162   285    10    6    1   .980   162  1434.1   1.85
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
 1999 30 CHN NL  RF   159   272     9   12    1   .959   159  1435.2   1.76
 2000 31 CHN NL  RF   154   275     9   15    1   .950   151  1362.0   1.88
 2001 32 CHN NL  RF   150   254     4    4    0   .985   141  1268.1   1.83
                 CF    14    29     0    0    0  1.000    12    91.1   2.86
 2002 33 CHN NL  RF   152   241     6    5    1   .980   148  1311.0   1.70
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .1   0.00
 2003 34 CHN NL  RF   138   205     6    8    0   .963   135  1191.2   1.59
 2004 35 CHN NL  RF   131   162     9    4    2   .977   125  1053.1   1.46
 2005 36 OAA AL  RF     9    11     1    0    1  1.000     8    59.1   1.82
 2006           [Did not play]
 2007 38 TOA AL  LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF  1935  3050    91  109   16   .966  1786 16123.1   1.75
                 CF   277   519    16    9    1   .983   212  1870.1   2.57
                 LF     7     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    11.1   1.59
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 2001 NLDS  CHN SFN   L    5  15  5  4  2  0  1   2  7  3  .267  .500  .600  0
 2002 NLDS  CHN SFN   L    5  22  4  7  0  0  2   4  0  5  .318  .318  .591  0
 2005 ALDS  OAA NYA   L    2   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  3  .250  .250  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 2005: Round 7 (#136 overall) by OAA
• 2007: Round 6 (#124 overall) by TOA

Transaction History

• 1991-01: traded by CHA to CHN for CHN#2

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1989 CHA 90-72 Ben Lea 1990 CHA 94-68 Ben Lea 1991 CHN 78-84 Thomas Treece 1992 CHN 94-68 Thomas Treece 1993 CHN 65-97 Gil Smith 1994 CHN 64-98 Tom Edwards 1995 CHN 79-83 Tom Edwards 1996 CHN 84-78 Tom Edwards, Dennis Schimmel 1997 CHN 73-89 Dennis Schimmel 1998 CHN 78-84 Dennis Schimmel 1999 CHN 75-87 Dennis Schimmel 2000 CHN 79-83 Dennis Schimmel 2001 CHN 93-69 Dennis Schimmel 2002 CHN 90-72 Dennis Schimmel 2003 CHN 81-81 Dennis Schimmel 2004 CHN 82-80 Dennis Schimmel 2005 OAA 91-71 Drew Kennedy 2007 TOA 75-87 Rob Rife

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