NAME : Sammy Sosa
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Dominican Republic
BIRTHDAY : 11/12/1968
AGE : 35
HEIGHT : 6"1
WEIGHT : 225
POSITION : Rightfield
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $11,480,000 through 2006
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Loyal
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : GREAT
INJURY RATING : Durable
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Rightfield : B (Fielding Pct. : .982)
Outfield Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Speed : C
Stealing Ability : B
Sacrifice Bunt : C
Bunt for Hit : B
Hitter Type : Pull Hitter
Getting Hits : 7 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 9, Talent Good)
Hitting Doubles : 4 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average)
Hitting Homeruns : 13 (VS. RHP : 13, VS. LHP : 14, Talent Brilliant)
Getting BB's : 10 (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 16, Talent Brilliant)
Avoiding Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair)
BATTING STATS :
Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG
Overall .281 36 98 544 153 16 7 94 22 6 105 152 .398 .535
vs RHP .264 26 71 421 111 13 7 65 17 3 62 121 .359 .513
vs LHP .341 10 27 123 42 3 0 29 5 3 43 31 .512 .610
At Home .280 19 47 261 73 5 4 47 15 4 53 71 .405 .548
Away .283 17 51 283 80 11 3 47 7 2 52 81 .392 .523
R.I.S.P. .224 4 50 134 30 3 0 0 0 0 23 45 .340 .336
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Close/Late .309 5 12 97 30 1 1 12 0 0 11 29 .376 .495
This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Apr/Mar .242 5 18 91 22 2 1 15 6 3 22 23 .395 .451
May .278 11 21 90 25 2 1 17 1 0 17 25 .398 .689
June .267 2 9 90 24 2 0 16 6 0 21 27 .402 .356
July .322 6 19 90 29 6 1 14 3 0 12 24 .398 .611
August .258 7 10 93 24 0 1 17 2 1 18 27 .384 .505
Sep/Oct .322 5 21 90 29 4 3 15 4 2 15 26 .415 .600
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1989 .257 4 13 58 183 47 8 0 27 7 5 11 47 .298 .366 CHA,TEX
1990 .233 15 70 153 532 124 26 10 72 32 16 33 150 .277 .404 CHA
1991 .203 10 33 116 316 64 10 1 39 13 6 14 98 .236 .335 CHA
1992 .260 8 25 67 262 68 7 2 41 15 7 19 63 .309 .393 CHN
1993 .261 33 93 159 598 156 25 5 92 36 11 38 135 .305 .485 CHN
1994 .300 25 70 105 426 128 17 6 59 22 13 25 92 .339 .545 CHN
1995 .268 36 119 144 564 151 17 3 89 34 7 58 134 .336 .500 CHN
1996 .273 40 100 124 498 136 21 2 84 18 5 34 134 .319 .564 CHN
1997 .251 36 119 162 642 161 31 4 90 22 12 45 174 .299 .480 CHN
1998 .308 66 158 159 643 198 20 0 134 18 9 73 171 .378 .647 CHN
1999 .288 63 141 162 625 180 24 2 114 7 8 78 171 .366 .635 CHN
2000 .320 50 138 156 604 193 38 1 106 7 4 91 168 .408 .634 CHN
2001 .328 64 160 160 577 189 34 5 146 0 2 116 153 .440 .737 CHN
2002 .288 49 108 150 556 160 19 2 122 2 0 103 144 .399 .594 CHN
2003 .267 40 101 162 524 140 16 7 81 15 5 88 148 .373 .553 CHN,NL
Total AB : 8094
Total AVG : .278
Total Hits: 2248
Total HR : 575
Total RBI : 1546
Total Runs: 1390
Total SB : 270
PLAYER HISTORY Had 500th career homerun on 4/2/2003, off Greg Swindell (ARI)... Had 2000th career hit on 5/24/2003, off Hideo Nomo (LA)... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... |