NAME : Sammy Sosa
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Dominican Republic
BIRTHDAY : 11/12/1968
AGE : 34
HEIGHT : 6"1
WEIGHT : 225
POSITION : Rightfield
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $12,000,000 through 2004
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 : B
Stealing Ability : C
Sacrifice Bunt : C
Bunt for Hit : B
Hitter Type : Pull Hitter
Getting Hits : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good)
Hitting Homeruns : 13 (VS. RHP : 13, VS. LHP : 14, Talent Brilliant)
Getting BB's : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
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 .286 38 95 455 130 17 3 97 3 0 70 142 .380 .587
vs RHP .260 22 55 311 81 11 2 56 2 0 44 98 .350 .521
vs LHP .340 16 40 144 49 6 1 41 1 0 26 44 .442 .729
At Home .293 23 57 229 67 7 1 45 1 0 31 64 .373 .633
Away .279 15 38 226 63 10 2 52 2 0 39 78 .387 .540
R.I.S.P. .292 6 48 89 26 2 1 0 0 0 21 33 .409 .539
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 .000
Close/Late .283 4 10 53 15 1 0 10 0 0 10 22 .400 .528
This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Last Week .148 1 2 27 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .303 .296
Apr/Mar .326 8 26 95 31 4 2 24 1 0 17 27 .417 .663
May .313 8 20 112 35 5 1 27 1 0 20 31 .414 .589
June .287 12 30 108 31 5 0 20 1 0 12 33 .358 .667
July .242 7 14 99 24 1 0 20 0 0 14 37 .342 .465
August .220 3 5 41 9 2 0 6 0 0 7 14 .340 .488
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 .299 .366 CHA,TEX
1990 .233 15 70 153 532 124 26 10 72 32 16 33 150 .278 .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 .310 .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 .320 .564 CHN
1997 .251 36 119 162 642 161 31 4 90 22 12 45 174 .300 .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 .367 .635 CHN
2000 .320 50 138 156 604 193 38 1 106 7 4 91 168 .409 .634 CHN
2001 .328 64 160 160 577 189 34 5 146 0 2 116 153 .440 .737 CHN
2002 .354 66 159 158 593 210 30 8 149 4 2 104 138 .451 .766 CHN,NL
Total AB : 7518
Total AVG : .284
Total Hits: 2135
Total HR : 554
Total RBI : 1493
Total Runs: 1339
Total SB : 238
PLAYER HISTORY
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 6/5/2002... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2002, hitting .373 with 16 HR, 42 RBI... Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game... Had 500th career homerun on 8/4/2002, off Damian Moss (COL)... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2002, hitting .394 with 15 HR, 28 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 9/26/2002, off Luis Pineda (CIN)... Won Most Valuable Player in 2002, hitting .354 with 66 HR, 159 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 6/18/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... |