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  NAME     : Sammy Sosa
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 11/12/1968
  AGE      : 36
  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 : A (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 : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good) Hitting Doubles : 5 (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 .269 10 21 104 28 2 1 27 2 0 23 33 .403 .596 vs RHP .266 8 18 79 21 1 1 20 1 0 15 21 .385 .608 vs LHP .280 2 3 25 7 1 0 7 1 0 8 12 .455 .560 At Home .209 1 3 43 9 1 1 11 1 0 8 16 .340 .349 Away .311 9 18 61 19 1 0 16 1 0 15 17 .447 .770 R.I.S.P. .286 1 9 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 .476 .500 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .750 3 7 8 6 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 .867 1.875 This Week .500 4 10 16 8 0 0 8 1 0 3 3 .579 1.250 Last Week .143 1 2 21 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 5 .296 .333 Apr/Mar .269 10 21 104 28 2 1 27 2 0 23 33 .403 .596 May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
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 .290 53 121 161 572 166 28 7 134 14 5 117 142 .411 .642 CHN,NL 2004 .294 58 129 162 579 170 29 7 115 8 6 97 153 .395 .668 CHN,NL Total AB : 8281 Total AVG : .280 Total Hits: 2319 Total HR : 620 Total RBI : 1618 Total Runs: 1491 Total SB : 257
PLAYER HISTORY
Had 500th career homerun on 3/31/2003, off Randy Johnson (ARI)... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2003, hitting .343 with 14 HR, 33 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 5/13/2003, off Kyle Peterson (MIL)... Hit 3 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 6 runs on 6/18/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/29/2004... Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 6 runs on 5/30/2004... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Had 600th career homerun on 8/22/2004, off Arthur Rhodes (FLO)...