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Sammy
Sosa		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 12, 1968 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 35 CHN NL $ 11,600,000   6 6 7 10 8 9 4 5 5 10 6 9 3 3 3
2005 36 CHN NL $ 11,600,000   5 5 6 8 7 8 4 5 5 10 6 9 3 3 3
2006 37 WSH NL $ 8,000,000   4 4 5 8 6 7 3 4 4 10 5 9 3 3 3
2007 38 WSH NL $ 8,000,000   3 3 4 7 6 6 3 4 4 10 5 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,000,000   3 3 4 7 6 6 3 4 4 10 5 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,600,000   6 6 7 10 8 9 4 5 5 10 6 9 3 3 3
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 35 CHN NL 124 427 84 131 12 2 39 112 1 0 68 125 .307 .403 .618 1.021 99.9 23.1
2005 36 CHN NL 155 560 92 169 23 2 33 107 0 0 90 139 .302 .401 .527 .928 110.5 22.4
2006 37 WSH NL 152 498 74 126 29 1 24 87 3 0 78 147 .253 .349 .460 .809 82.7 12.7
2007 38 WSH NL 122 185 36 42 1 1 11 25 0 0 37 68 .227 .364 .422 .786 31.5 5.5
4 Years Sim 553 1670 286 468 65 6 107 331 4 0 273 479 .280 .382 .519 .901 324.7 63.7
162 Game Average 489 83 137 19 1 31 96 1 0 79 140 .280 .382 .519 .901 95.1  
Career Highs 155 560 92 169 29 2 39 112 3 0 90 147 .307 .403 .618 1.021 110.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1208 173 318 56 5 64 226 0 0 122 340 .263 .333 .477 .810 190.2
vs LH   462 113 150 9 1 43 105 4 0 151 139 .325 .489 .628 1.117 140.0
Home 282 837 140 243 32 3 55 174 1 0 120 242 .290 .382 .533 .915 165.8
Away 271 833 146 225 33 3 52 157 3 0 153 237 .270 .382 .504 .886 164.5
RISP   459 0 124 15 0 32 220 0 0 106 141 .270 .398 .512 .910 99.3
Pinch Hitting   106 15 24 1 1 5 13 0 0 19 42 .226 .354 .396 .751 16.0
Close/Late   175 19 46 6 1 11 23 0 0 42 59 .263 .407 .497 .904 37.1
Mar/Apr 89 299 61 98 15 0 24 67 2 0 62 88 .328 .442 .619 1.060 77.0
May 100 305 51 94 14 1 25 72 0 0 46 83 .308 .397 .607 1.003 69.5
June 76 217 33 54 7 0 11 41 0 0 43 69 .249 .377 .433 .811 37.9
July 88 257 47 75 11 3 15 52 0 0 38 77 .292 .389 .533 .922 51.1
August 101 283 44 74 6 1 17 56 1 0 37 69 .261 .347 .470 .817 47.5
Sep/Oct 99 309 50 73 12 1 15 43 1 0 47 93 .236 .336 .427 .763 47.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 35 CHN NL RF 121 116 1024.0 172 6 6 1 .967 1.56   2.6
2005 36 CHN NL RF 153 149 1313.7 241 6 9 3 .965 1.69   3.2
2006 37 WSH NL RF 132 118 1077.0 195 8 11 3 .949 1.70   2.3
    3B 7 6 52.0 3 8 1 0 .917 1.90   0.1
2007 38 WSH NL RF 37 35 283.0 51 2 3 1 .946 1.69   0.5
  RF 443 418 3697.7 659 22 29 8 .959 1.66   8.7
  3B 7 6 52.0 3 8 1 0 .917 1.90   0.1
Career Totals   450 424 3749.7 662 30 30 8 .958 1.66   8.7
Career Highs   153 149 1313.7 241 16 12 3 .967 1.71    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 35 CHN NL 13 49 11 14 1 0 3 11 0 0 8 13 .286 .390 .490 .880
2005 36 CHN NL 7 28 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .286 .355 .357 .712
Career Post-Season Batting 20 77 12 22 3 0 3 12 0 0 11 23 .286 .378 .442 .819
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2004-6-.617*
 OPS
2004-8-1.019*
 Homeruns
2004-9-39
 Strikeouts
2006-9-147
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Brian Giles (951)
  2. Luis Gonzalez (944)
  3. Carlos Delgado (937)
  4. Jim Thome (930)
  5. Jim Edmonds (920)
  6. Robert Dahle (918)
  7. Felipe Gimenez (911)
  8. Jason Thompson (909)
  9. Oscar Vargo (906)
  10. Ken Griffey (905)
History
Had first career hit on 4/6/2004, off Livan Hernandez (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/2004, off Tomo Ohka (MON)
Injured on 6/3/2004 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/20/2004, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 6/10/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2005, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/4/2006 to a 2-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
 
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