Frank Thomas vs Sammy Sosa

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Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa compared on their MLB careers: Frank Thomas played 19 seasons, 1990 to 2008, Sammy Sosa 18 seasons, 1989 to 2007. Frank Thomas has .301 batting average to Sammy Sosa's .273. They have faced each other 24 times: Frank Thomas's team won 11, Sammy Sosa's 13. Frank Thomas won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Frank Thomas leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Sammy Sosa in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa career totals

2,322	GP	2,354
8,199	AB	8,813
1,494, better	R	1,475
2,468, better	H	2,408
521	HR	609, better
1,704, better	RBI	1,667
32	SB	234, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.6, better	SLG	0.5
1.0, better	OPS	0.9

Frank Thomas vs Sammy Sosa head to head

They have faced each other 24 times: Frank Thomas's team won 11, Sammy Sosa's 13.

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa, record against each other
Games	Played	Frank Thomas won	Sammy Sosa won
Regular season	24	11	13, better

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa, averages in their games against each other

2.8	AB	3.6
0.5, better	R	0.4
0.6	H	0.8, better
0.2	HR	0.2
0.5	RBI	0.7, better

Every game against each other

Frank Thomas vs Sammy Sosa, every game

Aug 5, 2007	TEX at TOR	W 4-1	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 4, 2007	TEX at TOR	W 9-5	4 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
May 5, 2007	TOR at TEX	L 11-4	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	5 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
May 4, 2007	TOR at TEX	L 7-1	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Apr 30, 2007	TEX at TOR	W 6-1	3 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Apr 29, 2007	TEX at TOR	W 7-3	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Apr 28, 2007	TEX at TOR	L 9-8 F/10	5 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI	3 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Apr 27, 2007	TEX at TOR	L 5-3	3 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jul 4, 2004	CHW at CHC	L 2-1	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 3, 2004	CHW at CHC	L 4-2 F/6	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jul 2, 2004	CHW at CHC	L 6-2	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Jun 27, 2004	CHC at CHW	W 9-4	3 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Jun 26, 2004	CHC at CHW	W 6-3	2 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Jun 25, 2004	CHC at CHW	L 7-4	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 29, 2003	CHC at CHW	L 5-2	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 28, 2003	CHC at CHW	W 7-6	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 27, 2003	CHC at CHW	W 4-3	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Jun 22, 2003	CHW at CHC	L 2-1	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	2 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 20, 2003	CHW at CHC	W 12-3	2 AB, 3 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 30, 2002	CHC at CHW	L 9-2	3 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	5 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Jun 29, 2002	CHC at CHW	W 5-4	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Jun 28, 2002	CHC at CHW	W 13-9	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jun 15, 2002	CHW at CHC	L 7-3	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Jun 14, 2002	CHW at CHC	L 8-4	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

How do they compare in the postseason?

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa postseason

16	GP	15
49	AB	53
5	R	8, better
11	H	13, better
3, better	HR	2
5	RBI	7, better
0	SB	1, better
0.2	AVG	0.2, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.4, better	SLG	0.4
0.9, better	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa all-time places

20th (521)	Home runs	9th (609), better
108th (2,468), better	Hits	124th (2,408)
23rd (1,704), better	RBI	28th (1,667)
—	Stolen bases	268th (234), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa titles and awards

1, better	Championships	—
4, better	AL Silver Slugger	—
2, better	AL MVP	—
—	NL Silver Slugger	6, better
—	NL MVP	1, better
—	Hank Aaron Award	1, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Frank Thomas and Sammy Sosa season by season

1st	1990	.330, better	7, better	31, better	1989	.257	4	13
2nd	1991	.318, better	32, better	109, better	1990	.233	15	70
3rd	1992	.323, better	24, better	115, better	1991	.203	10	33
4th	1993	.317, better	41, better	128, better	1992	.260	8	25
5th	1994	.353, better	38, better	101, better	1993	.261	33	93
6th	1995	.308, better	40, better	111, better	1994	.300	25	70
7th	1996	.349, better	40, better	134, better	1995	.268	36	119
8th	1997	.347, better	35	125, better	1996	.273	40, better	100
9th	1998	.265, better	29	109	1997	.251	36, better	119, better
10th	1999	.305	15	77	1998	.308, better	66, better	158, better
11th	2000	.328, better	43	143, better	1999	.288	63, better	141
12th	2001	.221	4	10	2000	.320, better	50, better	138, better
13th	2002	.252	28	92	2001	.328, better	64, better	160, better
14th	2003	.267	42	105	2002	.288, better	49, better	108, better
15th	2004	.271	18	49	2003	.279, better	40, better	103, better
16th	2005	.219	12	26	2004	.253, better	35, better	80, better
17th	2006	.270, better	39, better	114, better	2005	.221	14	45
18th	2007	.277, better	26, better	95, better	2007	.252	21	92
19th	2008	.240	8	30	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI