Jose Canseco vs Sammy Sosa

Jose CansecoSammy Sosa

Jose Canseco and Sammy Sosa compared on their MLB careers: Jose Canseco played 17 seasons, 1985 to 2001, Sammy Sosa 18 seasons, 1989 to 2007. Jose Canseco has .266 batting average to Sammy Sosa's .273. Jose Canseco won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jose Canseco and Sammy Sosa career totals
1,887GP2,354
7,057AB8,813
1,186R1,475
1,877H2,408
462HR609
1,407RBI1,667
200SB234
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.3
0.5SLG0.5
0.9OPS0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jose Canseco and Sammy Sosa postseason
30GP15
103AB53
15R8
19H13
7HR2
18RBI7
5SB1
0.2AVG0.2
0.3OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.7OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

Jose Canseco and Sammy Sosa all-time places
38th (462)Home runs9th (609)
65th (1,407)RBI28th (1,667)
—Hits124th (2,408)
—Stolen bases268th (234)

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

  • Jose Canseco: 2 championships; AL Rookie of the Year, AL MVP, AL Silver Slugger ×4
  • Sammy Sosa: 0 championships; NL Silver Slugger ×6, NL MVP, Hank Aaron Award

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.

Jose Canseco and Sammy Sosa season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1985.3025131989.257413
2nd1986.240331171990.2331570
3rd1987.257311131991.2031033
4th1988.307421241992.260825
5th1989.26917571993.2613393
6th1990.274371011994.3002570
7th1991.266441221995.26836119
8th1992.24426871996.27340100
9th1993.25510461997.25136119
10th1994.28231901998.30866158
11th1995.30624811999.28863141
12th1996.28928822000.32050138
13th1997.23523742001.32864160
14th1998.237461072002.28849108
15th1999.27934952003.27940103
16th2000.25215492004.2533580
17th2001.25816492005.2211445
18th————2007.2522192

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI