Ken Griffey Jr. vs Sammy Sosa

Ken Griffey Jr.Sammy Sosa

Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa compared on their MLB careers: Ken Griffey Jr. played 22 seasons, 1989 to 2010, Sammy Sosa 18 seasons, 1989 to 2007. Ken Griffey Jr. has .284 batting average to Sammy Sosa's .273.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa career totals
2,671GP2,354
9,801AB8,813
1,662R1,475
2,781H2,408
630HR609
1,836RBI1,667
184SB234
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.3
0.5SLG0.5
0.9OPS0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa postseason
18GP15
69AB53
12R8
20H13
6HR2
11RBI7
5SB1
0.3AVG0.2
0.4OBP0.4
0.6SLG0.4
0.9OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa all-time places
7th (630)Home runs9th (609)
52nd (2,781)Hits124th (2,408)
15th (1,836)RBI28th (1,667)
—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

  • Ken Griffey Jr.: 0 championships; AL Gold Glove ×10, AL Silver Slugger ×7, AL MVP
  • 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.

Ken Griffey Jr. 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.
1st1989.26416611989.257413
2nd1990.30022801990.2331570
3rd1991.327221001991.2031033
4th1992.308271031992.260825
5th1993.309451091993.2613393
6th1994.32340901994.3002570
7th1995.25817421995.26836119
8th1996.303491401996.27340100
9th1997.304561471997.25136119
10th1998.284561461998.30866158
11th1999.285481341999.28863141
12th2000.271401182000.32050138
13th2001.28622652001.32864160
14th2002.2648232002.28849108
15th2003.24713262003.27940103
16th2004.25320602004.2533580
17th2005.30135922005.2211445
18th2006.25227722007.2522192
19th2007.2773093————
20th2008.2491871————
21st2009.2141957————
22nd2010.18407————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI