Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1989
- NL MVP
- 1998
- NL Silver Slugger
- 6x
- Hank Aaron Award
- 1999
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1989
- NL MVP
- 1998
- NL Silver Slugger
- 6x
- Hank Aaron Award
- 1999
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,354
- AB
- 8,813
- R
- 1,475
- H
- 2,408
- HR
- 609
- RBI
- 1,667
- SB
- 234
- AVG
- .273
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  TEX/CHW | 58 | 183 | 27 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 7 | .257 |
| 1990 | CHW | 153 | 532 | 72 | 124 | 15 | 70 | 32 | .233 |
| 1991 | CHW | 116 | 316 | 39 | 64 | 10 | 33 | 13 | .203 |
| 1992 | CHC | 67 | 262 | 41 | 68 | 8 | 25 | 15 | .260 |
| 1993 | CHC | 159 | 598 | 92 | 156 | 33 | 93 | 36 | .261 |
| 1994 | CHC | 105 | 426 | 59 | 128 | 25 | 70 | 22 | .300 |
| 1995 | CHC | 144 | 564 | 89 | 151 | 36 | 119 | 34 | .268 |
| 1996 | CHC | 124 | 498 | 84 | 136 | 40 | 100 | 18 | .273 |
| 1997 | CHC | 162 | 642 | 90 | 161 | 36 | 119 | 22 | .251 |
| 1998 | CHC | 159 | 643 | 134 | 198 | 66 | 158 | 18 | .308 |
| 1999 | CHC | 162 | 625 | 114 | 180 | 63 | 141 | 7 | .288 |
| 2000 | CHC | 156 | 604 | 106 | 193 | 50 | 138 | 7 | .320 |
| 2001 | CHC | 160 | 577 | 146 | 189 | 64 | 160 | 0 | .328 |
| 2002 | CHC | 150 | 556 | 122 | 160 | 49 | 108 | 2 | .288 |
| 2003 | CHC | 137 | 517 | 99 | 144 | 40 | 103 | 0 | .279 |
| 2004 | CHC | 126 | 478 | 69 | 121 | 35 | 80 | 0 | .253 |
| 2005 | BAL | 102 | 380 | 39 | 84 | 14 | 45 | 1 | .221 |
| 2007 | TEX | 114 | 412 | 53 | 104 | 21 | 92 | 0 | .252 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- AB
- 53
- R
- 8
- H
- 13
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 7
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .245
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,896
- TB
- 4,704
- XBH
- 1,033
- HBP
- 59
- IBB
- 154
- GIDP
- 202
- P/PA
- 1.07
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | TEX/CHW | 203 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | 579 | 215 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHW | 338 | 106 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHC | 291 | 103 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 641 | 290 | 63 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHC | 458 | 232 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHC | 629 | 282 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHC | 541 | 281 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHC | 694 | 308 | 71 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | CHC | 722 | 416 | 86 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | CHC | 712 | 397 | 89 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | CHC | 705 | 383 | 89 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHC | 711 | 425 | 103 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | CHC | 666 | 330 | 70 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | CHC | 589 | 286 | 62 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | CHC | 539 | 247 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 2005 | BAL | 424 | 143 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | TEX | 454 | 193 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 54.8
- RC
- 1573.7
- RC/27
- 6.20
- ISOP
- .261
- SECA
- .380
- BB/K
- 0.40
- AB/HR
- 14.5
- GO/FO
- 0.70
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | TEX/CHW | -0.6 | 18.7 | 3.3 | .109 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 45.8 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | 0.3 | 59.6 | 3.6 | .171 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35.5 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHW | 0.5 | 23.6 | 2.4 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 31.6 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHC | 0.5 | 33.2 | 4.2 | .134 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.8 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 3.8 | 88.6 | 5.1 | .224 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHC | 3.6 | 74.9 | 6.3 | .244 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHC | 5.1 | 99.2 | 6.2 | .232 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHC | 5.2 | 87.7 | 6.2 | .291 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHC | 2.3 | 88.6 | 4.7 | .229 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 1998 | CHC | 6.3 | 143.9 | 8.1 | .339 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 1999 | CHC | 4.5 | 135.1 | 7.7 | .347 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2000 | CHC | 5.5 | 146.5 | 9.1 | .315 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHC | 10.1 | 173.9 | 11.5 | .409 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | CHC | 5.5 | 127.5 | 8.3 | .306 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 2003 | CHC | 2.5 | 98.1 | 6.7 | .275 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 0 |
| 2004 | CHC | 1.0 | 81.1 | 5.9 | .264 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | BAL | -1.2 | 39.2 | 3.4 | .155 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 27.1 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | TEX | -0.1 | 58.2 | 4.9 | .216 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 19.6 | 0.6 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Sammy Sosa's career stats?
Sammy Sosa played 18 seasons for the White Sox, the Cubs, the Orioles and the Rangers. He was a career .273 hitter with 2,408 hits, 609 home runs and 1,667 RBI. His best season was 2001: a .328 batting average, 64 home runs and 160 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1989 to 2007
Sammy Sosa led MLB in home runs (2000) and RBI (1998, 2001); finished top 10 in a stat 18 times; sits top 10 all time in home runs.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 9th in home runs (609)
- 124th in hits (2,408)
- 28th in rbi (1,667)
- 268th in stolen bases (234)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Home Runs: 1995 (8th), 1998 (2nd), 1999 (2nd), 2000 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (3rd), 2003 (10th)
- RBI: 1995 (5th), 1998 (1st), 1999 (5th), 2000 (5th), 2001 (1st)
- Hits: 1998 (9th)
- OPS: 1998 (5th), 1999 (10th), 2000 (10th), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (10th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Sammy Sosa
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Sammy Sosa among MLB players at the same position.
- Jose CansecoAlike in Runs, Stolen Bases, Batting Average78out of 100 on profile similarity
- Ken Griffey Jr.Alike in Runs, Slugging %, RBI64out of 100 on profile similarity
- Edwin EncarnacionAlike in RBI, Runs, On-Base %59out of 100 on profile similarity
- Mike SchmidtAlike in Runs, Slugging %, Batting Average58out of 100 on profile similarity
- Nelson CruzAlike in Batting Average, On-Base %, Slugging %57out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Sammy Sosa with Jose Canseco, Ken Griffey Jr., Edwin Encarnacion