Sammy Sosa Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Sammy Sosa made their MLB debut in 1989 and appeared in 2,354 games over 18 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.273, OPS of 0.878, hit 609 HRs, and recorded 58.6 WAR. They rank 9th all-time in HRs and 136th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Sammy Sosa made their MLB debut in 1989 and played in 2,354 games over 18 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,354 (MLB Rank: 101)
AB8,813 (MLB Rank: 87)
H2,408 (MLB Rank: 125)
BA0.273 (MLB Rank: 3,103)
2B379 (MLB Rank: 251)
3B45 (MLB Rank: 853)
HR609 (MLB Rank: 9)
RBI1667 (MLB Rank: 31)
R1475 (MLB Rank: 79)
BB929 (MLB Rank: 167)
OBP0.344 (MLB Rank: 2,889)
SLG0.534 (MLB Rank: 439)
OPS0.878 (MLB Rank: 752)
SB234 (MLB Rank: 274)
SO2,306 (MLB Rank: 4)
GIDP202 (MLB Rank: 108)
CS107 (MLB Rank: 108)
Rbat+128 (MLB Rank: 1,218)
WAR58.6 (MLB Rank: 136)
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Sammy Sosa Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Sammy Sosa's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (2007)

In 2007, Sammy Sosa played in 114 games and posted the following stats:

G114
AB412
H104
BA0.252
2B24
3B1
HR21
RBI92
R53
BB34
OBP0.311
SLG0.468
OPS0.779
SB0
SO112
GIDP11
Rbat+98
WAR0.1

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Sammy Sosa's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1998, 66 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1998, 198 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 2001, 160 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1993, 36 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 2001, 0.328 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 2001, 0.437 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 2001, 0.737 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 2001, 1.174 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 2001, 10.3 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Sammy Sosa appeared in 15 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.245, OBP of 0.403, SLG of 0.415, and OPS of 0.818. They also tallied 2 HR, 13 H, 7 RBI, and 1 SB.

Sammy Sosa Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1989
47
4
13
0.257
27
0.669
-0.4
0.303
0.366
203
11
47
8
0
67
0.306
84
89
58
6
2
2
7
5
2
5
183
1990
124
15
70
0.233
72
0.687
0.5
0.282
0.404
579
33
150
26
10
215
0.314
87
92
153
10
6
4
32
16
6
2
532
1991
64
10
33
0.203
39
0.576
0.6
0.24
0.335
338
14
98
10
1
106
0.271
55
59
116
5
2
2
13
6
1
5
316
1992
68
8
25
0.26
41
0.71
0.6
0.317
0.393
291
19
63
7
2
103
0.327
95
98
67
4
4
1
15
7
2
4
262
1993
156
33
93
0.261
92
0.794
4.1
0.309
0.485
641
38
135
25
5
290
0.356
109
112
159
14
4
6
36
11
1
0
598
1994
128
25
70
0.3
59
0.884
3.8
0.339
0.545
458
25
92
17
6
232
0.386
131
127
105
7
2
1
22
13
4
1
426
1995
151
36
119
0.268
89
0.84
5.3
0.34
0.5
629
58
134
17
3
282
0.377
120
122
144
8
5
11
34
7
2
0
564
1996
136
40
100
0.273
84
0.888
5.4
0.323
0.564
541
34
134
21
2
281
0.392
130
127
124
14
5
6
18
5
4
0
498
1997
161
36
119
0.251
90
0.779
2.5
0.3
0.48
694
45
174
31
4
308
0.339
92
99
162
16
2
9
22
12
5
0
642
1998
198
66
158
0.308
134
1.024
6.5
0.377
0.647
722
73
171
20
0
416
0.44
166
160
159
20
1
14
18
9
5
0
643
1999
180
63
141
0.288
114
1.002
4.8
0.367
0.635
712
78
171
24
2
397
0.421
150
151
162
17
3
8
7
8
6
0
625
2000
193
50
138
0.32
106
1.04
5.7
0.406
0.634
705
91
168
38
1
383
0.443
165
161
156
12
2
19
7
4
8
0
604
2001
189
64
160
0.328
146
1.174
10.3
0.437
0.737
711
116
153
34
5
425
0.475
204
203
160
6
6
37
0
2
12
0
577
2002
160
49
108
0.288
122
0.993
5.8
0.399
0.594
666
103
144
19
2
330
0.438
172
160
150
14
3
15
2
0
4
0
556
2003
144
40
103
0.279
99
0.911
2.7
0.358
0.553
589
62
143
22
0
286
0.392
134
133
137
14
5
9
0
1
5
0
517
2004
121
35
80
0.253
69
0.849
1.3
0.332
0.517
539
56
133
21
0
247
0.37
116
114
126
9
2
4
0
0
3
0
478
2005
84
14
45
0.221
39
0.671
-1
0.295
0.376
424
39
84
15
1
143
0.307
80
78
102
15
2
3
1
1
3
0
380
2007
104
21
92
0.252
53
0.779
0.1
0.311
0.468
454
34
112
24
1
193
0.342
98
101
114
11
3
3
0
0
5
0
412