Sammy Sosa
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Sosa with the Baltimore Orioles in 2005
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| Right fielder | |||
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Born: November 12, 1968 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 16, 1989, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 2007, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .273 | ||
| Hits | 2,408 | ||
| Home runs | 609 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,667 | ||
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Samuel Kelvin "Sammy" Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career, most notably the Chicago Cubs. Sosa's Major League career began with the Texas Rangers in 1989. After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Cubs in 1992 and became one of the league's best hitters. Sosa hit his 400th home run in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat, the quickest in National League history. In 1998, Sosa and Mark McGwire achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris' home run record.
Sosa finished his career with brief stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers. With the Rangers, Sosa hit his 600th career home run to become the fifth player in MLB history to reach the milestone. He is also the all-time home run leader among foreign-born MLB players. Sosa is one of only two National League players since 1900 to ever reach 160 RBIs in a season, a milestone he reached in 2001. Sosa is the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times.
Sosa is known to family and friends as "Mikey." His maternal grandmother, who had suggested his birth name of Samuel, also came up with his nickname: "[She] heard the name on a soap opera she liked and decided from that moment on he would be Mikey."
Sosa was born in the Dominican Republic. Though born in Consuelo, his officially registered birthplace is San Pedro de Macorís, which was "the largest town nearby." Both Consuelo and San Pedro de Macorís are in San Pedro de Macorís Province.
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