Sammy Sosa
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Sammy Sosa is a Dominican former Major League Baseball slugger best known for his prolific home run hitting during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball player
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human → professional baseball player → right fielder → |
| AllStarSelections | 7 → |
| bats | right → |
| battingAverage | .273 → |
| battingHand | right-handed batter → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dominican Republic → |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-11-12 → |
| era |
early 21st century
→
late 20th century → |
| ethnicGroup | Afro-Dominican → |
| familyName | Sosa → |
| finalMLBGameDate | 2007-09-29 → |
| finalMLBTeam | Texas Rangers → |
| fullName |
Sosa
→
surface form:
Samuel Peralta Sosa
|
| givenName | Samuel → |
| hallOfFameStatus | not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame as of 2024 → |
| hits | 2408 → |
| homeRuns | 609 → |
| HomeRunTitles | 2 → |
| jerseyNumber | 21 → |
| languageSpoken |
English
→
Spanish → |
| league | Major League Baseball → |
| MLBDebutDate | 1989-06-16 → |
| MLBDebutTeam | Texas Rangers → |
| MVPAward | 1998 National League Most Valuable Player → |
| notableEvent | 1998 home run race with Mark McGwire → |
| notableFor |
1998 home run chase
→
Chicago Cubs career → home run hitting → |
| placeOfBirth | San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic → |
| playedForTeam |
Baltimore Orioles
→
Chicago Cubs → Chicago White Sox → Texas Rangers → Texas Rangers (second stint) → |
| position | right fielder → |
| runsBattedIn | 1667 → |
| SilverSluggerAwards | 6 → |
| singleSeasonHomeRuns | 66 → |
| singleSeasonHomeRunYear | 1998 → |
| sport | baseball → |
| stolenBases | 234 → |
| team |
Chicago Cubs
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surface form:
Chicago Cubs (primary team)
|
| throwingHand | right-handed thrower → |
| throws | right → |
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