Sammy Sosa

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Major League Baseball player human professional baseball player right fielder

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.

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Label Occurrences
Sammy Sosa canonical 6
Sammy Soso 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Cubs (primary team)
throwingHand right-handed thrower ⓘ
throws right ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Cubs → notablePlayer → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award → firstRecipient → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic → producedNotableMLBPlayers → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
subject surface form: San Pedro de Macorís
Sosa → hasNotableBearer → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
Steroid era of Major League Baseball → associatedWith → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
More Love, Less Ego → producer → Sammy Sosa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sammy Soso