Samuel Peralta Sosa (/ ˈsoʊsə /; [1] born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs.

Sammy Sosa Position: Rightfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg) Born: November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic High School: San Pedro de Macoris (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) Debut: June 16, 1989 (Age 20-216d, 15,626th in major league history) vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Jun 15, 2020 · Sammy Sosa no longer looks like he did during the 1990s when he battled Mark McGwire for home run supremacy. His change in appearance has been the subject of questions for a while, and the...

Jan 18, 2025 · Sammy Sosa, Dominican professional baseball player who, with Mark McGwire, entertained fans with a series of home run races in the late 1990s that rewrote the record books. In 1999 Sosa became the first player to hit 60 homers in …

Apr 2, 2014 · Sammy Sosa is a former professional baseball player who spent the peak years of his career with the Chicago Cubs. In 1998, Sosa was caught up in race with Mark McGwire of …

Sammy became the first player in major league history to have a trio of 60-homer seasons, going deep 64 times while batting .328 with 160 RBI ... finished 2nd in the National League Most Valuable Player voting.

Mar 1, 2013 · Samuel Peralta Sosa was a Major League Baseball player with the Texas Rangers (1989), Chicago White Sox (1989 - 1991), Chicago Cubs (1992 - 2004), Baltimore Orioles (2005), and Texas Rangers (2007).

Dec 19, 2024 · Sammy Sosa has issued a public apology to the Cubs. Sosa, now 56, hadn’t even been back to Chicago in over a decade since his falling out with the team. Within the last year, …

Jan 18, 2025 · Sammy Sosa has been elected to the Chicago Cubs' Hall of Fame, alongside former first baseman Derrek Lee, less than a month after Sosa issued an apology over "mistakes" he made...

Jan 17, 2025 · Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts announced that both Sosa and former first baseman Derrek Lee will be the 2025 inductees for the team’s Hall. Their careers overlapped in 2004, when Sosa was nearing the end of a historic run with the ballclub that included a club-record 545 homers and Lee was helping usher in a new era on the North Side.