Sosa was not an overnight success (一夜成功). He still had a lot to learn. Though he could hit a fastball for a home run, he also made more mistakes (错误). In 1989, the Rangers gave him up to the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox were excited to have him. This helped Sosa get...
In 1989 he made his professional debut but was soon traded to the Chicago White Sox. After struggling at the plate, Sosa was sent across town to the Chicago Cubs in 1992. The following year the right fielder became the team’s first player to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in ...
Sammy Sosa played 18 seasons for 4 teams, including the Cubs and White Sox. He had a .273 batting average, 2,408 hits, 609 home runs, 1,667 RBIs and 1,475 runs scored. He won 1 MVP award and 6 Silver Slugger awards.
CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa appeared to acknowledge using performance enhancing drugs during a career in which he hit more than 600 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs said they were ready to welcome back their former star. Article contentArticle content In a statement released Thursday through Aurora Globa...
Sosa broke into the big leagues with the Rangers and White Sox and finished his career with the Orioles and Texas again, but he will forever be remembered for his charismatic years with the Cubs from 1992-2004. He hit 545 of his 609 career homers in a Cubs uniform, 66 of them during ...
the Dominican Republic; Boxing as Sosa's first love; Participation in organized baseball for the first time on a team called the Braves in Barrio Mexico; Professional contract signed with the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 15; Relocation to Florida; Starting job with the White Sox in ...
Sosa was a seven-time All-Star and the 1998 NL MVP for the Cubs. He hit .273 with 609 home runs — currently ninth on the career list — with 1,667 RBIs and 234 stolen bases in 18 major league seasons from 1989 to 2007 with Texas (1989, 2007), the Chi...
Ricketts repeatedly has said Sosa would not be welcomed back to the Cubs until he apologizes. Sosa finished his career with 609 home runs and 1,667 RBI, but has long been suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs. In his first four seasons with the Rangers, White Sox, and Cubs, he ...
Sammy Sosa is a Dominican American former MLB slugger who spent the majority of this career with the Chicago Cubs.
Sosa received a high of 18.5% support in his final appearance, less than a quarter of the 75% needed. His next chance for consideration would be if he is placed on the ballot for the contemporary player committee, which meets next December. During congressional testimony in 2005, Sosa denied...