Samuel Peralta Sosa (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. After playing for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox, Sosa joined the Cubs in 1992 and became regarded as one of the game's best hitters.

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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 the St. Louis...

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 two seasons.

On April 4, Sammy Sosa became the 18th member of the prestigious 500-homer club when he went deep off Cincinnati's Scott Sullivan at Great American Ball Park.

Jan 18, 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.

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...