How Sammy Sosa's Assists Compares to Similar Players

Sammy Sosa totaled 143 career Assists, well below the league average of 329.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Assists season came in 1993, posting 17, well below the league average of 43.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at 1, well below the league average of 39.8 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Assists total went from 5 in 2004 to 3 in 2005 and 1 in 2007, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Assists profile — ranging from 1 to 17 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Sammy Sosa Lifetime Assists

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Sammy Sosa
Assists
Career143
Season Avg.7.94
162 Game Avg.10.52
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Sammy Sosa Assists Per Season

Sammy Sosa's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sammy Sosa Assists per season line chart

Sammy Sosa Assists by Team

Sammy Sosa's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sammy Sosa career Assists by team bar chart

Sammy Sosa Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of Sammy Sosa's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Sammy Sosa Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

Sammy Sosa Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sammy Sosa's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sammy Sosa Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sammy Sosa Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sammy Sosa's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Sammy Sosa Assists season-by-season breakdown table