How Sammy Sosa's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players
Sammy Sosa totaled 609 career Home Runs, well above the league average of 38.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Home Runs season came in 1998, posting 66, well above the league average of 6.1 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at 4, near the league average of 4.2 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 35 in 2004 to 14 in 2005 and 21 in 2007, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Home Runs profile — ranging from 4 to 66 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Sammy Sosa Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Home Runs for Sammy Sosa
| Sammy Sosa
Home Runs | Sammy Sosa
Home Runs Per at Bat | Sammy Sosa
Home Runs Per Hit |
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| Career | 609 | 0.069 | 0.253 |
| Season Avg. | 33.83 | 0.069 | 0.253 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 41.91 | 0.069 | 0.253 |
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Sammy Sosa Home Runs Per Season
Sammy Sosa's Home Runs 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 Home Runs by Team
Sammy Sosa's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sammy Sosa Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression
A running total of Sammy Sosa's career Home Runs, 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 Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sammy Sosa's seasonal Home Runs 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 Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sammy Sosa's MLB career with Home Runs 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.
