Sammy Sosa Career Inning Played Overview

During Sammy Sosa's 18-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 18966.3 inning played, an average of 1053.69 inning played per season. 1998 was his best season with 1422.33 inning played and his worst season was 2007 when he had 131 inning played. Sammy Sosa outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting D.R. (3685.58), Gen X (4031), Y (14246.1), mlb (3699.58), and RF (4251.65) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Innings played is the number of innings that happen while a defensive player is on the field in a defensive position. For a team its the total number of innings played by it's defensive players. Innings played is calcuated by taking played outs over a giving time frame and divding by 3, this means that players can play one third (.33), two thirds (.66), or full innings (1.0) Generally, for Inning Played, higher is better. (Source)

Sammy Sosa Lifetime Inning Played

Stats similar to Inning Played for Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa
Inning Played
Career18966.3
Season Avg.1053.69
162 Game Avg.1394.71
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Sammy Sosa Inning Played By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Sammy Sosa's yearly Inning Played for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Sammy Sosa Cumulative Inning Played by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Sammy Sosa's career Inning Played progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Sammy Sosa's career Inning Played at the end of that season.
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Sammy Sosa Inning Played By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Sammy Sosa and related player groups by summarizing Inning Played for each season played by Sammy Sosa. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Sammy Sosa Inning Played Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Sammy Sosa Inning Played stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Sammy Sosa career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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