How Sammy Sosa's Played Outs Compares to Similar Players

Sammy Sosa totaled 56,899 career Played Outs, well above the league average of 6,890.3 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Played Outs season came in 1998, posting 4,267, well above the league average of 1,053.5 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at 393, well below the league average of 979.5 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Played Outs total went from 3,293 in 2004 to 1,731 in 2005 and 393 in 2007, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Played Outs profile — ranging from 393 to 4,267 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Sammy Sosa Lifetime Played Outs

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Sammy Sosa Played Outs Per Season

Sammy Sosa's Played Outs 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 Played Outs per season line chart

Sammy Sosa Played Outs by Team

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

Sammy Sosa Cumulative Played Outs — Career Progression

A running total of Sammy Sosa's career Played Outs, 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 Played Outs year-over-year waterfall chart

Sammy Sosa Played Outs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sammy Sosa's seasonal Played Outs 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 Played Outs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sammy Sosa Played Outs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sammy Sosa's MLB career with Played Outs 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 Played Outs season-by-season breakdown table