Sammy Sosa Career On Base Percentage (OBP) Overview

Sammy Sosa's On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.343 for his 18-year Major League Baseball career. 2001 was his best season when his On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.437 and his worst season was 1991 when his On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.237. Sammy Sosa is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by D.R. (0.301824), mlb (0.311681), Gen X (0.31667), Y (0.368216), and RF (0.325136) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

On Base Percentage (OBP)is the percentage of time a player reaches base per plate apperance. It's times on base divided by the plate appereances for a player or team over a given time period Generally, for On Base Percentage (OBP), higher is better. (Source)

Sammy Sosa Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

Stats similar to On Base Percentage (OBP) for Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.343
Season Avg.0.334
162 Game Avg.0.343
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Sammy Sosa On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Sammy Sosa's yearly On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Sammy Sosa's career On Base Percentage (OBP) changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career On Base Percentage (OBP) Sammy Sosa had at that season in his career.
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Sammy Sosa On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Sammy Sosa and related player groups by summarizing On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Sammy Sosa On Base Percentage (OBP) 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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