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Born in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic
Born in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic -
Started to do boxing for self defence
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Mother made him stop boxing beacuse she thought it was dangurous. So he started baseball
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He signs first professional contract with Texas Rangers at age 16.
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Plays first MLB game against New York Yankees. He went 2-for-4
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He hit his first MLB home run, off Boston's Roger Clemens, a solo shot in the fifth inning at Fenway Park.
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He wastraded to the Chicago White Sox with pitcher Wilson Alvarez and infielder Scott Fletcher for outfielder Harold Baines and infielder Fred Manrique. Sammy made his White Sox debut Aug. 22 at Minnesota and went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.
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He was traded to the Chicago Cubs with pitcher Ken Patterson for outfielder George Bell.
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He hits first home run with the Cubs at Wrigley Field, off Houston's Ryan Bowen.
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He was hit in hand by pitch breaking his hand
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He was hit in ankle by pitch and shatterd his ankle
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He becomes the first 30-30 player in Cubs history, finishing the season with 36 home runs with 34 stolen bases.
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He hit 100th career homer off San Diego's Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning at Wrigley Field. He also had connected in the fifth inning, off Joey Hamilton, to record his 12th career two-homer game. Sosa was named to his first National League All-Star tea
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He hit his 200th MLB home run, off Montreal's Steve Kline, in the eighth inning with two on.
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He hit 20 home runs in the month for the Major League single month record. His 20th of the month came on June 30, off Arizona's Alan Embree.
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Hit his first career grand slam, (career homer No. 247), and hit his second the next day - at Arizoina off Bob Wolcott.
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He hit 56th home run of the season to tie Hack Wilson's single-season Cubs record, taking Cincinnati's Jason Bere deep at Wrigley Field.
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He joins Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and Mark McGwire as the only players in Major League history to hit 60 home runs in a season, connecting off Milwaukee's Valerio De Los Santos at Wrigley Field.
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In addition to reaching milestone home run No. 61, going deep off Milwaukee's Bronswell Patrick at Wrigley Field, Sosa joins McGwire as the only two men in baseball history to eclipse that magic mark by blasting No. 62 off Eric Plunk in the ninth inning.
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The Cubs celebrate "Sammy Sosa Day" at Wrigley Field. Sosa would finish the season with 66 home runs and win the National League MVP Award, the first Cub to do so since Andre Dawson in 1987.
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He hits career home run No. 300, off Philadelphia's Robert Person, at Wrigley Field.
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He was named the National League's top vote-getter for the All-Star Game.
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He hit 60th home run of the season, off Milwaukee's Jason Bere, at Wrigley to become the first player to reach 60 home runs twice. He would be the first National League winner of the Hank Aaron Award, MLB's first new major award in more than 30 years.
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He won the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby in Atlanta by hitting 26 homers in 56 swings and defeating Ken Griffey Jr. in the final.
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He led MLB with 50 home runs to win his first NL home run title. Batted .320 with 138 RBIs, the second-highest total in the NL.
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he hits career home run No. 400, off Houston's Shane Reynolds, at Wrigley Field.
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He hit 60th home run of the season off Cincinnati's Lance Davis at Wrigley Field to become first player to reach 60 home runs three times.
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He was top National League vote-getter in All-Star Game. Finished the year with a league-leading 49 home runs.
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Hit 500th career home run, off Cincinnati's Scott Sullivan, at Great American Ball Park. It was his first home run of the season and he became the 18th member of the 500-homer club.
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He was caught using a corked bat during Cubs game against Tampa Bay at Wrigley Field. Ejected from the game by umpire Tim McClelland. Was placed on suspended list from June 11-June 17 (seven games).
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He tied Ernie Banks for first on the Cubs' all-time home run list when he hit his 512th career blast, off Cincinnati's Danny Graves. The homer was a game-tying shot in the ninth inning.
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He set the Cubs record for most home runs when he hit his 513th with the team off Cincinnati's Paul Wilson.
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He had his third two-homer game of the season vs. Pittsburgh (also did so April 18 vs. Cincinnati and June 27 at Chicago White Sox). It was his 66th career multi-homer game. The two blasts on Sept. 15 gave Sosa 291 at Wrigley Field, the most ever by a Cub
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He left the last regular season game early and without permission. Sosa later told the Chicago Sun-Times he left in the seventh inning but according to Wrigley Field security video, Sosa actually departed 15 minutes after the game started. "I'm always the
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Fined $87,400, or one day's pay, for his early exit from the season finale. "Sammy's actions are not to be taken lightly," Cubs GM Jim Hendry said.
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Today Sammy lives a happy life in Domenican Republic