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Sammy Sosa
Samuel Kelvin Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican retired professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career, which spanned from 1989 to 2007. Sosa's Major League career began with the Texas Rangers in . After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and became one of the league's best hitters. Sosa hit his 400th home runs in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat, the quickest in National League history. In 1998, Sosa and Mark McGwire achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris' home run record. Sosa finished his career with brief stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers.〔(Sammy Sosa career stats. ) Baseball-reference.com. Accessed 2007-06-05.〕 With the Rangers, Sosa hit his 600th career home run to become the fifth player in MLB history to reach the milestone. He is also the all-time home run leader among foreign-born MLB players. Sosa is one of only two National League players since 1900 to ever reach 160 RBIs in a season, a milestone he reached in 2001. Sosa is the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times. ==Early life== Sosa is known to family and friends as "Mikey." His maternal grandmother, who had suggested his birth name of Samuel, also came up with his nickname: "() heard the name on a soap opera she liked and decided from that moment on he would be Mikey."〔''Sosa: An Autobiography'', Sammy Sosa and Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p.16〕 Sosa was born in the Dominican Republic. Though born in Consuelo, his officially registered birthplace is San Pedro de Macorís, which was "the largest town nearby." Both Consuelo and San Pedro de Macorís are in San Pedro de Macorís Province.〔''Sosa: An Autobiography'', Sammy Sosa and Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p.23.〕
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