BASEBALL PLAYER

Sammy Sosa

1968 - Today

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Samuel Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. After playing for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox, Sosa joined the Cubs in 1992 and became regarded as one of the game's best hitters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sammy Sosa has received more than 4,883,928 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sammy Sosa is the 38th most popular baseball player (down from 34th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Dominican Republic (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Sammy Sosa ranks 38 out of 91. Before him are Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, and Hideki Matsui. After him are Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., and Derek Jeter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Sammy Sosa ranks 387. Before him are John DiMaggio, Hikmat Mirzayev, Hernán Medford, Svetlana Masterkova, Kjetil Rekdal, and Petar Naumoski. After him are Miguel Herrera, Jürgen Vogel, Grace Poe, Mathilde Seigner, Sarah McLachlan, and Cheryl Strayed.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Sammy Sosa ranks 24 out of 51. Before him are Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936), Johnny Pacheco (1935), Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911), Buenaventura Báez (1812), Horacio Vásquez (1860), and Michel Camilo (1954). After him are Albert Pujols (1980), Manny Ramirez (1972), Dania Ramirez (1979), David Ortiz (1975), Natti Natasha (1990), and Pedro Martínez (1971).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Dominican Republic

Among baseball players born in Dominican Republic, Sammy Sosa ranks 1. After him are Albert Pujols (1980), Manny Ramirez (1972), David Ortiz (1975), Pedro Martínez (1971), Robinson Canó (1982), José Bautista (1980), and Melky Cabrera (1984).

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