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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 4,608,492 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Sammy Sosa is the 34th most popular baseball player (up from 37th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Dominican Republic (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Baseball Player.

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  • 4.6M

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  • 42.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Sammy Sosa ranks 34 out of 74. Before him are Rogers Hornsby, Mark McGwire, Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver, Mariano Rivera, and Bob Gibson. After him are Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, Derek Jeter, Hank Greenberg, Ernie Banks, and Daisuke Matsuzaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Sammy Sosa ranks 307. Before him are Anky van Grunsven, Robert Schwentke, Valeriya, Alain Sutter, Antonio Benarrivo, and Moira Kelly. After him are John Kocinski, Sydnee Steele, Nadia Farès, James Frain, Julia Boutros, and Norihiro Yagi.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Sammy Sosa ranks 23 out of 47. Before him are Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926), Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911), Hipólito Mejía (1941), Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936), Buenaventura Báez (1812), and Michel Camilo (1954). After him are Manny Ramirez (1972), Dania Ramirez (1979), Mary Joe Fernández (1971), Natti Natasha (1990), Pedro Martínez (1971), and Albert Pujols (1980).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Dominican Republic

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

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