Copyright © 2020 InsideHook. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Ryan Braun was greeted with a standing ovation from Brewers fans when he returned from his 65-game PED suspension in 2014, and he remains a face of the franchise to this day. McGwire hit 70 that year for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Sosa belted 66 for the Cubs, the first of three 60-homer seasons by the right fielder. I'm not condoning it at all. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. (“Given” is misspelled as “givin” because I was 10 and still all worked up from what I had just witnessed.). -Why Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire 1998 home run race was bad for baseball-How Cubs came to acquire Sammy Sosa from White Sox ahead of 1992 season-How Sammy Sosa came out of nowhere to jump into 1998 home run race-Why Sammy Sosa celebrated Mark McGwire's record-breaking home run with him-How Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire 1998 home run race unfolded in season's final weeks-How Sammy Sosa remembers historic 1998 MLB season: 'We brought baseball back'. Besides the consecutive homers, Marquis (5-4) walked four batters that scored without a hit. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. A day later, ESPN published another very detailed, extremely interesting, truly worthwhile article (link). Sosa not only put his name in Cubs record books but also those of Major League Baseball. That's what we should be focusing on. But does that change the fact that he was one of the best players in Cubs history? Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Turk Wendell unleashed on Sammy Sosa after baseball fans relived the 1998 home run race between Sosa and Mark McGwire in ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” documentary. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sammy Sosa baseball stats page. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, I was 10 years old but already a diehard Cubs fan when Sammy Sosa hit his 61st and 62nd home runs on Sept. 13, 1998, watching at home on TV while my dad was at Wrigley Field, working as a member … "But he showed us he was serious about coming back.". He hit .221 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs in 102 games with Baltimore before going home to the Dominican Republic, where he stayed for more than a year. In 2009 it was reported that Sosa had tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug six years earlier. The heart of Sosa’s career was during the steroid era, and he was rumored to use performance-enhancing drugs even though he never tested positive, so Wendell took shots at his career, and how he dropped off in production once the league started testing for drugs. The 2003 test was the first such test conducted by Major League Baseball. Guillen said it's not fair to the game to be revealing names in such a random fashion. “He only cared about himself, hitting home runs. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Sosa hit his 400th home run in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat, reaching this milestone quicker than any player in National Leaguehistory. Hendry would like to see baseball move on.    vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: The article below (Carrie Muskat, 06/16/2009, Source) was the best written (in our opinion) story on one of the biggest events in baseball history: Sammy Sosa went from a skinny outfielder to a muscular home run hitter, chasing Roger Maris' record and belting more than 600 home runs in his career. “… Sometimes some players get so used to people bowing down to them, giving them everything they want, they just think they can do whatever they want. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Nothing can stop me right now.". Two years later, Sosa did it again, hitting 36 homers and swiping 34 bases, the first Cubbie to be two-time 30-30 Club member - to date, no other Cub has made it into this elite group of speed-and-power players. I was 10 years old but already a diehard Cubs fan when Sammy Sosa hit his 61st and 62nd home runs on Sept. 13, 1998, watching at home on TV while my dad was at Wrigley Field, working as a member of the Dixieland band that plays between innings at the park. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? “You can’t do that. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. At this point, nothing surprises me.". Ruth is third on the home run list with 714 and Mays is fourth with 660. No. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. He hit his first big league homer with the Rangers in 1989. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images). "I think you have to judge people for the era they were in," Hendry said. He swears that standing behind the plate in the box seats — where, by pure dumb luck, he and the band happened to be positioned at the moment Sosa hit 62 — he could see the stitching on the ball as that fateful pitch made its way towards the bat. Many thanks to him. Sosa began his career in 1989 with the Rangers, who traded him to the White Sox during that season. "It's very, very, very sad how names start to come out," Guillen said. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. On September 1 he broke Hack Wilson’s 68-year-old National League record (56 home runs), and six days later he tied Maris’s mark. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Under guidelines agreed upon with the players union, the test results were to remain anonymous but would lead to testing with penalties the next year if more than 5 percent of the results were positive. He hit 36 home runs in '97. EX-METS PITCHER APPRECIATES MARK MCGWIRE, SAMMY SOSA'S HOME RUN RACE: 'I WAS JUST LUCKY TO BE WHERE I WAS'. Sosa is the only player with three 60-homer seasons. Slammin' Sammy or Say it Ain't Sosa, View Player Bio He hit .308 with a career-high 66 homers and 158 RBIs in his 1998 MVP season for the Cubs — and was part of that memorable home run chase with McGwire, the first major leaguer to hit 70 homers. (It’s also worth noting that plenty of those seasons were real stinkers, with Sosa serving as the lone bright spot.) Chants of "Sam-my! 02 Home run … Nine milestone home runs of the 609 Sammy Sosa hit during his 18-season MLB career. He was a seven-time All-Star, six-time Silver Slugger and the 1998 National League MVP. And then suddenly, it was gone. Even after Wendell was traded to the Mets after the 1997 season, Sosa continued to be a negative influence in the Cubs locker room. My emotions, I don't know what they are.". He also homered for the first time at Cleveland's Jacobs Field and at Disney World in a series against Tampa Bay. “One-on-one, off the field, he was a good dude. Sammy Sosa drilled 609 home runs in 18 big league seasons, 545 of which came in a Cubs uniform from 1992-2004. His final years with the team were soured by a 2003 corked bat incident, a 2004 slump and a 30-game stint on the DL that stemmed from sneezing too hard, and perhaps worst of all, the decision to walk out on his team, with Sosa famously requesting to sit out the last game of the season that year and leaving Wrigley Field during the early innings, prompting his teammates to smash his boombox with a bat. After the 2007 season, he became a free agent but was not signed by a team. I feel great. He was mobbed at home plate by his teammates while the scoreboard showed pictures of all five members of the elite club: Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sosa. 9 of former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa's milestone career home runs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago, Yankees and Mets could battle it out for JT Realmuto this offseason as both clubs need to fix catching woes, Winter Hacks You Wish You Have Known Sooner, Hitting coach Kevin Long reportedly not returning to Nationals next year, Latest on Mets sale process: MLB ownership committee discusses Steve Cohen deal with 'no major objections', Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Going Public Via Billy Beane SPAC: WSJ, This Gorgeous News Anchor Started Her Career Here, With Americans anxious to go out, walking tours pick up pace, Ryan Tannehill says Titans, who shirked NFL COVID-19 safety protocols, have lost faith in league's testing, Eifel Grand Prix LIVE: F1 latest updates from Nurburgring as Valtteri Bottas starts ahead of Lewis Hamilton, If Your Dog Follows You To A Bathroom, Here's Why, Craziest KO ever?

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