Sammy Sosa

Position	Right Field
Team	Free agent
Years of Experience	16 years
Age	37
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
College
2005 Salary	$17,000,000
Place of Birth	San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Selection	Amateur Free Agent, 1985
Drafted by	Texas Rangers
Major League Debut	June 16, 1989
Last Major League Game	August 2005

Samuel (Sammy) Sosa Peralta (born November 12 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball in free agency. He has formerly played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. He ended the 2005 season with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the major leagues' all-time home run list. Following the 2005 season, Sosa was expected to retire, but his name is currently on the free agent list.

Early life

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Sosa's family was very poor. As a child, he shined shoes to help support his mother and six siblings. He started playing baseball at 14, a fairly old age for baseball, after he decided to quit boxing at his mother's behest. He played baseball with his friends using cut milk cartons and towels as gloves. They made a ball out of a tightly tied knot of towels. The Philadelphia Phillies attempted to sign him at age 15, but this deal was not allowed by Major League Baseball because of a rule making the minimum age for contracts between major league teams and players 16. After turning 16, he signed with the Texas Rangers in 1985.

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