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Sosa finished his career with brief stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers.
Sosa finished the 2005 season batting. 221 with 14 home runs, his worst performance since 1992, and continuing his post-2001 trend of declines in batting average, homers, total bases, and RBI.
He finished 1977 with four more wins, including a knockout in six in a rematch with Reyes Sosa.
He was named the NL Silver Slugger Award winner for the third base position, and he finished fourth in NL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) voting, behind Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Luis Gonzalez.
After the Club World Cup participation, Estudiantes finished second in the 2010 Clausura ( with local favorite José Sosa playing on loan ), and won the 2010 Apertura after a protracted battle against Vélez Sarsfield.
Sosa eventually became the NL MVP that season, even though Mark McGwire finished with 4 more home runs.

Sosa and season
After the retirement of Sandberg and the trade of Dunston, the Cubs had holes to fill and the signing of Henry Rodriguez, known affectionately at " H-Rod " to bat cleanup provided protection for Sammy Sosa in the lineup, as Rodriguez slugged 31 round-trippers in his first season in Chicago.
Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.
Furthermore, Sosa is one of only two National League players 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.
Sosa started the 1991 season by hitting 2 home runs and driving in 5 runs.
Sosa batted. 260 with 8 home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season with the Cubs.
It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the " home run record chase ", when both players ' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris ' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since.
Sosa ended the season with 66 ( still a team record ), behind McGwire's 70.
Sosa wore the iconic # 21 with the Cubs in honor of his childhood idol Roberto Clemente Also in 1998, Sosa's 416 total bases were the most in a single season since Stan Musial's 429 in.
In the season, Sosa hit 63 home runs, again trailing Mark McGwire who hit 65.
According to the New York Times of June 16, 2009, Sosa had also tested positive for steroids at some point during the season.
Sosa requested to sit out the last game of the season, which was at home against the Atlanta Braves, and he left Wrigley Field early in the game.
Under the deal, Sosa earned $ 17, 875, 000 for the 2005 season, with the Cubs paying $ 7 million of his salary.
Sosa became only the fifth man in history, following Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds, to hit 600 regular season home runs.
On May 28,, Sosa announced that he instructed his agent not to offer his services to any Major League team for the 2008 season, and planned on filing for retirement, but never did.
In 1998, Henderson and Valenzuela were gone, but newly acquired ( from the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins ) pitcher Kevin Brown had a sensational year ( his only one with the Padres ) and outfielder / slugger Greg Vaughn bounced back after a poor 1997 season and hit 50 home runs ( overlooked in that season of the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa race ).
Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa dedicated each of his 66 home runs that season to Caray.
His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season, which was greatly debated in its own time, came back to the forefront in 1998, when the record was broken by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
Kevin Brown's tenure with the Padres during the 1998 season was somewhat marred when the San Diego fans chose to cheer slugger Sammy Sosa during his home run chase along with Mark McGwire.
) 56 home runs stood as the NL record until the 1998 season, when it was broken by Sammy Sosa ( 66 ) and Mark McGwire ( 70 ).

Sosa and with
Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.
Sosa caught fire in June, hitting a major league record 20 home runs in the month, and his home run race with Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire transformed the pair into international superstars in a matter of weeks.
In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.
Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career which spanned from 1989 – 2007.
After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and subsequently became one of the league's best hitters.
Sosa made his major league debut on June 16, 1989, with the Texas Rangers, and he hit first career home run off Roger Clemens.
In 1990, Sosa batted. 233 with 15 home runs, 70 runs batted in, 10 triples, and 32 stolen bases.
In 1992, Sosa batted. 261 with 33 home runs with 93 RBIs.
Sosa continued his success with the Cubs in 1996 as he batted. 273 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs.
Despite hitting 36 home runs with 119 RBIs, Sosa batted just. 251.
Sosa was honored with a ticker-tape parade in his honor in New York City, and he was invited to be a guest at US President Bill Clinton's 1999 State of the Union Address.
Sosa once again led the league in home runs with 49 in.
Sammy Sosa had three 60 + home run seasons with the Cubs (' 98, ' 99, & ' 01 )
In May, Sosa suffered an odd injury while sitting next to his locker chatting with reporters before a game in San Diego's PETCO Park.
Sosa in spring training with the Orioles in 2005.

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