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Jan 25, 2022 · Sosa falls short in final year on HOF ballot. CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa captured the attention of the baseball world with his prodigious displays and home run pursuits throughout his career. Capturing enough votes to gain entry into baseball's Hall of Fame has been another story.
Jan 26, 2021 · Eligible voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America have not, however, deemed Sosa worthy of the Hall of Fame. On Tuesday, the 2021 Hall of Fame voting results were unveiled, and Sosa was named on 17% of the ballots in his penultimate year of eligibility.
Jan 17, 2022 · Despite 609 career home runs, seven All-Star appearances and an MVP award, Sammy Sosa hasn't come close to being elected in his nine years on the ballot.
Jan 21, 2020 · They will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Cardinals great Ted Simmons, this summer in Cooperstown, N.Y. • Complete 2020 Hall of Fame election results. Sosa's name was checked on 55 ballots, with his 13.9 percent finish representing a slight jump over his 2019 showing (8.5 percent).
In results announced on January 9, 2013, Sosa was not elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, receiving 12.5% in his first year on the ballot—the requirement for election is 75%.
Jan 25, 2024 · He was a seven-time All-Star, six-time Silver Slugger Award winner and won NL MVP honors in 1998. Despite his otherworldly numbers and achievements, Sosa is not the best statistical anomaly that...
Jan 25, 2022 · More than anyone else’s candidacies, those of Sosa and Mark McGwire — his partner in the cartoonish home-run chase of 1998 — have been utterly sunk by ties to the Steroid Era.
Jan 26, 2021 · Sammy Sosa receives 17% of Hall of Fame vote, will enter final year on ballot. Sosa hit 609 career home runs, including 545 homers as a member of the Cubs. He ranks ninth on MLB’s all-time home ...
Dec 24, 2013 · Sammy Sosa, one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, is eligible for the Hall of Fame for the second time this year. Here is his case.
Jun 14, 2020 · A look at how close controversial MLB sluggers Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire have come to being voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
