Thursday, June 21, 2007
The Texas Rangers Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run yesterday against his former team the Cubs.

This makes Sosa the 5th member of MLB's 600 Home Run Club. Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds were the first four members of this once exclusive club.

Career stats of the all members of the 600 Home Run Club:

Babe Ruth: .342 Batting Average, .474 OBP, .690, SLG, 1.164 OPS, 207 OPS+, 714 HR

Ruth was an outstanding pitcher before becoming a hitter.

Willie Mays: .302 Batting Average, .384 OBP, .557 SLG, .941 OPS, 156 OPS+, 660 HR

Mays also had 338 career steals and was an excellent defensive center fielder (He won 12 gold gloves.)

Hank Aaron: .305 Batting Average, .374 OBP, 555 SLG, .929 OPS, 155 OPS+, 755 HR

Aaron had 240 career steals and won 3 gold gloves in right field.

Barry Bonds: .299 Batting Average, .444 OBP, .608 SLG, 1.052 OPS, 182 OPS+, 748 HR

Bonds has 513 career stolen bases (the only member of the 400-400 and 500-500 clubs.) He also won 8 gold gloves in the '90s. His peak seasons are rivaled only by Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.

Sammy Sosa: .273 Batting Average, .344 OBP, .535 SLG, .879 OPS, 128 OPS+, 600 HR

Lead his league in strikeouts 3 times. Second all time in strike out. Only made the top 10 in OBP once in his career.

The 600 HR Club was once a place for the truly legendary and now Sammy Sosa is a member. Very sad indeed.

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Contributed by Josh
1 Comments:
Blogger Josh said...
I'm not arguing against Sosa being in the hall of fame. I think Sosa should be there when eligible (along with McGwire) I just think it's sad that the once exclusive club is sullied now by a player who just isn't THAT great. 128 career ops+ for a RF... GOOD... even great... but not awesome. His HR/AB ratio considering his era isnt't that impressive either. Plus he's a DOOFUS. He's only 38... I think the guy probably wants to hit 700, knowing the bastard. He and his sub .300 OBP can get lost, eh?
June 21, 2007 at 12:36 PM