Sammy Sosa

July 2024 · 1 minute read
Sammy Sosa 2010

Sosa in 2010, photo by prphotos

Birth Name: Samuel Kelvin Peralta Sosa

Place of Birth: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Date of Birth: November 12, 1968

Ethnicity: Dominican Republic, possibly some Haitian

Sammy Sosa is a Dominican-American professional baseball player. A right fielder, he played for the Texas Rangers, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).

The majority of Dominicans (about 73%) are multiracial while the reminder are of mostly/fully European (16%) and mostly/fully African (11%) descent. Sammy is said to have Haitian ancestry on his father’s side.

Sammy is married to dancer Sonia Rodríguez, with whom he has six children.

Source: Sosa: An Autobiography, by Sammy Sosa/Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p. 23.

Sammy Sosa on the Red Carpet 2009

Sosa with wife Sonia Rodríguez, 2009, photo credit: delusionalcubsfan

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