September 7 - 13

Sammy Sosa (CHC)
Statistics for the Week
Batting Average: .308
Hits: 8
Home runs: 4
RBIs: 8
Runs: 10 (1)
Walks: 7
Total Bases: 20
Slugging Percentage: .769
NOTE: Sosa belted homers 62 and 63 for the season on Sunday September 13.
(Number in parenthesis denotes NL rank for the week)
Notes
Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs, who joined Mark McGwire of the Cardinals as the only players in major league history to have hit more than 61 home runs in a season.

On the season, Sosa leads the NL in RBI (148), runs (123), total bases (390) and is tied for the lead in extra-base hits (81). He is hitting .314 in 146 games played and has already set career highs in every major offensive category. He ranks second in slugging percentage (.662) and multi-hit games (61).