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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 Republic-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 television dancer Sonia Rodríguez, with whom he has four children. He is Catholic.
Source: Sosa: An Autobiography , by Sammy Sosa/Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p. 23.
Sosa with wife Sonia Rodríguez, 2009, photo credit: delusionalcubsfan