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• Hit his first MLB home run off of Roger Clemens in 1989.
• Traded from the White Sox to the crosstown Cubs in 1992; became the team's first-ever 30-30 player (30 steals, 30 HRs) the next season. 
• Slammed 66 home runs in 1998 while co-starring with Mark McGwire (who hit 70) in a season-long pursuit of Roger Maris's Major League record of 61.
• Led the National League in homers in 2000 and 2002.
• Suspended for seven games in 2003 after using a bat that was found to have been corked.
• Stated at a March 2005 congressional hearing on steroids in baseball that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. In 2009, the New York Times reported Sosa was on a list of players who tested positive in an exploratory 2003 MLB test.