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Geovany Soto
Geovany Soto

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 230 lb.

Debut September 23, 2005
  vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born January 20, 1983 in San Juan, P.R.

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 22 CHC NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 23 CHC NL  11   25    1    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .200  .231  .240   20    6   0   0   0   1   0
 2007 24 CHC NL  18   54   12   21   6  0   3    8   0  0   5  14  .389  .433  .667  175   36   0   1   0   0   1
 2008 25 CHC NL 141  494   66  141  35  2  23   86   0  1  62 121  .285  .364  .504  120  249   0   5   6   2  11 MVP-13,RoY-1,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      171  574   79  167  42  2  26   96   0  1  67 140  .291  .365  .507  121  291   0   6   6   3  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   75  158  40  2  25   91   0  1  63 133  .291  .365  .507  121  276   0   6   6   3  11
 Career High    141  494   66  141  35  2  23   86   0  1  62 121  .285  .364  .504  120  249   0   5   6   2  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 22 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .344| .000  .435| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2006 23 CHC NL   26   20    1   1.3   116| .200  .276| .231  .347| .240  .448| .471  .795|  20  .080  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2007 24 CHC NL   60   35   16  12.3   115| .389  .277| .433  .348| .667  .444|1.100  .791| 175  .834   6.4   0.6   0%
 2008 25 CHC NL  563  370   91   6.6   113| .285  .274| .364  .347| .504  .438| .868  .784| 120  .633  15.2   1.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       650  426  108   6.8   113| .291  .275| .365  .347| .507  .439| .872  .786| 121  .644  18.2   1.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 23 CHC NL C 7 66 4 1 0 .986 .992 10.00 6.36 11.45 7.36 7 55.0 0 2 5 0 2007 24 CHC NL C 16 109 10 0 0 1.000 .991 7.44 6.51 8.78 7.39 13 122.0 0 2 10 4 2008 25 CHC NL C 136 1011 55 5 9 .995 .993 7.84 6.72 8.34 7.65 131 1150.3 5 69 25 AS DH 3 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 23 CHC NL C 7 66 4 1 0 .986 .992 10.00 6.36 11.45 7.36 7 55.0 0 2 5 0 2007 24 CHC NL C 16 109 10 0 0 1.000 .991 7.44 6.51 8.78 7.39 13 122.0 0 2 10 4 2008 25 CHC NL C 136 1011 55 5 9 .995 .993 7.84 6.72 8.34 7.65 131 1150.3 5 69 25 2008 25 CHC NL DH 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 159 1186 69 6 9 .995 .993 7.89 6.68 8.51 7.61 151 1327.3 5 4 84 29 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 159 1186 69 6 9 .995 .993 7.89 6.68 8.51 7.62 151 1327
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   2   6   1   1  0  0  1   2   2   1  .167  .375  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   NLDS  CHC LAD     L   3  11   0   2  1  0  0   0   1   3  .182  .250  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   5  17   1   3  1  0  1   2   3   4  .176  .300  .412   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2008   CHC NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2008 (C)

Awards
2008-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2008-NL-13-0.09
Car-918-0.09 shares

HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (1292) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Chicago Cubs$401,000
Career (may be incomplete)$401,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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