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Mario Soto
Mario Melvin Soto

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 21, 1977
  vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Final Game June 16, 1988
Born July 12, 1956 in Bani, D.R.

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)

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        One of my favorite Reds. He unfortunately had his peak years on some very bad teams. He probably would have won a Cy Young if he had been on a better team.

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 20 CIN NL   2   6  12  10   2   1   1  0   60.7   60   38   36  12   26   44   3   4   266   4   0  5.34  3.95   74 1.418
 1978 21 CIN NL   1   0   5   1   0   0   1  0   18.0   13    5    5   1   13   13   0   0    79   3   0  2.50  3.58  143 1.444
 1979 22 CIN NL   3   2  25   0   0   0   7  0   37.3   33   25   22   2   30   32   1   0   169   2   0  5.30  3.78   71 1.688
 1980 23 CIN NL  10   8  53  12   3   1  10  4  190.3  126   72   65  11   84  182   2   6   777  10   4  3.07  3.61  117 1.103 CYA-5
 1981 24 CIN NL  12   9  25  25  10   3   0  0  175.0  142   69   64  13   61  151   3   4   717   3   3  3.29  3.56  108 1.160
 1982 25 CIN NL  14  13  35  34  13   2   1  0  257.7  202   88   80  19   71  274   4   6  1033   3   1  2.79  3.68  132 1.060 CYA-9,AS
 1983 26 CIN NL  17  13  34  34  18   3   0  0  273.7  207   96   82  28   95  242   5   2  1114   6   2  2.70  3.78  140 1.104 MVP-14,CYA-2,AS
 1984 27 CIN NL  18   7  33  33  13   0   0  0  237.3  181  102   93  26   87  185   5   3   971   6   0  3.53  3.77  107 1.129 CYA-6,AS
 1985 28 CIN NL  12  15  36  36   9   1   0  0  256.7  196  109  102  30  104  214   2   8  1055   3   2  3.58  3.78  106 1.169
 1986 29 CIN NL   5  10  19  19   1   1   0  0  105.0  113   61   55  15   46   67   1   3   461   6   0  4.71  3.88   82 1.514
 1987 30 CIN NL   3   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   31.7   34   18   18   7   12   11   0   1   138   1   0  5.12  4.21   82 1.453
 1988 31 CIN NL   3   7  14  14   3   1   0  0   87.0   88   49   45   8   28   34   2   0   367   3   8  4.66  3.59   77 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .521 100  92 297 224  72  13  20  4 1730.3 1395  732  667 172  657 1449  28  37  7147  50  20  3.47  3.73  108 1.186
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  38  29   9   1   2  0  225.7  182   95   87  22   85  189   3   4   932   6   2  3.47  3.73  108 1.186
 Career High     18  15  53  36  18   3  10  4  273.7  207  109  102  30  104  274   5   8  1114  10   8  2.70  3.95  140 1.060

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 20 CIN NL  12   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .077  .188  .077  -26    1   1   1   0   1   0
 1978 21 CIN NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1979 22 CIN NL  25    7    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .571  .571  .571  213    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 23 CIN NL  54   46    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  16  .043  .043  .043  -76    2   8   0   0   0   0
 1981 24 CIN NL  25   59    4    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  24  .068  .083  .068  -57    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1982 25 CIN NL  37   84    5   14   4  0   0    5   0  0   4  25  .167  .213  .214   19   18  11   0   0   1   0 AS
 1983 26 CIN NL  35   88    6   11   3  0   0    2   0  0   1  26  .125  .135  .159  -20   14  11   0   0   0   0 MVP-14,AS
 1984 27 CIN NL  33   87    5   18   5  0   1    9   0  0   0  28  .207  .205  .299   38   26   4   1   0   0   0 AS
 1985 28 CIN NL  37   83    3   11   0  1   0    4   0  0   1  24  .133  .143  .157  -17   13   6   0   0   0   1
 1986 29 CIN NL  20   27    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .111  .111  .148  -30    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1987 30 CIN NL   6   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .083  .083  .083  -56    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 31 CIN NL  14   22    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   7  .045  .160  .045  -39    1   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     303  530   32   70  13  1   1   24   0  0  11 166  .132  .152  .166  -12   88  58   2   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        283   17   37   7  1   1   13   0  0   6  89  .132  .152  .166  -12   47  31   1   0   1   1
 Career High     54   88    6   18   5  1   1    9   0  0   4  28                          26  11   1   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 20 CIN NL   17   14    0   0.0   105| .077  .272| .188  .340| .077  .414| .265  .754| -26  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1978 21 CIN NL    3    3    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .000  .330| .000  .386| .000  .716|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1979 22 CIN NL    7    3    2  17.9   100| .571  .270| .571  .336| .571  .401|1.142  .737| 213  .929   1.0   0.1   0%
 1980 23 CIN NL   54   52    0   0.0    96| .043  .268| .043  .330| .043  .389| .086  .719| -76  .000 -11.0  -1.1   0%
 1981 24 CIN NL   66   61    1   0.4    93| .068  .265| .083  .330| .068  .379| .151  .710| -57  .016 -12.4  -1.3   0%
 1982 25 CIN NL  100   81    5   1.7    96| .167  .268| .213  .331| .214  .389| .427  .721|  19  .154  -9.3  -1.0   0%
 1983 26 CIN NL  100   88    2   0.6    99| .125  .267| .135  .336| .159  .395| .294  .731| -20  .028 -14.7  -1.5   0%
 1984 27 CIN NL   92   74    6   2.2    97| .207  .268| .205  .333| .299  .389| .504  .723|  38  .233  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1985 28 CIN NL   90   79    2   0.7    98| .133  .265| .143  .333| .157  .394| .300  .727| -17  .034 -13.7  -1.4   0%
 1986 29 CIN NL   33   30    1   0.9   101| .111  .266| .111  .337| .148  .401| .259  .738| -30  .054  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1987 30 CIN NL   12   11    0   0.0   109| .083  .274| .083  .344| .083  .427| .166  .770| -56  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1988 31 CIN NL   29   26    0   0.0    93| .045  .261| .160  .325| .045  .383| .205  .708| -39  .000  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      603  522   19   1.0    97| .132  .267| .152  .333| .166  .392| .318  .725| -12  .064 -82.2  -8.5   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 20 CIN NL P 12 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.17 0.67 2.08 1.85 10 60.7 1978 21 CIN NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.72 0.50 1.90 1 18.0 1979 22 CIN NL P 25 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.12 0.66 0.72 1.81 0 37.3 1980 23 CIN NL P 53 12 25 3 2 .925 .951 0.70 0.69 1.75 1.91 12 190.3 1981 24 CIN NL P 25 10 19 2 1 .935 .960 1.16 0.68 1.49 1.97 25 175.0 1982 25 CIN NL P 35 10 29 3 1 .929 .951 1.11 0.70 1.36 1.96 34 257.7 AS 1983 26 CIN NL P 34 22 28 5 1 .909 .952 1.47 0.68 1.64 1.92 34 273.7 AS 1984 27 CIN NL P 33 12 22 3 1 .919 .955 1.03 0.67 1.29 1.88 33 237.3 AS 1985 28 CIN NL P 36 13 34 2 0 .959 .953 1.31 0.68 1.65 1.92 36 256.7 1986 29 CIN NL P 19 3 16 1 0 .950 .955 1.00 0.66 1.63 1.94 20 105.0 1987 30 CIN NL P 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.62 2.27 1.90 6 31.7 1988 31 CIN NL P 14 5 12 3 1 .850 .955 1.21 0.69 1.76 1.96 14 87.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 20 CIN NL P 12 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.17 0.67 2.08 1.85 10 60.7 1978 21 CIN NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.72 0.50 1.90 1 18.0 1979 22 CIN NL P 25 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.12 0.66 0.72 1.81 0 37.3 1980 23 CIN NL P 53 12 25 3 2 .925 .951 0.70 0.69 1.75 1.91 12 190.3 1981 24 CIN NL P 25 10 19 2 1 .935 .960 1.16 0.68 1.49 1.97 25 175.0 1982 25 CIN NL P 35 10 29 3 1 .929 .951 1.11 0.70 1.36 1.96 34 257.7 1983 26 CIN NL P 34 22 28 5 1 .909 .952 1.47 0.68 1.64 1.92 34 273.7 1984 27 CIN NL P 33 12 22 3 1 .919 .955 1.03 0.67 1.29 1.88 33 237.3 1985 28 CIN NL P 36 13 34 2 0 .959 .953 1.31 0.68 1.65 1.92 36 256.7 1986 29 CIN NL P 19 3 16 1 0 .950 .955 1.00 0.66 1.63 1.94 20 105.0 1987 30 CIN NL P 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.62 2.27 1.90 6 31.7 1988 31 CIN NL P 14 5 12 3 1 .850 .955 1.21 0.69 1.76 1.96 14 87.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 297 95 203 22 8 .931 .953 1.00 0.68 1.55 1.92 225 1730.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 297 95 203 22 8 .931 .953 1.00 0.68 1.55 1.92 225 1730
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1982   CIN NL      0  0  0   2     3   0   0   0   4  0   0  0   1  0  1  0  0 
 1983   CIN NL   *  0  1  0   2     2   2   0   2   2  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1984   CIN NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      1  0  1  0   6     5   2   0   2   7  0   0  0   1  0  2  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1982   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   CIN NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1984   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   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
1982 *
1983 (P)
1984 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-14-0.05
Car-1085-0.05 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-5-0.01
1982-NL-9-0.00
1983-NL-2-0.51
1984-NL-6-0.02
Car-88-0.54 shares

Sac. Hits
1983 NL-11-10

ERA
1980 NL-3.07-7
1982 NL-2.79-4
1983 NL-2.70-4

Wins
1981 NL-12-4
1983 NL-17-2
1984 NL-18-2

Won-Loss %
1984 NL-.720-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1980 NL-1.103-5
1982 NL-1.060-1
1983 NL-1.104-2
1984 NL-1.129-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1980 NL-5.96-1
1981 NL-7.30-7
1982 NL-7.06-2
1983 NL-6.81-2
1984 NL-6.86-2
1985 NL-6.87-5
Car-7.26-21

Strikeouts/9IP
1980 NL-8.61-1
1981 NL-7.77-4
1982 NL-9.57-1
1983 NL-7.96-3
1984 NL-7.02-7
1985 NL-7.50-5
Car-7.54-44

Innings
1981 NL-175.0-3
1982 NL-257.7-6
1983 NL-273.7-2
1984 NL-237.3-5
1985 NL-256.7-7

Strikeouts
1980 NL-182-3
1981 NL-151-3
1982 NL-274-2
1983 NL-242-2
1984 NL-185-4
1985 NL-214-2

Games Started
1981 NL-25-1
1983 NL-34-9
1984 NL-33-7
1985 NL-36-6

Comp. Games
1981 NL-10-2
1982 NL-13-5
1983 NL-18-1
1984 NL-13-1
1985 NL-9-6

Shutouts
1981 NL-3-4
1982 NL-2-9
1983 NL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1981 NL-13-1
1982 NL-19-10
1983 NL-28-1
1984 NL-26-2
1985 NL-30-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1980 NL-84-7
1981 NL-61-6
1983 NL-95-7
1984 NL-87-9
1985 NL-104-3

SO to Walk
1980 NL-2.17-8
1981 NL-2.48-6
1982 NL-3.86-1
1983 NL-2.55-8

Losses
1981 NL-9-6
1982 NL-13-10
1983 NL-13-8
1985 NL-15-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1981 NL-64-5
1984 NL-93-5
1985 NL-102-4

Wild Pitches
1985 NL-8-8

Hit Batsmen
1981 NL-3-10
1983 NL-5-4
1984 NL-5-5

Batters Faced
1981 NL-717-3
1982 NL-1033-8
1983 NL-1114-3
1984 NL-971-4
1985 NL-1055-7

Adjusted ERA+
1980 NL-117-7
1982 NL-132-4
1983 NL-140-3

Youngest Player
1977 NL-20-4

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 95 (220) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 27.0 (465) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 3, 1973: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

June 20, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Cincinnati Reds$1,071,429
1986Cincinnati Reds$1,150,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,621,429

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Mario Soto's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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