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Alfonso
Soriano		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 7, 1976 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009    2011   
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2006    2008    2009    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 28 TEX AL $ 3,780,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 2 3 4 4 4
2005 29 TEX AL $ 2,800,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 2 3 4 4 4
2006 30 TEX AL $ 2,800,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 2 3 4 4 4
2007 31 CHA AL $ 2,800,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 2 3 4 4 4
2008 32 CHN NL $ 2,800,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 4 2 3 4 4 4
2009 33 CHN NL $ 5,370,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 2 3 3 4 3
2010 34 CHN NL $ 5,370,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 2 3 3 3 3
2011 35 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4
2012 36 PHI NL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3
2013 37 PHI NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,370,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 2 3 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 28 TEX AL 151 612 110 193 39 11 27 97 72 24 34 140 .315 .353 .547 .900 112.9 18.7
2005 29 TEX AL 155 636 123 196 24 7 38 118 78 19 45 170 .308 .360 .547 .907 125.6 24.5
2006 30 TEX AL 153 612 103 165 16 11 27 110 69 13 45 160 .270 .322 .464 .786 99.8 15.8
2007 31 TEX AL 63 246 40 59 12 2 11 31 24 6 13 68 .240 .291 .439 .730 32.6 3.9
  CHA AL 86 332 48 95 16 3 12 53 33 7 20 88 .286 .337 .461 .798 51.8 9.0
  TOT   149 578 88 154 28 5 23 84 57 13 33 156 .266 .317 .452 .769 84.4 12.9
2008 32 CHN NL 152 590 103 146 31 6 27 101 65 11 44 166 .247 .303 .458 .761 92.5 14.2
2009 33 CHN NL 158 558 93 159 33 3 28 94 64 15 37 162 .285 .332 .505 .838 93.1 19.4
2010 34 CHN NL 152 566 86 152 28 6 20 87 60 21 47 169 .269 .331 .445 .776 86.2 12.2
2011 35 CHN NL 35 145 23 35 8 0 4 19 6 3 9 51 .241 .293 .379 .672 15.9 1.7
  NYA AL 78 244 37 63 4 1 11 43 11 5 12 65 .258 .302 .418 .720 30.8 3.9
  TOT   113 389 60 98 12 1 15 62 17 8 21 116 .252 .298 .404 .702 46.7 5.5
2012 36 PHI NL 156 584 73 146 19 3 19 80 20 10 28 167 .250 .287 .390 .677 66.0 8.1
2013 37 PHI NL 126 374 48 91 16 2 8 41 11 6 24 128 .243 .298 .361 .659 39.4 4.2
10 Years Sim 1465 5499 887 1500 246 55 232 874 513 140 358 1534 .273 .322 .464 .786 846.6 135.5
162 Game Average 608 98 165 27 6 25 96 56 15 39 169 .273 .322 .464 .786 93.6  
Career Highs 158 636 123 196 39 11 38 118 78 24 47 170 .315 .360 .547 .907 125.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4116 626 1045 176 41 158 610 351 97 231 1201 .254 .299 .432 .731 547.7
vs LH   1383 261 455 70 14 74 264 162 43 127 333 .329 .389 .560 .949 289.5
Home 734 2704 429 740 124 34 123 435 241 68 162 748 .274 .320 .481 .801 419.4
Away 731 2795 458 760 122 21 109 439 272 72 196 786 .272 .324 .448 .772 417.8
RISP   1549 0 430 70 16 80 642 0 0 148 431 .278 .339 .498 .838 257.1
Pinch Hitting   57 11 16 1 1 3 14 2 1 2 20 .281 .317 .491 .808 8.4
Close/Late   648 105 161 22 11 20 79 0 1 66 187 .248 .321 .409 .730 85.4
Mar/Apr 237 923 127 244 46 7 31 125 78 29 59 287 .264 .316 .430 .746 124.7
May 244 935 178 267 45 7 46 153 100 21 74 263 .286 .343 .496 .839 162.7
June 236 901 150 256 42 9 35 155 95 16 53 229 .284 .327 .467 .794 143.1
July 228 838 139 218 41 12 33 144 71 20 41 233 .260 .298 .456 .754 116.3
August 259 963 157 255 33 12 41 146 86 26 72 258 .265 .321 .452 .773 143.5
Sep/Oct 261 939 136 260 39 8 46 151 83 28 59 264 .277 .325 .482 .807 147.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 28 TEX AL 2B 147 139 1247.7 298 475 13 104 .983 5.58   7.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2005 29 TEX AL 2B 99 97 874.7 199 319 15 68 .972 5.33   3.5
2006 30 TEX AL 2B 103 102 912.3 176 344 12 60 .977 5.13   4.2
2007 31 TEX AL RF 11 11 97.4 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.2
    2B 9 9 80.6 15 31 1 5 .979 5.14   0.2
    CF 3 1 11.4 3 0 1 0 .750 2.37   0.0
  CHA AL RF 14 14 132.3 28 2 1 0 .968 2.04   0.3
    2B 13 12 109.4 21 41 2 7 .969 5.10   0.4
    CF 3 1 15.6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.88   0.0
  TOT   RF 25 25 229.7 48 3 1 0 .981 2.00   0.5
      2B 22 21 190.0 36 72 3 12 .973 5.12   0.6
      CF 6 2 27.0 8 0 2 0 .800 2.67   0.0
2008 32 CHN NL 2B 146 144 1297.7 272 474 18 100 .976 5.17   8.8
    CF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
2009 33 CHN NL 2B 149 144 1302.7 235 466 15 78 .979 4.84   10.5
    CF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
2010 34 CHN NL 2B 149 139 1303.7 218 442 21 87 .969 4.56   6.3
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2011 35 CHN NL 2B 23 16 197.0 39 66 2 14 .981 4.80   0.5
    CF 3 3 30.8 7 0 2 0 .778 2.05   0.0
    1B 3 3 29.3 25 2 0 2 1.000 8.29   0.0
  NYA AL 2B 50 37 328.0 65 111 4 24 .978 4.83   2.0
    CF 7 7 51.2 12 0 4 0 .750 2.11   0.1
    1B 6 6 48.7 42 2 1 2 .978 8.13   0.0
  TOT   2B 73 53 525.0 104 177 6 38 .979 4.82   2.5
      CF 10 10 82.0 19 0 6 0 .760 2.09   0.1
      1B 9 9 78.0 67 4 1 4 .986 8.19   0.1
2012 36 PHI NL 2B 155 153 1330.0 279 475 25 97 .968 5.10   5.1
2013 37 PHI NL 2B 116 102 902.7 212 326 10 82 .982 5.36   4.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1159 1094 9886.3 2029 3570 138 726 .976 5.10   52.6
  RF 25 25 229.7 48 3 1 0 .981 2.00   0.5
  CF 31 12 137.0 37 0 8 0 .822 2.43   0.3
  1B 10 9 81.0 69 5 1 6 .987 8.22   0.1
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1226 1140 10338.0 2184 3578 148 732 .975 5.02   53.5
Career Highs   155 153 1330.0 299 475 25 104 .983 5.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 28 TEX AL 14 57 12 17 1 0 4 9 4 4 5 10 .298 .355 .526 .881
2005 29 TEX AL 6 24 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 6 .167 .231 .417 .647
2006 30 TEX AL 5 20 3 5 1 0 1 6 2 0 0 4 .250 .286 .450 .736
2008 32 CHN NL 14 48 5 8 0 0 1 7 5 4 3 13 .167 .212 .229 .441
2009 33 CHN NL 15 60 13 21 3 1 2 6 9 2 5 14 .350 .394 .533 .927
2010 34 CHN NL 6 22 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 6 .273 .273 .455 .727
2011 35 NYA AL 8 13 5 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 .462 .500 .769 1.269
Career Post-Season Batting 68 244 43 67 7 1 12 39 21 12 15 54 .275 .319 .459 .778
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2004-10-.547
2005-9-.547
 OPS
2005-9-.907
 XR
2004-9-112.9
2005-3-125.6
 Games
2009-8-158
 At-Bats
2004-7-612
2005-3-636
 Runs
2004-8-110
2005-2-123
Hits
2004-4-193
2005-6-196
 Total Bases
2004-3-335
2005-3-348
 Singles
2005-10-127
 Doubles
2004-5-39
 Triples
2004-2-11
2006-3-11
2008-10-6
CAR-23-55
 Homeruns
2005-5-38
RBIs
2005-3-118
2006-8-110
 Stolen Bases
2004-2-72
2005-3-78
2006-5-69
2007-6-57
2008-7-65
2009-6-64
2010-6-60
CAR-20-513
 Caught Stealing
2004-5-24
2010-8-21
CAR-48-140
 Strikeouts
2004-7-140
2005-1-170
2006-2-160
2007-8-156
2008-6-166
2009-5-162
2010-3-169
2012-6-167
CAR-39-1534
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  4. Manuel Santora (878)
  5. Valentin Tavares (873)
  6. Yasujuurou Hidehira (862)
  7. Daniel Corriveau (858)
  8. Chad Spann (857)
  9. Adrian Beltre (855)
  10. Isreal Shepler (850)
History
Had first career hit on 4/6/2004, off Matt Clement (KCA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2004, off Mark Mulder (OAK)
Hit for the cycle against Toronto on 5/9/2004
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against Toronto on 5/9/2004
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/27/2004
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Traded from Texas to Chicago (A) on 6/23/2007 (Going to CHA: 2B Alfonso Soriano, LF David Murphy, P Matt Lorenzo. Going to TEX: P Roger Heitman, RF Jeremy Reed, P Fernando Hernandez)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Chicago (N) on 2/20/2008 (Going to CHN: 2B Alfonso Soriano. Going to CHA: LF Magglio Ordonez, P Austin Creech)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/2008, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
7/31/2008: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $5,370,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Released by Chicago (N) on 5/31/2011
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 6/15/2011 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2011
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/8/2012 to a 2-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
 
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