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Rafael
Soriano		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, DR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 24 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 7 10 9 7 7 7 6 7 7
2005 25 CHN NL $ 300,000 5 7 10 9 7 7 7 6 7 6
2006 26 CHN NL $ 1,028,571 5 7 10 9 7 7 7 5 7 6
2007 27 CHN NL $ 1,471,429 5 8 10 9 7 7 7 5 6 6
2008 28 CHN NL $ 1,471,429 5 8 10 9 7 6 7 4 5 5
2009 29 CHN NL $ 3,500,000 5 8 10 9 7 6 7 4 5 5
2010 30 CHN NL $ 3,500,000 5 7 10 9 7 6 7 3 4 4
2011 31 SDN NL $ 3,500,000 5 7 10 9 7 6 7 3 4 4
2012 32 SDN NL $ 3,500,000 5 7 10 9 7 7 7 3 4 4
2013 33 CHA AL $ 750,000 3 7 10 9 7 6 7 3 4 4
2014 34 CHA AL $ 750,000 3 8 10 9 7 6 7 3 5 4
2015 35 CHA AL $ 750,000 3 8 10 9 7 6 7 3 4 4
2016 36 PHI NL $ 800,000 3 7 10 9 7 6 7 3 4 3
2017 37 PHI NL $ 800,000 2 7 10 9 7 7 7 3 3 3
2018 38 BOS AL $ 660,000 2 7 9 8 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 7 9 8 7 6 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000 5 8 10 9 7 7 7 6 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 26 CHN NL $ 1,028,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 27 CHN NL $ 1,471,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 28 CHN NL $ 1,471,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 29 CHN NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 30 CHN NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2011 31 SDN NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2012 32 SDN NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2013 33 CHA AL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2014 34 CHA AL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2015 35 CHA AL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2016 36 PHI NL $ 800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2017 37 PHI NL $ 800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2018 38 BOS AL $ 660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 24 SEA AL 1 1 .500 26 0 0 0 2 34.0 28 14 4 12 30 3.70 .222 .305 .365 .670 3.1
  NYN NL 3 1 .750 21 0 0 0 1 19.3 18 6 3 3 20 2.79 .243 .291 .432 .724 2.7
  CHN NL 6 4 .600 46 0 0 0 0 53.0 51 34 7 18 60 5.77 .248 .320 .408 .728 2.3
  TOT   10 6 .625 93 0 0 0 3 106.3 97 54 14 33 110 4.57 .239 .310 .399 .709 8.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 2.3 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 .125 .222 .125 .347  
2005 25 CHN NL 4 3 .571 72 0 0 0 3 80.7 76 42 9 31 90 4.69 .247 .321 .399 .720 5.1
2006 26 CHN NL 6 6 .500 74 0 0 0 5 86.3 76 36 11 30 91 3.75 .235 .300 .386 .686 7.4
2007 27 CHN NL 4 1 .800 90 0 0 0 1 95.0 97 62 9 34 98 5.87 .261 .330 .407 .737 3.2
2008 28 CHN NL 6 7 .462 84 0 0 0 21 79.3 71 39 14 25 85 4.42 .241 .314 .432 .746 9.6
2009 29 CHN NL 3 7 .300 88 0 0 0 11 77.3 69 36 12 20 70 4.19 .235 .296 .408 .704 7.8
2010 30 CHN NL 1 4 .200 46 0 0 0 3 52.3 51 24 7 14 47 4.13 .254 .305 .413 .717 2.8
2011 31 SDN NL 2 1 .667 53 0 0 0 2 64.3 62 29 7 14 67 4.06 .252 .298 .378 .676 4.3
2012 32 SDN NL 3 2 .600 50 0 0 0 1 74.3 80 51 12 30 87 6.18 .270 .346 .426 .772 0.8
2013 33 CHA AL 4 7 .364 55 0 0 0 8 90.3 94 47 20 28 76 4.68 .269 .331 .493 .824 5.2
2014 34 CHA AL 7 5 .583 66 0 0 0 0 120.3 123 68 22 31 122 5.09 .262 .310 .466 .776 5.8
2015 35 CHA AL 9 4 .692 60 0 0 0 14 97.0 102 50 17 33 105 4.64 .273 .336 .473 .809 8.4
2016 36 PHI NL 6 4 .600 66 0 0 0 19 73.0 81 43 12 29 65 5.30 .279 .351 .445 .796 3.9
2017 37 PHI NL 4 5 .444 63 0 0 0 2 73.7 67 38 13 31 84 4.64 .246 .324 .445 .768 4.2
2018 38 BOS AL 0 2 .000 19 1 0 0 1 23.0 28 21 8 11 18 8.22 .304 .383 .576 .959 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 22 0 0 0 3 24.7 26 13 3 8 29 4.74 .271 .327 .406 .733  
16 Years Sim 69 64 .519 979 1 0 0 94 1193.3 1174 640 187 394 1215 4.83 .256 .321 .432 .753 76.6
2 Years AAA 2 2 .500 23 0 0 0 4 27.0 27 13 3 9 33 4.33 .260 .319 .385 .703  
Season Average 4 4 .500 65 0 0 0 6 79.6 78 42 12 26 81 4.83 .256 .321 .432 .753  
Career Highs 10 7 .800 93 1 0 0 21 120.3 123 68 22 34 122 8.22 .304 .383 .576 .959  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   593 314 91 233 761   .233 .297 .390 .687
vs LH   581 326 96 161 454   .285 .337 .485 .822
Home 37 31 .544 502 1 0 0 46 630.3 605 336 90 232 651 4.80 .252 .318 .418 .736
Away 32 33 .492 477 0 0 0 49 563.0 569 304 97 162 564 4.86 .260 .311 .448 .759
Mar/Apr 11 8 .579 169 0 0 0 10 196.6 201 116 31 72 217 5.31 .260 .323 .448 .771
May 15 15 .500 196 1 0 0 18 252.0 226 108 35 71 246 3.86 .239 .292 .388 .680
June 11 13 .458 161 0 0 0 16 180.6 171 92 29 58 178 4.58 .247 .305 .421 .726
July 10 10 .500 132 0 0 0 19 169.6 171 86 25 55 160 4.56 .266 .324 .433 .757
August 11 6 .647 157 0 0 0 18 198.3 194 110 36 63 214 4.99 .255 .312 .464 .777
Sep/Oct 11 12 .478 164 0 0 0 14 196.0 211 128 31 75 200 5.88 .273 .338 .447 .785
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 24 NYN NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  CHN NL 46 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
  TOT   67 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.2
2005 25 CHN NL 72 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2006 26 CHN NL 74 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -0.2 0.0
2007 27 CHN NL 90 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2008 28 CHN NL 84 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
2010 30 CHN NL 46 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2011 31 SDN NL 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2012 32 SDN NL 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2016 36 PHI NL 66 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2017 37 PHI NL 63 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 665 39 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .128 .171 .154 .325 -0.1 0.2
162 Game Average 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .128 .171 .154 .325 0.0  
Career Highs 90 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 .500 .400 .667 0.4  
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   28 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .071 .133 .107 .240 -0.6
vs LH   11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.7
Home 293 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .087 .125 .130 .255 -0.5
Away 289 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.6
RISP   12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Close/Late   8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.5
Mar/Apr 73 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
May 80 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
June 52 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
July 65 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
August 75 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0
Sep/Oct 20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
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    
2004 24 SEA AL P 26 0 34.0 3 4 1 1 .875 1.85    
  NYN NL P 21 0 19.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  CHN NL P 46 0 53.0 4 6 1 1 .909 1.70    
  TOT   P 93 0 106.3 9 12 2 2 .913 1.78    
2005 25 CHN NL P 72 0 80.7 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.56    
2006 26 CHN NL P 74 0 86.3 1 6 2 0 .778 0.73    
2007 27 CHN NL P 90 0 95.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 1.42    
2008 28 CHN NL P 84 0 79.3 4 10 1 1 .933 1.59    
2009 29 CHN NL P 88 0 77.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.16    
2010 30 CHN NL P 46 0 52.3 1 4 1 0 .833 0.86    
2011 31 SDN NL P 53 0 64.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.12    
2012 32 SDN NL P 50 0 74.3 6 9 1 1 .938 1.82    
2013 33 CHA AL P 55 0 90.3 6 7 0 1 1.000 1.30    
2014 34 CHA AL P 66 0 120.3 10 15 0 1 1.000 1.87    
2015 35 CHA AL P 60 0 97.0 3 7 1 1 .909 0.93    
2016 36 PHI NL P 66 0 73.0 1 8 1 2 .900 1.11    
2017 37 PHI NL P 63 0 73.7 4 10 1 2 .933 1.71    
2018 38 BOS AL P 19 1 23.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.78    
Career Totals   979 1 1193.3 57 125 10 13 .948 1.37    
Career Highs   93 1 120.3 10 15 2 2 1.000 1.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2004 24 CHN NL 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 7 4 2 3 5 3.73 .206 .270 .382 .653
2005 25 CHN NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 6 4 2 0 5 5.69 .250 .250 .542 .792
2006 26 CHN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 5 4 0 1 1 27.07 .625 .667 .750 1.417
2007 27 CHN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .111 .111 .111 .222
2008 28 CHN NL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 8.3 9 1 1 2 8 1.08 .273 .314 .364 .678
2009 29 CHN NL 3 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 1 13.3 12 3 2 4 14 2.03 .240 .296 .400 .696
2010 30 CHN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
2011 31 SDN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 0 1.000 40 0 0 0 1 43.6 42 16 7 10 36 3.30 .253 .295 .404 .699
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 24 CHN NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2005 25 CHN NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2008-10-21
 Games Pitched
2009-6-88
CAR-6-979
 Strikeouts per 9IP
CAR-43-9.2
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 5/20/2004
Traded from Seattle to New York (N) on 5/31/2004 (Going to SEA: P Orber Moreno, 2B Jose B. Reyes. Going to NYN: P Freddy Garcia, P Rafael Soriano)
Traded from New York (N) to Chicago (N) on 7/15/2004 (Going to CHN: P Rafael Soriano, 1B Jason Phillips. Going to NYN: P Bobby Brownlie, LF Nic Jackson)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/18/2004, off Masao Kida (PHI)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,471,429 through salary arbitration
7/31/2008: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009
Traded from Chicago (N) to San Diego on 2/28/2011 (Going to CHN: CF Dalton Wicks, 3B Osvaldo Nevarez, P Charles Monroe. Going to SDN: P Mark Prior, P Tony Armas, P Fernando Rodney, P Rafael Soriano, RF Rocco Baldelli)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/1/2013 to a 3-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/7/2016 to a 2-year deal worth $800,000 per year
Injured on 6/17/2017 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/8/2018 to a 2-year deal worth $660,000 per year
Injured on 7/15/2018 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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