Darwin
Soto
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 15, 1982 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2007    2014   
All-Star Selections 2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 SEA AL   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2005 23 SEA AL   3 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
2006 24 SEA AL   3 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
2007 25 SEA AL $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
2008 26 SEA AL $ 300,000 3 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
2009 27 SEA AL $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
2010 28 SEA AL $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
2011 29 SEA AL $ 710,000 3 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
2012 30 SEA AL $ 920,000 3 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10
2013 31 SEA AL $ 2,988,571 3 7 8 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
2014 32 SEA AL $ 4,240,000 3 7 8 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
2015 33 SEA AL $ 4,240,000 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
2016 34 SEA AL $ 4,240,000 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
2017 35 TEX AL $ 5,750,000 3 6 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
2018 36 TEX AL $ 5,750,000 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
2019 37 TEX AL   2 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
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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 22 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2005 23 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2006 24 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2007 25 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2008 26 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2009 27 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 28 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 29 SEA AL $ 710,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 30 SEA AL $ 920,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 31 SEA AL $ 2,988,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 32 SEA AL $ 4,240,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 33 SEA AL $ 4,240,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 34 SEA AL $ 4,240,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 35 TEX AL $ 5,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 36 TEX AL $ 5,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 37 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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 22 AA   4 3 .571 61 1 0 0 2 52.7 58 27 4 15 41 4.61 .287 .336 .411 .747  
2005 23 AAA   7 2 .778 48 0 0 0 3 67.3 65 25 3 23 51 3.34 .259 .321 .355 .676  
2006 24 AAA   5 0 1.000 72 1 0 0 8 62.7 54 16 2 21 61 2.30 .235 .299 .296 .594  
2007 25 SEA AL 1 2 .333 27 0 0 0 0 44.3 42 13 0 15 21 2.64 .250 .311 .304 .615 4.1
    AAA   1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 1 34.7 39 17 1 8 25 4.41 .279 .318 .386 .703  
2008 26 SEA AL 0 0 .000 34 0 0 0 0 53.0 60 26 1 25 35 4.42 .284 .364 .360 .724 2.7
2009 27 SEA AL 6 2 .750 39 0 0 0 11 57.7 57 19 9 12 44 2.97 .251 .291 .423 .714 8.9
2010 28 SEA AL 6 8 .429 59 0 0 0 22 73.7 85 37 6 23 77 4.52 .287 .338 .443 .781 9.2
2011 29 SEA AL 6 7 .462 58 0 0 0 23 72.7 78 25 2 17 68 3.10 .276 .322 .360 .683 11.7
2012 30 SEA AL 5 7 .417 61 0 0 0 32 62.3 45 15 3 18 67 2.17 .201 .267 .281 .548 13.3
2013 31 SEA AL 4 4 .500 57 0 0 0 33 56.3 50 21 2 15 42 3.36 .235 .288 .362 .649 10.5
2014 32 SEA AL 4 9 .308 68 0 0 0 31 89.3 82 27 2 23 72 2.72 .240 .288 .327 .615 15.4
2015 33 SEA AL 2 5 .286 49 0 0 0 28 55.7 48 18 6 10 52 2.91 .227 .262 .370 .632 10.8
2016 34 SEA AL 2 3 .400 25 0 0 0 11 37.7 37 14 3 16 30 3.35 .253 .333 .349 .683 5.0
2017 35 SDN NL 2 2 .500 15 0 0 0 0 19.3 23 13 3 9 12 6.05 .295 .382 .474 .856 0.3
  TEX AL 4 1 .800 17 0 0 0 1 30.7 32 12 4 6 16 3.52 .267 .310 .433 .743 2.9
  TOT   6 3 .667 32 0 0 0 1 50.0 55 25 7 15 28 4.50 .278 .339 .449 .789 3.2
2018 36 TEX AL 3 1 .750 45 0 0 0 0 74.7 57 25 3 26 50 3.01 .213 .298 .311 .609 7.3
2019 37 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 2 28.7 40 20 8 9 24 6.28 .333 .379 .592 .970 0.0
13 Years Sim 46 51 .474 575 0 0 0 194 755.9 736 285 52 224 610 3.39 .253 .311 .372 .682 102.1
3 Years AAA 13 3 .813 152 1 0 0 12 164.7 158 58 6 52 137 3.17 .254 .312 .340 .652  
1 Years AA 4 3 .571 61 1 0 0 2 52.7 58 27 4 15 41 4.61 .287 .336 .411 .747  
4 Years Minors 17 6 .739 213 2 0 0 14 217.3 216 85 10 67 178 3.52 .262 .318 .357 .675  
Season Average 3 3 .500 44 0 0 0 14 58.1 56 21 4 17 46 3.39 .253 .311 .372 .682  
Career Highs 6 9 1.000 68 0 0 0 33 89.3 85 37 9 26 77 6.28 .333 .379 .592 .970  
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   372 156 30 103 312   .251 .299 .375 .675
vs LH   364 129 22 121 298   .256 .314 .368 .682
Home 27 20 .574 292 0 0 0 92 400.3 374 140 26 116 319 3.15 .246 .300 .352 .652
Away 19 31 .380 283 0 0 0 109 355.6 362 145 26 108 291 3.67 .261 .314 .393 .708
Mar/Apr 7 3 .700 67 0 0 0 22 88.6 92 36 11 18 70 3.66 .265 .301 .406 .708
May 5 11 .313 113 0 0 0 34 157.0 158 70 18 44 131 4.01 .260 .310 .405 .716
June 5 9 .357 107 0 0 0 36 138.6 119 49 4 46 114 3.18 .229 .292 .316 .608
July 6 6 .500 91 0 0 0 34 131.3 120 35 3 47 125 2.40 .240 .305 .335 .640
August 11 10 .524 101 0 0 0 35 119.3 120 45 6 28 87 3.40 .264 .307 .379 .686
Sep/Oct 12 12 .500 96 0 0 0 40 121.0 127 50 10 41 83 3.72 .266 .324 .395 .719
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
2017 35 SDN NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1  
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   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
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    
2007 25 SEA AL P 27 0 44.3 5 5 1 1 .909 2.03    
2008 26 SEA AL P 34 0 53.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.19    
2009 27 SEA AL P 39 0 57.7 1 3 1 0 .800 0.62    
2010 28 SEA AL P 59 0 73.7 1 5 2 1 .750 0.73    
2011 29 SEA AL P 58 0 72.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.74    
2012 30 SEA AL P 61 0 62.3 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.44    
2013 31 SEA AL P 57 0 56.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.28    
2014 32 SEA AL P 68 0 89.3 2 4 2 0 .750 0.60    
2015 33 SEA AL P 49 0 55.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.81    
2016 34 SEA AL P 25 0 37.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.19    
2017 35 SDN NL P 15 0 19.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.40    
  TEX AL P 17 0 30.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.76    
  TOT   P 32 0 50.0 3 6 0 2 1.000 1.62    
2018 36 TEX AL P 45 0 74.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.60    
2019 37 TEX AL P 21 0 28.7 1 3 1 0 .800 1.26    
Career Totals   575 0 755.9 29 56 7 9 .924 1.01    
Career Highs   68 0 89.3 5 8 2 2 1.000 2.03    
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
2007 25 SEA AL 0 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 .200 .200 .400 .600
2008 26 SEA AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 2 1 5 6.75 .294 .333 .706 1.039
2009 27 SEA AL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 3 11.3 13 5 1 4 9 3.97 .283 .340 .391 .731
2010 28 SEA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 4 9.00 .333 .400 .444 .844
2012 30 SEA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 4.7 9 2 0 2 8 3.86 .375 .423 .417 .840
2013 31 SEA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .333 .429 .333 .762
2014 32 SEA AL 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 3 14.7 12 4 1 3 10 2.45 .207 .246 .310 .556
2017 35 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 0 4 4 9.00 .360 .448 .560 1.008
2018 36 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 1 3 5 5.40 .263 .364 .474 .837
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 4 .429 35 0 0 0 7 53.7 61 25 6 19 48 4.19 .279 .336 .425 .761
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
2009 27 SEA AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2011-10-23
2012-5-32
2013-7-33
2014-6-31
2015-9-28
CAR-25-194
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 8/3/2007
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2007
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $710,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,988,571 through salary arbitration
5/14/2013: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,240,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2014
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/10/2017 to a 3-year deal worth $5,750,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Texas on 7/9/2017 (Going to SDN: 1B Felix Yeates. Going to TEX: P Darwin Soto)
Released by Texas on 6/25/2019