Salvador
Soto
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 19, 1992 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2022   
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
2011 19 LAN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
2012 20 LAN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2013 21 LAN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
2014 22 LAN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
2015 23 LAN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
2016 24 LAN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
2017 25 LAN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
2018 26 LAN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7
2019 27 LAN NL $ 1,971,429   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
2020 28 LAN NL $ 2,257,143   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
2021 29 LAN NL $ 2,380,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
2022 30 LAN NL $ 2,380,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,380,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
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
2011 19 A   46 145 24 39 5 1 3 21 7 1 14 29 .269 .333 .379 .713 19.5  
2012 20 A   133 519 68 166 24 1 2 58 20 4 68 73 .320 .399 .382 .780 82.3  
2013 21 AA   125 524 79 164 31 3 9 56 17 5 36 89 .313 .357 .435 .792 78.0  
    A   15 56 12 21 6 2 2 6 3 1 8 7 .375 .453 .661 1.114 14.4  
2014 22 AA   140 614 85 193 36 5 10 63 30 5 51 85 .314 .367 .438 .805 97.2  
2015 23 LAN NL 69 110 11 35 2 0 2 9 10 1 6 25 .318 .370 .391 .761 17.1 3.0
    AA   8 35 4 11 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 .314 .351 .343 .694 4.5  
2016 24 LAN NL 43 150 10 39 7 0 1 13 6 3 8 28 .260 .302 .327 .629 15.0 1.5
    AAA   94 377 58 122 18 1 3 45 14 6 37 50 .324 .384 .401 .785 57.0  
2017 25 LAN NL 116 435 48 130 20 3 4 50 7 4 15 73 .299 .330 .386 .716 53.7 8.8
    AAA   29 125 21 41 8 0 2 18 4 1 8 17 .328 .368 .440 .808 19.2  
2018 26 LAN NL 153 564 81 173 29 3 2 64 16 2 43 108 .307 .364 .379 .743 78.2 14.7
2019 27 LAN NL 154 602 86 190 28 3 6 77 19 7 49 87 .316 .378 .402 .780 92.0 17.6
2020 28 LAN NL 142 514 67 157 27 0 7 66 8 7 41 68 .305 .361 .399 .759 71.2 10.5
2021 29 LAN NL 131 517 72 170 26 2 4 67 10 8 30 64 .329 .375 .410 .785 75.0 14.9
2022 30 LAN NL 129 444 81 148 18 0 4 45 19 4 33 59 .333 .384 .401 .785 68.5 13.1
8 Years Sim 937 3336 456 1042 157 11 30 391 95 36 225 512 .312 .363 .393 .756 470.7 84.1
2 Years AAA 123 502 79 163 26 1 5 63 18 7 45 67 .325 .389 .410 .799 76.2  
3 Years AA 273 1173 168 368 68 8 19 121 49 10 89 180 .314 .371 .434 .804 179.7  
3 Years A 194 720 104 226 35 4 7 85 30 6 90 109 .314 .403 .403 .805 116.1  
8 Years Minors 590 2395 351 757 129 13 31 269 97 23 224 356 .316 .384 .420 .804 372.1  
162 Game Average 576 78 180 27 1 5 67 16 6 38 88 .312 .363 .393 .756 81.4  
Career Highs 154 602 86 190 29 3 7 77 19 8 49 108 .333 .384 .410 .785 92.0  
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   2744 380 870 130 6 24 318 82 32 195 411 .317 .370 .395 .765 380.3
vs LH   592 76 172 27 5 6 73 13 4 30 101 .291 .332 .383 .716 71.2
Home 462 1598 215 517 76 3 12 192 47 17 106 253 .324 .374 .397 .771 223.4
Away 475 1738 241 525 81 8 18 199 48 19 119 259 .302 .354 .389 .743 228.1
RISP   786 0 266 35 3 5 342 0 0 57 115 .338 .385 .410 .795 116.5
Pinch Hitting   82 9 28 2 1 1 10 4 1 6 9 .341 .396 .427 .822 13.2
Close/Late   373 37 101 17 1 2 44 0 0 18 50 .271 .310 .338 .648 36.7
Mar/Apr 152 587 96 178 26 1 10 78 23 8 36 101 .303 .350 .402 .752 79.2
May 181 655 83 206 34 4 2 70 22 9 38 89 .315 .356 .388 .744 85.4
June 160 530 73 172 22 2 1 64 12 4 45 81 .325 .381 .379 .760 74.7
July 149 522 72 172 25 0 5 51 11 6 48 77 .330 .396 .406 .802 79.0
August 159 560 70 168 27 0 7 69 14 4 30 79 .300 .344 .386 .730 70.3
Sep/Oct 136 482 62 146 23 4 5 59 13 5 28 85 .303 .358 .398 .756 62.9
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
2015 23 LAN NL CF 35 22 212.7 65 1 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.4
    RF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 24 LAN NL CF 34 34 295.0 97 2 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.6
    RF 6 6 52.0 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.94    
    SS 3 3 27.0 7 10 1 1 .944 5.67   0.1
2017 25 LAN NL CF 110 110 934.0 298 8 0 3 1.000 2.95   3.2
    RF 5 4 35.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.78    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2018 26 LAN NL CF 98 96 839.0 307 5 0 0 1.000 3.35   4.7
    RF 53 51 444.7 85 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
2019 27 LAN NL RF 152 144 1262.7 336 5 1 2 .997 2.43   4.8
    CF 2 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2020 28 LAN NL RF 129 126 1096.7 292 5 3 1 .990 2.44   3.9
    CF 4 1 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2021 29 LAN NL RF 120 116 1028.3 229 8 0 3 1.000 2.07   5.1
    CF 3 3 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
2022 30 LAN NL RF 105 95 793.3 166 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   2.6
    CF 6 5 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 572 542 4714.6 1131 19 4 7 .997 2.20   16.6
  CF 292 271 2371.7 792 16 0 3 1.000 3.07   9.0
  SS 5 3 30.0 7 11 1 1 .947 5.40   0.1
  LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   874 816 7122.3 1930 46 5 11 .997 2.50   25.7
Career Highs   155 147 1283.7 392 13 3 3 1.000 3.20    
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
2018 26 LAN NL 7 27 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .111 .172 .185 .358
2019 27 LAN NL 5 20 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .300 .364 .450 .814
2020 28 LAN NL 18 66 8 21 2 0 0 3 4 0 2 14 .318 .338 .348 .687
2022 30 LAN NL 17 75 15 32 7 1 0 8 1 1 1 4 .427 .449 .547 .995
Career Post-Season Batting 47 188 27 62 14 1 0 12 6 2 5 28 .330 .360 .415 .775
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.
Batting Average
2021-4-.329
2022-8-.327*
CAR-14-.312
Hits
2019-6-190
Singles
2018-7-139
2019-4-153
2021-8-138
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  4. Herman Hoffman (934)
  5. Shawn Garrett (933)
  6. Paul Rene (931)
  7. Alexis Gomez (930)
  8. Ulysses Lozada (927)
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 207th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2005
Released by Los Angeles on 2/28/2010
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2011
Injured on 8/10/2016 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Houston on 8/25/2017
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Houston on 8/27/2017
Injured on 9/3/2017 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/9/2018
1/29/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
1/29/2020: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
7/3/2020: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $2,380,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/19/2020 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/2021, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/7/2021 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
9/3/2022: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $4,690,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 2022