Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 7, 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Marcoris (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 NYY AL 23 DH 6
1999 NYY AL 23 SS 1 1 8.0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 4.73 4.20
2000 NYY AL 24 3B 10 8 65.0 26 11 11 4 2 .846 -1.3 -24.0 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 0 3.05 2.20 .954 2.67 2.31
2000 NYY AL 24 SS 9 4 45.2 16 7 7 2 1 .875 -1.3 -34.2 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 0 2.76 1.56 .975 4.71 4.17
2000 NYY AL 24 2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 5.10 4.30
2000 NYY AL 24 DH 1
2001 NYY AL 25 2B 156 156 1384.1 704 319 366 19 93 .973 -18.7 -16.2 -17.7 -8.4 -9.2 -1 4.45 4.39 .981 4.87 4.44 RoY-3
2001 NYY AL 25 DH 2 RoY-3
2002 NYY AL 26 2B 155 154 1388.0 725 300 402 23 86 .968 -12.8 -11.1 -10.8 -4.9 -5.9 -2 4.55 4.53 .979 4.90 4.36 AS,MVP-3,SS
2002 NYY AL 26 DH 1 AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 NYY AL 27 2B 155 154 1376.0 756 292 445 19 88 .975 -10.0 -8.7 -9.0 -4.8 -4.2 -1 4.82 4.75 .982 4.94 4.37 AS,MVP-20
2004 TEX AL 28 2B 142 142 1248.0 749 308 418 23 104 .969 -20.1 -19.3 -20.1 -14.4 -5.7 0 5.24 5.11 .982 4.95 4.35 AS,SS
2004 TEX AL 28 DH 3 AS,SS
2005 TEX AL 29 2B 153 153 1351.0 752 284 447 21 101 .972 -15.7 -13.9 -14.7 -7.9 -6.8 -1 4.87 4.78 .983 4.96 4.48 AS,SS
2005 TEX AL 29 DH 2 AS,SS
2006 WSN NL 30 LF 158 158 1373.2 359 326 22 11 9 .969 16.1 14.1 16.1 13.0 3.1 0 2.28 2.20 .982 1.97 1.54 AS,MVP-6,SS
2006 WSN NL 30 OF 158 158 1373.2 359 326 22 11 9 .969 16.1 14.1 16.1 13.0 3.1 0 2.28 2.20 .984 2.22 1.88 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 CHC NL 31 OF 134 134 1164.1 298 273 19 6 4 .980 10.3 10.6 5.3 -0.2 5.5 5 2.26 2.18 .984 2.30 1.94 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 LF 122 122 1064.0 269 244 19 6 4 .978 8.8 9.9 3.8 -1.6 5.4 5 2.22 2.16 .984 2.00 1.55 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 CF 12 12 100.1 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 17.9 1.5 1.4 0.1 0 2.60 2.42 .986 2.71 2.30 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20 AS,MVP-12
2008 CHC NL 32 LF 108 107 937.1 201 186 10 5 5 .975 1.7 2.2 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 2 1.88 1.81 .983 1.90 1.47 AS
2008 CHC NL 32 OF 108 107 937.1 201 186 10 5 5 .975 1.7 2.2 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 2 1.88 1.81 .985 2.21 1.91 AS
2008 CHC NL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 480.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 4.50 4.00 AS
2009 CHC NL 33 LF 116 116 1004.1 219 201 7 11 2 .950 1.86 1.79 .983 1.93 1.52
2009 CHC NL 33 OF 116 116 1004.1 219 201 7 11 2 .950 1.86 1.79 .986 2.20 1.91
2009 CHC NL 33 2B 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.86 4.15
2009 CHC NL 33 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
9 Seasons 2B 766 759 6754.0 3689 1503 2080 106 472 .971 -77.8 -13.8 -72.8 -41.1 -31.6 -5 4.77 4.68 .982 4.92 4.40
4 Seasons OF 516 515 4479.2 1077 986 58 33 20 .969 28.1 7.5 21.1 12.1 9.0 7 2.10 2.02 .985 2.23 1.91
4 Seasons LF 504 503 4379.1 1048 957 58 33 20 .969 26.6 7.3 19.6 10.7 8.9 7 2.09 2.01 .983 1.95 1.52
6 Seasons DH 15
1 Season CF 12 12 100.1 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 17.9 1.5 1.4 0.1 0 2.60 2.42 .986 2.71 2.30
2 Seasons 3B 11 8 65.1 26 11 11 4 2 .846 -1.3 -23.9 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 0 3.03 2.00 .954 2.67 2.30
2 Seasons SS 10 5 53.2 18 7 8 3 2 .833 -1.8 -40.2 -1.8 -1.7 -0.1 0 2.52 1.50 .978 4.71 4.17
11 Seasons TOT 1303 1287 11352.2 4810 2507 2157 146 496 .970 -52.8 -5.6 -54.8 -31.3 -23.4 7 -5 3.70 3.58 .951 3.74 3.25
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1999 NYY AL 23 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
2000 NYY AL 24 22 12 22 20 0 0 0 1 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2001 NYY AL 25 158 157 158 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2002 NYY AL 26 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2003 NYY AL 27 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2004 TEX AL 28 145 145 145 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2005 TEX AL 29 156 155 156 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2006 WSN NL 30 159 158 159 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 158 0 1 0
2007 CHC NL 31 135 134 135 134 0 0 0 1 0 0 122 12 0 134 0 1 0
2008 CHC NL 32 109 107 109 108 0 0 0 1 0 0 108 0 0 108 0 2 0
2009 CHC NL 33 117 116 117 116 0 0 0 2 1 0 116 0 0 116 0 1 0
11 Seasons 1322 1293 1322 1298 0 0 0 766 11 10 504 12 0 516 6 8 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2000 NYY AL 24 14 71% 64% 21% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYY AL 25 6150 58% 72% 28% 454 96% 1 318 128 152 38 366 306 50 0 11 19 2 11 6 15 93 26 24 24 5 82 30 52 6 2 4
2002 NYY AL 26 6094 57% 75% 29% 510 95% 1 286 144 121 21 396 349 45 0 4 23 0 15 8 18 86 30 21 23 2 79 25 52 5 3 2
2003 NYY AL 27 6035 55% 76% 32% 554 91% 1 293 120 133 40 445 390 43 0 7 19 2 10 7 11 88 24 21 21 13 83 34 48 4 2 2
2004 TEX AL 28 5635 53% 75% 32% 510 90% 0 308 118 149 41 418 353 54 1 7 23 0 21 2 20 104 38 24 30 5 101 35 65 2 1 1
2005 TEX AL 29 6104 53% 77% 34% 522 91% 2 284 92 156 36 448 382 58 0 7 21 3 13 5 13 101 36 19 29 8 94 37 56 5 2 3
2007 CHC NL 31 6 33% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CHC NL 32 3 33% 100% 67% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CHC NL 33 6 83% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 30047 55% 75% 31% 2553 93% 5 1489 602 711 176 2075 1782 250 1 36 106 7 71 28 78 472 154 109 127 33 439 161 273 22 10 12
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 WSN NL 30 11 0 9 2 2 22 4 10 3 4 61 46 0 54 22 2 38 24 1 24 4 1 25 21 2 202 117 57.9% 79 6 3.0% 16 6346 55% 75% 42% 675 50%
2007 CHC NL 31 6 0 5 1 1 19 1 7 1 10 44 35 1 49 21 6 27 16 0 11 2 3 21 20 0 152 94 61.8% 48 10 6.6% 9 4678 62% 71% 38% 546 47%
2008 CHC NL 32 5 0 4 1 2 10 1 1 1 6 30 28 0 19 7 1 14 6 2 13 1 4 17 14 0 93 56 60.2% 30 7 7.5% 3 4113 57% 70% 38% 393 49%
2009 CHC NL 33 11 0 9 2 4 7 0 4 2 1 26 23 0 37 16 0 17 9 1 5 0 0 15 12 2 100 60 60.0% 37 3 3.0% 4 4470 57% 71% 37% 447 46%
4 Seasons 33 0 27 6 9 58 6 22 7 21 161 132 1 159 66 9 96 55 4 53 7 8 78 67 4 547 327 59.8% 194 26 4.8% 32 19607 58% 72% 39% 2061 48%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 433 62% 69% 38% 40 73%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 433 62% 69% 38% 40 73%
MLB Averages 43.5% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 NYY AL 24 281 51% 70% 27% 26 81% 0 11 10 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2009 CHC NL 33 1 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 282 51% 70% 27% 26 81% 0 11 10 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 NYY AL 23 35 66% 57% 26% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 NYY AL 24 214 57% 68% 25% 13 85% 0 7 3 2 2 7 5 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 249 59% 67% 25% 15 80% 0 7 3 2 2 8 5 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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