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Alfonso Soriano

Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

Positions: Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 7, 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Marcoris (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1999
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs/Rangers/Nationals 1999-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 8 yrs/$136M (07-14) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 9.079, Free Agent: 2015 [?], Agents: Diego Bentz, previously: Don Nomura [?]
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1999 23 NYY AL 9 8 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .500 .625 51 4 0 0 0 0 0 /D6
2000 24 NYY AL 22 53 50 5 9 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 15 .180 .196 .360 .556 38 18 0 0 2 0 0 5/64D
2001 25 NYY AL 158 614 574 77 154 34 3 18 73 43 14 29 125 .268 .304 .432 .736 90 248 7 3 3 5 0 *4/D RoY-3
2002 26 NYY AL 156 741 696 128 209 51 2 39 102 41 13 23 157 .300 .332 .547 .880 129 381 8 14 1 7 1 *4/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 27 NYY AL 156 734 682 114 198 36 5 38 91 35 8 38 130 .290 .338 .525 .863 126 358 8 12 0 2 7 *4 AS,MVP-20
2004 28 TEX AL 145 658 608 77 170 32 4 28 91 18 5 33 121 .280 .324 .484 .807 100 294 7 10 0 7 4 *4/D AS,SS
2005 29 TEX AL 156 682 637 102 171 43 2 36 104 30 2 33 125 .268 .309 .512 .821 109 326 6 7 0 5 3 *4/D AS,SS
2006 30 WSN NL 159 728 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 41 17 67 160 .277 .351 .560 .911 135 362 3 9 2 3 16 *7 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 31 CHC NL 135 617 579 97 173 42 5 33 70 19 6 31 130 .299 .337 .560 .897 122 324 9 4 0 3 4 *78/4 AS,MVP-12
2008 32 CHC NL 109 503 453 76 127 27 0 29 75 19 3 43 103 .280 .344 .532 .876 119 241 9 3 0 4 11 7/4 AS
2009 33 CHC NL 117 522 477 64 115 25 1 20 55 9 2 40 118 .241 .303 .423 .726 84 202 7 3 0 2 6 *7/45
2010 34 CHC NL 95 348 313 49 84 24 2 18 54 4 0 30 81 .268 .334 .530 .865 121 166 9 2 1 2 0 *7/D
12 Seasons 1417 6208 5724 910 1590 358 26 308 814 261 71 368 1268 .278 .327 .511 .837 113 2924 73 67 9 40 52
162 Game Avg. 162 710 654 104 182 41 3 35 93 30 8 42 145 .278 .327 .511 .837 113 334 8 8 1 5 6
NYY (5 yrs) 501 2150 2010 326 571 124 10 98 270 121 36 91 430 .284 .322 .502 .824 114 1009 23 29 6 14 8
CHC (4 yrs) 456 1990 1822 286 499 118 8 100 254 51 11 144 432 .274 .329 .512 .841 111 933 34 12 1 11 21
TEX (2 yrs) 301 1340 1245 179 341 75 6 64 195 48 7 66 246 .274 .316 .498 .814 105 620 13 17 0 12 7
WSN (1 yr) 159 728 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 41 17 67 160 .277 .351 .560 .911 135 362 3 9 2 3 16
AL (7 yrs) 802 3490 3255 505 912 199 16 162 465 169 43 157 676 .280 .320 .500 .820 110 1629 36 46 6 26 15
NL (5 yrs) 615 2718 2469 405 678 159 10 146 349 92 28 211 592 .275 .335 .525 .860 117 1295 37 21 3 14 37

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 23 NYY AL 8 -1 0 1 0 -1 -1 0 -2 -0.2 /D6
2000 24 NYY AL 53 -5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 -6 -0.6 5/64D
2001 25 NYY AL 614 -10 -3 1 2 -19 3 21 -5 -0.5 $630,000 *4/D RoY-3
2002 26 NYY AL 741 28 5 1 1 -13 3 22 47 4.7 $630,000 *4/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 27 NYY AL 734 19 3 3 0 -10 3 22 40 4.0 $800,000 *4 AS,MVP-20
2004 28 TEX AL 658 0 4 1 1 -20 2 20 8 0.8 $5,400,000 *4/D AS,SS
2005 29 TEX AL 682 1 3 3 1 -16 3 22 17 1.7 $7,500,000 *4/D AS,SS
2006 30 WSN NL 728 27 1 1 2 16 -8 18 57 5.7 $10,000,000 *7 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 31 CHC NL 617 17 -1 0 -1 11 -6 16 36 3.6 $10,000,000 *78/4 AS,MVP-12
2008 32 CHC NL 503 14 -1 0 -1 2 -5 13 22 2.2 $14,000,000 7/4 AS
2009 33 CHC NL 522 -12 0 1 0 -5 -6 13 -9 -0.9 $17,000,000 *7/45
2010 34 CHC NL 348 8 1 0 0 5 -4 10 20 1.9 $19,000,000 *7/D
12 Seasons 6208 86 12 12 5 -53 -16 179 225 22.4 $84,960,000
NYY (5 yrs) 2150 31 5 6 3 -46 8 67 74 7.4 $2,060,000
CHC (4 yrs) 1990 27 -1 1 -2 13 -21 52 69 6.8 $60,000,000
TEX (2 yrs) 1340 1 7 4 2 -36 5 42 25 2.5 $12,900,000
WSN (1 yr) 728 27 1 1 2 16 -8 18 57 5.7 $10,000,000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 25 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 19 18 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 19 15 5 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 .400 .526 .600 1.126 9 0 1 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL WS ARI L 7 25 25 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 7 .240 .240 .360 .600 9 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 4 19 17 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 .118 .211 .353 .563 6 1 1 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 19 19 2 7 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 .368 .368 .421 .789 8 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 32 30 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 11 .133 .188 .167 .354 5 1 1 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 24 22 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 9 .227 .292 .364 .655 8 1 0 0 0 0
2007 31 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 3 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 3 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (9 Series) 44 186 174 14 37 3 0 4 18 10 3 9 53 .213 .263 .299 .562 52 3 3 0 0 0
3 ALDS 13 57 54 6 13 2 0 1 9 5 1 2 15 .241 .281 .333 .614 18 1 1 0 0 0
2 NLDS 6 29 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .107 .138 .107 .245 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 51 45 5 10 1 0 1 5 4 0 4 14 .222 .314 .311 .625 14 1 2 0 0 0
2 WS 13 49 47 3 11 0 0 2 4 1 2 2 16 .234 .265 .362 .627 17 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr 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 -75 1.12 1.00 1.000 4.73 4.70
2000 NYY AL 24 3B 10 8 65.0 26 11 11 4 2 .846 -1 -24 3.05 2.20 .954 2.67 2.64
2000 NYY AL 24 SS 9 4 45.2 16 7 7 2 1 .875 -1 -34 2.76 1.56 .975 4.71 4.66
2000 NYY AL 24 2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -280 0.00 0.00 1.000 5.10 5.00
2000 NYY AL 24 DH 1
2001 NYY AL 25 2B 156 156 1384.1 703 318 366 19 93 .973 -19 -16 4.45 4.38 .981 4.86 4.82 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 -13 -11 4.55 4.53 .979 4.89 4.84 AS,MVP-3,SS
2002 NYY AL 26 DH 1 AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 NYY AL 27 2B 155 154 1376.0 757 293 445 19 88 .975 -10 -2 -9 -2 4.83 4.76 .982 4.94 4.89 AS,MVP-20
2004 TEX AL 28 2B 142 142 1248.0 749 308 418 23 104 .969 -20 -11 -19 -11 5.24 5.11 .982 4.95 4.91 AS,SS
2004 TEX AL 28 DH 3 AS,SS
2005 TEX AL 29 2B 153 153 1351.0 753 284 448 21 101 .972 -16 -19 -14 -17 4.88 4.78 .983 4.96 4.90 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 21 14 18 2.28 2.20 .982 1.97 1.95 AS,MVP-6,SS
2006 WSN NL 30 OF 158 158 1373.2 359 326 22 11 9 .969 16 21 14 18 2.28 2.20 .984 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 CHC NL 31 OF 134 134 1164.1 298 273 19 6 4 .980 10 17 11 17 2.26 2.18 .984 2.30 2.29 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 LF 122 122 1064.0 269 244 19 6 4 .978 9 16 10 18 2.22 2.16 .984 2.00 1.99 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 CF 12 12 100.1 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 18 12 2.60 2.42 .986 2.71 2.70 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHC NL 31 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -240 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.80 AS,MVP-12
2008 CHC NL 32 LF 108 107 937.1 201 186 10 5 5 .975 2 5 2 6 1.88 1.81 .983 1.90 1.89 AS
2008 CHC NL 32 OF 108 107 937.1 201 186 10 5 5 .975 2 5 2 6 1.88 1.81 .985 2.21 2.20 AS
2008 CHC NL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 480 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 4.50 4.80 AS
2009 CHC NL 33 LF 116 116 1004.1 219 201 7 11 2 .950 -5 -4 -6 -5 1.86 1.79 .983 1.93 1.91
2009 CHC NL 33 OF 116 116 1004.1 219 201 7 11 2 .950 -5 -4 -6 -4 1.86 1.79 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 CHC NL 33 2B 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.86 4.80
2009 CHC NL 33 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2010 CHC NL 34 LF 85 84 695.0 134 125 5 4 0 .970 5 -4 9 -7 1.68 1.53 .987 1.84 1.82
2010 CHC NL 34 OF 85 84 695.0 134 125 5 4 0 .970 5 -4 9 -6 1.68 1.53 .988 2.18 2.16
2010 CHC NL 34 DH 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2B 766 759 6754.0 3690 1503 2081 106 472 .971 -78 -32 -14 -9 4.78 4.68 .982 4.92 4.87
5 Seasons OF 601 599 5174.2 1211 1111 63 37 20 .969 28 35 7 8 2.04 1.95 .985 2.23 2.21
5 Seasons LF 589 587 5074.1 1182 1082 63 37 20 .969 27 34 6 8 2.03 1.94 .983 1.94 1.92
1 Season CF 12 12 100.1 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 18 11 2.60 2.42 .986 2.71 2.70
2 Seasons 3B 11 8 65.1 26 11 11 4 2 .846 -1 -24 3.03 2.00 .954 2.67 2.64
2 Seasons SS 10 5 53.2 18 7 8 3 2 .833 -2 -40 2.52 1.50 .978 4.71 4.66
12 Seasons TOT 1388 1371 12047.2 4945 2632 2163 150 496 .970 -53 3 -5 0 3.58 3.45 .982 3.63 3.58
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 (2B)
2003 (2B)
2004 (2B)
2005 *
2006 (LF)
2007 *
2008

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (3, 60%)
2003 AL (20, 4%)
2006 NL (6, 24%)
2007 NL (12, 9%)
0.97 Career Shares (248th)

Silver Sluggers
2002 AL (2B)
2004 AL (2B)
2005 AL (2B)
2006 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.7 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.7 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2002 AL  .547 (9th)
2007 NL  .560 (10th)
2010 NL  .530 (8th)
Active  .511 (25th)
Career  .511 (78th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .838 (45th)
Career  .838 (210th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL  159 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 AL  696 (1st)
2003 AL  682 (1st)
2005 AL  637 (10th)
2006 NL  647 (6th)
Active  5724 (41st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 AL  741 (1st)
2003 AL  734 (2nd)
2006 NL  728 (5th)
Active  6208 (48th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 AL  128 (1st)
2003 AL  114 (6th)
2006 NL  119 (5th)
Active  910 (36th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  209 (1st)
2003 AL  198 (5th)
Active  1590 (42nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2002 AL  381 (2nd)
2003 AL  358 (3rd)
2005 AL  326 (7th)
2006 NL  362 (2nd)
2007 NL  324 (8th)
Active  2924 (30th)

Doubles s c a p y
2002 AL  51 (3rd)
2005 AL  43 (4th)
Active  358 (34th)
Career  358 (240th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  39 (5th)
2003 AL  38 (5th)
2005 AL  36 (7th)
2006 NL  46 (3rd)
2007 NL  33 (8th)
Active  308 (18th)
Career  308 (115th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Active  814 (43rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 AL  157 (2nd)
2003 AL  130 (4th)
2005 AL  125 (8th)
2006 NL  160 (4th)
Active  1268 (19th)
Career  1268 (118th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2001 AL  43 (3rd)
2002 AL  41 (1st)
2003 AL  35 (4th)
2005 AL  30 (6th)
2006 NL  41 (6th)
Active  261 (18th)
Career  261 (204th)

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL  119 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2002 AL  126 (7th)
2003 AL  123 (8th)
2006 NL  130 (7th)
Active  969 (36th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  92 (1st)
2003 AL  79 (6th)
2005 AL  81 (3rd)
2006 NL  89 (1st)
2007 NL  80 (6th)
Active  692 (25th)
Career  692 (177th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active  .583 (48th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 AL  14 (5th)
Active  67 (38th)
Career  67 (212th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  16 (6th)
Active  52 (42nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2001 AL  14 (2nd)
2002 AL  13 (2nd)
2003 AL  8 (9th)
2006 NL  17 (2nd)
Active  71 (19th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2001 AL  25.4 (8th)
2002 AL  40.0 (1st)
2003 AL  36.4 (1st)
2004 AL  21.9 (4th)
2005 AL  32.7 (1st)
2006 NL  43.4 (1st)
2007 NL  24.1 (8th)
2008 NL  23.0 (7th)
Active  282.6 (4th)
Career  282.6 (28th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 NL  14.1 (8th)
2007 NL  17.5 (10th)
2008 NL  15.6 (6th)
2010 NL  17.4 (10th)
Active  18.6 (22nd)
Career  18.6 (84th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 AL  516 (1st)
2003 AL  502 (2nd)
2005 AL  479 (10th)
2006 NL  493 (4th)
Active  4327 (42nd)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  13.5 (43rd)

Assists† s c a p y
2005 AL  448 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2002 AL  23 (3rd)
2004 AL  23 (5th)
2009 NL  22 (5th)
Active  150 (21st)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2001 AL  156 (2nd)
2002 AL  155 (1st)
2003 AL  155 (3rd)
2004 AL  142 (5th)
2005 AL  153 (1st)
Active  766 (12th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2001 AL  318 (2nd)
2002 AL  300 (1st)
2003 AL  293 (3rd)
2004 AL  308 (1st)
2005 AL  284 (2nd)
Active  1503 (12th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2002 AL  402 (2nd)
2003 AL  445 (4th)
2004 AL  418 (4th)
2005 AL  448 (1st)
Active  2081 (12th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2001 AL  19 (1st)
2002 AL  23 (1st)
2003 AL  19 (1st)
2004 AL  23 (1st)
2005 AL  21 (1st)
Active  106 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  158 (1st)
Active  589 (11th)

Putouts as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  326 (1st)
2007 NL  244 (4th)
Active  1082 (12th)
Career  1082 (93rd)

Assists as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  22 (1st)
2007 NL  19 (1st)
2008 NL  10 (3rd)
2009 NL  7 (4th)
Active  63 (6th)
Career  63 (40th)

Errors Committed as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  11 (2nd)
2007 NL  6 (3rd)
2008 NL  5 (3rd)
2009 NL  11 (1st)
2010 NL  4 (1st)
Active  37 (4th)
Career  37 (46th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  158 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  22 (1st)
2007 NL  19 (1st)
Active  63 (23rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  11 (2nd)
2009 NL  11 (2nd)
Active  37 (20th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.24 (2nd)
Active  4.78 (23rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2004 AL  5.11 (2nd)
2005 AL  4.78 (5th)
Active  4.68 (12th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
Active  .971 (23rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  16 (1st)
2007 NL  9 (3rd)
2010 NL  5 (4th)
Active  27 (8th)
Career  27 (30th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.28 (2nd)
2007 NL  2.22 (4th)
2008 NL  1.88 (5th)
Active  2.03 (9th)
Career  2.03 (61st)

Range Factor/Game as LF s c a p y
2006 NL  2.20 (1st)
2007 NL  2.16 (2nd)
2008 NL  1.81 (3rd)
2009 NL  1.79 (4th)
Active  1.94 (3rd)
Career  1.94 (36th)

Fielding % as LF s c a p y
Active  .969 (17th)

Salary s c a p y
2009 NL  $17,000,000 (7th)
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 63 (400), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (222), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (559), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Cliff Floyd (866)
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  7. Adrian Beltre (863)
  8. Ryan Klesko (858)
  9. Mike Lowell (857)
  10. Wally Berger (855)
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  7. Jim Edmonds (867)
  8. Ray Lankford (865)
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  3. Ian Kinsler (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marcus Giles (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Gordon (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Howard Johnson (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eric Chavez (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 29, 1998: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).

February 16, 2004: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Alex Rodriguez and cash. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

December 8, 2005: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Washington Nationals for Armando Galarraga, Terrmel Sledge and Brad Wilkerson.

October 29, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200125New York Yankees$630,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226New York Yankees$630,0004/3/02 AP
200327New York Yankees$800,0004/3/03 AP
200428Texas Rangers$5,400,0004/7/04 AP
200529Texas Rangers$7,500,000
200630Washington Nationals$10,000,000
200731Chicago Cubs$10,000,000
200832Chicago Cubs$14,000,000
200933Chicago Cubs$17,000,000
201034Chicago Cubs$19,000,000
201135Chicago Cubs$18,000,000
201236Chicago Cubs$18,000,000
201337Chicago Cubs$18,000,000
201438Chicago Cubs$18,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$84,960,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Alfonso Alfonso alfonzo alphonso Guilleard Soriano

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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