Joakim Soria
Joakim A Soria
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 18, 1984 in Monclova, Mexico
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 2 3 .400 2.48 62 0 37 0 0 17 69.0 46 20 19 3 19 3 75 1 0 2 270 184 0.942 6.0 0.4 2.5 9.8 3.95 RoY-7
2008 24 KCR AL 2 3 .400 1.60 63 0 57 0 0 42 67.1 39 13 12 5 19 1 66 6 1 1 260 272 0.861 5.2 0.7 2.5 8.8 3.47 AS
2009 25 KCR AL 3 2 .600 2.21 47 0 41 0 0 30 53.0 44 14 13 5 16 1 69 2 0 3 222 200 1.132 7.5 0.8 2.7 11.7 4.31
3 Seasons 7 8 .467 2.09 172 0 135 0 0 89 189.1 129 47 44 13 54 5 210 9 1 6 752 213 0.967 6.1 0.6 2.6 10.0 3.89
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .467 2.09 68 0 53 0 0 35 75 51 19 17 5 21 2 83 4 0 2 297 213 0.967 6.1 0.6 2.6 10.0 3.89

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 9 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 10.8 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 KCR AL 62 270 246 20 46 8 1 3 0 0 19 75 .187 .245 .264 .510 .251 65 2 1 1 3 3
2008 24 KCR AL 63 260 231 13 39 5 0 5 2 1 19 66 .169 .248 .255 .503 .210 59 5 6 2 2 1
2009 25 KCR AL 47 222 201 14 44 6 1 5 0 1 16 69 .219 .281 .333 .614 .302 67 3 2 1 2 1
3 Seasons 172 752 678 47 129 19 2 13 2 2 54 210 .190 .257 .282 .538 .251 191 10 9 4 7 5
162 Game Avg. 68 297 268 19 51 8 1 5 1 1 21 83 .190 .257 .282 .538 .251 76 4 4 2 3 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 23 KCR AL 62 62 37 2 3 21 17 4 81% 30 9 26 4 15% 9 1.780 30 9 22 46 8 8 14 48 17 5 18 9 3.3 17
2008 24 KCR AL 63 63 57 2 3 45 42 3 93% 45 0 6 2 33% 9 1.830 37 13 12 52 6 5 4 59 7 4 7 18 3.2 17
2009 25 KCR AL 47 47 41 3 2 33 30 3 91% 33 0 18 8 44% 9 2.072 29 8 6 37 5 5 9 38 10 5 10 13 3.4 19
3 Seasons 172 172 135 7 8 99 89 10 90% 108 9 50 14 28% 1.883 96 30 40 135 19 18 27 145 34 14 35 40 3.3 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 23 KCR AL 270 39% 1.1% 27.8% 7.0% 4.4% 26% 0.68 0.72 63% 17% 3.4% 13% 40 2 5%
2008 24 KCR AL 260 53% 1.9% 25.4% 7.3% 3.9% 26% 0.80 0.94 62% 15% 6.4% 15% 33 5 15%
2009 25 KCR AL 222 52% 2.3% 31.1% 7.2% 5.4% 27% 0.64 0.78 58% 19% 6.8% 10% 43 3 7%
3 Seasons 752 48% 1.7% 27.9% 7.2% 4.5% 26% 0.71 0.82 61% 17% 5.4% 13% 116 10 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 KCR AL 270 1079 4.00 698 65% 30% 18% 27% 25% 70% 3% 45% 74% 60% 3% 9 5 25% 68 38 0 25% 14 1 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 260 1042 4.01 691 66% 31% 18% 27% 24% 69% 1% 46% 74% 59% 4% 10 7 32% 84 53 2 17% 19 2 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 222 903 4.07 596 66% 29% 21% 28% 23% 71% 1% 47% 70% 65% 5% 10 4 34% 75 39 2 14% 10 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 752 3024 4.02 1985 66% 30% 19% 27% 24% 70% 2% 46% 73% 61% 4% 29 16 30% 227 130 4 19% 43 8 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 23 KCR AL 270 46 7 1 3 0 9 3 0 1 2 11 6 1 55% 1 2 1 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2008 24 KCR AL 260 39 6 0 5 0 7 1 4 0 5 8 4 2 50% 1 1 1 66 2 1 67% 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
2009 25 KCR AL 222 44 3 0 5 0 7 3 2 4 1 12 7 3 58% 6 3 1 88 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
3 Seasons 752 129 16 1 13 0 23 7 6 5 8 31 17 6 55% 8 6 3 243 2 2 50% 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 24 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 23 2 3 .400 2.48 62 0 37 0 0 17 69.0 46 20 19 3 19 3 75 1 0 2 270 184 0.942 6.0 0.4 2.5 9.8 3.95 184
2008 24 4 6 .400 2.05 125 0 94 0 0 59 136.1 85 33 31 8 38 4 141 7 1 3 530 218 0.902 5.6 0.5 2.5 9.3 3.71 218
2009 25 7 8 .467 2.09 172 0 135 0 0 89 189.1 129 47 44 13 54 5 210 9 1 6 752 213 0.967 6.1 0.6 2.6 10.0 3.89 213

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2007 23 5 2 .714 2.38 68.0 45 20 18 3 19 74 1 0.941 6.0 2.5 9.8 3.89 0.4 62
2008 24 6 1 .857 1.66 65.0 39 13 12 5 19 64 6 0.892 5.4 2.6 8.9 3.37 0.7 63
2009 25 4 1 .800 2.21 53.0 45 14 13 5 16 69 2 1.151 7.6 2.7 11.7 4.31 0.8 47
3 Seasons 15 4 .789 2.08 186.0 129 47 43 13 54 207 9 0.984 6.2 10.0 3.83 0.6 172

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Saves s c a p y
2008 AL--42--2nd
2009 AL--30--7th
Active--89--28th
Career--89--140th

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 AL--57--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Akinori Otsuka (944)
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  5. Peter Moylan (938)
  6. Chick Brandom (934)
  7. Jonathan Papelbon (931)
  8. Bill Dailey (928)
  9. Cy Acosta (927)
  10. Matt Miller (918)
Similar Pitchers through 25 
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  1. Rod Beck (966)
  2. Rawly Eastwick (953)
  3. Dick Radatz (949)
  4. Rob Dibble (949)
  5. Doug Sisk (947)
  6. Dave Smith (942)
  7. Jeff Reardon (942)
  8. Jose Valverde (942)
  9. Bruce Sutter (938) *
  10. Cecil Upshaw (937)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Bruce Sutter (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rod Beck (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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