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Joakim Soria

Joakim Agustin (Ramos) Soria (twitter: @joakimsoria)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 18, 1984 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2007 (Age 22)
Team: Royals 2007-2011
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$8M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Oscar Suarez [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #661. Darold Knowles… #662. Erik Bedard… #663. Dave Rozema… #664. JOAKIM SORIA… #665. Ron Kline… #666. Richard Dotson… #667. Hugh Casey… 

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 38 0 0 17 69.0 46 20 19 3 19 3 75 1 0 2 270 185 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 1 260 270 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 3 222 202 1.132 7.5 0.8 2.7 11.7 4.31
2010 26 KCR AL 1 2 .333 1.78 66 0 56 0 0 43 65.2 53 13 13 4 16 1 71 2 1 3 270 236 1.051 7.3 0.5 2.2 9.7 4.44 AS,CYA-10,MVP-19
2011 27 KCR AL 5 5 .500 4.03 60 0 47 0 0 28 60.1 60 29 27 7 17 0 60 2 0 1 256 102 1.276 9.0 1.0 2.5 9.0 3.53
5 Yrs 13 15 .464 2.40 298 0 239 0 0 160 315.1 242 89 84 24 87 6 341 13 2 10 1278 181 1.043 6.9 0.7 2.5 9.7 3.92
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .464 2.40 68 0 55 0 0 37 72 55 20 19 5 20 1 78 3 0 2 292 181 1.043 6.9 0.7 2.5 9.7 3.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 69.0 62 0 20 2.61 4.94 0.19 -0.37 101.6 4.45 14 1.4 1.7 0.3 2.3 23 .522 .508 $380,000 RoY-7
2008 24 KCR AL 67.1 63 0 13 1.74 4.83 -0.35 -0.36 99.0 4.78 22 2.2 1.8 0.7 3.6 31 .535 .514 $426,500 AS
2009 25 KCR AL 53.0 47 0 14 2.38 4.88 -0.54 -0.36 99.0 5.01 15 1.5 1.9 0.6 2.6 22 .533 .510 $1,000,000
2010 26 KCR AL 65.2 66 0 13 1.78 4.54 -0.54 -0.35 100.1 4.74 21 2.3 1.8 0.7 3.6 29 .534 .514 $3,000,000 AS,CYA-10,MVP-19
2011 27 KCR AL 60.1 60 0 29 4.33 4.47 0.11 -0.34 101.9 4.10 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.2 0.2 5 .497 .499 $4,000,000
5 Seasons 315.1 298 0 89 2.54 4.73 -0.21 -0.35 100.4 4.61 70 7.2 1.8 2.0 12.3 110 .524 .509 $8,806,500

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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
2007 23 KCR AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-7
2008 24 KCR AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 25 KCR AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 26 KCR AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-10,MVP-19
2011 27 KCR AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $380,000 1 RoY-7
2008 24 KCR AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $426,500 1 AS
2009 25 KCR AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
2010 26 KCR AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $3,000,000 1 AS,CYA-10,MVP-19
2011 27 KCR AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,000,000 1
5 Seasons 298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.3 0 $8,806,500

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2007 KCR AL 23 P 62 0 0 69.0 14 4 9 1 0 .929 3 9 1.70 0.21 .955 1.60 1.59 0 0 1 RoY-7
2008 KCR AL 24 P 63 0 0 67.1 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 2 6 1.60 0.19 .952 1.60 1.59 2 1 33% 27% 2 AS
2009 KCR AL 25 P 47 0 0 53.0 8 2 5 1 1 .875 0 0 1.19 0.15 .952 1.53 1.51 0 1 100% 26% 0
2010 KCR AL 26 P 66 0 0 65.2 19 9 10 0 1 1.000 1 3 2.60 0.29 .953 1.63 1.61 1 1 50% 26% 0 AS,CYA-10,MVP-19
2011 KCR AL 27 P 60 0 0 60.1 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 2 7 1.79 0.20 .949 1.60 1.59 0 1 100% 28% 0
5 Seasons P 298 0 0 315.1 65 22 41 2 4 .969 8 5 1.80 0.21 .952 1.60 1.58 3 4 57% 27% 3
5 Seasons TOT 298 0 0 315.1 65 22 41 2 4 .969 8 30 1.80 0.21 .952 1.60 1.58 3 4 57% 27% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *
2010

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (19, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (10, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (292nd)

Saves s c a p y
2008 AL  42 (2nd)
2009 AL  30 (7th)
2010 AL  43 (2nd)
2011 AL  28 (9th)
Active  160 (13th)
Career  160 (65th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 AL  57 (4th)
2010 AL  56 (2nd)
2011 AL  47 (10th)
Active  239 (19th)
Career  239 (179th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
Active  69 (46th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  6.8 (47th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  75.08 (41st)
Career  75.08 (205th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.8 (4th)
2008 AL  4.2 (4th)
2009 AL  3.5 (8th)
2010 AL  4.6 (2nd)
Active  15.5 (19th)
Career  15.5 (99th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.3 (9th)
Active  6.1 (49th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Active  7.5 (43rd)
Career  7.5 (228th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 34 (401), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (128th), 12.3 career WAR/12.3 7yr-peak WAR/12.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  9. Kazuhiro Sasaki (926)
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  1. Kenley Jansen (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
  3. Gregg Olson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gregg Olson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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/Other Sources
200723Kansas City Royals$380,000
200824Kansas City Royals$426,500
200925Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
201026Kansas City Royals$3,000,000
201127Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
201228Kansas City Royals$6,000,000contracts
201329Texas Rangers$2,000,000
201430Texas Rangers$5,500,000
201531Texas Rangers*$7,000,000$7M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,806,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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