Rafael Soriano
Rafael Soriano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 2002
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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
2002 22 SEA AL 0 3 .000 4.56 10 8 1 0 0 1 47.1 45 25 24 8 16 1 32 0 0 2 202 93 1.289 8.6 1.5 3.0 6.1 2.00
2003 23 SEA AL 3 0 1.000 1.53 40 0 12 0 0 1 53.0 30 9 9 2 12 1 68 3 0 0 201 282 0.792 5.1 0.3 2.0 11.5 5.67
2004 24 SEA AL 0 3 .000 13.50 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 34 3.600 24.3 0.0 8.1 8.1 1.00
2005 25 SEA AL 0 0 2.45 7 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 30 171 0.955 7.4 0.0 1.2 11.0 9.00
2006 26 SEA AL 1 2 .333 2.25 53 0 14 0 0 2 60.0 44 15 15 6 21 0 65 2 0 2 241 197 1.083 6.6 0.9 3.2 9.8 3.10
2007 27 ATL NL 3 3 .500 3.00 71 0 28 0 0 9 72.0 47 26 24 12 15 2 70 2 0 0 276 145 0.861 5.9 1.5 1.9 8.8 4.67
2008 28 ATL NL 0 1 .000 2.57 14 0 5 0 0 3 14.0 7 5 4 1 9 2 16 1 0 1 57 164 1.143 4.5 0.6 5.8 10.3 1.78
2009 29 ATL NL 1 6 .143 2.97 77 0 52 0 0 27 75.2 53 25 25 6 27 4 102 1 0 0 307 138 1.057 6.3 0.7 3.2 12.1 3.78
8 Seasons 8 18 .308 2.92 278 8 116 0 0 43 332.2 241 113 108 35 104 10 365 10 0 5 1337 146 1.037 6.5 0.9 2.8 9.9 3.51
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .308 2.92 66 2 28 0 0 10 79 57 27 26 8 25 2 87 2 0 1 318 146 1.037 6.5 0.9 2.8 9.9 3.51
SEA (5 yrs) 4 8 .333 2.89 116 8 31 0 0 4 171.0 134 57 55 16 53 2 177 6 0 4 697 150 1.094 7.1 0.8 2.8 9.3 3.34
ATL (3 yrs) 4 10 .286 2.95 162 0 85 0 0 39 161.2 107 56 53 19 51 8 188 4 0 1 640 143 0.977 6.0 1.1 2.8 10.5 3.69
AL (5 yrs) 4 8 .333 2.89 116 8 31 0 0 4 171.0 134 57 55 16 53 2 177 6 0 4 697 150 1.094 7.1 0.8 2.8 9.3 3.34
NL (3 yrs) 4 10 .286 2.95 162 0 85 0 0 39 161.2 107 56 53 19 51 8 188 4 0 1 640 143 0.977 6.0 1.1 2.8 10.5 3.69

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
2002 22 SEA AL 10 202 185 25 45 11 1 8 2 2 16 32 .243 .303 .443 .747 .255 82 2 0 1 0 1
2003 23 SEA AL 40 201 185 9 30 8 0 2 4 1 12 68 .162 .224 .238 .462 .241 44 2 3 0 1 1
2004 24 SEA AL 6 23 20 6 9 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .450 .522 .650 1.172 .529 13 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 7 30 27 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 .222 .267 .296 .563 .316 8 0 1 0 1 0
2006 26 SEA AL 53 241 216 15 44 6 2 6 7 2 21 65 .204 .279 .333 .612 .260 72 4 2 1 1 0
2007 27 ATL NL 71 276 259 26 47 7 1 12 7 2 15 70 .181 .232 .355 .587 .198 92 4 2 0 0 2
2008 28 ATL NL 14 57 47 5 7 3 0 1 1 1 9 16 .149 .298 .277 .575 .200 13 1 1 0 0 2
2009 29 ATL NL 77 307 273 25 53 12 2 6 3 0 27 102 .194 .267 .319 .586 .281 87 4 1 4 2 4
8 Seasons 278 1337 1212 113 241 53 6 35 24 8 104 365 .199 .267 .339 .606 .252 411 17 10 6 5 10
162 Game Avg. 66 318 288 27 57 13 1 8 6 2 25 87 .199 .267 .339 .606 .252 98 4 2 1 1 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 22 SEA AL 10 8 0 3 5 0 1 2 6 .250 1 1 0 0 2 25% 47 68 29 5 1 0 3 3.0 2.9 5.3 85 3 3 2 0 116
1 Season 10 8 0 3 5 0 1 2 6 .250 1 1 0 0 2 25% 47 68 29 5 1 0 3 3.0 2.9 5.3 85 3 3 2 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2002 22 SEA AL 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 0.929 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5 33
2003 23 SEA AL 40 40 12 3 0 2 1 1 50% 7 5 15 4 27% 8 0.794 11 6 22 16 7 17 9 31 17 4 18 4 4.0 22
2004 24 SEA AL 6 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 8 1.463 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 4 0 5 2 0 1.7 16
2005 25 SEA AL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 0.530 1 1 5 1 0 6 2 5 2 3 2 1 3.1 21
2006 26 SEA AL 53 53 14 1 2 6 2 4 33% 24 18 39 12 31% 8 1.273 24 13 16 26 9 18 24 29 20 11 24 10 3.4 18
2007 27 ATL NL 71 71 28 3 3 12 9 3 75% 31 19 12 2 17% 8 1.162 33 11 26 50 10 11 6 65 7 6 7 19 3.0 16
2008 28 ATL NL 14 14 5 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 0 0 9 1.671 7 3 4 7 4 3 0 14 0 0 0 2 3.0 17
2009 29 ATL NL 77 77 52 1 6 31 27 4 87% 37 6 5 0 0% 9 1.702 39 14 23 56 11 10 2 75 2 5 2 29 2.9 16
8 Seasons 278 270 116 8 15 57 43 14 75% 106 49 75 19 25% 1.228 118 49 100 159 44 67 45 225 50 34 57 65 3.2 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%
2002 22 SEA AL 202 54% 4.0% 15.8% 7.9% 9.9% 44% 0.39 0.46 72% 24% 10.4% 25% 29 2 7%
2003 23 SEA AL 201 49% 1.0% 33.8% 6.0% 5.0% 33% 0.60 0.61 58% 16% 3.4% 21% 25 2 8%
2004 24 SEA AL 23 30% 0.0% 13.0% 13.0% 17.4% 44% 0.60 1.33 74% 18% 0.0% 10% 8 0 0%
2005 25 SEA AL 30 27% 0.0% 30.0% 3.3% 6.7% 33% 0.46 0.30 63% 11% 0.0% 23% 6 0 0%
2006 26 SEA AL 241 39% 2.5% 27.0% 8.7% 5.8% 32% 0.39 0.43 61% 19% 7.0% 21% 52 4 8%
2007 27 ATL NL 276 48% 4.4% 25.4% 5.4% 7.3% 43% 0.50 0.54 64% 14% 11.5% 17% 34 4 12%
2008 28 ATL NL 57 42% 1.8% 28.1% 15.8% 7.0% 57% 0.29 0.39 53% 19% 5.3% 21% 14 1 7%
2009 29 ATL NL 307 47% 2.0% 33.2% 8.8% 6.5% 38% 0.45 0.58 54% 18% 5.8% 12% 54 4 7%
8 Seasons 1337 46% 2.6% 27.3% 7.8% 7.0% 39% 0.45 0.51 61% 18% 7.5% 19% 222 17 8%
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
2002 22 SEA AL 202 746 3.69 452 61% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 1% 46% 83% 52% 5% 11 6 15% 31 18 2 25% 3 5 0 0 0
2003 23 SEA AL 201 861 4.28 577 67% 23% 25% 32% 20% 77% 1% 52% 68% 57% 4% 8 7 34% 68 42 1 21% 9 0 0 0 0
2004 24 SEA AL 23 95 4.13 58 61% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 0% 43% 78% 52% 9% 2 2 22% 5 3 1 33% 2 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 30 148 4.93 104 70% 17% 18% 46% 18% 83% 0% 58% 78% 60% 3% 1 1 57% 17 10 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 SEA AL 241 980 4.07 654 67% 24% 19% 33% 23% 76% 0% 51% 75% 65% 6% 14 9 37% 89 52 1 23% 9 5 0 0 0
2007 27 ATL NL 276 1133 4.11 760 67% 24% 19% 32% 25% 76% 2% 51% 75% 58% 4% 12 8 34% 93 66 4 21% 12 2 0 0 0
2008 28 ATL NL 57 234 4.11 143 61% 31% 20% 27% 22% 69% 8% 42% 71% 60% 5% 3 1 19% 11 9 1 25% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 29 ATL NL 307 1233 4.02 818 66% 29% 22% 28% 22% 71% 3% 47% 69% 63% 6% 17 7 34% 104 70 4 22% 25 7 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1337 5430 4.06 3566 66% 25% 20% 31% 24% 75% 2% 49% 74% 60% 5% 68 41 31% 418 270 15 22% 62 19 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
2002 22 SEA AL 202 45 2 1 8 0 5 3 5 5 3 9 4 0 44% 4 2 0 63 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
2003 23 SEA AL 201 30 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 2 2 29% 0 0 1 55 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 24 SEA AL 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 30 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 26 SEA AL 241 44 4 0 6 2 9 3 3 4 2 12 5 4 42% 1 2 1 95 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 27 ATL NL 276 47 3 0 12 1 4 6 6 6 6 10 5 2 50% 4 0 0 71 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 ATL NL 57 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 29 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 29 ATL NL 307 53 3 0 6 0 7 2 4 2 4 11 5 2 45% 3 0 0 114 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 1337 241 18 1 35 3 29 15 20 19 16 54 25 10 46% 12 5 2 452 24 8 75% 18 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 13 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+
2002 22 0 3 .000 4.56 10 8 1 0 0 1 47.1 45 25 24 8 16 1 32 0 0 2 202 93 1.289 8.6 1.5 3.0 6.1 2.00 93
2003 23 3 3 .500 2.96 50 8 13 0 0 2 100.1 75 34 33 10 28 2 100 3 0 2 403 144 1.027 6.7 0.9 2.5 9.0 3.57 144
2004 24 3 6 .333 3.30 56 8 13 0 0 2 103.2 84 40 38 10 31 2 103 3 0 2 426 130 1.109 7.3 0.9 2.7 8.9 3.32 130
2005 25 3 6 .333 3.24 63 8 17 0 0 2 111.0 90 42 40 10 32 2 112 4 0 2 456 132 1.099 7.3 0.8 2.6 9.1 3.50 132
2006 26 4 8 .333 2.89 116 8 31 0 0 4 171.0 134 57 55 16 53 2 177 6 0 4 697 150 1.094 7.1 0.8 2.8 9.3 3.34 150
2007 27 7 11 .389 2.93 187 8 59 0 0 13 243.0 181 83 79 28 68 4 247 8 0 4 973 148 1.025 6.7 1.0 2.5 9.1 3.63 148
2008 28 7 12 .368 2.91 201 8 64 0 0 16 257.0 188 88 83 29 77 6 263 9 0 5 1030 149 1.031 6.6 1.0 2.7 9.2 3.42 149
2009 29 8 18 .308 2.92 278 8 116 0 0 43 332.2 241 113 108 35 104 10 365 10 0 5 1337 146 1.037 6.5 0.9 2.8 9.9 3.51 146

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
2002 22 2 3 .400 4.89 46.0 47 28 25 8 17 31 0 1.391 9.2 3.3 6.1 1.82 1.6 10
2003 23 4 1 .800 1.56 52.0 31 10 9 2 12 67 3 0.827 5.4 2.1 11.6 5.58 0.3 40
2004 24 0 0 11.25 4.0 9 6 5 0 3 4 0 3.000 20.3 6.8 9.0 1.33 0.0 6
2005 25 0 0 2.57 7.0 6 2 2 0 1 9 1 1.000 7.7 1.3 11.6 9.00 0.0 7
2006 26 4 2 .667 2.33 58.0 44 17 15 6 21 63 2 1.121 6.8 3.3 9.8 3.00 0.9 53
2007 27 4 3 .571 2.92 71.0 47 26 23 12 15 69 2 0.873 6.0 1.9 8.7 4.60 1.5 71
2008 28 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 7 4 4 1 9 15 1 1.231 4.8 6.2 10.4 1.67 0.7 14
2009 29 5 3 .625 3.00 75.0 54 28 25 6 28 101 1 1.093 6.5 3.4 12.1 3.61 0.7 77
8 Seasons 20 12 .625 2.98 326.0 245 121 108 35 106 359 10 1.077 6.8 9.9 3.39 1.0 278

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  77 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL  27 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 NL  52 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Luis DeLeon (954)
  7. Dave Baldwin (954)
  8. Bob Apodaca (951)
  9. Victor Cruz (950)
  10. Scott Strickland (950)
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  7. Greg Minton (954)
  8. Francisco Cordero (953)
  9. Dooley Womack (952)
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  5. Todd Jones (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Klimkowski (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg McMichael (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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