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Rafael Soriano

Rafael Soriano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, San Pedro de Macoris, 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mariners/Yankees/Rays 2002-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$14M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.057, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #686. Scot Shields… #687. Dontrelle Willis… #688. Rick Helling… #689. RAFAEL SORIANO… #690. Bryan Harvey… #691. Guy Morton… #692. Jim Brewer…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #686. Scot Shields… #687. Dontrelle Willis… #688. Rick Helling… #689. RAFAEL SORIANO… #690. Bryan Harvey… #691. Guy Morton… #692. Jim Brewer…

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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
1999	19	SEA-min	A-	5	4	.556	3.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	56	34	26	8	49	0	83	4	0	2	323		1.394	6.7	1.0	5.9	9.9	1.69	EVR · NORW
2000	20	SEA-min	A	8	4	.667	2.87	21	21	0	1	0	0	122.1	97	41	39	3	50	0	90	12	2	5	500		1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7	6.6	1.80	APP · MIDW
2001	21	SEA-min	A+,AA	8	5	.615	2.82	23	23	0	2	1	0	137.1	83	46	43	9	53	0	151	6	1	4	539		0.990	5.4	0.6	3.5	9.9	2.85	SBR,SAN · CALL,TL
2002	22	SEA-min	AA	2	3	.400	2.31	10	8	0	0	0	0	46.2	32	13	12	6	15	0	52	1	0	0	185		1.007	6.2	1.2	2.9	10.0	3.47	SAN · TL
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	94	1.289	8.6	1.5	3.0	6.1	2.00
2003	23	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.19	11	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	43	24	22	2	12	0	63	4	1	0	241		0.887	6.2	0.3	1.7	9.1	5.25	TAC · PCL
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	283	0.792	5.1	0.3	2.0	11.5	5.67
2004	24	SEA-min	AA,A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.83	7	6	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	4	3	3	0	24	0	0	0	74		0.814	5.9	1.4	1.4	11.0	8.00	SAN,SBR,TAC · TL,CALL,PCL
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	37	3.600	24.3	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
2005	25	SEA-min	A-,AAA,A+,AA	1	0	1.000	1.10	13	8	0	0	0	0	16.1	11	3	2	0	3	0	24	2	1	0	63		0.857	6.1	0.0	1.7	13.2	8.00	EVR,TAC,SBR,SAN · NORW,PCL,CALL,TL
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	179	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	198	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	146	0.861	5.9	1.5	1.9	8.8	4.67
2008	28	ATL-min	FRk,AA	0	1	.000	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	16		1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2	9.0	4.00	BV1,MSS · DOSL,SOUL
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	166	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	139	1.057	6.3	0.7	3.2	12.1	3.78
2010	30	TBR	AL	3	2	.600	1.73	64	0	56	0	0	45	62.1	36	14	12	4	14	2	57	1	0	0	237	226	0.802	5.2	0.6	2.0	8.2	4.07	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	31	NYY-min	A+,AAA	1	1	.500	8.31	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17		1.154	10.4	4.2	0.0	6.2		TAM,SWB · FLOR,IL
2011	31	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	4.12	42	0	8	0	0	2	39.1	33	18	18	4	18	2	36	1	0	0	164	105	1.297	7.6	0.9	4.1	8.2	2.00
2012	32	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	2.26	69	0	54	0	0	42	67.2	55	17	17	6	24	4	69	1	0	3	279	185	1.167	7.3	0.8	3.2	9.2	2.88	MVP-20
11 Yrs				15	24	.385	2.78	453	8	234	0	0	132	502.0	365	162	155	49	160	18	527	13	0	8	2017	153	1.046	6.5	0.9	2.9	9.4	3.29
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.385	2.78	67	1	35	0	0	19	74	54	24	23	7	24	3	78	2	0	1	298	153	1.046	6.5	0.9	2.9	9.4	3.29

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	151	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	144	0.977	6.0	1.1	2.8	10.5	3.69
NYY (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	2.94	111	0	62	0	0	44	107.0	88	35	35	10	42	6	105	2	0	3	443	144	1.215	7.4	0.8	3.5	8.8	2.50
TBR (1 yr)				3	2	.600	1.73	64	0	56	0	0	45	62.1	36	14	12	4	14	2	57	1	0	0	237	226	0.802	5.2	0.6	2.0	8.2	4.07

AL (8 yrs)				11	14	.440	2.70	291	8	149	0	0	93	340.1	258	106	102	30	109	10	339	9	0	7	1377	158	1.078	6.8	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.11
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	144	0.977	6.0	1.1	2.8	10.5	3.69

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
2002	22	SEA	AL	47.1	10	8	25	4.75	4.66	0.03	0.12	92.7	4.39	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.0	0.2	4	.480	.499
2003	23	SEA	AL	53.0	40	0	9	1.53	4.88	0.16	-0.36	95.6	4.16	16	1.6	.9	-0.2	1.9	22	.539	.510
2004	24	SEA	AL	3.1	6	0	6	16.20	5.38	0.19	-0.40	94.3	4.51	-4	-0.4	1.6	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.434	.498	$335,000
2005	25	SEA	AL	7.1	7	0	2	2.45	4.95	-0.02	-0.37	100.1	4.59	2	0.2	.7	-0.0	0.2	3	.525	.501	$340,000
2006	26	SEA	AL	60.0	53	0	15	2.25	5.03	0.24	-0.37	95.9	4.24	13	1.3	1.4	0.1	1.9	21	.524	.508	$450,000
2007	27	ATL	NL	72.0	71	0	26	3.25	4.83	0.27	-0.35	98.2	4.14	7	0.7	1.3	-0.1	1.2	14	.511	.505	$1,200,000
2008	28	ATL	NL	14.0	14	0	5	3.21	4.78	0.13	-0.35	95.9	4.13	2	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.3	3	.511	.501	$2,650,000
2009	29	ATL	NL	75.2	77	0	25	2.97	4.58	-0.05	-0.34	98.3	4.23	10	1.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	18	.514	.507	$6,350,000
2010	30	TBR	AL	62.1	64	0	14	2.02	4.44	0.29	-0.34	93.3	3.56	10	1.1	1.9	0.4	2.0	18	.517	.507	$7,250,000	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	31	NYY	AL	39.1	42	0	18	4.12	4.52	0.02	-0.35	108.7	4.52	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.5	6	.504	.501	$10,000,000
2012	32	NYY	AL	67.2	69	0	17	2.26	4.45	-0.05	-0.33	102.2	4.25	15	1.6	1.6	0.3	2.6	23	.523	.510	$11,000,000	MVP-20
11 Seasons				502.0	453	8	162	2.90	4.69	0.12	-0.30	97.8	4.17	69	7.2	1.5	0.4	12.1	127	.516	.504	$39,575,000

SEA (5 yrs)				171.0	116	8	57	3.00	4.88	0.15	-0.24	95.1	4.28	24	2.4	1.2	-0.3	3.7	46	.521	.503	$1,125,000
ATL (3 yrs)				161.2	162	0	56	3.12	4.71	0.11	-0.34	98.0	4.18	19	2.0	1.4	0.1	3.3	35	.512	.504	$10,200,000
NYY (2 yrs)				107.0	111	0	35	2.94	4.47	-0.02	-0.33	104.6	4.35	16	1.7	1.6	0.3	3.1	29	.516	.505	$21,000,000
TBR (1 yr)				62.1	64	0	14	2.02	4.44	0.29	-0.34	93.3	3.56	10	1.1	1.9	0.4	2.0	18	.517	.507	$7,250,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	SO/9
2010	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0		9.00	3	3	1	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	13	1.333	12.0	6.0	3.0
2011	31	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	1	.000	1.93	3	0	0	4.2	1	1	1	1	4	14	0.214	1.9	1.9	7.7
2012	32	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	BAL	0		0.00	2	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	2	10	0.600	5.4	0.0	5.4
2012	32	NYY	AL	ALCS	L	DET	0		0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							1	.000	3.00	9	3	1	12.0	7	4	4	3	7	40	0.583	5.3	2.3	5.3
3 ALDS							1	.000	3.27	8	3	1	11.0	7	4	4	3	7	37	0.636	5.7	2.5	5.7
1 ALCS							0		0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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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
1997	17	SEA-min	Rk	38	137	119	19	32	3	2	0	12	7	4	14	31	.269	.351	.328	.678		39	6	1	3	0	0		MRE · ARIZ
1998	18	SEA-min	Rk	32	122	108	17	18	4	0	0	6	5	3	11	34	.167	.250	.204	.454		22	1	1	2	0	1		MRE · ARIZ
1999	19	SEA-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EVR · NORW
2000	20	SEA-min	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
2001	21	SEA-min	AA,A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,SBR · TL,CALL
2002	22	SEA-min	AA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN · TL
2002	22	SEA	AL	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	23	SEA-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2003	23	SEA	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	24	SEA-min	AA,AAA,A+	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,TAC,SBR · TL,PCL,CALL
2004	24	SEA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	25	SEA-min	AA,AAA,A-,A+	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,TAC,EVR,SBR · TL,PCL,NORW,CALL
2005	25	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	26	SEA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	27	ATL	NL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	28	ATL-min	AA,FRk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MSS,BV1 · SOUL,DOSL
2008	28	ATL	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	29	ATL	NL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	30	TBR	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	31	NYY-min	AAA,A+	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,TAM · IL,FLOR
2011	31	NYY	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	NYY	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	MVP-20
11 Yrs				454	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

SEA (5 yrs)				117	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (3 yrs)				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TBR (1 yr)				64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				292	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				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
2002	22	SEA	AL	11	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1		1
2003	23	SEA	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2004	24	SEA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$335,000	/1
2005	25	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$340,000	/1
2006	26	SEA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1
2007	27	ATL	NL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,200,000	1
2008	28	ATL	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,650,000	1
2009	29	ATL	NL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,350,000	1
2010	30	TBR	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$7,250,000	1	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	31	NYY	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$10,000,000	1
2012	32	NYY	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$11,000,000	1	MVP-20
11 Seasons				454	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$39,575,000

SEA (5 yrs)				117	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$1,125,000
ATL (3 yrs)				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$10,200,000
NYY (2 yrs)				111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$21,000,000
TBR (1 yr)				64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$7,250,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2010	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	3
2011	31	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	3
2012	32	NYY	AL	ALDS	BAL	W	2
2012	32	NYY	AL	ALCS	DET	L	1
3 Yrs (4 Series)							9
3 ALDS							8
1 ALCS							1

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
2002	SEA	AL	22	P	10	8	47.1	7	2	4	1	.857			1.14	0.60	.957	1.69	1.67	2	2	50%	32%
2003	SEA	AL	23	P	40	0	53.0	6	2	4	0	1.000	0	0	1.02	0.15	.957	1.73	1.71	4	1	20%	30%
2004	SEA	AL	24	P	6	0	3.1	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0.00	0.00	.950	1.62	1.65	0	0
2005	SEA	AL	25	P	7	0	7.1	0	0	0	0		-1	-27	0.00	0.00		1.72	1.69	0	0
2006	SEA	AL	26	P	53	0	60.0	5	2	3	0	1.000	-1	-3	0.75	0.09	.958	1.56	1.54	7	2	22%	30%
2007	ATL	NL	27	P	71	0	72.0	5	2	2	1	.800	-2	-6	0.50	0.06	.966	1.68	1.67	7	2	22%	25%
2008	ATL	NL	28	P	14	0	14.0	2	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	1.29	0.14	.960	1.74	1.72	1	1	50%	27%
2009	ATL	NL	29	P	77	0	75.2	11	3	8	0	1.000	2	5	1.31	0.14	.955	1.72	1.70	3	0	0%	29%
2010	TBR	AL	30	P	64	0	62.1	4	3	0	1	.750	-1	-3	0.43	0.05	.952	1.63	1.61	3	0	0%	26%	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	NYY	AL	31	P	42	0	39.1	3	0	3	0	1.000	-2	-10	0.69	0.07	.950	1.60	1.59	6	2	25%	28%
2012	NYY	AL	32	P	69	0	67.2	6	1	4	1	.833	-2	-6	0.67	0.07	.953	1.57	1.56	3	1	25%	26%	MVP-20
	11 Seasons			P	453	8	502.0	50	16	29	5	.900	-7	-3	0.81	0.10	.956	1.65	1.63	36	11	23%	28%
	11 Seasons			TOT	453	8	502.0	50	16	29	5	.900	-7	-18	0.81	0.10	.956	1.65	1.63	36	11	23%	28%

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 2010 *	Awards (yr lg award) 2010 AL Rolaids Relief	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 AL (12, 5%) 2012 AL (20, 1%) 0.06 Career Shares (1072nd)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 AL (8, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (246th)
Games Played s c a p y 2009 NL 77 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 2009 NL 27 (10th) 2010 AL 45 (1st) 2012 AL 42 (3rd) Active 132 (18th) Career 132 (88th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2009 NL 52 (8th) 2010 AL 56 (2nd) 2012 AL 54 (6th) Active 234 (22nd) Career 234 (185th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y Active 87 (36th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y Active 8.7 (38th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Active 105.37 (32nd) Career 105.37 (136th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 4.2 (3rd) Active 15.1 (21st) Career 15.1 (104th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y Active 8.6 (37th) Career 8.6 (181st)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y Active 10.7 (32nd) Career 10.7 (145th)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (561), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1477), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 27 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (134th), 12.0 career WAR/11.9 7yr-peak WAR/11.9 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Luke Gregerson (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luke Gregerson (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Tom Henke (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Tom Henke (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

August 30, 1996: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.
December 7, 2006: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Atlanta Braves for Horacio Ramirez.
November 6, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
December 11, 2009: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jesse Chavez.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 18, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 31, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
January 17, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

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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
2004	24	Seattle Mariners	$335,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	25	Seattle Mariners	$340,000
2006	26	Seattle Mariners	$450,000
2007	27	Atlanta Braves	$1,200,000
2008	28	Atlanta Braves	$2,650,000
2009	29	Atlanta Braves	$6,350,000
2010	30	Tampa Bay Rays	$7,250,000
2011	31	New York Yankees	$10,000,000
2012	32	New York Yankees	$11,000,000	contracts

2013	33	Washington Nationals	$7,000,000		Soriano also receives $14M in deferred salary, to be paid in 2018-25
2014	34	Washington Nationals	$7,000,000
2015	35	Washington Nationals	*$14,000,000	$14M Team Option	2015 option guaranteed with 120 games finished in 2013-14
		Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$39,575,000	Does 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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