Geovany Soto
Geovany Soto
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: January 20, 1983 in San Juan, P.R.
High School: Rio Piedras (Rio Piedras, PR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2006 CHC NL 23 C 7 7 55.0 71 66 4 1 0 .986 -1.0 -21.8 -1 11.45 10.00 .992 7.36 6.36 0 2 5 0 0%
2007 CHC NL 24 C 16 13 122.0 119 109 10 0 0 1.000 1.0 9.8 1 8.78 7.44 .991 7.39 6.51 0 2 10 4 29%
2008 CHC NL 25 C 136 131 1150.1 1071 1011 55 5 9 .995 1.0 1.0 1 8.34 7.84 .993 7.65 6.72 5 40 69 25 27% AS,MVP-13,RoY-1
2008 CHC NL 25 DH 3 AS,MVP-13,RoY-1
2009 CHC NL 26 C 96 92 811.0 775 720 50 5 9 .994 -3.0 -4.4 -3 8.55 8.02 .993 7.77 6.93 3 59 23 28%
4 Seasons C 255 243 2138.1 2036 1906 119 11 18 .995 -2.0 -1.1 -2 8.52 7.94 .993 7.67 6.78 8 44 143 52 27%
1 Season DH 3
5 Seasons TOT 255 243 2138.1 2036 1906 119 11 18 .995 -2.0 -1.1 -2 8.52 7.94 .987 7.67 6.78 8 44 143 52 27%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2005 CHC NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 CHC NL 23 11 7 11 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 CHC NL 24 18 13 18 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 CHC NL 25 141 134 141 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
2009 CHC NL 26 102 92 102 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Seasons 273 246 273 255 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2006 CHC NL 23 247 5.24 5.56 1 100% 0 0 66 1 0 0 65 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CHC NL 24 525 3.69 3.69 5 80% 0 0 109 2 0 1 106 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CHC NL 25 5042 3.80 4.09 38 87% 0 1 1011 23 1 14 972 55 10 0 0 23 5 0 2 3 1 9 0 0 0 6 67%
2009 CHC NL 26 3607 3.98 4.36 36 97% 0 0 720 19 4 8 689 50 17 0 0 9 5 1 1 3 0 9 0 2 2 15 100%
4 Seasons 9421 3.90 4.21 80 91% 0 1 1906 45 5 23 1832 119 29 0 0 37 11 1 3 7 1 18 0 2 2 21 90%
MLB Averages 4.38 4.75 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2006 CHC NL 23 0 2 79 5 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.76
2007 CHC NL 24 0 2 178 10 4 4 29% 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 1.14 0.85
2008 CHC NL 25 5 40 1732 69 25 17 27% 55 22 12 1 2 2 0 0 145 31 1.34 1.19
2009 CHC NL 26 3 36 1290 59 23 22 28% 49 19 9 3 1 1 0 0 135 26 1.00 1.21
4 Seasons 8 80 3279 143 52 43 27% 115 45 25 4 3 3 0 0 300 62 1.16 1.17
MLB Averages 28% 1.27 1.23

* 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.

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