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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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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
2005 22 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 CHC NL 11 26 25 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .200 .231 .240 .471 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 /2
2007 24 CHC NL 18 60 54 12 21 6 0 3 8 0 0 5 14 .389 .433 .667 1.100 174 36 1 0 0 1 0 2
2008 25 CHC NL 141 563 494 66 141 35 2 23 86 0 1 62 121 .285 .364 .504 .868 118 249 11 2 0 5 6 *2/D AS,MVP-13,RoY-1
2009 26 CHC NL 102 389 331 27 72 19 1 11 47 1 0 50 77 .218 .321 .381 .702 79 126 19 3 0 5 3 2
5 Seasons 273 1039 905 106 239 61 3 37 143 1 1 117 217 .264 .348 .461 .809 104 417 31 6 0 11 9
162 Game Avg. 162 617 537 63 142 36 2 22 85 1 1 69 129 .264 .348 .461 .809 104 247 18 4 0 7 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 24 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .167 .375 .667 1.042 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 3 12 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .273 .523 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 20 17 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .412 .712 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 20 17 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .412 .712 7 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (13, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (926th)

              

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Miguel Montero (976)
  2. Chris Iannetta (957)
  3. Bill Salkeld (956)
  4. Kelly Shoppach (953)
  5. John Orsino (938)
  6. Earle Brucker (932)
  7. Bill DeLancey (928)
  8. Bill Sarni (927)
  9. Chris Coste (927)
  10. Mike Napoli (926)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Jody Davis (967)
  2. Rick Wilkins (964)
  3. Chris Iannetta (957)
  4. Ed Bailey (956)
  5. Mike Lieberthal (950)
  6. Johnny Romano (948)
  7. Earl Battey (947)
  8. John Orsino (945)
  9. Eddie Taubensee (944)
  10. Mike Napoli (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill DeLancey (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jody Davis (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2008Chicago Cubs$401,000
2009Chicago Cubs$575,000
Career (may be incomplete)$976,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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