Mario Soto
Mario Melvin Soto
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 12, 1956 in Bani, D.R.
Signed
by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1977
Final Game: June 16, 1988
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Standard Batting

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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
1977 20 CIN NL 12 17 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .188 .077 .264 -26 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
1978 21 CIN NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1979 22 CIN NL 25 7 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .571 .571 .571 1.143 213 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 23 CIN NL 54 54 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .043 .043 .043 .087 -76 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 25 66 59 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 .068 .083 .068 .151 -57 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1982 25 CIN NL 37 100 84 5 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 25 .167 .213 .214 .428 19 18 0 1 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 35 100 88 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .125 .135 .159 .294 -20 14 0 0 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 33 92 87 5 18 5 0 1 9 0 0 0 28 .207 .205 .299 .503 38 26 0 0 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 37 90 83 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 24 .133 .143 .157 .299 -17 13 1 0 6 0 0 1
1986 29 CIN NL 20 33 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .148 .259 -30 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1987 30 CIN NL 6 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -56 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 31 CIN NL 14 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .045 .160 .045 .205 -39 1 1 0 4 0 0 1
12 Seasons 303 603 530 32 70 13 1 1 24 0 0 11 166 .132 .152 .166 .318 -12 88 2 2 58 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 322 283 17 37 7 1 1 13 0 0 6 89 .132 .152 .166 .318 -12 47 1 1 31 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 20 CIN NL 17 14 0 0.0 105 .091 .077 .272 .188 .340 .077 .414 .264 .754 -26 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .250 .077 .000
1978 21 CIN NL 3 3 0 0.0 95 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .386 .000 .716 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1979 22 CIN NL 7 3 2 17.9 100 .800 .571 .270 .571 .336 .571 .401 1.143 .737 213 .929 1.0 0.1 1.333 .000 .000
1980 23 CIN NL 54 52 0 0.0 96 .067 .043 .268 .043 .330 .043 .389 .087 .719 -76 .000 -11.0 -1.1 .045 .000 .000
1981 24 CIN NL 66 61 1 0.4 93 .114 .068 .265 .083 .330 .068 .379 .151 .710 -57 .016 -12.4 -1.3 .091 .017 .000
1982 25 CIN NL 100 81 5 1.7 96 .237 .167 .268 .213 .331 .214 .389 .428 .721 19 .154 -9.3 -1.0 .329 .095 .048
1983 26 CIN NL 100 88 2 0.6 99 .177 .125 .267 .135 .336 .159 .395 .294 .731 -20 .028 -14.7 -1.6 .195 .045 .034
1984 27 CIN NL 92 74 6 2.2 97 .288 .207 .268 .205 .334 .299 .389 .503 .723 38 .233 -7.5 -0.8 .377 .092 .092 .0
1985 28 CIN NL 90 79 2 0.7 98 .186 .133 .265 .143 .333 .157 .394 .299 .727 -17 .034 -13.7 -1.4 .192 .036 .024
1986 29 CIN NL 33 30 1 0.9 101 .143 .111 .266 .111 .337 .148 .401 .259 .738 -30 .054 -5.0 -0.5 .167 .037 .037
1987 30 CIN NL 12 11 0 0.0 109 .111 .083 .274 .083 .344 .083 .426 .167 .770 -56 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .091 .000 .000
1988 31 CIN NL 29 26 0 0.0 93 .067 .045 .261 .160 .325 .045 .383 .205 .708 -39 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .182 .136 .000
12 Seasons 603 522 19 1.0 97 .189 .132 .267 .152 .333 .166 .392 .318 .725 -12 .064 -82.2 -8.7 .219 .055 .034 .0
162 Game Avg. 322 279 10 1.0 97 .189 .132 .267 .152 .333 .166 .392 .318 .725 -12 .064 -82.2 -8.7 .219 .055 .034

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
1979 22 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CIN NL 26 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 20 CIN NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.3 13.0 1.75 65%
1978 21 CIN NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1979 22 CIN NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 7.0 71%
1980 23 CIN NL 54 0.0% 29.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.9 2.36 56%
1981 24 CIN NL 66 0.0% 36.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 24.00 2.5 1.92 53%
1982 25 CIN NL 100 0.0% 25.0% 4.0% 4.0% 29% 6.25 3.4 16.8 3.46 59%
1983 26 CIN NL 100 0.0% 26.0% 1.0% 3.0% 27% 26.00 3.4 44.0 1.76 62%
1984 27 CIN NL 92 1.1% 30.4% 0.0% 6.5% 33% 3.1 87.0 9.7 1.09 64%
1985 28 CIN NL 90 0.0% 26.7% 1.1% 1.1% 9% 24.00 3.5 20.8 2.64 66%
1986 29 CIN NL 33 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 3.0% 33% 4.5 27.0 22.00 64%
1987 30 CIN NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 7.00 75%
1988 31 CIN NL 29 0.0% 24.1% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 2.33 3.1 22.0 1.33 3.50 52% 11% 0.0% 50%
12 Seasons 603 0.2% 27.5% 1.8% 2.5% 21% 15.09 3.2 530.0 22.1 1.33 2.37 61% 11% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 20 CIN NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 21 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 22 CIN NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1980 23 CIN NL 0 0 150% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1981 24 CIN NL 1 0 80% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1982 25 CIN NL 0 0 26% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 26 CIN NL 4 0 50% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1984 27 CIN NL 0 0 24% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 28 CIN NL 4 0 25% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1986 29 CIN NL 1 0 67% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 30 CIN NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 CIN NL 1 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 11 0 38% 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 36% 11 9 2 4 2 2 7 2 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 20 CIN NL 17 24% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 1 10% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1978 21 CIN NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1979 22 CIN NL 7 29% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1980 23 CIN NL 54 26% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 11 0 0% 10 6 60% 47 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 CIN NL 66 26% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 15 0 0% 16 4 25% 46 2 4% 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1982 25 CIN NL 100 21% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 85% 14 0 0% 21 5 24% 67 5 7% 7 0 0% 7 5 71% 0
1983 26 CIN NL 100 24% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 85% 18 0 0% 21 3 14% 72 4 6% 4 0 0% 7 2 29% 0
1984 27 CIN NL 92 29% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 16 0 0% 21 4 19% 69 10 14% 5 2 40% 8 4 50% 0
1985 28 CIN NL 90 34% 11 1 0 0 0 5.40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 16 1 6% 12 2 17% 53 5 9% 3 2 67% 4 3 75% 0
1986 29 CIN NL 33 58% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 7 0 0% 10 3 30% 21 1 5% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1987 30 CIN NL 12 42% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 CIN NL 29 24% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 1 14% 8 1 13% 24 2 8% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
12 Seasons 603 28% 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 0 76 58 76% 106 2 2% 123 30 24% 415 31 7% 28 7 25% 36 19 53% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 CIN NL 29 86 2.97 59 69% 12% 31% 25% 32% 88% 0% 60% 65% 59% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 3% 1 0 14% 0 0 0
1 Season 29 86 2.97 59 69% 12% 31% 25% 32% 88% 0% 60% 65% 59% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 3% 1 0 14% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 20 12 17 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .188 .077 .264 -26 1 0 1 1 1 0
1978 21 17 20 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .067 .167 .067 .233 -35 1 0 1 2 1 0
1979 22 42 27 22 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .227 .280 .227 .507 39 5 0 1 2 1 0
1980 23 96 81 68 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .103 .127 .103 .230 -36 7 0 1 10 1 0
1981 24 121 147 127 9 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 47 .087 .107 .087 .193 -45 11 0 1 16 1 0
1982 25 158 247 211 14 25 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 72 .118 .150 .137 .287 -19 29 0 2 27 1 0
1983 26 193 347 299 20 36 7 0 0 9 0 0 7 98 .120 .146 .144 .289 -19 43 0 2 38 1 0
1984 27 226 439 386 25 54 12 0 1 18 0 0 7 126 .140 .159 .179 .337 -7 69 0 2 42 2 0
1985 28 263 529 469 28 65 12 1 1 22 0 0 8 150 .139 .156 .175 .331 -8 82 1 2 48 2 0
1986 29 283 562 496 30 68 13 1 1 23 0 0 8 156 .137 .154 .173 .327 -10 86 1 2 54 2 0
1987 30 289 574 508 31 69 13 1 1 23 0 0 8 159 .136 .152 .171 .323 -11 87 1 2 54 2 0
1988 31 303 603 530 32 70 13 1 1 24 0 0 11 166 .132 .152 .166 .318 -12 88 2 2 58 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 20 12 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 12
1978 21 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1979 22 25 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 25
1980 23 54 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
1981 24 38 97 94 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 .117 .144 .117 .261 2 25
1982 25 37 93 87 5 17 5 0 0 5 0 5 25 .195 .247 .253 .500 5 37
1983 26 35 92 91 8 14 4 0 0 3 0 1 26 .154 .163 .198 .361 3 35
1984 27 33 88 87 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 33
1985 28 37 84 83 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 1 24 .133 .143 .157 .299 2 37
1986 29 20 27 27 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 20
1987 30 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1988 31 14 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .000 .120 .000 .120 0 14
12 Seasons 316 589 571 37 53 9 1 0 25 0 14 178 .093 .117 .112 .229 21 303
162 Game Avg. 162 302 293 19 27 5 1 0 13 0 7 91 .093 .117 .112 .229 11 303

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 (P)
1984 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-NL-14-5%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-NL--5--1%
1982-NL--9--0%
1983-NL--2--51%
1984-NL--6--2%
0.54 Career Shares (91st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL--11--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL--born 1956-07-12--4th

                                         
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