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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CIN NL 20 P 12 10 60.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.17 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 CIN NL 21 P 5 1 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.20 .900 1.90 0.72
1979 CIN NL 22 P 25 0 37.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.12 .933 1.81 0.66
1980 CIN NL 23 P 53 12 190.1 40 12 25 3 2 .925 1.75 0.70 .952 1.91 0.69 CYA-5
1981 CIN NL 24 P 25 25 175.0 31 10 19 2 1 .935 1.49 1.16 .961 1.97 0.68
1982 CIN NL 25 P 35 34 257.2 42 10 29 3 1 .929 1.36 1.11 .952 1.96 0.70 AS,CYA-9
1983 CIN NL 26 P 34 34 273.2 55 22 28 5 1 .909 1.64 1.47 .955 1.92 0.68 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 CIN NL 27 P 33 33 237.1 37 12 22 3 1 .919 1.29 1.03 .957 1.88 0.67 AS,CYA-6
1985 CIN NL 28 P 36 36 256.2 49 13 34 2 0 .959 1.65 1.31 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 CIN NL 29 P 19 20 105.0 20 3 16 1 0 .950 1.63 1.00 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 CIN NL 30 P 6 6 31.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.27 1.33 .950 1.90 0.62
1988 CIN NL 31 P 14 14 87.0 20 5 12 3 1 .850 1.76 1.21 .960 1.96 0.69
12 Seasons P 297 225 1730.1 320 95 203 22 8 .931 1.55 1.00 .954 1.92 0.68
12 Seasons TOT 297 225 1730.1 320 95 203 22 8 .931 1.55 1.00 .886 1.92 0.68

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
1977 CIN NL 20 12 10 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 21 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 22 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 23 54 12 54 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 CIN NL 24 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 25 37 34 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1983 CIN NL 26 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 CIN NL 27 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CIN NL 28 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 CIN NL 29 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 30 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CIN NL 31 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 303 225 303 298 298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 CIN NL 20 276 74% 22% 8 100% 1 5 1 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1978 CIN NL 21 81 68% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 22 179 64% 15% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 23 819 67% 19% 29 93% 1 12 3 8 24 21 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 5 80%
1981 CIN NL 24 760 72% 21% 19 95% 1 10 0 6 18 16 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 CIN NL 25 1072 67% 19% 34 88% 0 9 2 5 28 23 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 73%
1983 CIN NL 26 1153 70% 21% 37 86% 0 21 3 15 28 21 4 5 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1984 CIN NL 27 1021 73% 20% 27 89% 1 11 0 9 23 19 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1985 CIN NL 28 1115 71% 21% 40 98% 0 13 0 10 37 31 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1986 CIN NL 29 490 77% 24% 14 93% 0 3 0 3 16 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1987 CIN NL 30 150 85% 23% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 CIN NL 31 394 84% 32% 10 100% 0 5 0 5 12 8 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
12 Seasons 7510 72% 21% 227 93% 4 92 10 66 203 165 9 22 1 9 12 8 7 3 4 3 47 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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