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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 Pitching

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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
1977 20 CIN NL 2 6 .250 5.34 12 10 1 2 1 0 60.2 60 38 36 12 26 4 44 3 0 4 266 74 1.418 8.9 1.8 3.9 6.5 1.69
1978 21 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2.50 5 1 1 0 0 0 18.0 13 5 5 1 13 3 13 0 0 0 79 143 1.444 6.5 0.5 6.5 6.5 1.00
1979 22 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.30 25 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 33 25 22 2 30 2 32 1 0 0 169 71 1.688 8.0 0.5 7.2 7.7 1.07
1980 23 CIN NL 10 8 .556 3.07 53 12 10 3 1 4 190.1 126 72 65 11 84 10 182 2 4 6 777 117 1.103 6.0 0.5 4.0 8.6 2.17 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 12 9 .571 3.29 25 25 0 10 3 0 175.0 142 69 64 13 61 3 151 3 3 4 717 108 1.160 7.3 0.7 3.1 7.8 2.48
1982 25 CIN NL 14 13 .519 2.79 35 34 1 13 2 0 257.2 202 88 80 19 71 3 274 4 1 6 1033 132 1.060 7.1 0.7 2.5 9.6 3.86 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 17 13 .567 2.70 34 34 0 18 3 0 273.2 207 96 82 28 95 6 242 5 2 2 1114 140 1.104 6.8 0.9 3.1 8.0 2.55 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 18 7 .720 3.53 33 33 0 13 0 0 237.1 181 102 93 26 87 6 185 5 0 3 971 107 1.129 6.9 1.0 3.3 7.0 2.13 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 12 15 .444 3.58 36 36 0 9 1 0 256.2 196 109 102 30 104 3 214 2 2 8 1055 106 1.169 6.9 1.1 3.6 7.5 2.06
1986 29 CIN NL 5 10 .333 4.71 19 19 0 1 1 0 105.0 113 61 55 15 46 6 67 1 0 3 461 82 1.514 9.7 1.3 3.9 5.7 1.46
1987 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.12 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 18 18 7 12 1 11 0 0 1 138 82 1.453 9.7 2.0 3.4 3.1 0.92
1988 31 CIN NL 3 7 .300 4.66 14 14 0 3 1 0 87.0 88 49 45 8 28 3 34 2 8 0 367 77 1.333 9.1 0.8 2.9 3.5 1.21
12 Seasons 100 92 .521 3.47 297 224 20 72 13 4 1730.1 1395 732 667 172 657 50 1449 28 20 37 7147 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .521 3.47 39 29 3 9 2 1 226 182 96 87 22 86 7 189 4 3 5 933 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 22 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

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

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

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (14, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 NL  3.074 (7th)
1982 NL  2.794 (4th)
1983 NL  2.697 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  12 (4th)
1983 NL  17 (2nd)
1984 NL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .720 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 NL  1.103 (5th)
1982 NL  1.060 (1st)
1983 NL  1.104 (2nd)
1984 NL  1.129 (4th)
Career  1.186 (105th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  5.958 (1st)
1981 NL  7.303 (7th)
1982 NL  7.056 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.808 (2nd)
1984 NL  6.864 (2nd)
1985 NL  6.873 (5th)
Career  7.256 (21st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  8.606 (1st)
1981 NL  7.766 (4th)
1982 NL  9.570 (1st)
1983 NL  7.959 (3rd)
1984 NL  7.015 (7th)
1985 NL  7.504 (5th)
Career  7.537 (47th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 NL  175.0 (3rd)
1982 NL  257.7 (6th)
1983 NL  273.7 (2nd)
1984 NL  237.3 (5th)
1985 NL  256.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL  182 (3rd)
1981 NL  151 (3rd)
1982 NL  274 (2nd)
1983 NL  242 (2nd)
1984 NL  185 (4th)
1985 NL  214 (2nd)
Career  1449 (191st)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  25 (1st)
1983 NL  34 (9th)
1984 NL  33 (7th)
1985 NL  36 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 NL  10 (2nd)
1982 NL  13 (5th)
1983 NL  18 (1st)
1984 NL  13 (1st)
1985 NL  9 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (4th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1983 NL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  13 (1st)
1982 NL  19 (10th)
1983 NL  28 (1st)
1984 NL  26 (2nd)
1985 NL  30 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  84 (7th)
1981 NL  61 (6th)
1983 NL  95 (7th)
1984 NL  87 (9th)
1985 NL  104 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  2.167 (8th)
1981 NL  2.475 (7th)
1982 NL  3.859 (1st)
1983 NL  2.547 (8th)
Career  2.206 (171st)

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (6th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  13 (8th)
1985 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  64 (5th)
1984 NL  93 (5th)
1985 NL  102 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 NL  8 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1983 NL  5 (4th)
1984 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 NL  717 (3rd)
1982 NL  1033 (8th)
1983 NL  1114 (3rd)
1984 NL  971 (4th)
1985 NL  1055 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 NL  117 (7th)
1982 NL  132 (4th)
1983 NL  140 (3rd)

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

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 95 (224), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (470), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Don Wilson (959)
  2. A.J. Burnett (959)
  3. Sam Jones (954)
  4. Joey Jay (953)
  5. Eric Show (952)
  6. John Montefusco (945)
  7. Jim Bibby (937)
  8. Guy Morton (937)
  9. Carlos Zambrano (937)
  10. Jim O'Toole (937)
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  1. George Lauzerique (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joba Chamberlain (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Broglio (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joey Jay (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Downing (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Fernandez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Don Wilson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Wilson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Downing (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chuck Finley (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Al Downing (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Denny Lemaster (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 3, 1973: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

June 20, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cincinnati Reds$1,071,429
1986Cincinnati Reds$1,150,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,621,429
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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