Rafael Soriano

Positions: Relief Pitcher, First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Last Game: July 30, 2015 (Age 35-223d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Peter Greenberg

Full Name: Rafael Soriano

Nicknames: Sori

Pronunciation: \soar-ee-ahn-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.8

ERA

2.89

591

207

636.1

641

WHIP

1.078

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	19	-1.9	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	5	4	.556	3.11	4.06	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	56	34	26	8	49	0	83	4	0	2	323	1.394	6.7	1.0	5.9	9.9	1.69
2000	20	-1.7	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	SEA	8	4	.667	2.87	3.02	21	21	0	1	0	0	122.1	97	41	39	3	50	0	90	12	2	5	500	1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7	6.6	1.80
2001	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	SEA	8	5	.615	2.82	3.01	23	23	0	2	1	0	137.1	83	46	43	9	53	0	151	6	1	4	539	0.990	5.4	0.6	3.5	9.9	2.85
2001	21	-3.1	San Antonio	TL	AA	SEA	2	2	.500	3.35	3.35	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.1	34	18	18	5	14	0	53	2	1	2	193	0.993	6.3	0.9	2.6	9.9	3.79
2001	21	-1.8	San Bernardino	CALL	A+	SEA	6	3	.667	2.53	2.83	15	15	0	2	1	0	89.0	49	28	25	4	39	0	98	4	0	2	346	0.989	5.0	0.4	3.9	9.9	2.51
2002	22	-1.8	San Antonio	TL	AA	SEA	2	3	.400	2.31	2.51	10	8	0	0	0	0	46.2	32	13	12	6	15	0	52	1	0	0	185	1.007	6.2	1.2	2.9	10.0	3.47
2002	22	-6.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	3	.000	4.56	4.75	10	8	1	0	0	1	47.1	45	25	24	8	16	1	32	0	0	2	202	1.289	8.6	1.5	3.0	6.1	2.00
2003	23	-4.1	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	4	3	.571	3.19	3.48	11	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	43	24	22	2	12	0	63	4	1	0	241	0.887	6.2	0.3	1.7	9.1	5.25
2003	23	-5.6	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	0	1.000	1.53	1.53	40	0	12	0	0	1	53.0	30	9	9	2	12	1	68	3	0	0	201	0.792	5.1	0.3	2.0	11.5	5.67
2004	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	1.83	2.29	7	6	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	4	3	3	0	24	0	0	0	74	0.814	5.9	1.4	1.4	11.0	8.00
2004	24	-3.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		2.45	2.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	2.5	4.9	12.3	2.50
2004	24	-0.6	San Antonio	TL	AA	SEA	1	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	27	0.500	4.5	1.1	0.0	11.3
2004	24	1.1	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	SEA	0	0		2.25	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	2	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	32	1.000	7.9	1.1	1.1	10.1	9.00
2004	24	-5.0	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	3	.000	13.50	16.20	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	9	6	5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	23	3.600	24.3	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
2005	25		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A--AAA-A+-AA	SEA	1	0	1.000	1.10	1.65	13	8	0	0	0	0	16.1	11	3	2	0	3	0	24	2	1	0	63	0.857	6.1	0.0	1.7	13.2	8.00
2005	25	-2.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	20	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	18.6	11.00
2005	25	0.5	San Antonio	TL	AA	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	25	1.7	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	11.3
2005	25	3.6	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	0	0		3.00	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	2	0	2	0	8	1	1	0	27	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2005	25	-4.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		2.45	2.45	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	30	0.955	7.4	0.0	1.2	11.0	9.00
2006	26	-2.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	2	.333	2.25	2.25	53	0	14	0	0	2	60.0	44	15	15	6	21	0	65	2	0	2	241	1.083	6.6	0.9	3.2	9.8	3.10
2007	27	-2.0	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	3	.500	3.00	3.25	71	0	28	0	0	9	72.0	47	26	24	12	15	2	70	2	0	0	276	0.861	5.9	1.5	1.9	8.8	4.67
2008	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-FRk	ATL	0	1	.000	0.00	2.25	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	16	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
2008	28	3.5	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2008	28	9.1	Braves	DOSL	FRk	ATL	0	1	.000	0.00	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2008	28	-0.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	1	.000	2.57	3.21	14	0	5	0	0	3	14.0	7	5	4	1	9	2	16	1	0	1	57	1.143	4.5	0.6	5.8	10.3	1.78
2009	29	0.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	6	.143	2.97	2.97	77	0	52	0	0	27	75.2	53	25	25	6	27	4	102	1	0	0	307	1.057	6.3	0.7	3.2	12.1	3.78
2010	30	2.0	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	3	2	.600	1.73	2.02	64	0	56	0	0	45	62.1	36	14	12	4	14	2	57	1	0	0	237	0.802	5.2	0.6	2.0	8.2	4.07
2011	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	NYY	1	1	.500	8.31	8.31	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.154	10.4	4.2	0.0	6.2
2011	31	4.3	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	4.5	0.0	9.0
2011	31	8.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	1	.000	11.57	11.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	1.714	15.4	3.9	0.0	3.9
2011	31	2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	4.12	4.12	42	0	8	0	0	2	39.1	33	18	18	4	18	2	36	1	0	0	164	1.297	7.6	0.9	4.1	8.2	2.00
2012	32	3.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	2.26	2.26	69	0	54	0	0	42	67.2	55	17	17	6	24	4	69	1	0	3	279	1.167	7.3	0.8	3.2	9.2	2.88
2013	33	4.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	3	3	.500	3.11	3.24	68	0	58	0	0	43	66.2	65	24	23	7	17	2	51	0	0	3	277	1.230	8.8	0.9	2.3	6.9	3.00
2014	34	5.5	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	4	1	.800	3.19	3.34	64	0	48	0	0	32	62.0	51	23	22	4	19	0	59	2	0	2	252	1.129	7.4	0.6	2.8	8.6	3.11
2015	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	0	0		0.90	1.80	10	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	36	0.800	4.5	0.9	2.7	9.0	3.33
2015	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		0	0		3.10	3.10	21	0	17	0	0	8	20.1	25	7	7	0	5	1	14	0	0	1	89	1.475	11.1	0.0	2.2	6.2	2.80
2015	35	8.2	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	0		1.80	1.80	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	17	0.400	3.6	1.8	0.0	10.8
2015	35	10.7	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	0	0		0.00	1.80	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
2015	35	6.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	0	1.000	6.35	6.35	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	8	4	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	1.588	12.7	3.2	1.6	6.4	4.00
2015-16	35	6.7	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		2.84	2.84	19	0	16	0	0	8	19.0	22	6	6	0	4	0	13	0	0	1	81	1.368	10.4	0.0	1.9	6.2	3.25
2015-16	35	6.1	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2016-17	36	7.5	Licey	DOWL	FgW		1	2	.333	2.66	3.10	18	0	1	0	0	0	20.1	18	7	6	0	3	1	15	0	0	1	79	1.033	8.0	0.0	1.3	6.6	5.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		24	28	.462	2.89	3.01	591	8	343	0	0	207	636.1	489	213	204	62	197	20	641	15	0	13	2571	1.078	6.9	0.9	2.8	9.1	3.25
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		30	21	.588	2.77	3.13	117	95	1	3	1	0	498.0	349	173	153	34	189	0	504	29	5	12	1994	1.080	6.3	0.6	3.4	9.1	2.67
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		1	2	.333	2.88	3.10	39	0	18	0	0	8	40.2	43	14	13	0	8	2	29	0	0	2	168	1.254	9.5	0.0	1.8	6.4	3.63
All Levels (18 Seasons)							55	51	.519	2.83	3.06	747	103	362	3	1	215	1175.0	881	400	370	96	394	22	1174	44	5	27	4733	1.085	6.7	0.7	3.0	9.0	2.98

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	2.88	3.12	26	13	0	0	0	0	78.0	51	27	25	5	15	0	87	4	1	0	300	0.846	5.9	0.6	1.7	10.0	5.80
AA (6 seasons)					Minors		5	5	.500	2.51	2.68	28	19	1	0	0	0	111.0	74	33	31	12	33	0	121	4	1	2	434	0.964	6.0	1.0	2.7	9.8	3.67
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		6	4	.600	2.61	2.96	22	22	0	2	1	0	103.1	62	34	30	6	40	0	113	4	0	2	401	0.987	5.4	0.5	3.5	9.8	2.83
A (1 season)					Minors		8	4	.667	2.87	3.02	21	21	0	1	0	0	122.1	97	41	39	3	50	0	90	12	2	5	500	1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7	6.6	1.80
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.10	4.09	18	18	0	0	0	0	81.1	62	37	28	8	51	0	91	5	1	2	350	1.389	6.9	0.9	5.6	10.1	1.78
FRk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	0.00	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0