Geovany Soto Stats

Geovany Soto was born on Thursday, January 20, 1983, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Soto was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 23, 2005, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Geovany Soto baseball stats page.

"He's (Geovany Soto) going to be great. He's going to show he belongs here for a lot of years and he's going to carry this team all the way. He's taking things the way he's supposed to take them, and he's taken all the responsibility for the pitching staff, which is good, and he's going to keep getting better." - Chicago Cubs Catcher Henry Blanco on MLB.com (Carrie Muskat, 05/01/2008)

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Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Autograph on a 2009 Topps 206 (#35)

Geovany Soto Autograph on a 2009 Topps 206 (#35)
 

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Birth Name:   Geovany Soto
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-20-1983  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Juan, Puerto Rico
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Rio Piedras High School (Rio Piedras, PR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   235
First Game:   09-23-2005 (Age 22)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   2001 : 11th Round (318th)
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
2005 22 Cubs 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2006 23 Cubs 11 25 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .200 .231 .240
2007 24 Cubs 18 54 12 21 6 0 3 0 8 5 0 14 0 1 0 1 .389 .433 .667
2008 25 Cubs 141 494 66 141 35 2 23 0 86 62 6 121 0 5 2 11 .285 .364 .504
2009 26 Cubs 102 331 27 72 19 1 11 0 47 50 3 77 0 5 3 19 .218 .321 .381
2010 27 Cubs 105 322 47 90 19 0 17 0 53 62 4 83 0 3 0 5 .280 .393 .497
2011 28 Cubs 125 421 46 96 26 0 17 0 54 45 3 124 0 2 6 12 .228 .310 .411
2012 29 Cubs 52 176 26 35 6 1 6 0 14 19 1 35 0 0 2 6 .199 .284 .347
2012 29 Rangers 47 148 19 29 6 0 5 0 25 11 0 41 0 0 1 6 .196 .256 .338
2013 30 Rangers 18 60 9 13 3 0 2 0 5 9 0 20 0 0 0 2 .217 .319 .367
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 620 2,032 253 502 121 4 84 0 294 263 17 520 0 16 15 62 .247 .335 .435
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2006 Cubs C 7 7 165 71 10.1 70 66 4 1 0 0 5 0 .986 11.45
2007 Cubs C 16 13 366 119 7.4 119 109 10 0 0 0 10 4 1.000 8.78
2008 Cubs C 136 131 3,450 1,071 7.9 1,066 1,011 55 5 9 5 69 25 .995 8.34
2009 Cubs C 96 92 2,433 775 8.1 770 720 50 5 9 3 59 23 .994 8.55
2010 Cubs C 104 97 2,541 811 7.8 807 762 45 4 7 2 74 21 .995 8.57
2011 Cubs C 122 119 3,123 994 8.1 981 899 82 13 7 5 85 36 .987 8.48
2012 Cubs C 52 51 1,334 388 7.5 381 356 25 7 2 1 37 14 .982 7.71
2012 Rangers C 44 41 1,086 371 8.4 370 358 12 1 1 1 28 7 .997 9.20
2013 Rangers C 18 18 - 155 8.6 153 145 8 2 1 - 7 2 .987 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 595 569 14,498 4,755 8.0 4,717 4,426 291 38 36 17 374 132 .992 8.78
8 Years 595 569 14,498 4,755 8.0 4,717 4,426 291 38 36 17 374 132 .992 8.78
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
2005 Cubs 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
2006 Cubs 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0.0 5.0 12.5 - - -
2007 Cubs 0 0 .000 2 0 0 18.0 3.9 6.8 - - -
2008 Cubs 0 1 .000 6 0 0 21.5 4.1 5.7 - - -
2009 Cubs 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 30.1 4.3 7.0 - - -
2010 Cubs 0 1 .000 1 0 0 18.9 3.9 6.1 - - -
2011 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 0 24.8 3.4 7.8 - - -
2012 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 0 29.3 5.0 12.6 - - -
2012 Rangers 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 29.6 3.6 5.9 - - -
2013 Rangers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 30.0 3.0 12.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 2 2 .500 25 0 0 24.2 3.9 6.9 - - -
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Miscellaneous Items of Interest

2005 Chicago Cubs 58 $316,000.00 - -
2006 Chicago Cubs 58 $327,000.00 - -
2007 Chicago Cubs 58 $380,000.00 - -
2008 Chicago Cubs 18 $401,000.00 Stats -
2009 Chicago Cubs 18 $575,000.00 - -
2010 Chicago Cubs 18 $575,000.00 - -
2011 Chicago Cubs 18 $3,000,000.00 - -
2012 Chicago Cubs 18 $4,300,000.00 - -
2012 Texas Rangers 8 "     "     - -
2013 Texas Rangers 8 $2,750,000.00 - -


Did you know that Geovany Soto won the first ever N.L. Rookie of the Month Award? In April 2008 Soto hit .341 with five home runs, stroked eight doubles, added 20 RBIs while posting a most impressive OPS of 1.059 (highest by any catcher during the month).

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