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
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Geovany Soto
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-20-1983
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Juan, Puerto Rico
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   230
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 GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
2005 Cubs 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2006 Cubs 11 25 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .200 .231 .240
2007 Cubs 18 54 12 21 6 0 3 0 8 5 0 14 0 1 0 1 .389 .433 .667
2008 Cubs 141 494 66 141 35 2 23 0 86 62 6 121 0 5 2 11 .285 .364 .504
2009 Cubs 102 331 27 72 19 1 11 0 47 50 3 77 0 5 3 19 .218 .321 .381
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
5 Years 273 905 106 239 61 3 37 0 143 117 9 217 0 11 6 31 .264 .348 .461
Geovany Soto

Geovany Soto Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
2006 Cubs C 7 7 165 71 10.1 70 66 4 1 0 0 5 0 .986 11.45 0.000
2007 Cubs C 16 13 366 119 7.4 119 109 10 0 0 0 10 4 1.000 8.78 1.000
2008 Cubs C 136 131 3,450 1,071 7.9 1,066 1,011 55 5 9 5 69 25 .995 8.34 0.769
2009 Cubs C 96 92 2,433 775 8.1 770 720 50 5 9 3 59 23 .994 8.55 2.959
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
C Totals 255 243 6,414 2,036 8.0 2,025 1,906 119 11 18 8 143 52 .995 8.52 --
5 Years 256 243 6,414 2,036 8.0 2,025 1,906 119 11 18 8 143 52 .995 8.52 --
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 1 - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
2006 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 5.0 12.5 - - -
2007 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - 0 18.0 3.9 6.8 - - -
2008 Cubs 0 1 .000 - - 0 21.5 4.1 5.7 - - -
2009 Cubs 1 0 1.000 - - 0 30.1 4.3 7.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
5 Years 1 1 .500 1 - 0 24.5 4.2 6.3 - - -
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 - -


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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