Mario Soto | Major Leaguer 1977-1988

Full Name: Mario Melvin Soto
Born: July 12,1956 in Bani, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1973

Transactions: [Dec 3,1973] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds. [Jun 20,1988] - Released by Reds. [Jun 27,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 4,1988] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1975	Eugene	Nwest	18	Cin	A-	2	3	4.20	5						30.0	33	21	14		18	11			9.90	---	5.40	3.30	1.70	--
1976	Tampa	FSL	19	Cin	A+	13	7	1.87	26						197.0	142	54	41		80	124			6.49	---	3.65	5.66	1.13	--
1977	Indy	Amer	20	Cin	AAA	11	5	3.07	18						123.0	100	51	42		61	109			7.32	---	4.46	7.98	1.31	--
	Cincinnati	NL	20	Cin	MLB	2	6	5.34	12	10	2	1	1	0	60.2	60	38	36	12	26	44	4	0	8.90	1.78	3.86	6.53	1.42	47%
1978	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	9	12	5.01	26	24	6	0		0	160.0	129	102	89	27	95	121	5		7.26	1.52	5.34	6.81	1.40	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	1	0	2.50	5	1	0	0	1	0	18.0	13	5	5	1	13	13	0	0	6.50	0.50	6.50	6.50	1.44	37%
1979	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	1	1	3.96	15	0	0	0		2	25.0	20	11	11	3	18	38	3		7.20	1.08	6.48	13.68	1.52	--
	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	3	2	5.30	25	0	0	0	7	0	37.1	33	25	22	2	30	32	0	0	7.96	0.48	7.23	7.71	1.69	26%
1980	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	10	8	3.07	53	12	3	1	10	4	190.1	126	72	65	11	84	182	6	4	5.96	0.52	3.97	8.61	1.10	48%
1981	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	12	9	3.29	25	25	10	3	0	0	175.0	142	69	64	13	61	151	4	3	7.30	0.67	3.14	7.77	1.16	47%
1982	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	14	13	2.79	35	34	13	2	1	0	257.2	202	88	80	19	71	274	6	1	7.06	0.66	2.48	9.57	1.06	47%
1983	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	17	13	2.70	34	34	18	3	0	0	273.2	207	96	82	28	95	242	2	2	6.81	0.92	3.12	7.96	1.10	49%
1984	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	18	7	3.53	33	33	13	0	0	0	237.1	181	102	93	26	87	185	3	0	6.86	0.99	3.30	7.02	1.13	45%
1985	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	12	15	3.58	36	36	9	1	0	0	256.2	196	109	102	30	104	214	8	2	6.87	1.05	3.65	7.50	1.17	43%
1986	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	5	10	4.71	19	19	1	1	0	0	105.0	113	61	55	15	46	67	3	0	9.69	1.29	3.94	5.74	1.51	49%
1987	GCL Reds	GCL	30	Cin	Rk	0	1	2.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	11	8	3	0	2	5	0		8.74	0.00	1.59	3.97	1.15	--
	Nashville	Amer	30	Cin	AAA	0	2	11.92	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	16	15	3	8	8	1		13.50	2.38	6.35	6.35	2.21	--
	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	3	2	5.12	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.2	34	18	18	7	12	11	1	0	9.67	1.99	3.41	3.13	1.45	72%
1988	Bkrsfld	Calif	31	La	A+	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	3	0	2	2	2		21.00	0.00	6.00	6.00	3.00	--
	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	3	7	4.66	14	14	3	1	0	0	87.0	88	49	45	8	28	34	0	8	9.10	0.83	2.90	3.52	1.33	37%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						100	92	3.47	297	224	72	13	20	4	1,730.1	1395	732	667	172	657	1449	37	20	7.26	0.89	3.42	7.54	1.19	46%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						36	32	3.50	95						560.2	459	269	218		284	418			7.37	---	4.56	6.72	1.33	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1977	Cincinnati	NL	20	Cin	MLB	p	9	12	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	.077	.188	.077	265	75%
1978	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	p		26	33	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	1		5	1		.152	.194	.152	346	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	p	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1979	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	p		15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	p	9	25	7	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1142	33%
1980	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	p	9	54	46	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	8	0	0	.043	.043	.043	086	77%
1981	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	p	9	25	59	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	0	0	6	0	0	.068	.083	.068	151	66%
1982	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	p	9	37	84	5	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	25	1	0	11	0	0	.167	.213	.214	427	72%
1983	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	p	9	35	88	6	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	26	0	0	11	0	0	.125	.135	.159	294	51%
1984	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	p	9	33	87	5	18	5	0	1	9	0	0	0	28	0	0	4	1	0	.207	.205	.299	504	50%
1985	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	37	83	3	11	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	24	0	0	6	0	1	.133	.143	.157	300	56%
1986	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	20	27	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	0	0	.111	.111	.148	259	85%
1987	GCL Reds	GCL	30	Cin	Rk	p		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Nashville	Amer	30	Cin	AAA	p		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	6	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	70%
1988	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	p	9	14	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	4	0	1	.045	.160	.045	205	72%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								303	530	32	70	13	1	1	24	0	0	11	166	2	0	58	2	2	.132	.152	.166	318	63%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								45	38	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	1		6	1		.132	.171	.132	303	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	22		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.0	0		0		0	1			0.00	---	0.00	4.50	0.00	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.0	0		0		0	1			0.00	---	0.00	4.50	0.00	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1977	Cincinnati	NL	20	Cin	MLB	P	12		60.2	5	9	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1978	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	P	26			9	16	1	26	2	-	-	-	.962	--
1978	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	P	5		18	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.50

1979	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	P	15			0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	P	25		37.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	.72

1980	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	P	53		190.1	12	25	3	40	2	-	-	-	.925	1.75

1981	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	P	25		175	10	19	2	31	1	-	-	-	.935	1.49

1982	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	P	35		257.2	10	29	3	42	1	-	-	-	.929	1.36

1983	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	P	34		273.2	22	28	5	55	1	-	-	-	.909	1.64

1984	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	P	33		237.1	12	22	3	37	1	-	-	-	.919	1.29

1985	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	36		256.2	13	34	2	49	0	-	-	-	.959	1.65

1986	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	19		105	3	16	1	20	0	-	-	-	.950	1.63

1987	GCL Reds	GCL	30	Cin	Rk	P	2			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Nashville	Amer	30	Cin	AAA	P	2			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	6		31.2	2	6	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.27

1988	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	P	14		87	5	12	3	20	1	-	-	-	.850	1.76

Awards

[1980] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5) [1982] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1983] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #14), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1984] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1994] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	1,071,429	35	299,108	4
1986	1,150,000	36	325,466	4
1987	1,200,000	38	292,853	5
1988	1,200,000	47	325,305	6

Career:	$4,621,429	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1982-1984)

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