Geovany Soto

Bats R Throws R6'1" 225 lbBorn 1983 San Juan, P.R.Debut 2005Team CWS1x All-StarDraft 2001 R11 #318 Chicago Cubs, American Military Academy HS (Rio Piedras, PR)

Awards: Rookie of the Year

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2017	CWS	13	48	5	8	0	0	3	9	0	4	10	0.190	0.271	0.405	0.676	78.9
2016	LAA	26	86	11	21	5	0	4	9	0	6	21	0.269	0.321	0.487	0.809	121.0
2015	CWS	78	210	20	41	8	0	9	21	0	21	63	0.219	0.301	0.406	0.708	103.1
2014	OAK	24	87	8	20	6	0	1	11	0	6	19	0.250	0.302	0.362	0.665	88.8
2013	TEX	54	184	20	40	9	0	9	22	1	20	60	0.245	0.328	0.466	0.794	116.2
2012	TEX	99	361	45	64	12	1	11	39	1	30	76	0.198	0.270	0.343	0.613	59.7
2011	CHC	125	474	46	96	26	0	17	54	0	45	124	0.228	0.310	0.411	0.721	101.5
2010	CHC	105	387	47	90	19	0	17	53	0	62	83	0.280	0.393	0.497	0.890	133.6
2009	CHC	102	389	27	72	19	1	11	47	1	50	77	0.218	0.321	0.381	0.702	78.4
2008	CHC	141	563	66	141	35	2	23	86	0	62	121	0.285	0.364	0.504	0.868	117.7
2007	CHC	18	60	12	21	6	0	3	8	0	5	14	0.389	0.433	0.667	1.100	177.0
2006	CHC	11	26	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.200	0.231	0.240	0.471	15.5
2005	CHC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-138.8
Career		797	2876	308	619	146	4	108	361	3	311	673	0.245	0.330	0.435	0.765	102.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2017	48	90.7	18.2	12.5	39.4	30.0	17.7	0.294	0.567	0.391	25.5
2016	86	87.9	13.8	9.4	30.5	27.1	29.3	0.298	0.496	0.362	25.9
2015	210	90.1	13.4	8.3	42.4	29.0	19.5	0.226	0.416	0.321	25.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2017	CWS	C	13	109	91	7	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2016	LAA	C	23	189	145	6	1	0	0.993	+0.0
2016	LAA	1B	1	3	2	1	1	0	0.750	+0.1
2016	LAA	3B	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2015	CWS	C	73	487	398	24	5	1	0.988	-0.1
2014	OAK	C	24	205	194	16	3	3	0.986
2013	TEX	C	53	431	395	27	2	3	0.995
2013	TEX	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2012	TEX	C	96	807	714	37	8	3	0.989
2011	CHC	C	122	1042	899	82	13	7	0.987
2010	CHC	C	104	847	762	45	4	7	0.995
2009	CHC	C	96	811	720	50	5	9	0.994
2008	CHC	C	136	1150	1011	55	5	9	0.995
2007	CHC	C	16	122	109	10	0	0	1.000
2006	CHC	C	7	55	66	4	1	0	0.986

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	38	1 HR, 0 SB	0.194	0.605
2014	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	33	1 HR, 0 SB	0.188	0.556
2014	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.368	0.929
2007	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	449	26 HR, 0 SB	0.353	1.076
2006	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	391	6 HR, 0 SB	0.272	0.739
2005	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	345	4 HR, 0 SB	0.253	0.699
2004	AA	West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx	Bat	381	9 HR, 1 SB	0.271	0.756
2003	A+	Daytona Cubs	Bat	340	2 HR, 0 SB	0.242	0.629
2002	Rk	AZL Cubs	Bat	175	3 HR, 0 SB	0.269	0.750
2001	Rk	AZL Cubs	Bat	169	1 HR, 1 SB	0.260	0.726

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2017	0.381	0.247	0.375	0.208
2016	0.433	0.319	0.356	0.357
2015	0.356	0.303	0.344	0.296

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2014	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2012	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2008	3	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0.182	0.250	0.273	0.523
2007	2	6	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	0.167	0.375	0.667	1.042
Career	7	20	1	3	1	1	2	3	6	0.150	0.261	0.350	0.611

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	LAA	$2,800,000
2015	CWS	$1,500,000
2014	TEX	$3,050,000
2013	TEX	$2,750,000
2012	CHC	$4,300,000
2011	CHC	$3,000,000
2010	CHC	$575,000
2009	CHC	$575,000
2008	CHC	$401,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.