Geovany Soto
Chicago Cubs 2005–2012; Texas Rangers 2012–2013; Oakland Athletics 2014; Texas Rangers 2014; Chicago White Sox 2015; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2016; Chicago White Sox 2017
Percentile snapshot
2008 season — qualified batters
of 148 qualified 2008 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -134.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .231 | .240 | .471 | 12.5 | 19.8 | .215 | -0.1 |
| 2007 | 18 | 60 | 54 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .433 | .667 | 1.100 | 180.1 | 174.1 | .468 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | 141 | 563 | 494 | 66 | 141 | 35 | 2 | 23 | 86 | 62 | 121 | 0 | 1 | .285 | .364 | .504 | .868 | 121.1 | 120.2 | .378 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | 102 | 389 | 331 | 27 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 50 | 77 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .321 | .381 | .702 | 80.3 | 80.7 | .317 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 105 | 387 | 322 | 47 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 53 | 62 | 83 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .393 | .497 | .890 | 139.5 | 135.3 | .393 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 125 | 474 | 421 | 46 | 96 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 54 | 45 | 124 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .310 | .411 | .721 | 95.5 | 95.4 | .322 | 2.4 |
| 2012 | 99 | 361 | 324 | 45 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 30 | 76 | 1 | 0 | .198 | .270 | .343 | .613 | 60.8 | 63.3 | .274 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 54 | 184 | 163 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 2 | .245 | .328 | .466 | .794 | 117.5 | 114.4 | .349 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 24 | 87 | 80 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .302 | .363 | .665 | 89.2 | 88.5 | .301 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 78 | 210 | 187 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 63 | 0 | 1 | .219 | .301 | .406 | .708 | 96.6 | 94.7 | .311 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 26 | 86 | 78 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .321 | .487 | .809 | 120.0 | 119.0 | .345 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 13 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .271 | .405 | .676 | 77.4 | 79.3 | .289 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-10 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2011-09-19 | MIL @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008-04-23 | CHC @ COL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008-08-26 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008-04-30 | MIL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.