Mario Soto
Mario Soto
Full name: Mario Melvin Soto
Born: July 12, 1956, Bani, Dominican Rep.
First Game: July 21, 1977 ; Final Game: June 16, 1988
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 174
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Mario Soto
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1977 CIN N Daily Splits 12 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .188 .077 0.0 1977 CIN N
1978 CIN N Daily Splits 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 25 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 0.0 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 54 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 .043 .043 .043 0.0 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 25 59 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .068 .083 .068 0.0 1981 CIN N
1982 CIN N Daily Splits 37 84 5 14 4 0 0 5 4 0 25 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .213 .214 0.0 1982 CIN N
1983 CIN N Daily Splits 35 88 6 11 3 0 0 2 1 0 26 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 .125 .135 .159 0.0 1983 CIN N
1984 CIN N Daily Splits 33 87 5 18 5 0 1 9 0 0 28 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .205 .299 0.0 1984 CIN N
1985 CIN N Daily Splits 37 83 3 11 0 1 0 4 1 0 24 0 6 0 0 4 1 0 0 .133 .143 .157 0.0 1985 CIN N
1986 CIN N Daily Splits 20 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .111 .148 0.0 1986 CIN N
1987 CIN N Daily Splits 6 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0.0 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits 14 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 .045 .160 .045 0.0 1988 CIN N
Total Splits 303 530 32 70 13 1 1 24 11 0 166 2 58 2 0 13 2 0 0 .132 .152 .166 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 CIN N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1979 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1982 NL
1983 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 NL
1984 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 NL
Total Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1977 CIN N Daily Splits 12 10 2 1 1 0 60.2 60 266 12 38 36 26 4 44 2 2 4 3 0 12 5 2 4 2 6 5.34 -1.1 1977 CIN N
1978 CIN N Daily Splits 5 1 0 0 1 0 18 13 79 1 5 5 13 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.50 0.1 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 25 0 0 0 7 0 37.1 33 169 2 25 22 30 2 32 1 1 0 1 0 7 1 2 3 3 2 5.30 -0.7 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 53 12 3 1 10 4 190.1 126 777 11 72 65 84 10 182 10 8 6 2 4 23 6 5 6 10 8 3.07 0.5 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 25 25 10 3 0 0 175 142 717 13 69 64 61 3 151 3 4 4 3 3 22 5 9 6 12 9 3.29 0.1 1981 CIN N
1982 CIN N Daily Splits 35 34 13 2 1 0 257.2 202 1033 19 88 80 71 3 274 12 8 6 4 1 49 2 13 11 14 13 2.79 2.8 1982 CIN N
1983 CIN N Daily Splits 34 34 18 3 0 0 273.2 207 1114 28 96 82 95 6 242 8 9 2 5 2 27 3 10 14 17 13 2.70 2.9 1983 CIN N
1984 CIN N Daily Splits 33 33 13 0 0 0 237.1 181 971 26 102 93 87 6 185 9 6 3 5 0 28 5 7 12 18 7 3.53 0.9 1984 CIN N
1985 CIN N Daily Splits 36 36 9 1 0 0 256.2 196 1055 30 109 102 104 3 214 13 9 8 2 2 33 8 10 9 12 15 3.58 0.5 1985 CIN N
1986 CIN N Daily Splits 19 19 1 1 0 0 105 113 461 15 61 55 46 6 67 6 4 3 1 0 26 5 6 5 5 10 4.71 -1.3 1986 CIN N
1987 CIN N Daily Splits 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 138 7 18 18 12 1 11 4 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 2 5.12 -0.4 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits 14 14 3 1 0 0 87 88 367 8 49 45 28 3 34 5 2 0 2 8 13 3 5 3 3 7 4.66 -1.1 1988 CIN N
Total Splits 297 224 72 13 20 4 1730.1 1395 7147 172 732 667 657 50 1449 73 53 37 28 20 249 43 70 73 100 92 3.47 3.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1979 CIN N
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1982 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1982 NL
1983 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0.00 1983 NL
1984 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1984 NL
Total Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 27 0 2 0 2 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1977 CIN N Daily P 12 10 2 60.2 5 9 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1.000
1978 CIN N Daily P 5 1 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1979 CIN N Daily P 25 0 0 37.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 1.000
1980 CIN N Daily P 53 12 3 190.1 12 25 3 2 0 3 5 25 0 .925
1981 CIN N Daily P 25 25 10 175 10 19 2 1 0 2 5 25 1 .935
1982 CIN N Daily P 35 34 13 257.2 10 29 3 1 0 2 9 24 0 .929
1983 CIN N Daily P 34 34 18 273.2 22 28 5 1 0 2 14 18 0 .909
1984 CIN N Daily P 33 33 13 237.1 12 22 3 1 0 3 14 32 1 .919
1985 CIN N Daily P 36 36 9 256.2 13 34 2 0 0 1 10 43 0 .959
1986 CIN N Daily P 19 19 1 105 3 16 1 0 0 2 8 15 2 .950
1987 CIN N Daily P 6 6 0 31.2 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 1.000
1988 CIN N Daily P 14 14 3 87 5 12 3 1 0 0 4 13 1 .850
Total P 297 224 72 1730.1 95 203 22 8 0 15 78 217 6 .931
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 CIN N Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1982 NL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
1983 NL Daily P 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 NL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 3 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cincinnati Reds (December 3, 1973 ).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 20, 1988 ).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 27, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988 ).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 7, 1988 ).
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