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Mario Soto
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Birthdate: 7/12/1956    
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Bani, , D.R.
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Mario Soto was one of the leading strikeout pitchers of the 1980s. In his first full season, 1980, the right-handed flamethrower was used mainly in relief, started 12 games and relieved in 41 others. He finished with a 10-8 record and struck out 182 batters in 190 innings, third highest Ks total in the NL, and yielded the least amount of hits per/innings, just 126 hits for an amazing .187 opponents batting average, that percentage ranks in the Top 20 best of all-time.

 

In 1981 he put together a 12-9 record. In 1982 he was chosen for his first of three All-Star games. In that year he chalked up a career best 274 batters, second in the majors to Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton’s 276 Ks. From 1981 thru 1985 he struck out more batters than anyone in the major leagues. Baseball Historian


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1977 CIN (NL) 12 10 2 6 0 2 1 60.2 60 38 36 12 26 4 44 4 3 0 5.34
1978 CIN (NL) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.0 13 5 5 1 13 3 13 0 0 0 2.50
1979 CIN (NL) 25 0 3 2 0 0 0 37.1 33 25 22 2 30 2 32 0 1 0 5.30
1980 CIN (NL) 53 12 10 8 4 3 1 190.1 126 72 65 11 84 10 182 6 2 4 3.07
1981 CIN (NL) 25 25 12 9 0 10 3 175.0 142 69 64 13 61 3 151 4 3 3 3.29
1982 CIN (NL) 35 34 14 13 0 13 2 257.2 202 88 80 19 71 3 274 6 4 1 2.79
1983 CIN (NL) 34 34 17 13 0 18 3 273.2 207 96 82 28 95 6 242 2 5 2 2.70
1984 CIN (NL) 33 33 18 7 0 13 0 237.1 181 102 93 26 87 6 185 3 5 0 3.53
1985 CIN (NL) 36 36 12 15 0 9 1 256.2 196 109 102 30 104 3 214 8 2 2 3.58
1986 CIN (NL) 19 19 5 10 0 1 1 105.0 113 61 55 15 46 6 67 3 1 0 4.71
1987 CIN (NL) 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 31.2 34 18 18 7 12 1 11 1 0 0 5.12
1988 CIN (NL) 14 14 3 7 0 3 1 87.0 88 49 45 8 28 3 34 0 2 8 4.66
12 years   297 224 100 92 4 72 13 1730.1 1395 732 667 172 657 50 1449 37 28 20 3.47
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1977 CIN (NL) 12 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .77 .188 SLG
1978 CIN (NL) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1979 CIN (NL) 25 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 SLG
1980 CIN (NL) 54 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 8 0 .43 .43 SLG
1981 CIN (NL) 25 59 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 6 0 .68 .83 SLG
1982 CIN (NL) 37 84 5 14 4 0 0 5 4 25 0 0 0 1 11 0 .167 .213 SLG
1983 CIN (NL) 35 88 6 11 3 0 0 2 1 26 0 0 0 0 11 0 .125 .135 SLG
1984 CIN (NL) 33 87 5 18 5 0 1 9 0 28 0 0 0 0 4 1 .207 .205 SLG
1985 CIN (NL) 37 83 3 11 0 1 0 4 1 24 0 0 0 0 6 0 .133 .143 SLG
1986 CIN (NL) 20 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 .111 .111 SLG
1987 CIN (NL) 6 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .83 .83 SLG
1988 CIN (NL) 14 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 .45 .160 SLG
12 years   303 530 32 70 13 1 1 24 11 166 0 0 0 2 58 2 .132 .152 .SLG



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