Mario Soto

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 174lb (183cm, 78kg)

Born: July 12, 1956 in Bani, Dominican Republic do

Debut: July 21, 1977 (Age 21-009d, 13,911th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 16, 1988 (Age 31-340d)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Mario Melvin Soto

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

100

ERA

3.47

297

224

1730.1

1449

WHIP

1.186

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-31 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 45, Entered with runners on base: 21

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	43	5	Apr 14	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	7-8		99	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.50	7.25	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.021	.33	-0.03%	-0.10	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
2	44	12	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-5	6-7	H(1)	6	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	11.57	7.04	4	0	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.118	5.55	-0.19%	-0.94	6b 12- 2 out a3	7b 1-3 0 out a3
3	45	19	Apr 30	CIN		HOU	L,1-5	7-8		8	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	8.31	3.68	9	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.008	.53	-0.01%	-0.10	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	46	20	May 1	CIN		HOU	L,3-9	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.68	4.02	8	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
5	47	21	May 2	CIN		CHC	L,4-12	12-12		0	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8.53	4.96	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.026	.77	-0.03%	-1.03	12t 1-- 1 out d2	12t 123 1 out d2
6	48	22	May 3	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	1-8		0	7.0	5	2	2	6	5	0	0	5.40	4.40	32	7	9	0	3	5		1	0	1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.102	.56	0.10%	2.79	1t 1-- 1 out d5	8t 12- 1 out d4
7	49	26	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	W,12-10	6-8	H(2)	2	2.2	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	5.63	5.25	11	2	3	0	0	1		3	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.88	0.056	3.16	0.06%	-0.98	6b 123 0 out a4	8b --- 2 out a1
8	50	30	May 11	CIN		PHI	L,3-7	6-7		4	2.0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.50	5.25	9	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.012	.42	-0.01%	-0.10	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
9	51	32	May 14	CIN		NYM	L,6-7	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.71	4.94	9	2	5	0	1	0		2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.021	.92	-0.03%	0.69	6t 1-3 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
10	52	36	May 20	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	6-8	H(3)	5	2.2	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.56	4.91	13	1	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.050	2.87	0.05%	0.06	6b --- 0 out a1	8b --3 2 out a1
11	53	37	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-9	2-3		0	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.68	5.27	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.033	.43	-0.03%	-0.43	2b --- 2 out d3	3b 3 out d4
12	54	38	May 23	CIN		MON	L,4-7	1-7		1	6.2	2	2	1	3	7	0	0	3.98	4.58	25	4	9	2	2	2		3	3	2	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.084	.57	-0.08%	-0.78	1t 123 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
13	55	40	May 25	CIN		MON	L,4-7	5-5		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.47	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.060	1.13	0.06%	0.82	5t 1-- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d2
14	56	41	May 26(1)	CIN		LAD	L,0-4	6-8		0	3.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.53	4.29	13	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.028	.40	0.04%	1.36	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	57	47	Jun 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.2	8	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.79	3.92	24	2	5	0	1	8	41			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.161	2.11	-0.20%	-1.61	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out a1
16	58	49	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	6-6		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	3.90	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.023	2.53	0.04%	0.23	6b --- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
17	59	55	Jun 10	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	6	8.0	7	5	5	2	8	2	0	4.04	4.04	33	7	9	0	5	7	54			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.266	1.45	-0.29%	-1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	60	59	Jun 14	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	BL(0-2)	3	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.24	4.01	11	2	3	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.383	2.33	-0.45%	-1.07	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
19	61	60	Jun 15	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.21	3.96	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.005	.32	0.01%	0.35	8b --3 2 out d3	8b 3 out d3
20	62	61	Jun 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	5-6		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.05	3.80	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.21	0.02%	0.92	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
21	63	63	Jun 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	7-7		1	0.1	1	4	4	2	0	0	1	4.70	3.96	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.68	-0.073	1.13	-0.07%	-2.07	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 123 1 out d3
22	64	67	Jun 22	CIN		STL	L,2-12	6-8		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.61	3.83	12	2	5	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	0.32	6t 12- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d10
23	65	72	Jun 29	CIN	@	HOU	L,10-12	2-7	L(0-3)	6	4.2	5	5	5	2	5	1	0	4.99	3.89	21	4	5	1	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.334	2.08	-0.42%	-1.76	2b -2- 2 out d3	7b 1-3 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	66	74	Jul 1	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-4	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.83	3.81	7	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.34	0.025	.41	0.02%	1.20	6b 1-3 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
25	67	76	Jul 3	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	6-6		1	0.2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	4.92	3.99	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.069	.81	-0.05%	-1.29	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 123 2 out d3
26	68	78	Jul 5(1)	CIN		HOU	W,8-6	1-GF	W(1-3)	1	8.2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.33	3.74	29	7	13	1	3	3		2	2	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.376	1.44	0.39%	2.96	1t -23 1 out d4	9t end a 2
27	69	82	Jul 11	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(2-3)	5	8.2	5	3	3	5	10	0	0	4.20	3.58	36	5	11	1	4	5	67			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.200	1.77	0.19%	1.93	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 2 out a3
28	70	85	Jul 13	CIN		SFG	L,0-2	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.15	3.55	5	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.060	1.45	-0.05%	-0.18	8t 1-- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
29	71	88	Jul 16	CIN		MON	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-4)	2	7.0	6	5	4	2	8	1	0	4.23	3.52	28	10	3	1	2	5	53			2	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.58	-0.219	.61	-0.14%	-1.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
30	72	90	Jul 18(1)	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	6-GF	W(3-4)	1	4.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.15	3.59	13	6	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.075	.92	0.05%	0.81	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
31	73	95	Jul 22	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.96	3.59	39	4	16	4	2	9	65			2	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.455	1.90	0.37%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	74	101	Jul 28(2)	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-5)	5	6.0	6	5	3	2	4	0	0	3.99	3.53	26	7	8	2	0	5	46			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.272	1.20	-0.34%	-2.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	75	106	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-8	5-6		5	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.08	3.53	10	2	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	.34	-0.072	.58	-0.07%	-2.23	5b 123 0 out d2	6b 3 out d6
34	76	108	Aug 4(2)	CIN		SDP	W,11-2	5-7	W(5-5)	0	2.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.98	3.49	10	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	0.271	3.28	0.27%	1.76	5t 12- 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
35	77	110	Aug 6	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	7-8		1	1.1	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.09	3.45	8	1	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.68	-0.115	5.82	-0.15%	-0.50	7t -23 1 out tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
36	78	111	Aug 8	CIN		LAD	W,8-5	6-7		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.03	3.43	6	0	3	0	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.77	-0.017	5.80	-0.03%	0.31	6t 12- 1 out tie	7t 3 out d1
37	79	112	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	L,4-9	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.97	3.39	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.022	.56	0.05%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
38	80	113	Aug 10	CIN		LAD	L,1-7	6-8		0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.40	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.001	2.15	0.00%	-0.43	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-3 0 out d2
39	81	116	Aug 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	7-GF	W(6-5)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.35	10	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.335	7.67	0.59%	1.26	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
40	82	119	Aug 17	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-5)	3	7.1	5	2	2	7	5	0	0	3.87	3.40	34	6	11	2	0	5	58			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.40	0.039	6.75	0.11%	0.70	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
41	83	125	Aug 24	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	6-8		6	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.78	3.35	10	1	6	1	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.050	.65	0.07%	1.36	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
42	84	126	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.71	3.32	9	1	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	0.267	3.65	0.26%	1.76	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
43	85	129	Aug 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-7	6-9	W(8-5)	3	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.33	12	7	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.074	3.81	0.08%	0.01	6b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
44	86	131	Aug 31	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	6-GF	S(2)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.59	3.26	12	3	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.511	3.07	0.55%	1.84	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
45	87	134	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	8-9		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.54	3.25	7	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.297	4.04	0.32%	1.31	8b 1-- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
46	88	135	Sep 5	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	3.25	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.043	2.58	0.04%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
47	89	137	Sep 6(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-1	7-GF	S(4)	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.23	10	1	6	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.307	2.62	0.31%	2.42	7b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
48	90	140	Sep 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	15	0	0	3.32	3.03	34	4	7	0	0	7	83			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.228	1.68	0.22%	3.15	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
49	91	143	Sep 13	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	8-GF	L(9-6)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.39	3.01	10	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.85	-0.565	7.05	-0.84%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
50	92	147	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.21	2.98	37	10	12	2	2	4	80			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.271	.74	0.17%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
51	93	151	Sep 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-2	GS-9		3	8.0	4	2	1	2	10	0	1	3.11	2.91	31	8	6	1	1	4	76			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.55	-0.281	2.48	-0.27%	0.63	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out tie
52	94	157	Sep 27	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-6	L(10-7)	5	6.0	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	3.01	2.92	23	5	11	0	2	3	62			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	1	.94	-0.029	2.08	-0.04%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
53	95	161	Oct 3	CIN		ATL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(10-8)	5	8.0	4	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.07	2.95	32	10	10	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
							22-31		W-L:10-8,Sv:4,BSv:1,Hld:3	2.3	190.1	126	72	65	84	182	11	2	3.07	2.95	777	0.80		6%	10%	121	62	37	43%	25	5	0	673	23	6	10	5	8	5	1.02	0.837	1.93	0.62%	16.98

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