Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
17	591	636.3	24	28	207	2.89	9

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2002	SEA	10	8	47.3	0	3	1	45	16	32	8	94	8.6	3.0	1.5	6.1	0%	.253	1.29	4.91	4.56	117	5.19	111.4	0.2
2003	SEA	40	0	53.0	3	0	1	30	12	68	2	98	5.1	2.0	0.3	11.5	0%	.241	0.79	1.86	1.53	67	2.11	44.1	1.9
2004	SEA	6	0	3.3	0	3	0	9	3	3	0	101	24.3	8.1	0.0	8.1	0%	.529	3.60	4.05	13.50	108	5.58	115.0	0.0
2005	SEA	7	0	7.3	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	104	7.4	1.2	0.0	11.0	0%	.316	0.95	1.40	2.45	102	4.26	91.6	0.1
2006	SEA	53	0	60.0	1	2	2	44	21	65	6	99	6.6	3.2	0.9	9.8	0%	.259	1.08	3.47	2.25	91	3.72	75.8	1.3
2007	ATL	71	0	72.0	3	3	9	47	15	70	12	102	5.9	1.9	1.5	8.8	0%	.198	0.86	4.10	3.00	95	3.57	73.8	1.5
2008	ATL	14	0	14.0	0	1	3	7	9	16	1	98	4.5	5.8	0.6	10.3	0%	.200	1.14	3.88	2.57	108	5.11	109.0	0.0
2009	ATL	77	0	75.7	1	6	27	53	27	102	6	96	6.3	3.2	0.7	12.1	0%	.275	1.06	2.49	2.97	70	2.79	59.8	2.1
2010	TBA	64	0	62.3	3	2	45	36	14	57	4	105	5.2	2.0	0.6	8.2	0%	.199	0.80	2.77	1.73	93	3.31	74.7	1.2
2011	NYA	42	0	39.3	2	3	2	33	18	36	4	108	7.6	4.1	0.9	8.2	0%	.276	1.30	4.00	4.12	108	4.71	109.5	0.0
2012	NYA	69	0	67.7	2	1	42	55	24	69	6	101	7.3	3.2	0.8	9.2	0%	.274	1.17	3.26	2.26	97	4.06	93.0	0.6
2013	WAS	68	0	66.7	3	3	43	65	17	51	7	103	8.8	2.3	0.9	6.9	0%	.287	1.23	3.62	3.11	104	4.16	99.5	0.4
2014	WAS	64	0	62.0	4	1	32	51	19	59	4	100	7.4	2.8	0.6	8.6	0%	.280	1.13	3.05	3.19	101	4.52	110.7	0.0
2015	CHN	6	0	5.7	2	0	0	8	1	4	2	91	12.7	1.6	3.2	6.4	0%	.333	1.59	6.86	6.35	128	7.51	175.5	-0.2
Career		591	8	636.3	24	28	207	489	197	641	62	100	6.9	2.8	0.9	9.1	34%	.257	1.08	3.33	2.89	94	3.83	85.4	9.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1999	EVE	A-	NWN	14	14	75.3	5	4	0	56	49	83	8		6.7	5.9	1.0	9.9	0%	-.343	1.39	5.18	3.11	0	0.00	0.0
2000	WIS	A	MDW	21	21	122.3	8	4	0	97	50	90	3		7.1	3.7	0.2	6.6	0%	-.657	1.20	3.35	2.87	0	0.00	0.0
2000	Esc	Wnt	DWL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2001	SBR	A+	CLF	15	15	89.0	6	3	0	49	39	98	4		5.0	3.9	0.4	9.9	0%	-.319	0.99	3.44	2.53	0	0.00	0.0
2001	SAN	AA	TXS	8	8	48.3	2	2	0	34	14	53	5		6.3	2.6	0.9	9.9	0%	-.403	0.99	3.54	3.35	0	0.00	0.0
2001	Esc	Wnt	DWL	12	0	26.3	3	3	0	23	8	24	0		7.9	2.7	0.0	8.2	0%	-.719	1.18	3.58	3.76	0	0.00	0.0
2002	SEA	MLB	AL	10	8	47.3	0	3	1	45	16	32	8	94	8.6	3.0	1.5	6.1	0%	.253	1.29	4.91	4.56	117	5.19	111.4
2002	SAN	AA	TXS	10	8	46.7	2	3	0	32	15	52	6		6.2	2.9	1.2	10.0	0%	.234	1.01	3.54	2.31	0	0.00	0.0
2003	SEA	MLB	AL	40	0	53.0	3	0	1	30	12	68	2	98	5.1	2.0	0.3	11.5	0%	.241	0.79	1.86	1.53	67	2.11	44.1
2003	TAC	AAA	PCL	11	10	62.0	4	3	0	43	12	63	2		6.2	1.7	0.3	9.1	0%	.256	0.89	2.46	3.19	0	0.00	0.0
2003	esc	Wnt	DWL	8	7	42.3	1	1	0	19	18	25	0		4.0	3.8	0.0	5.3	0%	-.404	0.87	3.49	0.21	0	0.00	0.0
2004	SEA	MLB	AL	6	0	3.3	0	3	0	9	3	3	0	101	24.3	8.1	0.0	8.1	0%	.529	3.60	4.05	13.50	108	5.58	115.0
2004	SBR	A+	CLF	2	2	8.0	0	0	0	7	1	9	1		7.9	1.1	1.1	10.1	0%	.316	1.00	3.46	2.25	0	0.00	0.0
2004	SAN	AA	TXS	2	1	8.0	1	0	0	4	0	10	1		4.5	0.0	1.1	11.3	0%	.200	0.50	2.54	1.13	0	0.00	0.0
2004	TAC	AAA	PCL	3	3	3.7	0	0	0	2	2	5	1		4.9	4.9	2.4	12.2	0%	.143	1.08	5.94	2.43	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SEA	MLB	AL	7	0	7.3	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	104	7.4	1.2	0.0	11.0	0%	.316	0.95	1.40	2.45	102	4.26	91.6
2005	EVE	A-	NWN	4	4	6.0	0	0	0	6	2	8	0	116	9.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	0%	-.545	1.33	2.31	3.00	84	4.62	91.1
2005	SBR	A+	CLF	3	3	4.0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	11.3	0%	-.400	0.50	1.35	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SAN	AA	TXS	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	0.00	6.27	0.00	100	4.36	85.9
2005	TAC	AAA	PCL	5	0	5.3	1	0	0	3	1	11	0	83	5.1	1.7	0.0	18.7	0%	-.250	0.75	-0.08	0.00	35	1.64	32.4
2006	SEA	MLB	AL	53	0	60.0	1	2	2	44	21	65	6	99	6.6	3.2	0.9	9.8	0%	.259	1.08	3.47	2.25	91	3.72	75.8
2007	ATL	MLB	NL	71	0	72.0	3	3	9	47	15	70	12	102	5.9	1.9	1.5	8.8	0%	.198	0.86	4.10	3.00	95	3.57	73.8
2008	ATL	MLB	NL	14	0	14.0	0	1	3	7	9	16	1	98	4.5	5.8	0.6	10.3	0%	.200	1.14	3.88	2.57	108	5.11	109.0
2008	MIS	AA	SOU	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	117	4.5	4.5	0.0	9.0	0%	.250	1.00	2.74	0.00	83	3.18	65.1
2008	DRA	Rk	DSL	2	2	2.0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0		13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.429	1.50	1.29	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2009	ATL	MLB	NL	77	0	75.7	1	6	27	53	27	102	6	96	6.3	3.2	0.7	12.1	0%	.275	1.06	2.49	2.97	70	2.79	59.8
2010	TBA	MLB	AL	64	0	62.3	3	2	45	36	14	57	4	105	5.2	2.0	0.6	8.2	0%	.199	0.80	2.77	1.73	93	3.31	74.7
2011	NYA	MLB	AL	42	0	39.3	2	3	2	33	18	36	4	108	7.6	4.1	0.9	8.2	0%	.276	1.30	4.00	4.12	108	4.71	109.5
2011	TAM	A+	FSL	2	2	2.3	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	108	15.4	0.0	3.9	3.9	0%	.375	1.71	8.09	11.57	108	6.00	122.5
2011	SWB	AAA	INT	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1		4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	0%	.000	0.50	7.73	4.50	102	3.82	78.1
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	69	0	67.7	2	1	42	55	24	69	6	101	7.3	3.2	0.8	9.2	0%	.274	1.17	3.26	2.26	97	4.06	93.0
2013	WAS	MLB	NL	68	0	66.7	3	3	43	65	17	51	7	103	8.8	2.3	0.9	6.9	0%	.287	1.23	3.62	3.11	104	4.16	99.5
2014	WAS	MLB	NL	64	0	62.0	4	1	32	51	19	59	4	100	7.4	2.8	0.6	8.6	0%	.280	1.13	3.05	3.19	101	4.52	110.7
2015	CHN	MLB	NL	6	0	5.7	2	0	0	8	1	4	2	91	12.7	1.6	3.2	6.4	0%	.333	1.59	6.86	6.35	128	7.51	175.5
2015	TEN	AA	SOU	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0		5.4	5.4	0.0	7.2	0%	.250	1.20	3.50	0.00	102	4.28	93.9
2015	IOW	AAA	PCL	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1		3.6	0.0	1.8	10.8	0%	.100	0.40	3.79	1.80	74	1.86	40.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	226	0.5000	0.4336	0.7143	0.5752	0.2920	0.7231	0.6970	0.2857
2009	1201	0.5071	0.4629	0.6871	0.6190	0.3024	0.7427	0.5698	0.3129
2010	907	0.5480	0.5116	0.7478	0.6640	0.3268	0.8091	0.5970	0.2522
2011	650	0.4985	0.4831	0.7452	0.6327	0.3344	0.8341	0.5780	0.2548
2012	1097	0.4676	0.4476	0.7271	0.6082	0.3065	0.8205	0.5642	0.2729
2013	1131	0.5102	0.4836	0.8062	0.6586	0.3014	0.8553	0.6946	0.1938
2014	1003	0.5324	0.5294	0.7345	0.7116	0.3220	0.7974	0.5762	0.2655
2015	117	0.4359	0.5128	0.7833	0.6275	0.4242	0.8125	0.7500	0.2167
Career	6332	0.5082	0.4834	0.7402	0.6453	0.3147	0.8044	0.6047	0.2598

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-03-19	2013-03-27	Camp	8	0	-	Face	Other	Root Canal	-	-
2012-06-11	2012-06-12	DTD	1	1	Right	Fingers	Blister		-	-
2012-04-12	2012-04-15	DTD	3	2	-	Fingers	Laceration	Fingernail	-	-
2011-05-14	2011-07-29	60-DL	76	66	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2011-05-09	2011-05-13	DTD	4	3	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2010-02-19	2010-03-17	Camp	26	0		General Medical	Illness	Upper Respiratory Infection	-
2009-08-15	2009-08-19	DTD	4	4	Right	Shoulder	Soreness	Posterior	-
2009-05-20	2009-05-23	DTD	3	3		Groin	Strain		-
2009-03-24	2009-04-02	Camp	9	0		Trunk	Strain	Side	-
2008-08-03	2008-09-28	60-DL	56	51	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Ulnar Nerve Transposition and Bone Spur	2008-08-28
2008-06-06	2008-07-21	15-DL	45	37	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2008-04-07	2008-05-29	15-DL	52	47	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-
2008-03-04	2008-03-12	Camp	8	0	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2006-08-30	2006-10-01	DTD	32	29		Head	Concussion	Batted Ball	-
2006-07-20	2006-08-04	15-DL	15	12	Right	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2005-04-01	2005-09-05	60-DL	157	136	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2004-08-17
2004-05-10	2004-10-04	60-DL	147	131	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2004-08-17
2004-02-23	2004-03-25	Camp	31	0		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2003-08-15	2003-08-17	DTD	2	2	Left	Knee	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2002-07-03	2002-08-02	15-DL	30	26	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2004	SEA	$335,000
2005	SEA	$340,000
2006	SEA	$450,000
2007	ATL	$1,200,000
2008	ATL	$2,500,000
2009	ATL	$6,350,000
2010	TBA	$7,250,000
2011	NYA	$10,000,000
2012	NYA	$11,000,000
2013	WAS	$14,000,000
2014	WAS	$14,000,000
2015	CHN	$

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$67,425,000
11 yr	Total	$67,425,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 105 d	Octagon	1 year (2016)

Details

1 year (2016). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/28/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.75M in majors. Retired 3/20/16.
1 year (2015). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 6/9/15 (minor-league contract with salary of $4.1M in majors). May earn additional $4M in performance bonuses based on appearances and games finished. May opt out of contract 7/16/15 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 7/20/15. DFA by Chicago Cubs 9/1/15. Released 9/4/15.
2 years/$28M (2013-14), plus 2015 club option. Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/15/13. 13:$14M, 14:$14M, 15:$14M option guaranteed with 120 games finished in 2013-14. $14M in salary ($7M annually) is deferred, to be paid in $2M installments each January 5, 2018-25, reducing the contract's present-day average annual value to about $11M. If option is exercised or vests, half of the 2015 salary also is deferred until 2018-25, increasing annual payments to $3M. Washington declined 2015 option 10/30/14.
3 years/$35M (2011-13). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/11. 11:$10M, 12:$11M, 13:$14M. Soriano may opt out of deal and take $1.5M buyout after either 2011 or 2012 seasons. Soriano opted out of contract 10/31/12. NY Yankees made Soriano a qualifying offer for 2013 (1 year/$13.3M) 11/2/12.
1 year/$7.25M (2010). Accepted arbitration offer from Atlanta 12/7/09. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Atlanta 12/11/09. Signed by Tampa Bay 12/11/09.
2 year/$9M (2008-09). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/24/08 (avoided arbitration, $3.4M-$2.4M). $0.5M signing bonus. 08:$2.4M, 09:$6.1M.
1 year/$1.2M (2007). Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Seattle 12/06. Re-signed by Atlanta 1/07 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.45M (2006). $0.125M in performance bonuses (2 points per game started, 1 point per relief appearance): $15,000 each for 40, 45 points. $20,000 for 50 points. $25,000 each for 55, 60, 65 points.
1 year/$0.34M (2005).
1 year/$0.335M (2004). Optioned to A 4/04. Recalled 5/04.
1 year/$0.3M (2003). Optioned to Triple-A 3/03. Recalled 4/03. Optioned to Triple-A 5/03. Recalled 6/03.
1 year/$0.2M (2002). Signed 2/02. Optioned to Double-A 3/02. Recalled 5/02. Optioned to Double-A 8/02.
Signed by Seattle 1996 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2013-11-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Ben, in answer to your question of my question.. Rafael Soriano last year. I still concede your point re: Benoit :-) So, if you're Dave Dombrowski, how do you fix this pen? (DetroitDale from Tallahassee (eternal spring training))	Even Soriano didn't get an AAV that high, and at Benoit's age, I doubt he gets a big multi-year deal (maybe two years). I don't have Tigers-specific bullpen recommendations at the moment, but Sam has written a couple excellent articles on how you build a good bullpen on the cheap (or how the A's did, specifically) and how inconsistent bullpen performance is from season to season. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-10-30 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Matthew, Have Uehara,Balfour, and Cook,is there chance all three could close next year? (vampires from michigan)	Absolutely. There's a chance you could close next year. Or me. Well, not me. But you! Just look at who was closing a few seasons ago. Or, heck, I'll tell you. In 2010, the top five in saves were: 1. Brian Wilson 2. Heath Bell 3. Rafael Soriano 4. Joakim Soria 5. Matt Capps I'm sure all those guys will get shots to close and I'm sure some of them will falter (or get injured) because some of them always falter (or get injured) and will get replaced. (Matthew Kory)
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Rafael Soriano's 4-seam velocity (from Brooks Baseball) and his K/9 over the last 5 years: 93.36 - 12.1 92.99 - 8.2 92.70 - 8.2 92.76 - 9.2 91.80 - 6.9 Is he pretty much done as a top flight closer? That velocity aint coming back, is it? (Charlie from Bethesda)	was he ever top flight? And, no, he is what he is -- a decent reliever with closer makeup on the downside of his career. (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Rafael Soriano's 4-seam fastball average velocity has seen a big and pretty steady decline from 93.36 mph in 2009 down to 91.80 mph this year. His K/9 has dropped similarly. At 33, is this a sign that he's just getting old and probably won't be a great reliever anymore? (Charlie from Bethesda, MD)	yep, he's aging. And cutting the ball a lot, too. (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I guess my question on Rafael Soriano was whether or not that fastball decline is a huge red flag, or if we shouldn't read too much into it. (Charlie from Bethesda, MD)	no, not a red flag. Just a fact. it does tell you he doesn't have the power game, so you can read plenty into that in terms of expectations. (Harry Pavlidis)

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Rafael Soriano threw 7,189 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph).

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