NAME     : Alfonso Soriano
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 1/7/1978
  AGE      : 25
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 180
 
  POSITION : Second Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $450,000 through 2003 (Extension : $6,840,000, 6 years.
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Strong
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : Some ability
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

  DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
 
  Range at Second Base : B  (Fielding Pct. : .973)

  OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
  (Rated by an average league scout)
 
  Speed            : B
  Stealing Ability : B
  Sacrifice Bunt   : C
  Bunt for Hit     : B
  Hitter Type      : Normal
 
  Getting Hits         : 6  (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Good)
  Hitting Doubles      : 8  (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 10, Talent Good)
  Hitting Homeruns     : 8  (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 9, Talent Brilliant)
  Getting BB's         : 2  (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair)
  Avoiding Strikeouts  : 5  (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Good)

  BATTING STATS :
 
  Category       AVG HR RBI  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG
  Overall       .343 30  92 498 171 30  2 111 40 11  35  76 .384 .592 
  vs RHP        .337 21  67 407 137 22  2  89 32  8  30  64 .381 .555 
  vs LHP        .374  9  25  91  34  8  0  22  8  3   5  12 .394 .758 
  At Home       .370 16  43 216  80 12  1  62 24  5  17  29 .408 .657 
  Away          .323 14  49 282  91 18  1  49 16  6  18  47 .363 .543 
  R.I.S.P.      .333  9  62 111  37  8  0   0  0  0   8  20 .357 .649 
  Pinch Hitting .000  0   0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0   0 .000 .000 
  Close/Late    .196  0   4  51  10  1  0   3  0  0   4  11 .241 .216 
  This Week     .000  0   0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0   0 .000 .000 
  Last Week     .276  0   1  29   8  0  0   1  0  2   2   3 .323 .276 
  Apr/Mar       .372  6  24 113  42  5  0  27 11  6  10  17 .413 .575 
  May           .376  7  18 109  41  7  1  28 11  0   8  20 .424 .651 
  June          .354  8  21 113  40  6  1  29  7  2  11  14 .402 .637 
  July          .308  8  25 117  36 12  0  25  9  1   3  19 .325 .615 
  August        .261  1   4  46  12  0  0   2  2  2   3   6 .306 .326 
 

  CAREER STATS :
 
  YEAR   AVG HR RBI   G  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG   TEAMS
  1999  .125  1   1   9   8   1  0  0   2  0  1   0   3 .125 .500   NYA
  2000  .180  2   3  22  50   9  3  0   5  2  0   1  15 .196 .360   NYA
  2001  .268 18  73 158 574 154 34  3  77 43 14  29 125 .303 .432   NYA
  2002  .277 20  76 157 707 196 36  1 104 49 17  34 123 .310 .416   NYA
 
  Total AB  : 1837
  Total AVG : .289
  Total Hits: 531
  Total HR  : 71
  Total RBI : 245
  Total Runs: 299
  Total SB  : 134
 
 
  
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 7/5/2002 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Boston on 5/11/2003... Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 7/3/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game...