Joakim Soria

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	5/18/1984 (40)
Height, Weight	6'3", 205 lb
Hometown	Monclova, MEX

2021 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	37.1	5.06	1.37	25.2%	7.5%

	44 IP	4.16 ERA	1.32 WHIP	24.5% K%	10.0% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	92.8	13.4%	28.6%	53.1%	7.4%	4.99	3.82

	93.9 FB MPH	12.8% SwStr%	29.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	6.8% MTK%	5.00 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2007	KC	62	0	69.0	2-3	17	-	2.48	0.94	-	2.50	-	-	27.8%	7.0%	6.0	0.39	.251	-	74.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	KC	63	0	67.1	2-3	42	-	1.60	0.86	-	3.25	-	-	25.4%	7.3%	5.2	0.67	.210	-	89.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	KC	47	0	53.0	3-2	30	-	2.21	1.13	-	2.74	-	-	31.1%	7.2%	7.5	0.85	.302	-	87.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	KC	66	0	65.2	1-2	43	-	1.78	1.05	-	2.53	-	-	26.3%	5.9%	7.3	0.55	.282	-	88.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	KC	60	0	60.1	5-5	28	-	4.03	1.28	-	3.49	-	-	23.4%	6.6%	9.0	1.04	.317	-	72.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	TEX	26	0	23.2	1-0	0	-	3.80	1.35	-	3.70	-	-	27.7%	13.9%	6.8	0.76	.291	-	76.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	DET/TEX	48	0	44.1	2-4	18	-	3.25	0.99	-	2.09	-	-	26.4%	3.3%	7.7	0.41	.293	-	62.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	DET/PIT	72	0	67.2	3-1	24	-	2.53	1.09	-	3.71	-	-	23.5%	7.0%	7.3	1.06	.266	-	86.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	KC	70	0	66.2	5-8	1	-	4.05	1.46	-	4.37	-	-	23.2%	9.2%	9.5	1.35	.330	-	80.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	KC	59	0	56.0	4-3	1	-	3.70	1.23	-	2.23	-	-	27.6%	8.6%	7.9	0.16	.329	-	67.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	CWS/MIL	66	0	60.2	3-4	16	13	3.12	1.14	-	2.43	-	-	29.4%	6.3%	7.9	0.59	.312	-	71.9%	-	-	15.3%	29.4%	0.60	-
2019	OAK	71	1	69.0	2-4	1	21	4.30	1.03	-	3.62	-	-	28.4%	7.2%	6.7	1.17	.253	-	66.8%	-	-	14.0%	31.6%	0.64	-
2020	OAK	22	0	22.1	2-2	2	4	2.82	1.25	2.88	2.97	5.17	4.12	25.0%	10.4%	7.3	0.40	.279	3.3%	75.2%	35.5%	25.8%	11.1%	27.1%	0.48	4.91
2021	ARI/TOR	41	0	37.1	1-4	6	5	5.06	1.37	4.43	4.17	4.21	3.82	25.2%	7.5%	9.4	1.45	.330	14.6%	71.1%	38.7%	39.6%	13.4%	28.6%	0.55	4.99
RP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG		42	0	44.0	3-2	3	7	4.16	1.32	4.26	4.15	4.18	3.86	24.5%	10.0%	8.0	1.13	.288	13.6%	72.4%	36.5%	44.9%	12.8%	29.1%	0.52	5.00
Career		773	1	763.0	36-45	229	43	3.11	1.13	-	-	-	0.08	26.4%	7.3%	7.5	0.79	.287	28.2%	76.8%	12.5%	34.5%	13.9%	29.7%	0.59	4.96

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 59%
Slider | 22%
Changeup | 14%
Curveball | 4%
Sinker | 1%
Cutter | 0%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	28.9%	92.1	-	-	68.6%	11.2%	18.8%	30.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.242	.298	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	18.7%	93.3	-	-	65.0%	10.0%	17.1%	27.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.261	.292	-	-	-	-
2019	30.4%	92.6	-	-	69.3%	15.0%	20.4%	35.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.185	.195	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	26.9%	93.6	-	-	64.5%	10.4%	17.3%	27.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.281	.314	-	-	-	-
2020	66.3%	92.3	44.4%	25.2%	63.6%	8.4%	18.4%	26.8%	52.4%	23.5%	47.1%	41.2%	6.3%	.262	.303	-3	-5.2	11.2%	4.88
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	46.6%	93.4	49.1%	24.4%	63.8%	10.3%	17.7%	28.0%	50.1%	34.8%	41.5%	42.7%	18.8%	.265	.298	0	0.0	7.5%	4.87
2021	59.2%	92.8	53.4%	29.9%	70.1%	10.3%	17.3%	27.7%	56.1%	32.7%	43.6%	45.5%	12.5%	.328	.346	+2	3.8	7.3%	5.06
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	47.4%	93.9	50.6%	25.3%	64.7%	10.9%	16.8%	27.7%	52.1%	37.1%	40.5%	39.4%	13.6%	.253	.298	+1	0.3	6.9%	4.89

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.215	.287	.234	.310	35.3%	5.9%	41.2%	89.9	90.3	24.1	3.9	10.2	-1.8	5.5	6.6	2,235
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.261	.367	.294	.411	-	10.2%	42.7%	90.4	89.6	18.7	4.7	9.4	-0.7	5.7	6.3	2,297
2021	.346	.434	.366	.468	40.0%	7.3%	45.5%	88.9	85.6	21.4	3.5	10.4	-1.9	5.6	6.6	2,334
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.248	.344	.288	.382	-	8.9%	39.4%	90.0	88.2	17.7	4.6	9.2	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,285

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	303	66	208	95	8	5	1	1	15	18	0	14	4	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	95	24	62	33	3	1	0	1	5	7	0	5	3	0
2019	339	63	235	104	5	3	0	2	10	14	0	12	7	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	152	37	99	53	5	2	0	2	9	13	0	8	5	0
2020	250	49	159	91	8	2	0	1	11	13	14	10	5	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	113	28	73	40	4	1	0	1	6	8	7	6	4	0
2021	358	72	251	107	10	7	1	3	21	28	25	9	8	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	292	72	190	101	9	3	0	2	15	18	18	17	9	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2020	23.5%	29.4%	47.1%	17.6%	29.4%	50.0%	20.6%	23.5%	11.8%	5.9%	41.2%	35.3%	58.8%	41.2%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	34.8%	23.8%	41.5%	12.2%	32.6%	38.7%	28.7%	24.7%	7.4%	10.2%	38.5%	-	57.7%	42.7%
2021	32.7%	23.6%	43.6%	12.7%	36.4%	34.5%	29.1%	34.5%	3.6%	7.3%	41.8%	40.0%	54.5%	45.5%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	37.1%	22.4%	40.5%	12.5%	30.4%	38.4%	31.2%	23.6%	7.0%	8.9%	36.8%	-	60.5%	39.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.242	.298	.298	.313	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.261	.353	.292	.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.185	.270	.195	.233	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.281	.380	.314	.367	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.262	.306	.303	.324	-3	.215	.287	.234	.310	89.9	90.3	24.1	6.3
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.265	.370	.298	.349	0	.261	.367	.294	.411	90.4	89.6	18.7	18.8
2021	.328	.425	.346	.382	+2	.346	.434	.366	.468	88.9	85.6	21.4	12.5
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.253	.343	.298	.336	+1	.248	.344	.288	.382	90.0	88.2	17.7	13.6

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	68.6%	49.8%	-	22.5%	22.8%	77.5%	-	-	18.8%	11.2%	30.0%	23.1%	15.8%	63.7%	0.66	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	65.0%	47.8%	-	20.6%	20.8%	79.4%	-	-	17.1%	10.0%	27.2%	-	16.9%	59.3%	0.50	-
2019	-	69.3%	49.0%	-	30.7%	20.9%	69.3%	-	-	20.4%	15.0%	35.4%	18.7%	13.0%	66.4%	0.84	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	64.5%	47.2%	-	21.7%	20.8%	78.3%	-	-	17.3%	10.4%	27.7%	-	16.0%	58.7%	0.52	-
2020	44.4%	63.6%	45.2%	25.2%	18.6%	23.2%	81.4%	79.5%	85.7%	18.4%	8.4%	26.8%	21.4%	13.6%	59.2%	0.54	52.4%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	49.1%	63.8%	46.0%	24.4%	22.1%	19.9%	77.9%	81.5%	68.7%	17.7%	10.3%	28.0%	-	15.9%	58.3%	0.52	50.1%
2021	53.4%	70.1%	52.8%	29.9%	19.6%	27.1%	80.4%	84.2%	70.0%	17.3%	10.3%	27.7%	21.9%	15.4%	64.2%	0.65	56.1%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	50.6%	64.7%	47.9%	25.3%	22.6%	21.0%	77.4%	81.1%	67.1%	16.8%	10.9%	27.7%	-	16.0%	59.4%	0.53	52.1%

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	44.4%	33.2%	24.0%	42.8%	33.6%	31.2%	35.2%	22.4%	53.6%	8.8%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	49.1%	34.3%	27.1%	38.7%	45.0%	27.2%	27.8%	29.9%	43.1%	7.6%
2021	53.4%	37.7%	28.5%	33.8%	39.9%	27.1%	33.0%	24.6%	46.9%	6.1%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	50.6%	33.8%	27.2%	39.0%	46.3%	27.3%	26.4%	29.5%	43.3%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	62.0%	13.2%	24.8%	13.8%	64.1%	51.1%	21.3%	-	18.7%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	56.0%	15.5%	28.5%	13.9%	60.8%	49.9%	22.4%	-	17.6%
2019	70.5%	10.3%	19.2%	11.3%	68.8%	59.6%	25.1%	-	18.5%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	55.2%	16.2%	28.7%	13.0%	61.1%	50.9%	22.2%	-	17.3%
2020	66.0%	12.0%	22.0%	10.9%	60.3%	47.9%	21.8%	30.9%	18.2%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	55.6%	16.6%	27.8%	12.7%	59.9%	49.9%	22.4%	22.2%	18.5%
2021	69.6%	10.9%	19.6%	11.6%	70.6%	63.3%	20.5%	22.9%	12.9%
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	55.2%	16.3%	28.5%	13.1%	60.3%	50.1%	21.0%	20.8%	18.7%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	92.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	92.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	92.3	6.6	5.6	16.6	17.7	-4.9	1.3	2,235	4.88
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.4	6.3	7.6	14.7	17.5	-5.0	1.0	2,297	4.87
2021	92.8	6.6	5.0	16.9	17.8	-4.9	1.2	2,334	5.06
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	93.9	6.4	7.4	15.1	17.5	-4.9	1.0	2,285	4.89

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	303	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	339	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	152	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	250	4.88	4.26	39.5%	16.7%	43.8%	-4.3%	-5.2	-3
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	113	4.87	1.70	42.9%	18.3%	38.8%	4.1%	0.0	0
2021	358	5.06	3.62	47.5%	16.8%	35.8%	11.7%	3.8	+2
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	292	4.89	1.59	43.9%	18.0%	38.1%	5.7%	0.3	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	5.1%	78.7	-	-	56.6%	22.6%	5.7%	28.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.200	.500	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	10.8%	84.3	-	-	60.6%	16.5%	14.3%	30.8%	-	-	-	-	-	.222	.289	-	-	-	-
2019	6.0%	81.4	-	-	56.7%	11.9%	16.4%	28.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	18.1%	84.6	-	-	60.9%	16.6%	14.6%	31.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.228	.294	-	-	-	-
2020	19.6%	77.5	40.5%	29.5%	62.2%	14.9%	14.9%	29.7%	45.9%	0.0%	61.5%	46.2%	0.0%	.278	.385	+0	-0.7	12.7%	5.18
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	30.5%	84.3	38.8%	30.6%	59.3%	15.7%	14.4%	30.1%	48.3%	41.2%	37.6%	39.7%	12.8%	.215	.299	+0	-0.1	9.3%	5.03
2021	21.7%	77.6	43.5%	31.1%	61.8%	12.2%	17.6%	29.8%	49.6%	38.5%	42.3%	30.8%	0.0%	.250	.346	+4	0.2	5.3%	4.91
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	31.7%	84.3	40.8%	31.4%	60.9%	16.1%	15.1%	31.2%	49.7%	42.4%	36.8%	36.6%	14.2%	.219	.284	+1	0.5	7.3%	5.12

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.220	.248	.305	.293	23.1%	0.0%	46.2%	81.7	74.6	34.7	-7.9	-3.1	-1.8	5.7	6.6	2,735
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.201	.263	.272	.336	-	5.0%	39.7%	85.9	85.9	14.8	-2.4	1.5	-0.7	5.7	6.3	2,394
2021	.180	.218	.235	.254	30.8%	0.0%	30.8%	84.3	81.3	21.9	-7.7	-4.1	-2.2	5.8	6.6	2,758
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	.207	.273	.266	.350	-	6.1%	36.6%	86.3	86.2	14.4	-3.0	0.9	-0.8	5.7	6.2	2,413

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	53	17	30	23	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	9	2	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB AVG	48	12	30	19	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	0
2019	67	15	38	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0
MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-