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ELLIOT SOTO # 76

BORN: AUG. 21, 1989 OPENING DAY AGE: 30
BIRTHPLACE: ELGIN, IL RESIDES: CARPENTERSVILLE, IL
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SIGNED TO MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT, DEC. 19, 2019

INF HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 BATS: R THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
SOTO’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2010— Cubs (AZL) .375 4 16 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .375 .375 1
Peoria .111 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .273 0
Boise .271 48 181 24 49 10 1 0 21 2 1 3 9 0 31 5 0 2 .337 .314 10
2011 — Peoria .261 87 318 35 83 11 1 0 24 11 2 6 17 0 58 4 7 7 .302 .309 8
Daytona .309 25 81 14 25 2 0 0 5 4 1 1 4 0 12 1 0 1 .333 345 5
2012— Daytona .231 9 26 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 .308 .286 1
Tennessee .220 82 209 16 46 5 4 0 15 5 2 1 27 0 45 2 3 5 .282 .310 6
2013— Tennessee .190 45 121 12 23 2 0 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 13 1 2 4 .256 .269 4
Daytona .244 39 135 14 33 8 0 0 18 2 5 3 17 0 24 2 1 3 .304 .331 2
2014— Tennessee .246 40 134 14 33 8 0 0 12 2 0 0 21 0 21 3 0 0 .306 .348 4
Iowa .241 29 108 13 26 4 0 1 11 0 3 0 8 0 21 1 0 1 .306 ,286 1
2015— Tennessee .275 88 306 47 84 10 1 0 18 9 0 2 55 0 58 5 4 7 .314 .388 7 soto
Jacksonville .204 32 108 12 22 1 1 0 8 1 1 1 14 0 24 2 1 1 .231 .298 4
2016— New Orleans .241 62 158 22 47 4 1 1 12 3 0 1 28 2 36 3 0 7 .297 .358 4
2017— Iowa .238 81 244 28 58 15 2 2 29 7 5 1 26 4 49 5 2 5 .340 .308 12
2018— Albuquerque .286 81 238 33 68 10 5 1 28 3 3 0 24 0 41 2 1 16 .382 .347 12
2019— Albuquerque .305 112 410 79 125 22 10 10 50 2 1 5 45 0 91 8 5 5 .480 .380 13
MINOR TOTALS .259 867 2802 370 726 114 26 17 259 54 24 25 311 7 542 46 27 64 .337 .336 79
◆ Elliot S. Soto...On Twitter: @ElliotSoto.
◆ 2020 marks first big league camp and first campaign with Angels...Enters 11th professional season after signing
as a minor league free agent, Dec. 19, 2019...In 867 career minor league games, has slashed .259/.336/.337,
accumulating 726 hits, 370 runs, 114 doubles, 26 triples, 17 home runs, 259 RBI and 46 stolen bases...Appeared in
654 games at SS, 120 at 2B and 47 at 3B .
◆ Played with Triple-A Albuquerque for 2019 season, enjoying a career year...Tallied career highs in runs (79), hits (125),
total bases (197), doubles (22), triples (10), home runs (10), RBI (50), stolen bases (8), slugging (.480) and OPS (.860)...
Slashed .305/.380/.480 in 112 games...Posted first career multi-HR game April 8 in a win over Salt Lake, going 3-for-4
with 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 9 TB…Compiled a 16-game hitting streak from July 11 – Aug. 1, during which he batted .388
(26-for-67)…Accumulated 36 multi-hit games, including eight 3+-hit games…Connected for two grand slams during the
season...Scored a season-high three runs twice (July 12 at El Paso and vs. Las Vegas on Aug. 27)…Slashed .323/.391/.581
with eight HR and 31 RBI in 61 home games…Hit .330/.398/.506 with five HR and 21 RBI in 42 games after the All-Star
break…Led off 33 games, batting .316 with a .405 OBP and 33 runs…Batted No. 2 in lineup for 26 games.
◆ Spent 2018 with Albuquerque after singing with Rockies as a minor league free agent on Nov. 16, 2018...Slashed
.341/.449/.463 in 41 at-bats against left-handed pitching...Batted ninth most often, slashing .346/.433/.558 in these 26
games...Posted one four-hit, five three-hit and 17 multi-hit games...Went 4-for-5 in July 19 win over El Paso...Scored a
season-high three runs April 27 vs. Las Vegas and May 6 vs. El Paso.
◆ Played in 2017 with Iowa after signing a minor league contract with Cubs,Dec. 14, 2016...Hit 15 doubles, two triples and
two home runs, along with five stolen bases and 29 RBI.
◆ Reached Triple-A with New Orleans in the Miami organization in 2016, playing primarily second base for the first time
in his career .
◆ Split the 2015 campaign between the Cubs and Marlins organizations after being traded to Miami with RHP Ivan
Pineyro on July 31 in exchange for RHP Dan Haren...Played in 120 games, all at the Double-A level, walking a career-high
69 times.
◆ Played at each level of Cubs farm system during first five minor league seasons...Named a Midwest League mid-season
All-Star with Single-A Peoria in 2011 .
◆ Selected by the Cubs in 15th round of 2010 First-Player Draft out of Creighton University...Was previously drafted by
Twins in the 13th round of 2006 Draft, but did not sign.
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