Joakim Soria stats
Relief Pitcher · #28
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2007
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2007
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 773
- W
- 36
- L
- 45
- ERA
- 3.11
- IP
- 763.0
- K
- 831
- BB
- 231
- WHIP
- 1.13
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | KC | 62 | 2 | 3 | 2.48 | 69.0 | 75 | 19 | 0.94 |
| 2008 | KC | 63 | 2 | 3 | 1.60 | 67.1 | 66 | 19 | 0.86 |
| 2009 | KC | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2.21 | 53.0 | 69 | 16 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | KC | 66 | 1 | 2 | 1.78 | 65.2 | 71 | 16 | 1.05 |
| 2011 | KC | 60 | 5 | 5 | 4.03 | 60.1 | 60 | 17 | 1.28 |
| 2013 | TEX | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3.80 | 23.2 | 28 | 14 | 1.35 |
| 2014 |  TEX/DET | 48 | 2 | 4 | 3.25 | 44.1 | 48 | 6 | 0.99 |
| 2015 |  DET/PIT | 72 | 3 | 1 | 2.53 | 67.2 | 64 | 19 | 1.09 |
| 2016 | KC | 70 | 5 | 8 | 4.05 | 66.2 | 68 | 27 | 1.46 |
| 2017 | KC | 59 | 4 | 3 | 3.70 | 56.0 | 64 | 20 | 1.23 |
| 2018 |  CHW/MIL | 66 | 3 | 4 | 3.12 | 60.2 | 75 | 16 | 1.14 |
| 2019 | ATH | 71 | 2 | 4 | 4.30 | 69.0 | 79 | 20 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | ATH | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2.82 | 22.1 | 24 | 10 | 1.25 |
| 2021 |  ARI/TOR | 41 | 1 | 4 | 5.06 | 37.1 | 40 | 12 | 1.37 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- W
- 1
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 10.13
- IP
- 10.2
- K
- 12
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 2.06
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.8
- GB
- 912
- FB
- 1,140
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 33
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 72 | 103 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2008 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 77 | 92 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2009 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 53 | 81 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2010 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 88 | 90 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 76 | 101 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2013 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 31 | 27 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2014 | TEX/DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 57 | 69 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2015 | DET/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 84 | 102 | 0.8 | 5 |
| 2016 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 103 | 93 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2017 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 86 | 61 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | CHW/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 64 | 98 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2019 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 68 | 108 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2020 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 18 | 44 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | ARI/TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 35 | 71 | 0.5 | 2 |
What were Joakim Soria's career stats?
Joakim Soria played 14 seasons for the Royals, the Rangers and the Athletics. He had 36 wins and 831 strikeouts with a 3.11 ERA over 763.0 innings. His best season was 2011: 5 wins, a 4.03 ERA and 60 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2007 to 2021
Joakim Soria finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
All-time career rank
- 44th in saves (229)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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