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Jorge
Jorge
12 SOLER

2025 SEASON
◆ In first season with Halos, slashed .215/.293/.387 with 31 runs scored, 12 doubles, 12 home runs, and 34 RBI in
82 games.
◆ Appeared in 40 games in right field and in 37 games as designated hitter.
◆ On July 2 at Atlanta, hit his 200th career home run and became the seventh Cuban-born player with 200+
home runs in MLB history, joining Rafael Palmeiro (569), José Canseco (462), Tony Perez (379), José Abreu
(263), Tony Oliva (220) and Kendrys Morales (213).
◆ Recorded 900th career hit on June 4; is the 22nd Cuban native to record at least 900 career hits in Major
League history.
◆ Batted .290 (18/62) with eight XBH, 11 RBI, and a .887 OPS in 18 games against division opponents.
◆ Had second career walk-off hit on May 7 vs. TOR (3-RBI double), and first since May 16, 2023 vs. WSH.
◆ Had a season-high eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 2-11; batted .333 (10/30) with five runs, one double,
three home runs, six RBI and recorded a 1.067 OPS.
◆ Batted .306 (15/49) with 13 RBI and a .890 OPS in high leverage situations.
◆ Posted a .793 OPS against relief pitchers, compared to a .604 OPS against starters.
◆ Missed 70 total games across two stints on the injured list with low back inflammation.
◆ Acquired from Atlanta for RHP Griffin Canning on Oct. 31, 2024. SOLER
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Beginning 13th Major League season and seventh in the American League.
◆ Two-time World Series champion (2016 with Cubs; 2021 with Braves)...Named World Series MVP in 2021 after
recording three home runs and six RBI in Atlanta’s six-game series victory over Houston; Became second
Cuban-born player to be named World Series MVP in MLB history (also, Livan Hernández in 1997).
◆ Selected to first career All-Star team in 2023 with Miami.
◆ Set Royals franchise record with A.L.-best 48 home runs in 2019...Also tied for MLB lead with 162 games
played...Eighth player in MLB history to hit at least 48 home runs and play 162 games in a season.
◆ Played 1,000th career game on Sept. 16, 2024...Became 23rd Cuban-born player in MLB history to reach the milestone.
◆ Made MLB debut with Cubs on Aug. 27, 2014 and homered in first career plate appearance off Cincinnati’s Mat Latos.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2024
◆ First season with Giants after signing three-year contract with San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2024...Batted .240
(82/341) with a .749 OPS in 93 games with Giants (all as designated hitter).
◆ Missed 11 games on injured list with right shoulder strain from May 8 (retro to May 5) to May 17.
◆ Traded to Atlanta with RHP Luke Jackson for LHP Tyler Matzek and INF Sabin Ceballos (minors) on July 29.
◆ Slashed .243/.356/.493 in 49 games in second career stint with Braves, with 27 runs scored, 11 doubles, nine
home runs, and 24 RBI.
◆ From the date of his first game with ATL (July 31) through the end of the regular season, he ranked second on
the club in extra-base hits (20) and OPS (.849); tied for second in doubles (11); home runs (9), RBI (24), walks
(24), on-base percentage (.356) and slugging percentage (.493).
◆ Notched his fourth 20-HR season over his 11-year MLB career…Of his 21 home runs, 16 were hit on the road.
◆ Homered in each game of a three-game set, Aug. 9-11 at Coors Field (four total)…Went deep twice in the series
finale (three-run, solo) his 15th career multi-homer game and first as a member of the Braves.
◆ Had a 23-game on-base streak, spanning July 21 to August 20…Slashed .333/.485/.640 (25-for-75), with six
home runs, five doubles, 18 RBI, 17 runs, 21 walks and a 1.125 OPS during the stretch…Second-longest single-
season on-base streak of his career, (26 games; June 30-July 30, 2019).
◆ Played 1,000th career game on Sept. 16 vs. Los Angeles (N.L.)...Became 23rd Cuban-born player in MLB history
to reach the milestone.
2023
◆ Named an All-Star for the first time in second season with Marlins after slashing .254/.350/.527 with 52 runs,
18 doubles, 23 home runs and 51 RBI before the break.
◆ Finished season batting .250 (126/504) with 77 runs scored, 24 doubles, 36 home runs, 75 RBI and an .853 OPS.
◆ Posted a 1.080 OPS with 14 homers in 135 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers in 2023.
◆ Started 102 games as a DH, but also played 32 games in right field (31 starts).
◆ His 15.0% barrel rate ranked ninth-best in MLB, and fifth-best in National League (minimum 350 batted balls).
◆ Hit a 436 foot home run off LHP Alex Wood at Oracle Park on May 21...The homer was tied for second-furthest
at Oracle Park all season, and the 113.9 MPH exit velocity was the hardest-hit home run at the ballpark in
2023...Furthermore, the homer was tied for the third-hardest hit home run at Oracle Park in the Statcast era.
◆ Placed on the injured list on September 6 with a right oblique strain and missed 11 games.
◆ Hit first career walk-off home run on May 16 against Washington’s Hunter Harvey.
◆ His 137 games played were the third-most in career behind 2019 with KC (162) and 2021 with KC/ATL (149).

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