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Jorge
Jorge
12 SOLER

2014
◆ Began the season with Triple-A Iowa and batted .340 (68/200) with a 1.132 OPS in 62 games split between
Iowa, Double-A Tennessee and AZL Cubs.
◆ Made Major League debut with Cubs on Aug. 27, 2014 at Cincinnati and homered in first career plate
appearance off Mat Latos...Became first Cub since Starlin Castro in 2010 to homer in his first big league at-bat.
◆ Became the fourth player since 1900 to have at least one extra-base hit in each of his first five career games
(previous: Jake Beckley (1901), Enos Slaughter (1938), Will Middlebrooks (2012)).
◆ Had multiple hits in four of first five MLB games, and logged first multi-HR game in third Major League game on
Aug. 29 at STL.
◆ Recorded hits in 13 of first 14 Major League appearances, and batted .373 with a 1.777 OPS during this span.
POSTSEASON SUMMARY
◆ Two-time World Series champion (Cubs in 2016, Braves in 2021) has made appearances in five different
postseasons...Has batted .275 (22/80) with six doubles, one triple, seven home runs, and a 1.027 OPS in 30
career postseason games...Named 2021 World Series MVP with Atlanta. SOLER
◆ Appeared in two games with Atlanta in the 2024 N.L. Wild Card Series...Tallied two hits including a solo HR in
eight plate appearances in the Braves series loss.
◆ Played in both games of the 2023 N.L. Wild Card Series for Miami against Philadelphia...Went 1-for-8 with five
strikeouts.
◆ Saw action in 11 postseason games during Atlanta’s 2021 World Series run, and batted .242 (8/33) with a .948
OPS throughout the postseason...Named 2021 World Series MVP after batting .300 (6/20) with three home
runs and six RBI in Braves six-game series victory over Houston; Became the second Cuban-born World Series
MVP, joining Miami’s Livan Hernández in 1997...Became first player in MLB history to homer in the first plate
appearance of a World Series, taking Houston’s Framber Valdez deep.
◆ Won first career World Series championship with Cubs in 2016...Batted .154 (2/13) with a triple during the postseason.
◆ Made postseason debut in 2015 with Chicago (N.L.)...Batted .474 (9/19) with a 1.705 OPS over seven October
appearances...Had multiple hits and homered in back-to-back games in Game 2 and Game 3 of the NLDS against
St. Louis...Recorded a hit in five of seven postseason games in 2015.
WILD CARD GAME TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2023— MIA, PHI .125 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .125 .125 -
2024— ATL, SD .286 2 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .714 .375 0
Totals .200 4 15 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .400 .250 0
DIVISION SERIES TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— CHC, STL .571 4 7 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1.571 .769 0
2016— CHC, SF .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 0
2021— ATL, MIL .091 3 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 .182 .231 0
Totals .227 9 22 4 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 .591 .452 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— CHC, NYM .417 3 12 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .833 .417 0
2016— CHC, LAD .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 0
2021— ATL, LAD .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500 -
Totals .333 9 18 3 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .667 .368 0
WORLD SERIES TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2016— CHC, CLE .400 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .800 .500 0
2021— ATL, HOU .300 6 20 4 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 .800 .391 0
Totals .320 8 25 4 8 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 1 .800 .414 0
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2017 MiLB.com Organization All-Star.
◆ 2014 MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Southern League Player of the Week (July 14).
◆ 2013 Futures Game Selection...Arizona Fall League Rising Stars...Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star...
Florida State League Player of the Week (May 13).

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