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OUTFIELDER
JORGE SOLER

2024 SEASON
◆ Started 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, August 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.
SOLER
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Beginning 12th Major League season and sixth 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
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).
2022
◆ Appeared in 72 games in first season with Marlins and batted .207 (56/270) with a .695 OPS with 13 HR and 34 RBI.
◆ Missed final 67 games of season due to a low back injury; also missed 15 games with a bilateral pelvic strain.
◆ Posted a .819 OPS vs. left-handed pitching with six home runs and 13 RBI.
◆ With runners in scoring position, recorded a .849 OPS with four home runs and 21 RBI.
◆ Had nine-game hitting streak from May 9 - 23; marked fourth-longest streak of his career.
◆ Owned a .939 OPS during the month of May (23 games); Hit nine home runs and drove in 10 RBI.
◆ Hit first career grand slam on May 7 at SD, the 125th home run of his MLB career.
2021
◆ Began fifth season with Royals and slashed .192/.288/.370 with 16 doubles and 13 home runs in 94 games.
◆ Acquired by Braves on July 30 in exchange for LHP Kasey Kalich and slashed .269/.358/.524 in 55 games for
Atlanta with 36 runs scored, 25 extra-base hits, and 33 RBI.
◆ Hit safely in a career-high 12 consecutive games between Sept. 2-15; batted .296 (16/54) with an .833 OPS
during streak.
◆ Named World Series MVP after batting .300 (6/20) with three home runs and six RBI in the Braves’ six-game
series victory over Houston; became the second Cuban-born player to be named World Series MVP (Livan
Hernández in 1997).
◆ Became first player to homer in the first plate appearance of a World Series, taking Houston’s Framber Valdez
deep to lead off Game 1.

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