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OUTFIELDER
JORGE SOLER

2020
◆ Limited to 43 games with Royals in 2020 due to two stints on the injured list from Sept. 8-21 and Sept. 25-28,
both of which were due to a strained right oblique.
◆ Hit .228 (34/149) with a .769 OPS and 17 runs scored, eight doubles, eight home runs, and 24 RBI.
2019
◆ Led American League with 48 home runs and set a Royals franchise record...Became first Royal to lead A.L. in
homers and set a new single-season record by a Cuban-born player (previous, Rafael Palmeiro with 47 HR in
1999 and 2001).
◆ Played in all 162 games for the first time in his career and batted .265 (156/589) with a career-high .922 OPS...
Also set career highs in runs scored (95), hits (157), doubles (33), RBI (117), and walks (73).
◆ Hit .299 (75/251) with a 1.076 OPS in the second half with 41 extra-base hits, 52 runs, 58 RBI, and three stolen bases.
◆ Became eighth player in MLB history to hit at least 48 home runs and play 162 games in a season, joining Ryan
Howard (2008), Alex Rodriguez (2001-02, 2005), Luis Gonzalez (2001), Sammy Sosa (1999), & Albert Belle (1998).
◆ Batted .268 (37/138) with a .919 OPS in 173 plate appearances with runners in scoring position.
◆ Reached base safely in career-high 26 games from June 30 - July 30 and batted .311 (28/90) with a 1.032 OPS over SOLER
that span.
◆ Hit multiple home runs in four games (Aug. 6, Aug. 11, Sept. 11, Sept. 28).
2018
◆ Hit .265 (59/223) with 27 runs, 18 doubles, nine home runs, and 28 RBI in 61 games in second season with Royals.
◆ Played in just 61 games due to a fractured left toe...Placed on the 10-day IL on June 17, and did not appear with
Kansas City the rest of the season.
◆ Hit go-ahead home run in 13th inning of May 1 victory over Boston, first career extra-inning HR.
2017
◆ Began season with Triple-A Omaha and slashed .267/.388/.564 with 24 home runs across 74 games.
◆ Played in 35 games in first year with Kansas City and batted .144 (14/97) with seven extra-base hits.
◆ Landed on injured list with a strained left oblique on April 2 (retro to Mar. 30) and missed 28 games.
2016
◆ Slashed .238/.333/.436 with 37 runs, nine doubles, 12 home runs, and 31 RBI in 86 games in third season with Cubs.
◆ Missed nearly two months from June 7 - Aug. 5 with a strained left hamstring.
◆ Batted .277 (39/141) with 10 home runs and 25 RBI over his last 53 games.
◆ Played in two games during the 2016 Fall Classic and went 2-for-5 with a triple to help the Cubs win their first
World Series since 1908.
◆ Traded to Kansas City for RHP Wade Davis on Dec. 7.
2015
◆ In his first full season with the Cubs, played in 101 games, batting .262 with 10 homers and 47 RBI. Had two
separate IL stints (sprained left ankle and a strained left oblique).
◆ Ranked ninth among N.L. rookies in walks (32) and tied for fifth in outfield assists.
◆ Made first career postseason appearance and went 9-for-19 with three doubles, three homers and five RBI in
seven games.
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.
◆ 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.

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