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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1956-07-12 · Played 1977–1988 · Career WAR 25.5 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=sotoma01, LAHMAN=sotoma01, MLBAM=122547, RETROSHEET=sotom001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1977	CIN	NL	12	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.077	.188	.077	.265	-0.1
1978	CIN	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1979	CIN	NL	25	7	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.571	.571	.571	1.142	0.2
1980	CIN	NL	54	46	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	.043	.043	.043	.086	-0.7
1981	CIN	NL	25	59	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	24	.068	.083	.068	.151	-0.5
1982	CIN	NL	37	84	5	14	4	0	0	5	4	25	.167	.213	.214	.427	0.1
1983	CIN	NL	35	88	6	11	3	0	0	2	1	26	.125	.135	.159	.294	-0.1
1984	CIN	NL	33	87	5	18	5	0	1	9	0	28	.207	.205	.299	.504	0.4
1985	CIN	NL	37	83	3	11	0	1	0	4	1	24	.133	.143	.157	.300	-0.2
1986	CIN	NL	20	27	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	.111	.111	.148	.259	-0.1
1987	CIN	NL	6	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.166	-0.1
1988	CIN	NL	14	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	7	.045	.160	.045	.205	-0.1
Total			303	530	32	70	13	1	1	24	11	166	.132	.150	.166	.316	-1.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1977	CIN	NL	2	6	12	10	2	1	0	60.2	60	36	12	26	44	5.34	1.418	-0.2
1978	CIN	NL	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	18.0	13	5	1	13	13	2.50	1.444	0.5
1979	CIN	NL	3	2	25	0	0	0	0	37.1	33	22	2	30	32	5.30	1.688	-0.5
1980	CIN	NL	10	8	53	12	3	1	4	190.1	126	65	11	84	182	3.07	1.103	3.0
1981	CIN	NL	12	9	25	25	10	3	0	175.0	142	64	13	61	151	3.29	1.160	2.3
1982	CIN	NL	14	13	35	34	13	2	0	257.2	202	80	19	71	274	2.79	1.060	7.5
1983	CIN	NL	17	13	34	34	18	3	0	273.2	207	82	28	95	242	2.70	1.104	6.8
1984	CIN	NL	18	7	33	33	13	0	0	237.1	181	93	26	87	185	3.53	1.129	4.5
1985	CIN	NL	12	15	36	36	9	1	0	256.2	196	102	30	104	214	3.58	1.169	3.3
1986	CIN	NL	5	10	19	19	1	1	0	105.0	113	55	15	46	67	4.71	1.514	0.1
1987	CIN	NL	3	2	6	6	0	0	0	31.2	34	18	7	12	11	5.12	1.453	0.2
1988	CIN	NL	3	7	14	14	3	1	0	87.0	88	45	8	28	34	4.66	1.333	-0.7
Total			100	92	297	224	72	13	4	1730.1	1395	667	172	657	1449	3.47	1.186	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1977	CIN	NL	P	12	10	60.2	5	9	0	1
1978	CIN	NL	P	5	1	18.0	0	1	0	0
1979	CIN	NL	P	25	0	37.1	1	2	0	0
1980	CIN	NL	P	53	12	190.1	12	25	3	2
1981	CIN	NL	P	25	25	175.0	10	19	2	1
1982	CIN	NL	P	35	34	257.2	10	29	3	1
1983	CIN	NL	P	34	34	273.2	22	28	5	1
1984	CIN	NL	P	33	33	237.1	12	22	3	1
1985	CIN	NL	P	36	36	256.2	13	34	2	0
1986	CIN	NL	P	19	20	105.0	3	16	1	0
1987	CIN	NL	P	6	6	31.2	2	6	0	0
1988	CIN	NL	P	14	14	87.0	5	12	3	1
Total				297	225	1730.1	95	203	22	8

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1994	BBWAA	0	342	No

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