Neftali Soto

Neftali O. Soto
Born: February 28, 1989
Manati, PR
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, C, LF, OF, RF, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
Draft: Round 3 (2007 June Amateur Draft, Cincinnati Reds)
School: Colegio Marista HS
Career: 2007-2025
Major League Statistics

Neftali Soto compiled a career batting average of .272 with 324 home runs and 1131 RBI in his 1939-game career with the Reds, Billings Mustangs, Dayton Dragons, Sarasota Reds, Lynchburg Hillcats, Carolina Mudcats, Louisville Bats, Charlotte Knights, Harrisburg Senators, Syracuse Chiefs, Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Yokohama Bay Stars and Chiba Lotte Marines. He began playing during the 2007 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Reds	Dayton Dragons	Billings Mustangs	Sarasota Reds	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina Mudcats
Louisville Bats	Charlotte Knights	Harrisburg Senators	Syracuse Chiefs	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	Chiba Lotte Marines

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	R	GULF	Reds	40	167	152	18	46	7	5	2	28	2	0	11	31	.303	.355	.454	.809	69	6	2	1	1	0
2008	R	PION	Billings Mustangs	15	71	67	12	26	10	1	4	11	1	0	4	10	.388	.423	.746	1.169	50	3	0	0	0	0
2008	A	MIDW	Dayton Dragons	52	233	218	26	71	15	1	7	36	1	1	7	36	.326	.343	.500	.843	109	5	2	0	6	0
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	Sarasota Reds	131	537	505	53	125	21	2	11	57	1	3	23	95	.248	.282	.362	.645	183	23	3	2	4	0
2010	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	134	565	522	73	140	33	2	21	73	0	0	32	105	.268	.319	.460	.778	240	10	8	0	3	3
2011	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	102	414	379	70	103	19	3	30	76	0	1	25	96	.272	.329	.575	.904	218	8	8	0	2	0
2011	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	4	18	17	1	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	.412	.444	.588	1.033	10	0	0	0	0	0
2012	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	122	512	465	55	114	30	0	14	59	2	1	41	116	.245	.312	.400	.712	186	18	5	0	1	3
2013	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	118	495	461	54	125	21	0	15	61	3	1	26	103	.271	.313	.414	.727	191	20	4	0	4	1
2014	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	75	303	278	27	84	23	0	2	34	0	0	21	41	.302	.350	.406	.756	113	13	1	0	3	3
2015	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	53	231	199	25	49	6	0	2	24	0	0	30	40	.246	.343	.307	.650	61	8	0	1	1	0
2016	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	29	119	115	9	31	7	0	0	7	0	0	3	24	.270	.294	.330	.625	38	5	1	0	0	0
2016	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	93	371	341	40	94	20	2	10	55	2	0	25	69	.276	.326	.434	.760	148	16	2	0	3	2
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	68	286	263	43	77	15	1	14	38	0	0	18	50	.293	.343	.517	.860	136	16	3	0	2	2
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	67	280	252	33	83	19	2	10	44	0	0	25	53	.329	.386	.540	.925	136	14	0	0	3	0
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	107	459	416	74	129	16	0	41	95	0	1	29	100	.310	.364	.644	1.008	268	5	9	0	5	2
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	141	584	516	82	139	18	0	43	108	0	0	59	98	.269	.348	.554	.902	286	14	5	0	4	4
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	114	480	428	59	108	18	0	25	78	0	0	44	103	.252	.323	.470	.793	201	12	3	0	5	0
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	123	451	410	42	96	18	1	21	62	0	1	35	116	.234	.302	.437	.738	179	12	5	0	1	4
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	117	412	368	35	98	25	0	17	49	0	0	38	103	.266	.342	.473	.815	174	11	5	0	1	2
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	109	399	354	31	83	22	0	14	50	0	2	39	99	.234	.316	.415	.731	147	11	4	0	2	2
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	132	542	491	43	132	22	2	21	88	0	0	42	136	.269	.330	.450	.780	221	19	5	0	4	2
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	102	367	330	31	76	14	0	13	44	0	0	32	98	.230	.302	.391	.693	129	6	3	0	2	0
Totals				1939	7897	7193	905	1953	377	22	324	1131	12	9	571	1625	.272	.329	.465	.794	3346	244	74	4	55	28

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
2007	R	GULF	Reds	3B	4	2	7	4	1	.692	2.250
2007	R	GULF	Reds	SS	32	43	93	13	11	.913	4.250
2008	A	MIDW	Dayton Dragons	SS	4	4	11	2	1	.882	3.750
2008	A	MIDW	Dayton Dragons	3B	29	16	55	7	4	.910	2.448
2008	A	MIDW	Dayton Dragons	1B	2	10	1	0	2	1.000	5.500
2008	R	PION	Billings Mustangs	3B	11	7	17	3	1	.889	2.182
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	Sarasota Reds	3B	96	56	199	28	25	.901	2.656
2009	Advanced A	FLOR	Sarasota Reds	1B	8	64	9	1	10	.986	9.125
2010	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	1B	91	765	51	7	71	.991	8.967
2010	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	3B	7	6	10	2	1	.889	2.286
2010	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	C	10	60	6	2	2	.971	6.600	2	15	1	6.2
2011	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	1B	93	698	53	4	66	.995	8.075
2011	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	1B	4	28	2	0	5	1.000	7.500
2012	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	1B	113	931	88	11	100	.989	9.018
2012	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
2012	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2012	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2013	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	3B	76	38	135	15	11	.920	2.276
2013	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	1B	47	328	27	2	28	.994	7.553
2014	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	3B	37	22	63	6	7	.934	2.297
2014	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	1B	35	252	17	2	28	.993	7.686
2015	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	3B	4	3	4	2	0	.778	1.750
2015	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	1B	36	340	19	1	29	.997	9.972
2016	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	1B	46	352	39	5	31	.987	8.500
2016	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	1B	24	193	12	1	12	.995	8.542
2016	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	3B	19	6	18	1	0	.960	1.263
2016	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	2B	1	2	6	0	1	1.000	8.000
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	3B	6	3	2	1	0	.833	.833
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	1B	42	322	32	1	35	.997	8.429
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	1B	38	333	20	4	29	.989	9.289
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	RF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	OF	29	47	1	1	0	.980	1.655
2017	AAA	IL	Syracuse Chiefs	LF	26	46	1	1	0	.979	1.808
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	2B	10	18	22	2	2	.952	4.000
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	LF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2017	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	OF	76	101	2	1	0	.990	1.355
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	1B	33	163	15	2	14	.989	5.394
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	2B	25	41	53	5	11	.949	3.760
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	OF	98	96	4	2	0	.980	1.020
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	2B	55	89	128	4	30	.982	3.945
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	1B	66	382	26	1	32	.998	6.182
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	2B	58	91	141	4	29	.983	4.000
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	OF	20	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.150
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	1B	114	833	65	4	85	.996	7.877
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	1B	103	717	81	4	47	.995	7.748
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	1B	103	737	72	3	66	.996	7.854
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	1B	90	688	61	3	53	.996	8.322
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	1B	73	557	36	4	34	.993	8.123
Totals					1553	7566	1385	154	740	.983	5.764	2	15	1	6.2

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2007	R	Gulf Coast League	Reds	CIN	June 21, 2007	August 11, 2007
2008	R	Pioneer League	Billings Mustangs	CIN	June 17, 2008	July 4, 2008
2008	A	Midwest League	Dayton Dragons	CIN	July 6, 2008	September 1, 2008
2009	Advanced A	Florida State League	Sarasota Reds	CIN	April 9, 2009	September 6, 2009
2010	Advanced A	Carolina League	Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	April 9, 2010	September 6, 2010
2011	AA	Southern League	Carolina Mudcats	FLO	April 7, 2011	August 30, 2011
2011	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	September 2, 2011	September 5, 2011
2012	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	April 5, 2012	September 3, 2012
2013	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	April 11, 2013	August 31, 2013
2014	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	May 25, 2014	September 1, 2014
2015	AAA	International League	Charlotte Knights	CHA	April 9, 2015	June 11, 2015
2016	AA	Eastern League	Harrisburg Senators	WAS	April 21, 2016	August 5, 2016
2016	AAA	International League	Syracuse Chiefs	WAS	August 6, 2016	September 5, 2016
2017	AA	Eastern League	Harrisburg Senators	WAS	April 7, 2017	June 22, 2017
2017	AAA	International League	Syracuse Chiefs	WAS	June 24, 2017	September 4, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Central	Yokohama Bay Stars
2022	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2025	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines

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