Alfonso Soriano

Alfonso Soriano is one of those players who made baseball look genuinely fun, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Coming up out of San Pedro de Macorís — the same Dominican town that produced a ridiculous number of big leaguers — he had this raw, explosive athleticism that stood out even in a loaded Yankees lineup. The 40-40 season he put up in 2006 with the Nationals was jaw-dropping, and his time with the Cubs gave Chicago fans some legitimate highs before everything went sideways with that franchise in the late 2000s. I also love that he took a detour to Japan and played for the Hiroshima Carp — that kind of willingness to go play anywhere, prove yourself in any league, says something real about a competitor. He wasn't always the most patient hitter at the plate, but when he got a ball he liked, few people in that era could match the pure electricity of an Soriano swing.

Name (English)

Alfonso Soriano

Name (Japanese)

アルフォンソ・ソリアーノ

Reading

あるふぉんそ・そりあーの

Born

January 7, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Height

180 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E

Tags

• San Pedro de Macorís
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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