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Alfonso Guilleard Soriano is a Dominican baseball left fielder and second baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He has also played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Soriano began his professional career with Hiroshima in 1996, but signed with the Yankees as a free agent in 1998 and was assigned to play in minor league baseball. The next year, he was the Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Futures Game, and made his MLB debut. The Yankees traded Soriano to the Rangers after the 2003 season, and the Rangers traded Soriano to the Nationals after the 2005 season. He signed a contract as a free agent with the Cubs before the 2007 season.
Soriano is a seven-time MLB All-Star, and won the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2004. He has won the Silver Slugger Award four times. He played primarily as a second baseman for the Yankees and Rangers. He bats right-handed.
Soriano is only one of 51 all time major league baseball players to hit 400 or more home runs, and is currently 8th among active players.
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