Alfonso Soriano's Forgotten 40-40 Season
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He was the only 40/40/40 season. He had 40+ doubles as well.
Love this fact
and 40 singles
And no PEDs
Lol 1235 highly doubt that
Why did he not slug higher? I know his avg was .277 but it’s shocking he didn’t slug closer to or over .600 given he hit 46 jacks and had over 40 doubles. Maybe I’m tripping, was just surprised to see his ops was only .911 this year.
Alfonso Soriano was an absolute monster. One of my favorite players of all time
same.
Alfonso Soriano Had Speed And He Incorporated It With His Power
Me too! One of my childhood heroes
Very underrated!
Same here since I was a kid. He was a monster in mvp baseball 04 too
I grew up watching him on the Cubs along with Derek Lee, Aramis, Ramirez, Ryan Theriot etc. One of my favorite players all time
even though the 2016 squad won the WS, these guys will always be my favorite i ever got to watch.
Fun era to watch
Zambrano, Wood, Dempster, Soto, Lilly, and Fukudome, I'm not even from Chicago but used to love playing with that team on franchise mode in the show. I was positive they were going to break the curse.
@@cliffordangus mark prior
The cub I always liked was Gary gaetti. Mainly because all star baseball 2000 and his was my favorite stance
A note on his 2002 season where he finished one HR shy of another 40-40 season. The Yankees only played 161 games that year. Soriano would go on to hit a HR on opening day of the 2003 season.
Interesting, I just remembered that Soriano hit his 39th home run with plenty of games left, but then appeared to be trying for the 40th and never got it. Indeed, he had 11 games to get that 40th. Likewise, Vladimir Guerrero fell one home run shy that same year and as I recall, ESPN was showing both of their at bats at the end. I was happy Soriano finally got it in 2006, but he was getting far more recognition chasing 40-40 in 2002. Interestingly, Carlos Beltran fell 2 home runs shy in 2004, but actually hit his 38th and final home run on September 7th. In the shortened 1995 season, Sammy Sosa played in all 144 games and had 36 home runs and 34 steals, which put him on pace for 40 and 38 in a 162 game season. Barry Bonds was also on pace for over 50 home runs and over 40 steals in 1994 before the strike.
@@mattray9904 good research!
Yup. The last series was against the Orioles and they shut him down.
@@mattray9904 Yeah he had a week left,and he got boxes of 40 40 T shirts printed and never hit another one 😂🤡🤡🤡🤡💯
Vladdy Guerrero (original) should have gone 40/40 in the same year. He finished with 39 HR after one was incorrectly called a double (it hit the scoreboard above the wall but umps ruled it hit the wall).
Watching him that season go 40/40/40 dude was a monster!
Barry Bonds father, Bobby Bonds, missed the 40-40 in 1973 when he had 39 HR and 43 stolen bases. He also had 5 30-30 seasons. He was a very talented player.
This video ain't about Bonds. Can't you fanboys just let someone else get 10 minutes of praise?
@@unkledoda420 as an Alphonso Soriano super fan, you're doing too much
@@unkledoda420 Either Bond's would destroy your idol...you need to get a new love, femboi
It’s usually forgotten because he started eating a well-balanced breakfast and mashing home runs later on, but Barry Bonds was a base stealing monster early in his career.
Dude had a HOF career *before* he cheated. A shame
@@maplelaugh420 It truly was. Because of his even-well-beyond-'roids clear character issues, he might not have been a 1st ballot Hall guy, but he was a shoe-in.
Even if, for example, his shortened 1999 season ended being his last productive season (iirc, it is suspected that he started between 1999 and 2000), he would have still been the only player in MLB history to be in the 400/ 400 career HR/ SB club (445/ 460 by then respectively).
yep wheaties...
Amazing fielder, too. Amazing baserunning, Amazing hitter. He went rogue, he saw these cheaters nabbing his awards.
This is a tale of the ego
I'm still on the fence. I can take all the steroids in the world and I'd look silly trying to hit a baseball. You still have to have a enormous amount of skill.
I've never understood how he hasn't gone down in history as one of the greats from that era in baseball. I grew up watching him rake with the Yanks
Just wasn't ever on the right team for long enough I guess
Cuz he didn''t even have 30 WAR. I was shocked to find out but he hit lots of home runs, stole lots of bases, but did'nt really win his team that many games
he had great power and a pretty swing, but was really nothing that special as an overall player.
@@gavinvanhouten5951 pretty inconsistent player also. One year he would be fearsome at the plate then the next he would be below avg. Pick any random year of his career and he could have anywhere from a .350 OBP to a .303 OBP. Really weird career
Once he moved to the OF. He seemed disinterested in defense. And winning once he left NY
I forgot about Soriano's time with the Nationals 2006. It was forgotten since they didn't do good in the early 2000s. Great Vid!
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@@owenmillson Its close between that, Birds In the Trap Sing Mckinght or ASTROWORLD but they are all good But I like Birds since I like most of the song in that Album
@@danieltooslick what are the songs you like from rodeo
ITS THAT GUY FROM FORTNITE
we were just happy to have baseball again at that time. It was great for people like me who spent my entire life dreaming baseball would come back to DC. And it was fun to be in RFK Stadium again since the Redskins moved to the hell that is Fedex field in the suburbs
This Nats fan remembers Soriano's monster season in 2006. I even saw him hit 2 homers in a game against the Padres at RFK Stadium that season. He was a hitting machine!
This video reminds me of the Grandyman being the only player in AL History with a 20/20/20/20/.300 season
2095 hits, 412 homers, and a 28.6 WAR in only 16 years of play
I'd say that's a year to be proud of. Soriano is VERY underrated and one of my favorite players
And he fell off on the first ballot. Damn shame.
@@theoneandonlycobruh it really is. He was a pretty consistent player for most of his career
@@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo actually the opposite. he was incredibly inconsistent. There were as many years where he was below avg as there were years where he was great.
Lets be honest that's a very ugly WAR total for someone to even be considered for the hall. The hall of very good usually is 30+ and he's just under the line there.
Great peaks, but the valleys were wide.
👍.
Jay Mohr said it the best when he said that Alfonso Soriano was built like a praying mantis.
If Alfonso Soriano Played For The 2019 Nationals He Would've Had An 40-40 Season
Soriano is one of my all time favorite players. Thanks so much for this, dude doesn't get enough credit!
Soriano was my mom's favorite player
not because of his skill
but because of that priceless smile of his
Ok mom,that's good enough for me.
@@kennethbailey6634 when we were in the bleachers for a game in Milwaukee was remarkably charitable, gave few toss-ups, and was receptive to what was said... perhaps too receptive.
One of the greatest seasons ever. Best one-year prove-it deal I could ever think of.
As a 12 year old, Soriano was my first man crush.
One of my favorite swings of all time
Edit: Love the channel and the dedication. Brought back some old memories I forgot I had.
GREAT vid! Love this style of interesting stories within the vast ocean that is baseball. (Sidenote I wish they'd bring back the DC logo for the Nats)
The fact Matt Kemp came up one homer shy in 2011 still hurts. He was so good for that ballclub, in a year that the Dodgers spent in turmoil. He Kershaw and Ethier were the only reason to watch the '11 team. When the club was sold in 2012, and we started making moves, it was like coming up for air just before you drowned.
The only player in MLB history to have a 40/40/40 season
this brings me back
THANK YOU for making a video about this. I’ve been screaming this for so long. Also, interesting to notice that all 3 other guys did steroids; however Canseco seemingly is the only one who was doing steroids at the time of the 40-40 season. It’s believed that Bonds started juicing sometime in 98 or the 98-99 offseason; and Rodriguez is believed to have started around 00.
Ummm....Rodriguez started using steroids in high school
@@suleimanp That’s alleged. It’s been substantiated that he was definitely using in 00.
You got a great channel you deserve a lot more subscribers
I remember Soriano. He was a great young hitter with the 2002-2003 Yankees, but I forgotten he had had a 40-40 season with the Nats. Thanks for sharing!!!
I really appreciate this video. I'm not sure why my second favourite baseball player ever (behind Mariano Rivera, yes I'm a yankees fan) Alfonso Soriano is so overlooked. I remember his homerun in game 7 of the 2001 world series to put the yankees up 2-1 in the 8th like it was yesterday. I got out my radio so I could listen to Jon Sterling say the yankees win, theeeeeeeeeeeee yankees win the world series. That didn't pan out but I was livid the yankees traded him away for A rod. Honestly held that against A rod as a yankee, and Ive hated him ever since. Anyway if Sori were to make the hall of fame (I kind of doubt it, just not enough of those special epic plateaus, 500 homers, 3000 hits), I would legit fly to Cooperstown to see it
love your videos, thanks
The fact you make quality content for awhile and I’m just recently discovering you is a shame on me and you deserve more subscribers
great video, been loving the content recently so I subscribed :)
Finally somebody giving some love to Soriano! Really nice video. You earned another subscriber with this one!
Before even watching the video I have a feeling you’re going to talk about his time with the Nationals. I’ve always just remembered seeing the name “Soriano” on the back of a Nationals jersey. Idk why. Totally forgot he had a 40-40 season with them though. Awesome video dude...
As a Nats fan (in high school at the time) I remembered this distinctly. In fact, I am currently writing this during the paid ad before you even say it lol
Wow, talk about memories I forgot I had. I remember when it felt like every time Alfonso Soriano came into the box in Washington it felt like he was going to launch a ball into orbit.
Man growing up a rangers fan as a child and going to games from like 1999 - 2005 I feel like I saw all the best players in baseball come through. A-Rod, Soriano, Pudge, Palmero, Teixeira, even R.A. fucking Dickey and Kenny Rogers. The fact that we never even picked up an ALDS during that time when we had hall of famers/ 40-40 club members playing for us blows my fucking mind. And they say Cubs fans suffer.
I remember watching him that season on TV, he was such a monster. One of my all time favorites
I’ve watched baseball my whole life and I’ve never been more impressed seeing a player in person than when I saw Soriano with that nats in 06
Met fan, and Soriano still one of my all time favs
Alfonso Soriano is my favorite player hands down.
But not 5 tool for sure.
But damn sure he had 2 unbelievable tools.
Soriano is so underrated. His bad defense and the new obsession with advanced analytics make him not look as good but people that watched him remember that this dude was an offensive stud. And a Fantasy machine
And I had him on my Fantasy team that year-Niiiiicce.
Loved watching this dude
He was my favorite cub growing up and I didn’t even know he did this lmao
During that 2002 season, Vladdy also came up a homer shy. He hit a homerun that wasn't called a homerun in Olympic Stadium, and the fans started throwing objects on the field. Bob Boone had to pull the Reds off the field because of this. (I realized as I'm typing that you added Guerrero in at the end)
Alfonso Soriano was maybe my favorite baseball player when I was young. That batting stance is so unique.
Great video bro I had his posters on my wall as a kid I was at the alds game he hit that big homer in
Great Video dude keep pushing this stuff out love it
I was in the stands when Alfonso hit the home run at citizens bank park in the intro lol but I’m a big Soriano fan and I he is by far one of the most dynamic players in recent history
Soriano IS my favorite player of all time. I saw one of his 2 home run 7-8 RBI games in his return to the Yanks. One of the best days of my life
I saw Soriano hit his final home run of his career... 5/17/14 at Yankee Stadium vs the Pirates, he was easily my favorite player growing up! Loved that heavy ass bat he used and his closed stance... Let's not forget, when he knew he got a hold of one, that bat went for a ride🤣🐐
The Nationals weren't an expansion team. They were relocated from Montreal
Technically, Montreal Expos were an expansion team.
@@felixmendelssohn991 Granted I don't think that was what Olive meant however.
One of the fastest swings I've seen. Soriano was a Agressive at the plate!!
I only knew Henderson and Alfonso. I loved his short nats tenure. I remember he used to play 2nd base from right field back in the day, og shift
man, what a throwback. I remember how big a threat alfonso soriano was when i was a kid being a red sox fan. I just lokoed him up and he hit 412 HRs in his career?! Crazy town, I would have guessed somewhere around mid 200s maybe high 200s
I loved his swing. One of my all time favorite players.
Acuña Jr was so damn close in 2019 37 sb 41 HR....and all because a groin injury..he didnt play the last 5 games of regular season. And 25 of his 37 SB came after all star game break.
One of my favorite swings of all time. I got to see my fair share of Sorianos bombs as a Red's fan.
That first swing you put of him in yankee stadium 🔥 great vid
Soriano is the person I moulded my batting stance after (though the swing is more even and less loopy because I don’t have the power to constantly crush dingers) it’s got that relaxed calm feel before all the tension hits at once like a slingshot or elastic band and I just fell in love with it.
I could swipe the 40 bags but would you accept 40 bunts instead of homers lmao
Soriano was one of my Favourite players. I have all his jerseys (NYY, Rangers, Nationals and Cubs). Loved that he was a smaller guy and could hit bombs
I only remember this 40-40 season because he helped win me my fantasy league that year
Ugh as an M's fan when you talked about a-rod that fulfilled my fever dream.
loved alfonso as a kid. i remember getting having a bunch of his baseball cards
Eric Davis 1987 season 37 homers, 50 steals, 129 games played. Injuries stifled so much of his career you have to think even 149 games that year he hits 3 more homers.
He was also 27/80 once
To me thats sick!
@@christopheryasus3666 Makes one wonder how good he could have been.
I’ve always been a fan of Sori. I love his swing and follow through
Been going through every video on your channel. Great content. Soriano was so great for the cubs too bad they couldn't make anything of it while he was there.
Nick Johnson, what a name drop. Didn't realize how few people are in the 40/40 club. Was he the only clean one to do this?
hard to say. Canseco admitted to having been using at the time, Bonds is generally suspected to have started using 2-3 years later, A. Rod... who knows?
Skinny Soriano used to swing a heavy bat standing in the front of the batter's box (closer to the pitcher) and hit god damn rockets, almost everyone else uses a light bat and stand in the back of the box... heavy bat requires great strength to swing but gives you more power upon contact if you got the talent to get the bat on the ball, and standing in the front of the box reduces the late break of pitches which is the calling card of pro-pitchers... one of my favorite players to watch hit ever... fax!!!
That Vlad season where he hit 39 hrs with 40 SBs, he actually hit 40 hrs. The ump missed the call. I was watching the game. It hit just over the fence and hit a wall just behind the fence and bounced back onto the field. You could only tell on the televised replay.
That’s the most depressing baseball story I’ve ever read
Yep! I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers this. Vlad was robbed.
It's such an Expos thing to happen though lol. We can't have anything nice.
@@AD-df5tm Like the time Pedro pitched a Perfect Game…but it didn’t count because his crappy Expos team couldn’t even score ONE measly run and he lost it in the 10th inning. 😩😫😖😭😭
im a mets fan. i remember 2006 soriano very very fondly....
Soriano was one of a kind. He played a position that almost never hits for power, but he was a power hitter. He was a power hitter, who hit lead off, struck out like a power hitter, but REFUSED to walk. Strikeouts are acceptable for power hitters. They come with the job. Walks and a high OBP are also supposed to come with the job. Walks and a high OBP are supposed to come with playing 2nd base and batting lead off. Using the club of a caveman and belting 40 homers a season are not supposed to come from a lead off 2nd baseman. He walked so infrequently that in 2002 he had 92 extra base hits, a .300 average, and still didn’t slugg .550. Like how is that even possible? Most seasons he would strike out 3x, 4x, even 5x as much as walk. He also made errors. A lot of errors. Yet he played a premium defensive position. A guy who hits 40 home runs and is a defensive liability is usually stuck in left field or even DH, but Soriano didn’t play the outfield until he got to Washington. He played 16 seasons, was a 7x all-star, a 4x silver slugger, hit over 400 home runs, almost 500 doubles, had more than 2,000 hits, stole almost 300 bases, and had more than 1,100 RBI’s and runs scored, yet his career rWAR is 28.6. Soriano was the Charlie Sheen of baseball. He was really good. But he sucked. But he was good. But like, he sucked.
I remember Soriano on the Nats specifically because of MLB 2K6. I was a mets fan and would always play against him in season mode, dude was a menace
Yesss one of my all time favorite players! thank you for this
My favorite player Alfonso Soriano 💯💯
Always thought it was hilarious that the Rangers did better in 04 without ARod and with Soriano than they did with ARod in 03. Loved Soriano.
You just see Ottavino to the Sox? Crazy stuff
@@JollyOlive WOH I JUST SAW THIS LMAO
Always helps when you lower the team's ERA from 5.67 to 4.53
here after Acuna's 40/70 season
Your channel is blowing up man, keep it up
Thank you for doing soriano justice!
Huuuuge Soriano fan! Loved seeing the throwback highlights
I temember this. Also remember skinny vladimir was one home run shy of a 40 40 season. Crazy man
Very underrated player, Soriano had some monster seasons throughout his career.
Also it would be interesting to think back to that Rangers-Yankees trade between Arod and Soriano. In addition to those two players involved in the trade, the Rangers also had the option to pick between Robinson Cano and Joaquin Arias as a prospect to be included in the trade. Rangers ended up picking Arias (who hopped around teams before eventually becoming a pretty good role player for two championship Giants team), but it's always fun to imagine how things would have been for the Rangers had they chosen Cano instead..
Oh I remember.......Im a Cubs fan and never got to enjoy that sort of production for like 7 years. But in retrospect compared to Heyward........grateful.
He deserves an HOF chance 400 plus Hrs, 1,000 plus Rbis, 7 time All Star player, 40/40 club member, in just 16 seasons!
Thank you!
One of the greatest fantasy picks ever his rookie season.
Great hitter!
one of my favorite cubs
Very underrated channel.
I remember Soriano as part of the 40-40 club, but would have never guessed the Nationals.
Soriano was incredible. I've always said he had the fastest hands in all of baseball. Nobody could turn on a high and inside fastball more beautifully than him.
Biggest omission from "near misses" is Eric Davis in 87...37 HR and 50 SB.
It's amazing that Davis never played more than 135 games in a season. He could have put up ridiculous numbers in his prime if he could have played full seasons.
great video, from a Nats fan!
SORIANO THE ONLY NON CHEATER!!! Thats the most impressive guy. He's the only 40 40 guy
To be fair, Bonds got his 40-40 well before the time he was suspected of doping.
@@burningphoneix nah thats not fair at all. Bonds been proven a cheater since 98 n his 40 40 season was like 96 im not convinced he was clean in 96 n he doesn't deserve that benefit if doubt. He doesn't even exist to me when we talk records so yeah Soriano the only one
Soriono is a cub. That's how I remember him growing up
Favorite Baseball player of all time, 40/40/40, under appreciated harder than anyone.
1987 Eric Davis for the Reds, had 50 SB, 37 HR, 100 RBI, 120 R, .991 OPS, in just 129 games. He finished 9th in the MVP voting.
DAMN! 9th? Hitting was so much better back then. Need that back in baseball bad.
In 2002 he was only one home run away from doing it. So he almost had it happen twice. 39 HRs and 41 SBs that year.
Should be a hall of famer! Quite a shame he is no longer eligible for not getting enough votes.
Soriano also did it playing at RFK, it was a difficult stadium to hit home runs in. Any Nationals fan who's been watching since 2005 should remember Soriano's 2006 season, it was one of the few things to root for in the early days.
As a Nationals fan, I always felt like I was the only one who knew about this. The funny thing is I actually wasn't born until 2007 but I know about it just from people talking about it.
You were born WHEN
@@JollyOlive 2007 lol
Get over yourself.
Very underrated player. Beast wi the Cubs.
I remember when he got so close with the Yankees. I didn't even know he reached this milestone. Really sad that he's not going into the Hall of Fame
I always used his stance in MVP 05. I love his swing.