In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soria and the second or maternal family name is Ramos.
Baseball player
Joakim Soria
Soria with the Kansas City Royals in 2011
Pitcher
Born: (1984-05-18) May 18, 1984 (age 40) Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 4, 2007, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
September 15, 2021, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
36–45
Earned run average
3.11
Strikeouts
831
Saves
229
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2007–2011)
Texas Rangers (2013–2014)
Detroit Tigers (2014–2015)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2015)
Kansas City Royals (2016–2017)
Chicago White Sox (2018)
Milwaukee Brewers (2018)
Oakland Athletics (2019–2020)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2021)
Toronto Blue Jays (2021)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2008, 2010)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena
Team
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays from 2007 to 2021.
Soria began his professional career in the Mexican League, before briefly playing in minor league baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres organizations. The Royals selected Soria from the Padres in the Rule 5 draft after the 2006 season, and he debuted with the Royals in 2007. Soria is a two-time MLB All-Star.
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas...
Swedish football player JoakimSoria (born 1984), Mexican baseball player Joakim Stulić (1730–1817), Croatian lexicographer Joakim Sundström (born 1965)...
Kansas City Royals. Napoli was at first and Elvis Andrus was up against JoakimSoria. Andrus hit a shot past Eric Hosmer that got into right field. Napoli...
reach base. Jones stole second, then scored on Nelson Cruz's single. JoakimSoria relieved Chamberlain and a single and intentional walk loaded the bases...
Games. Cynthia Rodríguez, singer and reality television personality JoakimSoria, major league baseball relief pitcher who has played for the Oakland...
Thompson to the Texas Rangers in exchange for former All-Star closer JoakimSoria on July 23. On July 31, with just hours left before the end of the non-waiver...
Horacio Piña - MLB pitcher Marco Antonio Rubio - Professional boxer JoakimSoria - MLB closer Ari Telch - Actor Andrea Villarreal - Feminist and revolutionary...
on July 1, 2011 — his 25th birthday — in a pinch hit at-bat against JoakimSoria. He finished with a .255 batting average in 27 games. The following two...
a temporary basis to replace the struggling JoakimSoria. However, on June 6, Yost announced that Soria had earned the spot back. Crow had no save opportunities...
Scott Podsednik† Ryan Pressly Bip Roberts Jordan Romano† Johan Santana JoakimSoria Manny Trillo† Derrick Turnbow Dan Uggla Fernando Viña Shane Victorino...
contract. LaRoche hit his 250th career home run off Detroit Tigers reliever JoakimSoria in a 4-3 White Sox win on June 6, 2015. On March 15, 2016, LaRoche said...
five times. On May 30, 2011, Hunter collected his 1,000th RBI off of JoakimSoria, which was also a go-ahead two-run home run to give the Angels a 9–8...
Sánchez Freddy Sandoval José Silva Walter Silva Alí Solís Marcelino Solis JoakimSoria José Tolentino Héctor Torres Alex Treviño Bobby Treviño Julio Urías Luis...
23 Mike Minor 47 Frankie Montas 36 Yusmeiro Petit 46 Burch Smith 48 JoakimSoria 62 Lou Trivino 70 Jordan Weems 57 J. B. Wendelken Catchers 30 Austin...
season, the team signed free agents Ian Kennedy (a starting pitcher) and JoakimSoria (a reliever) and re-signed star Alex Gordon. However, several players...
pitchers Jake Thompson and Corey Knebel to the Texas Rangers for reliever JoakimSoria. On July 31, the Tigers traded outfielder Austin Jackson to the Seattle...
for games pitched by a Mexico-born player with 673, until surpassed by JoakimSoria in 2019. Reyes was born in Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico and attended Ignacio...
notable Mexican MLB players include Fernando Valenzuela, Vinny Castilla, JoakimSoria, and Julio Urias. The exact origin of baseball in Mexico is unclear....