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He then asked to sign for a Major League Baseball team. When a hearing sided with the Carp, Soriano did what Hideo Nomo had done three years prior - he claimed to retire, on Nomura's advice, voiding his contract. Nomura initially tried to claim that the teenager could not have signed without a legal guardian while the Carp argued that they were following Dominican labor laws, where you could sign at 18, not the Japanese law of 20. Soriano did not enjoy the grueling practices in Japan and hired agent Don Nomura to try to find a way out. In 1997 at age 21, he was promoted briefly to the varsity team, wearing uniform number 74 he appeared in nine games, batting.

Soriano's career began in Japan with the Hiroshima Carp, training at their Carp Academy for Dominican players. And if that wasn't enough, he hit 40 doubles - making the first 40-40-40 club. He had the unusual circumstance of hitting 46 home runs but driving in fewer than 100 RBI, as a result of being used as the Nationals' leadoff hitter for most of the 2006 season. He remained an outfielder for the rest of his playing career, which ended back with the Yankees in 2014.

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After one year, he signed a large free agent contract with the Chicago Cubs before the 2007 season.

Two years later, he was traded to the Washington Nationals, where he played exclusively in the outfield. Originally a second baseman with the New York Yankees, from 1999 to 2003 Yankees, he was dealt to the Texas Rangers in 2004 for an in his prime Alex Rodriguez. Alfonso Soriano was a seven-time All-Star who played sixteen years in the majors, and the last man to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season (following only Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez).