Alfonso Soriano is a Dominican former professional baseball left fielder and second baseman. He played in the MLB for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Soriano was a seven-time MLB All-Star, and won the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2004. He won the Silver Slugger Award four times. He played primarily as a second baseman for the Yankees and Rangers before being converted to an outfielder with the Nationals.

Soriano is one of only 51 major league players to hit 400 or more career home runs, and was seventh among active players in home runs at the time of his retirement.