Luis Beltrán Sojo Sojo (/ˈsoʊhoʊ/ SOH-hoh; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis βelˈtɾan ˈsoxo]; born January 3, 1965) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, California Angels, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.

Sojo filled a role as a utility infielder and won four World Series championships with the Yankees.

Called up late in the 1990 season, Sojo played 33 games for the Toronto Blue Jays.

After the 1990 season, the Blue Jays traded Sojo, Junior Félix, and a player to be named later (Ken Rivers) to the California Angels for Devon White, Willie Fraser, and Marcus Moore.

After the 1992 season, the Angels traded Sojo back to the Blue Jays for Kelly Gruber.

He continued his hot streak into the 1995 American League Championship Series, again going 5-for-20 as the Mariners lost to the Cleveland Indians.

He did not receive a plate appearance during the 1996 American League Division Series, but played as a defensive replacement and pinch runner.

He had 34 hits and 14 runs batted in during the season, but did not play in the 1998 American League Division Series.

[4] He played in 61 games and hit .284 with five home runs before being traded to the Yankees on August 7 in exchange for Chris Spurling.

[5] Sojo played in 34 games after being traded and hit .288, earning him a spot on the postseason roster.

In 2002, Sojo failed to earn a spot on the Yankees roster, and retired from playing Major League Baseball.

He then made his managerial debut with the Yankees Double A affiliate Norwich Navigators,[9] and led the team to its first Eastern League Championship.

During the annual Old Timers' Game, he hit the game-winning home run off Ron Guidry.

He spent the 2014 season as the third base coach for the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders before being fired and starting in 2015 he served as the assistant field coordinator for the Yankees.

[8] Sojo had limited power and did not draw many walks, but he was a good contact hitter, especially for someone who made a habit of falling behind in the count during his minor league tenure.