Moose Solters
[edit] Biography
Moose Solters (Julius Joseph Solters) was born on March 22, 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .299 with 7 home runs and 58 RBI. Solters played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Moose Solters's best season was 1935, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .319 average and knocked in 112 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| BOS
| A
| 101
| 365
| 61
| 109
| 7
| 58
| .299
| .333
| .447
| 25
| 4
| 18
| 50
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| 127
| 552
| 79
| 182
| 18
| 104
| .330
| .369
| .520
| 39
| 6
| 34
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 24
| 79
| 15
| 19
| 0
| 8
| .241
| .268
| .342
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| 151
| 631
| 94
| 201
| 18
| 112
| .319
| .356
| .498
| 45
| 7
| 36
| 42
| 1
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 152
| 628
| 100
| 183
| 17
| 134
| .291
| .336
| .467
| 45
| 7
| 41
| 76
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 152
| 589
| 90
| 190
| 20
| 109
| .323
| .372
| .533
| 42
| 11
| 42
| 56
| 4
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 67
| 199
| 30
| 40
| 2
| 22
| .201
| .250
| .291
| 6
| 3
| 13
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 40
| 131
| 14
| 27
| 0
| 14
| .206
| .262
| .267
| 6
| 1
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 41
| 102
| 19
| 28
| 2
| 19
| .275
| .333
| .441
| 7
| 2
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 81
| 233
| 33
| 55
| 2
| 33
| .236
| .294
| .343
| 13
| 3
| 19
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 116
| 428
| 65
| 132
| 12
| 80
| .308
| .351
| .472
| 28
| 3
| 27
| 54
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 76
| 251
| 24
| 65
| 4
| 43
| .259
| .311
| .375
| 9
| 4
| 18
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 8
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 42
| 97
| 6
| 15
| 1
| 8
| .155
| .212
| .186
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 938
| 3421
| 503
| 990
| 83
| 599
| .289
| .334
| .449
| 213
| 42
| 221
| 377
| 9
| 24
| 42
| 0
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 197
| 11
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 328
| 18
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 382
| 20
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| OF
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 356
| 16
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 283
| 19
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| OF
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 112
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 266
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 135
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 825
| 0
| 0
| 1852
| 88
| 80
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with cash to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ski Melillo (May 27, 1935).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Ivy Andrews and Lyn Lary to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bill Knickerbocker, Joe Vosmik and Oral Hildebrand (January 17, 1937).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Cleveland Indians (August 2, 1939).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Rip Radcliff (December 8, 1939).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (April 30, 1944).
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