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Tony Solaita

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Full Name: Tolia Solaita Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/210 First Game: September 16, 1968
Birthdate: January 15, 1947 Final Game: September 30, 1979
Birthplace: Nuuuli, American Samoa MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: February 10, 1990
Deathplace: Tafuna, American Samoa
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Tony Solaita (Tolia Solaita) was born on January 15, 1947 in Nuuuli, American Samoa. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1968 for the New York Yankees. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 7 home runs and 30 RBI. Solaita played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Tony Solaita's best season was 1977, when he knocked in 53 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 NY A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KC A 96 239 31 64 7 30 .268 .361 .406 12 0 35 70 1 0 0 5 2
1975 KC A 93 231 35 60 16 44 .260 .369 .515 11 0 39 79 2 1 0 1 6
1976 KC A 31 68 4 16 0 9 .235 .286 .294 4 0 6 17 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL A 63 215 25 58 9 33 .270 .367 .437 9 0 34 44 0 1 1 3 4
1976 TOT A 94 283 29 74 9 42 .261 .348 .403 13 0 40 61 0 1 1 3 4
1977 CAL A 116 324 40 78 14 53 .241 .349 .417 15 0 56 77 0 2 1 6 6
1978 CAL A 60 94 10 21 1 14 .223 .336 .287 3 0 16 25 0 0 0 3 2
1979 TOR A 36 102 14 27 2 13 .265 .364 .422 8 1 17 16 0 0 0 0 2
1979 MON N 29 42 5 12 1 7 .286 .434 .452 4 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0
1979 Total 65 144 19 39 3 20 .271 .385 .431 12 1 28 32 0 0 0 0 2
Total NL 29 42 5 12 1 7 .286 .434 .452 4 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 496 1274 159 324 49 196 .254 .355 .420 62 1 203 329 3 4 2 18 22
Total 525 1316 164 336 50 203 .255 .357 .421 66 1 214 345 3 4 2 18 22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 NY A 1B 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 KC A 1B 65 53 493 508 40 5 36 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1974 KC A DH 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 KC A DH 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 KC A 1B 35 29 258.2 282 28 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1976 KC A 1B 5 2 30 34 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1976 KC A DH 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 CAL A 1B 54 52 471.2 451 54 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 .998
1976 CAL A DH 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 TOT A 1B 59 54 501.2 485 57 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1976 TOT A DH 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 CAL A 1B 91 82 679 641 57 7 50 2 0 0 0 0 .990
1977 CAL A DH 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 CAL A 1B 11 8 70 85 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 CAL A DH 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 TOR A DH 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 TOR A 1B 6 4 37 39 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 MON N 1B 13 8 84 83 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1979 Total 1B 19 12 121 122 10 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total DH 123 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 281 238 2126.1 2128 199 17 166 2 0 0 0 0 .993

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (June 17, 1965).
  • Traded by New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for George Kopacz (February 28, 1973).
  • Selected by Kansas City Royals from Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1973).
  • Claimed on waivers by California Angels from Kansas City Royals (July 14, 1976).
  • Sold by California Angels to Montreal Expos (December 5, 1978).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named later (July 30, 1979); Montreal Expos received Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

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