Tony Solaita
Tolia Solaita
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 15, 1947 in Nuuuli, American Samoa
High School: Jefferson (Daly City, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1968
Final Game: September 30, 1979
Died: February 10, 1990 in Tafuna, American Samoa
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 21 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1974 27 KCR AL 96 277 239 31 64 12 0 7 30 0 3 35 70 .268 .361 .406 .767 117 97 2 1 0 2 5 3D/
1975 28 KCR AL 93 275 231 35 60 11 0 16 44 0 1 39 79 .260 .369 .515 .884 145 119 6 2 1 2 1 D3
1976 29 TOT AL 94 329 283 29 74 13 0 9 42 1 1 40 61 .261 .348 .403 .750 125 114 4 0 1 5 3 3D
1976 29 KCR AL 31 77 68 4 16 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 17 .235 .286 .294 .580 69 20 0 0 0 3 0 D/3
1976 29 CAL AL 63 252 215 25 58 9 0 9 33 1 1 34 44 .270 .367 .437 .804 143 94 4 0 1 2 3 3/D
1977 30 CAL AL 116 386 324 40 78 15 0 14 53 1 3 56 77 .241 .349 .417 .766 112 135 6 0 2 4 6 3/D
1978 31 CAL AL 60 110 94 10 21 3 0 1 14 0 0 16 25 .223 .336 .287 .624 81 27 2 0 0 0 3 D3
1979 32 TOT MLB 65 174 144 19 39 12 1 3 20 0 0 28 32 .271 .385 .431 .816 122 62 2 0 0 2 0 D3
1979 32 MON NL 29 53 42 5 12 4 0 1 7 0 0 11 16 .286 .434 .452 .886 144 19 0 0 0 0 0 3
1979 32 TOR AL 36 121 102 14 27 8 1 2 13 0 0 17 16 .265 .364 .422 .785 112 43 2 0 0 2 0 D/3
7 Seasons 525 1552 1316 164 336 66 1 50 203 2 8 214 345 .255 .357 .421 .778 120 554 22 3 4 15 18
162 Game Avg. 162 479 406 51 104 20 0 15 63 1 2 66 106 .255 .357 .421 .778 120 171 7 1 1 5 6
KCR (3 yrs) 220 629 538 70 140 27 0 23 83 0 4 80 166 .260 .355 .439 .794 123 236 8 3 1 7 6
CAL (3 yrs) 239 748 633 75 157 27 0 24 100 2 4 106 146 .248 .353 .404 .757 117 256 12 0 3 6 12
MON (1 yr) 29 53 42 5 12 4 0 1 7 0 0 11 16 .286 .434 .452 .886 144 19 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 36 121 102 14 27 8 1 2 13 0 0 17 16 .265 .364 .422 .785 112 43 2 0 0 2 0
AL (7 yrs) 496 1499 1274 159 324 62 1 49 196 2 8 203 329 .254 .355 .420 .774 119 535 22 3 4 15 18
NL (1 yr) 29 53 42 5 12 4 0 1 7 0 0 11 16 .286 .434 .452 .886 144 19 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 21 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 77 .000 .234 .000 .302 .000 .346 .000 .648 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1974 27 KCR AL 277 182 36 5.3 93 .348 .268 .264 .361 .329 .406 .380 .767 .709 117 .614 6.4 0.7 .722 .272 .138 .0
1975 28 KCR AL 275 181 45 6.7 95 .319 .260 .261 .369 .332 .515 .384 .884 .716 145 .691 14.5 1.5 .893 .420 .255 .0
1976 29 TOT AL 329 220 43 5.3 82 .298 .261 .250 .348 .314 .403 .353 .750 .667 125 .625 10.4 1.1 .720 .283 .141 1.8
1976 29 KCR AL 77 55 7 3.4 87 .296 .235 .258 .286 .323 .294 .364 .580 .687 69 .433 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .147 .059
1976 29 CAL AL 252 165 36 5.9 80 .299 .270 .248 .367 .311 .437 .349 .804 .660 143 .671 12.7 1.3 .790 .326 .167 1.8
1977 30 CAL AL 386 261 49 5.0 96 .270 .241 .262 .349 .325 .417 .398 .766 .723 112 .537 7.6 0.7 .741 .343 .176 1.9
1978 31 CAL AL 110 75 10 3.6 90 .294 .223 .256 .336 .321 .287 .378 .624 .699 81 .412 -1.7 -0.2 .573 .234 .064 .0
1979 32 TOT MLB 174 109 26 6.4 101 .324 .271 .269 .385 .334 .431 .405 .816 .739 122 .644 6.0 0.6 .841 .354 .160 .0
1979 32 MON NL 53 30 9 8.1 99 .440 .286 .268 .434 .333 .452 .397 .886 .730 144 .751 3.4 0.3 1.000 .429 .167 .0
1979 32 TOR AL 121 79 17 5.7 102 .291 .265 .270 .364 .334 .422 .408 .785 .743 112 .590 2.6 0.2 .779 .324 .157 .0
7 Seasons 1552 1029 209 5.5 93 .306 .255 .260 .357 .325 .421 .382 .778 .707 120 .604 42.9 4.4 .757 .324 .166 3.8
162 Game Avg. 479 318 64 5.5 93 .306 .255 .260 .357 .325 .421 .382 .778 .707 120 .604 13 1 .757 .324 .166 1
KCR (3 yrs) 629 418 88 5.7 93 .329 .260 .262 .355 .330 .439 .380 .794 .709 123 .634 18.6 1.9 .768 .320 .178 .0
CAL (3 yrs) 748 501 95 5.1 90 .284 .248 .256 .353 .320 .404 .378 .757 .698 117 .569 18.5 1.9 .732 .321 .156 3.7
MON (1 yr) 53 30 9 8.1 99 .440 .286 .268 .434 .333 .452 .397 .886 .730 144 .751 3.4 0.3 1.000 .429 .167 .0
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 77 .000 .234 .000 .302 .000 .346 .000 .648 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
TOR (1 yr) 121 79 17 5.7 102 .291 .265 .270 .364 .334 .422 .408 .785 .743 112 .589 2.6 0.2 .779 .324 .157 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1499 999 200 5.4 92 .302 .254 .260 .355 .325 .420 .381 .774 .706 119 .599 39.5 4.0 .750 .320 .166 3.8
NL (1 yr) 53 30 9 8.1 99 .440 .286 .268 .434 .333 .452 .397 .886 .730 144 .751 3.4 0.3 1.000 .429 .167 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 21 NYY AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1974 27 KCR AL 277 2.5% 25.3% 12.6% 6.9% 30% 2.00 3.4 34.1 8.0 0.80 59%
1975 28 KCR AL 275 5.8% 28.7% 14.2% 9.8% 45% 2.03 2.9 14.4 5.3 0.67 50%
1976 29 TOT AL 329 2.7% 18.5% 12.2% 6.7% 30% 1.53 4.6 31.4 6.7 0.72 66%
1976 29 KCR AL 77 0.0% 22.1% 7.8% 5.2% 25% 2.83 4.0 7.6 0.89 70%
1976 29 CAL AL 252 3.6% 17.5% 13.5% 7.1% 31% 1.29 4.9 23.9 6.5 0.68 65%
1977 30 CAL AL 386 3.6% 20.0% 14.5% 7.5% 37% 1.38 4.2 23.1 6.1 0.67 61%
1978 31 CAL AL 110 0.9% 22.7% 14.6% 3.6% 19% 1.56 3.8 94.0 6.7 0.56 62%
1979 32 TOT MLB 174 1.7% 18.4% 16.1% 9.2% 41% 1.14 4.5 48.0 7.2 0.95 64%
1979 32 MON NL 53 1.9% 30.2% 20.8% 9.4% 42% 1.45 2.6 42.0 6.0 0.40 47%
1979 32 TOR AL 121 1.7% 13.2% 14.1% 9.1% 41% 0.94 6.4 51.0 7.8 1.15 71%
7 Seasons 1552 3.2% 22.2% 13.8% 7.5% 35% 1.61 3.8 26.3 6.5 0.72 60%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 21 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 KCR AL 4 2 26% 107 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 38% 14 9 4 10 8 2 10 3 7
1975 28 KCR AL 1 0 22% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 25% 13 12 1 3 2 1 8 4 4
1976 29 TOT AL 5 0 19% 127 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 29% 9 8 1 8 7 1 7 2 5
1976 29 KCR AL 2 0 18% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1976 29 CAL AL 3 0 19% 108 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 30% 8 7 1 7 6 1 5 1 4
1977 30 CAL AL 4 0 22% 142 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 7 35% 13 12 1 5 4 1 11 3 8
1978 31 CAL AL 1 0 25% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 42% 5 5 0 2 0 2 5 2 3
1979 32 TOT MLB 4 0 25% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17% 10 10 0 3 2 1 5 2 2
1979 32 MON NL 0 0 18% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1979 32 TOR AL 4 0 29% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18% 6 6 0 1 0 1 4 2 1
7 Seasons 19 2 23% 566 2 8 20% 2 7 0 1 0 0 3 2 9 25 31% 64 56 7 31 23 8 46 16 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 21 NYY AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 KCR AL 279 80% 64 13 4 0 2 1.80 7 0 6 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 63 2 3% 20 4 20% 175 25 14% 13 8 62% 13 0 0% 0
1975 28 KCR AL 275 88% 60 15 3 1 3 1.95 16 0 6 12 4 6 10 0 1 1 100% 46 6 13% 25 4 16% 180 28 16% 15 7 47% 17 3 18% 0
1976 29 TOT AL 329 85% 74 12 4 0 2 1.45 9 0 10 9 0 3 6 0 1 1 100% 51 4 8% 25 10 40% 184 34 18% 14 9 64% 26 11 42% 0
1976 29 KCR AL 77 91% 16 10 4 0 2 1.63 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 10 5 50% 54 10 19% 3 2 67% 10 5 50% 0
1976 29 CAL AL 252 83% 58 2 0 0 0 0.54 9 0 7 9 0 3 6 0 1 1 100% 38 4 11% 15 5 33% 130 24 18% 11 7 64% 16 6 38% 0
1977 30 CAL AL 386 91% 78 20 8 2 5 1.14 14 0 9 14 0 7 7 0 2 2 100% 60 6 10% 25 9 36% 244 41 17% 23 14 61% 29 12 41% 0
1978 31 CAL AL 110 92% 21 28 7 0 6 2.78 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 2 9% 6 1 17% 92 13 14% 8 4 50% 8 2 25% 0
1979 32 TOT MLB 174 94% 39 16 3 0 1 1.68 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0% 29 2 7% 18 8 44% 100 18 18% 8 7 88% 20 15 75% 0
1979 32 MON NL 53 91% 12 13 2 0 1 1.57 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 29 6 21% 1 0 0% 7 5 71% 0
1979 32 TOR AL 121 95% 27 3 1 0 0 2.13 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 25 2 8% 14 7 50% 71 12 17% 7 7 100% 13 10 77% 0
7 Seasons 1554 87% 336 104 29 3 19 1.90 50 0 40 45 5 18 32 0 5 4 80% 271 22 8% 119 36 30% 975 159 16% 81 49 60% 113 43 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 97 278 240 31 64 12 0 7 30 0 3 35 71 .267 .360 .404 .764 116 97 2 1 0 2 5
1975 28 190 553 471 66 124 23 0 23 74 0 4 74 150 .263 .364 .459 .823 130 216 8 3 1 4 6
1976 29 284 882 754 95 198 36 0 32 116 1 5 114 211 .263 .358 .438 .796 128 330 12 3 2 9 9
1977 30 400 1268 1078 135 276 51 0 46 169 2 8 170 288 .256 .355 .431 .787 123 465 18 3 4 13 15
1978 31 460 1378 1172 145 297 54 0 47 183 2 8 186 313 .253 .354 .420 .774 120 492 20 3 4 13 18
1979 32 525 1552 1316 164 336 66 1 50 203 2 8 214 345 .255 .357 .421 .778 120 554 22 3 4 15 18

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1974 27 96 285 244 34 69 13 0 8 33 0 38 70 .283 .379 .434 .813 40 96
1975 28 94 282 236 38 64 12 0 17 47 0 42 79 .271 .383 .538 .921 48 93
1976 29 95 351 298 36 88 15 0 11 53 1 48 61 .295 .387 .456 .844 53 94
1977 30 116 393 329 43 83 16 0 15 57 1 60 77 .252 .364 .438 .802 53 116
1978 31 60 115 97 11 24 3 0 1 16 0 18 25 .247 .365 .309 .674 11 60
1979 32 65 179 147 20 42 13 1 3 21 0 30 32 .286 .402 .449 .851 27 65
7 Seasons 527 1606 1352 182 370 72 1 55 227 2 236 345 .274 .379 .450 .830 232 525
162 Game Avg. 162 494 416 56 114 22 0 17 70 1 73 106 .274 .379 .450 .830 71 525

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