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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 NYY AL 21 1B 1 0 3.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 15.00 5.00 .980 9.60 8.30
1974 KCR AL 27 1B 65 53 493.0 553 508 40 5 36 .991 7.1 17.3 8.1 3.8 4.3 -1 10.00 8.43 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 KCR AL 27 DH 14
1974 KCR AL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1975 KCR AL 28 DH 37
1975 KCR AL 28 1B 35 29 258.2 312 282 28 2 24 .994 6.4 29.7 6.4 0.9 5.5 0 10.79 8.86 .990 9.84 8.32
1976 TOT AL 29 1B 59 54 501.2 544 485 57 2 33 .996 5.0 12.0 5.0 2.5 2.4 0 9.72 9.19 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 TOT AL 29 DH 21
1976 KCR AL 29 DH 14
1976 KCR AL 29 1B 5 2 30.0 38 34 3 1 1 .974 0.2 8.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 11.10 7.40 .992 9.84 8.88
1976 CAL AL 29 1B 54 52 471.2 506 451 54 1 32 .998 4.8 12.2 4.8 2.6 2.1 0 9.64 9.35 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 CAL AL 29 DH 7
1977 CAL AL 30 1B 91 82 679.0 705 641 57 7 50 .990 -1.3 -2.3 -1.3 -1.4 0.1 0 9.25 7.67 .990 10.02 8.79
1977 CAL AL 30 DH 6
1978 CAL AL 31 DH 18
1978 CAL AL 31 1B 11 8 70.0 92 85 7 0 7 1.000 2.0 34.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 0 11.83 8.36 .992 10.05 8.75
1979 TOT MLB 32 1B 19 12 121.0 133 122 10 1 15 .992 -1.5 -14.9 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 9.82 6.95 .992 9.94 8.67
1979 MON NL 32 1B 13 8 84.0 90 83 6 1 7 .989 -1.1 -15.7 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 9.54 6.85 .992 9.89 8.59
1979 TOR AL 32 DH 26
1979 TOR AL 32 1B 6 4 37.0 43 39 4 0 8 1.000 -0.4 -13.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 10.46 7.17 .993 10.07 8.85
7 Seasons 1B 281 238 2126.1 2344 2128 199 17 166 .993 17.4 9.8 18.4 6.0 12.3 -1 9.85 8.28 .991 9.88 8.56
6 Seasons DH 122
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
7 Seasons TOT 282 238 2126.1 2344 2128 199 17 166 .993 17.4 9.8 18.4 6.0 12.3 -1 9.85 8.25 .984 9.88 8.54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 NYY AL 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 27 96 66 96 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 18 2
1975 KCR AL 28 93 64 93 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 24 0
1976 CAL AL 29 63 59 63 54 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
1976 KCR AL 29 31 15 31 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0
1977 CAL AL 30 116 87 116 91 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 28 0
1978 CAL AL 31 60 18 60 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 0
1979 TOR AL 32 36 30 36 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 5 0
1979 MON NL 32 29 8 29 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
7 Seasons 525 347 525 281 0 0 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 148 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 NYY AL 21 15 47% 87% 33% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 27 2112 55% 82% 31% 136 93% 3 511 27 478 6 62 42 36 2 2 2 5 0 2 3 3 36 0 0 0 32 0 4 1 3 6 83%
1975 KCR AL 28 1137 51% 79% 29% 83 96% 1 281 11 266 4 42 28 23 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 24 1 0 0 21 1 3 0 3 3 100%
1976 CAL AL 29 2064 55% 76% 27% 117 97% 2 457 24 427 7 43 54 36 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 32 3 0 0 29 3 3 0 3 4 75%
1976 KCR AL 29 134 58% 84% 29% 7 71% 0 34 0 34 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 CAL AL 30 3048 54% 75% 24% 154 92% 1 642 37 592 11 54 58 34 10 5 1 7 1 6 0 2 50 3 0 0 43 3 7 3 4 7 57%
1978 CAL AL 31 288 50% 82% 34% 23 100% 0 85 6 79 0 10 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0
1979 MON NL 32 375 57% 81% 23% 21 81% 0 82 4 78 0 7 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1979 TOR AL 32 166 58% 86% 32% 6 100% 0 39 1 38 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9339 54% 78% 27% 547 94% 7 2136 110 1997 28 222 203 143 31 7 5 17 2 12 3 8 167 9 0 0 149 10 18 4 14 21 76%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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