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Julio Solano

Julio Cesar Solano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 8, 1960 in Agua Blanca, El Seibo, D.R.
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1983
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mariners 1983-1989

Final Game: April 30, 1989
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1980	20	HOU-min	Rk	5	2	.714	2.61	18	0		0	0	2	38.0	31	16	11	0	23	1	29	1	1	1			1.421	7.3	0.0	5.4	6.9	1.26	ASO · GULF
1981	21	HOU-min	Rk	4	4	.500	3.89	17	12	4	1	0	1	74.0	71	47	32	1	36	0	45	1	1	1			1.446	8.6	0.1	4.4	5.5	1.25	ASO · GULF
1982	22	HOU-min	A	10	7	.588	3.54	28	27	0	7	3	0	178.0	165	89	70	8	116	2	163	11	1	9			1.579	8.3	0.4	5.9	8.2	1.41	AVL · SALL
1983	23	HOU-min	AAA	10	7	.588	4.95	29	24	3	2	1	1	161.2	183	104	89	17	71	4	123	7	1	10			1.571	10.2	0.9	4.0	6.8	1.73	TUC · PCL
1983	23	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	6.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	27	61	1.500	7.5	1.5	6.0	4.5	0.75
1984	24	HOU-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.57	17	13	2	0	0	0	80.2	74	41	23	2	37	1	55	2	0	4			1.376	8.3	0.2	4.1	6.1	1.49	TUC · PCL
1984	24	HOU	NL	1	3	.250	1.95	31	0	7	0	0	0	50.2	31	13	11	3	18	1	33	0	1	0	197	171	0.967	5.5	0.5	3.2	5.9	1.83
1985	25	HOU-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.98	23	0	19	0	0	6	31.2	25	16	14	4	21	3	23	1	0	4			1.453	7.1	1.1	6.0	6.5	1.10	TUC · PCL
1985	25	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	3.48	20	0	9	0	0	0	33.2	34	13	13	5	13	2	17	0	0	2	144	101	1.396	9.1	1.3	3.5	4.5	1.31
1986	26	HOU-min	AAA	6	4	.600	1.89	27	6	20	1	0	4	71.1	64	24	15	4	27	3	54	0	0	4			1.276	8.1	0.5	3.4	6.8	2.00	TUC · PCL
1986	26	HOU	NL	3	1	.750	7.59	16	1	3	0	0	0	32.0	39	28	27	5	22	2	21	3	1	3	155	48	1.906	11.0	1.4	6.2	5.9	0.95
1987	27	HOU-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.43	42	2	15	0	0	3	69.0	71	40	34	7	45	3	45	0	0	8			1.681	9.3	0.9	5.9	5.9	1.00	TUC · PCL
1987	27	HOU	NL	0	0		7.65	11	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	25	17	17	5	9	0	12	0	0	0	94	52	1.700	11.3	2.3	4.1	5.4	1.33
1988	28	SEA-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.89	25	1	15	0	0	1	35.0	32	19	19	3	17	0	23	1	0	2			1.400	8.2	0.8	4.4	5.9	1.35	CGY · PCL
1988	28	SEA	AL	0	0		4.09	17	0	10	0	0	3	22.0	22	13	10	3	12	2	10	0	0	1	98	104	1.545	9.0	1.2	4.9	4.1	0.83
1989	29	SEA-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.93	43	0	39	0	0	20	52.2	63	28	23	6	24	3	36	0	0	8			1.652	10.8	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.50	CGY · PCL
1989	29	SEA	AL	0	0		5.59	7	0	5	0	0	0	9.2	6	8	6	1	4	0	6	1	0	1	39	75	1.034	5.6	0.9	3.7	5.6	1.50
1993	33	CLE-min	AAA	0	0		7.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	5	0	0	1	28		1.667	10.5	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	CHR · IL
7 Yrs				6	8	.429	4.55	106	1	38	0	0	3	174.0	162	97	88	23	82	8	102	4	2	8	754	81	1.402	8.4	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.24
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.429	4.55	67	1	24	0	0	2	111	103	62	56	15	52	5	65	3	1	5	479	81	1.402	8.4	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.24

HOU (5 yrs)				6	8	.429	4.55	82	1	23	0	0	0	142.1	134	76	72	19	66	6	86	3	2	6	617	78	1.405	8.5	1.2	4.2	5.4	1.30
SEA (2 yrs)				0	0		4.55	24	0	15	0	0	3	31.2	28	21	16	4	16	2	16	1	0	2	137	93	1.389	8.0	1.1	4.5	4.5	1.00

NL (5 yrs)				6	8	.429	4.55	82	1	23	0	0	0	142.1	134	76	72	19	66	6	86	3	2	6	617	78	1.405	8.5	1.2	4.2	5.4	1.30
AL (2 yrs)				0	0		4.55	24	0	15	0	0	3	31.2	28	21	16	4	16	2	16	1	0	2	137	93	1.389	8.0	1.1	4.5	4.5	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1983	23	HOU	NL	6.0	4	0	5	7.50	4.22	0.22	-0.33	87.3	3.21	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.425	.498	$
1984	24	HOU	NL	50.2	31	0	13	2.31	4.07	-0.11	-0.32	93.3	3.61	7	0.8	.9	-0.1	1.1	12	.525	.505	$
1985	25	HOU	NL	33.2	20	0	13	3.48	4.08	-0.18	-0.32	99.2	3.91	1	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.3	5	.508	.501	$
1986	26	HOU	NL	32.0	16	1	28	7.88	4.06	0.21	-0.25	100.0	3.61	-15	-1.5	.8	0.1	-1.2	-12	.403	.490	$
1987	27	HOU	NL	20.0	11	0	17	7.65	4.58	-0.18	-0.35	100.8	4.44	-7	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.4	-5	.435	.496	$
1988	28	SEA	AL	22.0	17	0	13	5.32	4.53	-0.09	-0.36	104.6	4.45	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	0	.487	.499	$80,000
1989	29	SEA	AL	9.2	7	0	8	7.45	4.50	0.03	-0.35	106.2	4.37	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.451	.498	$
7 Seasons				174.0	106	1	97	5.02	4.22	-0.05	-0.32	98.5	3.90	-23	-2.2	.8	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.479	.498	$80,000

HOU (5 yrs)				142.1	82	1	76	4.81	4.15	-0.05	-0.31	97.0	3.78	-17	-1.6	.7	-0.0	-0.5	-2	.480	.498	$
SEA (2 yrs)				31.2	24	0	21	5.97	4.52	-0.05	-0.36	105.1	4.42	-5	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.2	-2	.476	.498	$80,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1983	23	HOU	NL	4	27	23	5	5	0	1	1	1	0	4	3	.217	.333	.435	.768	.211	10	0	0	0	0	1	1
1984	24	HOU	NL	31	197	173	13	31	4	1	3	9	2	18	33	.179	.253	.266	.518	.200	46	3	0	3	3	1	1
1985	25	HOU	NL	20	143	130	13	34	11	0	5	2	2	13	17	.262	.329	.462	.790	.269	60	2	0	1	0	2	0
1986	26	HOU	NL	16	155	126	28	39	13	0	5	2	3	22	21	.310	.421	.532	.953	.337	67	1	3	3	1	2	1
1987	27	HOU	NL	11	94	84	17	25	2	2	5	2	1	9	12	.298	.366	.548	.913	.299	46	0	0	1	0	0	1
1988	28	SEA	AL	17	98	82	13	22	6	0	3	3	0	12	10	.268	.354	.451	.805	.268	37	0	0	2	2	2	1
1989	29	SEA	AL	7	39	34	8	6	2	0	1	0	0	4	6	.176	.282	.324	.606	.185	11	0	1	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				106	753	652	97	162	38	4	23	19	8	82	102	.248	.333	.425	.758	.261	277	6	4	10	6	8	6
162 Game Avg.				67	479	414	62	103	24	3	15	12	5	52	65	.248	.333	.425	.758	.261	176	4	3	6	4	5	4
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.390	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	23	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	28	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	1.00	-0.1	-0.3	-3.5	-0.4	1.00	-1.9	2	1	1
1984	24	HOU	NL	8.2	0.9	210	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	.60	1.1	-1.6	10.9	1.2	0.60	12.2	7	4	19
1985	25	HOU	NL	0.9	0.1	149	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.44	0.1	-0.8	2.6	0.3	0.44	0.7	3	1	15
1986	26	HOU	NL	-13.7	-1.4	163	-0.8	2.3	-3.1	.95	-1.2	0.4	-11.1	-1.1	0.95	-12.7	1	8	6
1987	27	HOU	NL	-7.6	-0.7	96	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.21	-0.1	-1.5	-8.3	-0.8	0.21	-5.0	1	1	7
1988	28	SEA	AL	-0.5	-0.1	100	-0.2	1.3	-1.6	.94	-0.5	0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.94	-5.4	5	2	9
1989	29	SEA	AL	-2.0	-0.2	40	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.22	0.1	0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.22	0.5	0	0	7
7 Yrs				-16.6	-1.6	786	-2.3	7.5	-9.8	.63	-0.7	-2.9	-15.7	-1.4	0.63	-11.5	19	17	64

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS
1986	26	HOU	NL	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	7	4	0	1	1.0	1.8	4.7
1 Yr				16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39	39	39	7	4	0	1	1.0	1.8	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-5					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1983	23	HOU	NL	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	7	1.005	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	3	3	1	3	1	4.5
1984	24	HOU	NL	31	31	7	1	3	2	0	2	0%	2	0	19	5	26%	5	.602	7	4	19	2	6	23	11	20	19	7	20	4	4.9
1985	25	HOU	NL	20	20	9	2	2	0	0	0		1	1	8	1	13%	6	.438	3	1	15	1	3	16	6	14	13	3	13	2	5.1
1986	26	HOU	NL	16	15	3	3	0	1	0	1	0%	3	2	5	1	20%	6	.947	1	8	6	3	4	8	3	12	9	1	9	4	5.5
1987	27	HOU	NL	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	2	67%	7	.208	1	1	7	3	0	8	3	8	6	2	6	3	5.5
1988	28	SEA	AL	17	17	10	0	0	4	3	1	75%	6	1	10	4	40%	8	.941	5	2	9	6	0	11	6	11	7	2	7	0	3.9	21
1989	29	SEA	AL	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.221	0	0	7	1	0	6	0	7	2	0	2	2	4.1	19
7 Yrs				106	105	38	6	7	7	3	4	43%	13	5	48	15	31%		.632	19	17	64	16	16	73	30	75	59	16	60	16	4.8	20

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	23	HOU	NL	27	52%	3.7%	11.1%	14.8%	7.4%	40%		0.56	70%				7	0	0%
1984	24	HOU	NL	197	54%	1.5%	16.8%	9.1%	4.1%	26%		0.80	71%				23	3	13%
1985	25	HOU	NL	144	58%	3.5%	11.9%	9.1%	11.2%	47%		1.16	76%				23	2	9%
1986	26	HOU	NL	155	66%	3.2%	13.6%	14.2%	11.6%	46%		0.78	65%				30	1	3%
1987	27	HOU	NL	94	67%	5.3%	12.8%	9.6%	9.6%	36%		0.96	71%				19	0	0%
1988	28	SEA	AL	98	49%	3.1%	10.2%	12.2%	9.2%	41%	0.71	0.81	72%	14%	12.0%	39%	18	0	0%
1989	29	SEA	AL	39	49%	2.6%	15.4%	10.3%	7.7%	50%	1.80	2.29	69%	25%	10.0%	0%	7	0	0%
7 Yrs				754	58%	3.1%	13.6%	10.9%	8.6%	40%	0.92	0.92	71%	17%	11.4%	31%	127	6	5%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	SEA	AL	98	353	3.60	206	58%	22%	16%	25%	37%	78%	5%	45%	80%	53%	12%	12	8	14%	14	9	0	10%	1	2	0	0	0
1989	29	SEA	AL	39	130	3.33	86	66%	27%	19%	22%	33%	73%	0%	48%	75%	69%	0%	0	0	21%	8	4	0	17%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				137	483	3.53	292	60%	24%	16%	24%	36%	76%	4%	46%	78%	58%	9%	12	8	16%	22	13	0	13%	2	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1983	23	HOU	NL	27	5			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	20%	1	1	0	8	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	24	HOU	NL	197	31			3	0	5	3	0	1	2	10	5	0	50%	1	0	1	60	9	2	82%	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1985	25	HOU	NL	143	34			5	0	6	4	1	4	1	12	3	4	25%	0	2	0	47	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
1986	26	HOU	NL	155	39			5	0	3	3	2	2	3	11	4	4	36%	1	3	0	68	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1987	27	HOU	NL	94	25			5	3	6	3	2	0	5	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	36	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	28	SEA	AL	98	22	1	0	3	0	4	2	1	3	0	9	4	1	44%	1	1	0	39	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1989	29	SEA	AL	39	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	50%	1	1	1	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7 Yrs				753	162	1	0	23	3	26	15	8	12	11	54	20	11	37%	6	8	2	268	19	8	70%	16	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	23	0	2	.000	6.00	4	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	27	61	1.500	7.5	1.5	6.0	4.5	0.75	61
1984	24	1	5	.167	2.38	35	0	7	0	56.2	36	18	15	4	22	2	36	0	1	1	224	141	1.024	5.7	0.6	3.5	5.7	1.64	141
1985	25	3	7	.300	2.79	55	0	16	0	90.1	70	31	28	9	35	4	53	0	1	3	368	122	1.162	7.0	0.9	3.5	5.3	1.51	122
1986	26	6	8	.429	4.05	71	1	19	0	122.1	109	59	55	14	57	6	74	3	2	6	523	86	1.357	8.0	1.0	4.2	5.4	1.30	86
1987	27	6	8	.429	4.55	82	1	23	0	142.1	134	76	72	19	66	6	86	3	2	6	617	78	1.405	8.5	1.2	4.2	5.4	1.30	78
1988	28	6	8	.429	4.49	99	1	33	3	164.1	156	89	82	22	78	8	96	3	2	7	715	81	1.424	8.5	1.2	4.3	5.3	1.23	81
1989	29	6	8	.429	4.55	106	1	38	3	174.0	162	97	88	23	82	8	102	4	2	8	754	81	1.402	8.4	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.24	81

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1983	23	0	0		6.00	6.0	5	4	4	1	4	3	0	1.500	7.5	6.0	4.5	0.75	1.5	4
1984	24	4	1	.800	2.44	48.0	34	14	13	3	20	31	0	1.125	6.4	3.8	5.8	1.55	0.6	31
1985	25	1	2	.333	4.35	31.0	36	17	15	5	14	16	0	1.613	10.5	4.1	4.6	1.14	1.5	20
1986	26	1	2	.333	9.00	29.0	41	32	29	5	23	19	3	2.207	12.7	7.1	5.9	0.83	1.6	16
1987	27	0	2	.000	8.10	20.0	26	20	18	5	9	12	0	1.750	11.7	4.1	5.4	1.33	2.3	11
1988	28	1	1	.500	4.29	21.0	23	11	10	3	13	9	0	1.714	9.9	5.6	3.9	0.69	1.3	17
1989	29	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	6	7	6	1	4	6	1	1.111	6.0	4.0	6.0	1.50	1.0	7
7 Yrs		7	9	.438	5.21	164.0	171	105	95	23	87	96	4	1.573	9.4		5.3	1.10	1.3	106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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