Julio Solano
Julio Cesar Solano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 8, 1960 in Agua Blanca, D.R.
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1983
Final Game: April 30, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 56 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
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 0 197 169 0.967 5.5 0.5 3.2 5.9 1.83
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 99 1.396 9.1 1.3 3.5 4.5 1.31
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 47 1.906 11.0 1.4 6.2 5.9 0.95
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 51 1.700 11.3 2.3 4.1 5.4 1.33
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 98 102 1.545 9.0 1.2 4.9 4.1 0.83
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 72 1.034 5.6 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
7 Seasons 6 8 .429 4.55 106 1 38 0 0 3 174.0 162 97 88 23 82 8 102 4 2 8 754 79 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 79 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 77 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 91 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 77 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 91 1.389 8.0 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
1985 25 HOU NL 20 144 130 13 34 11 0 5 2 2 13 17 .262 .329 .462 .790 .269 60 2 0 1 0 2
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 106 754 652 97 162 38 4 23 19 8 82 102 .248 .333 .425 .758 .261 277 6 4 10 6 8
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1986 26 HOU NL 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
1 Season 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 1.013 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 0.668 7 6 17 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 0.489 3 1 16 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 0.974 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 0.231 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 0.981 5 3 8 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 0.254 0 1 6 1 0 6 0 7 2 0 2 2 4.1 19
7 Seasons 106 105 38 6 7 7 3 4 43% 13 5 48 15 31% 0.674 19 21 61 16 16 73 30 75 59 16 60 16 4.8 20

Ratio Pitching*

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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 48% 3.7% 11.1% 14.8% 7.4% 40% 0.56 70% 7 0 0%
1984 24 HOU NL 197 46% 1.5% 16.8% 9.1% 4.1% 26% 0.80 71% 23 3 13%
1985 25 HOU NL 144 42% 3.5% 11.8% 9.0% 11.1% 47% 1.16 75% 23 2 9%
1986 26 HOU NL 155 34% 3.2% 13.6% 14.2% 11.6% 46% 0.78 65% 30 1 3%
1987 27 HOU NL 94 33% 5.3% 12.8% 9.6% 9.6% 36% 0.96 71% 19 0 0%
1988 28 SEA AL 98 51% 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 51% 2.6% 15.4% 10.3% 7.7% 50% 1.80 2.29 69% 25% 10.0% 0% 7 0 0%
7 Seasons 754 42% 3.1% 13.5% 10.9% 8.6% 40% 0.92 0.92 71% 17% 11.4% 31% 127 6 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1983 23 0 2 .000 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 4 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 27 56 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75 56
1984 24 1 5 .167 2.38 35 0 7 0 0 0 56.2 36 18 15 4 22 2 36 0 1 1 224 139 1.024 5.7 0.6 3.5 5.7 1.64 139
1985 25 3 7 .300 2.79 55 0 16 0 0 0 90.1 70 31 28 9 35 4 53 0 1 3 368 121 1.162 7.0 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51 121
1986 26 6 8 .429 4.05 71 1 19 0 0 0 122.1 109 59 55 14 57 6 74 3 2 6 523 85 1.357 8.0 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.30 85
1987 27 6 8 .429 4.55 82 1 23 0 0 0 142.1 134 76 72 19 66 6 86 3 2 6 617 77 1.405 8.5 1.2 4.2 5.4 1.30 77
1988 28 6 8 .429 4.49 99 1 33 0 0 3 164.1 156 89 82 22 78 8 96 3 2 7 715 80 1.424 8.5 1.2 4.3 5.3 1.23 80
1989 29 6 8 .429 4.55 106 1 38 0 0 3 174.0 162 97 88 23 82 8 102 4 2 8 754 79 1.402 8.4 1.2 4.2 5.3 1.24 79

Neutralized Pitching

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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 33 14 13 3 19 31 0 1.083 6.2 3.6 5.8 1.63 0.6 31
1985 25 1 2 .333 4.35 31.0 37 17 15 5 14 16 0 1.645 10.7 4.1 4.6 1.14 1.5 20
1986 26 0 3 .000 9.31 29.0 41 33 30 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 4.71 21.0 23 12 11 3 13 10 0 1.714 9.9 5.6 4.3 0.77 1.3 17
1989 29 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 6 8 7 1 4 6 1 1.111 6.0 4.0 6.0 1.50 1.0 7
7 Seasons 6 10 .375 5.38 164.0 171 108 98 23 86 97 4 1.567 9.4 5.3 1.13 1.3 106

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