Eddie Solomon
Eddie Solomon Jr. (Buddy J)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 9, 1951 in Perry, GA
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1973
Final Game: July 1, 1982
Died: January 12, 1986 in Macon, GA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 LAD NL 22 P 4 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.25 .900 1.85 0.72
1974 LAD NL 23 P 4 0 6.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.75 .933 1.95 0.70
1975 CHC NL 24 P 6 0 6.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.33 .950 1.89 0.72
1976 STL NL 25 P 26 2 37.0 14 2 11 1 1 .929 3.16 0.50 .950 1.87 0.72
1977 ATL NL 26 P 18 16 88.2 18 5 12 1 0 .944 1.73 0.94 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 ATL NL 27 P 37 8 106.0 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1.78 0.57 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 ATL NL 28 P 31 30 186.0 38 12 22 4 0 .895 1.65 1.10 .953 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 29 P 26 12 100.1 26 9 14 3 2 .885 2.06 0.88 .954 1.91 0.69
1981 PIT NL 30 P 22 17 127.0 26 6 19 1 1 .962 1.77 1.14 .958 1.97 0.68
1982 TOT MLB 31 P 17 10 54.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 0.50 0.18 .960 1.95 0.71
1982 PIT NL 31 P 11 10 46.2 5 0 3 2 0 .600 0.58 0.27 .960 1.97 0.70
1982 CHW AL 31 P 6 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.84 0.73
10 Seasons P 191 95 718.0 156 40 102 14 5 .910 1.78 0.74 .953 1.89 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 191 95 718.0 156 40 102 14 5 .910 1.78 0.74 .863 1.89 0.70

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
1973 LAD NL 22 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 23 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 24 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 25 26 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 26 18 16 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 ATL NL 27 38 8 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 ATL NL 28 32 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 PIT NL 29 27 12 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 PIT NL 30 25 17 25 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1982 PIT NL 31 12 10 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 CHW AL 31 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 198 95 192 191 191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 LAD NL 22 35 69% 14% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 23 27 85% 30% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 24 39 77% 31% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 STL NL 25 178 80% 23% 12 92% 1 2 0 1 11 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1977 ATL NL 26 421 79% 23% 11 82% 0 5 0 4 12 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1978 ATL NL 27 489 76% 27% 22 86% 0 6 1 5 19 17 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 100%
1979 ATL NL 28 836 82% 26% 33 88% 0 11 1 6 24 20 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 88%
1980 PIT NL 29 447 83% 30% 14 86% 0 9 1 7 14 10 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1981 PIT NL 30 540 87% 30% 19 89% 1 5 0 2 19 13 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1982 PIT NL 31 227 84% 25% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHW AL 31 31 87% 42% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3270 82% 27% 121 88% 2 39 3 26 108 83 3 13 0 7 6 7 5 1 3 2 23 91%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 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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