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Eddie Solomon
Eddie Solomon Jr. (Buddy J)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 2, 1973
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 1, 1982
Born February 9, 1951 in Perry, GA
Died January 12, 1986 in Macon, GA

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1973 22 LAD NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    6.3   10    5    5   3    4    6   1   1    33   0   0  7.11  3.49   49 2.211
 1974 23 LAD NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   4  1    6.0    5    1    1   1    2    2   0   2    25   0   0  1.50  3.41  228 1.167
 1975 24 CHC NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   3  0    6.7    7    6    1   1    6    3   0   2    34   2   0  1.35  3.85  285 1.950
 1976 25 STL NL   1   1  26   2   0   0   7  0   37.0   45   24   20   2   16   19   1   1   170   1   2  4.86  3.54   73 1.649
 1977 26 ATL NL   6   6  18  16   0   0   0  0   88.7  110   64   45  10   34   54   2   3   403   2   2  4.57  4.46   98 1.624
 1978 27 ATL NL   4   6  37   8   0   0  13  2  106.0   98   52   48  12   50   64   2   5   459  11   1  4.08  4.08  100 1.396
 1979 28 ATL NL   7  14  31  30   4   0   1  0  186.0  184   98   87  19   51   96   6   2   792   4   0  4.21  4.08   97 1.263
 1980 29 PIT NL   7   3  26  12   2   0   1  0  100.3   96   44   30   8   37   35   4   1   428   5   1  2.69  3.68  137 1.326
 1981 30 PIT NL   8   6  22  17   2   0   5  1  127.0  133   49   44  10   27   38   3   3   521   3   2  3.12  3.63  116 1.260
 1982 31 TOT      3   6  17  10   0   0   5  0   54.0   76   43   38  10   20   20   1   1   252   0   0  6.33  3.79   60 1.778
         PIT NL   2   6  11  10   0   0   1  0   46.7   69   38   35   9   18   18   1   1   221   0   0  6.75  3.75   56 1.864
         CHW AL   1   0   6   0   0   0   4  0    7.3    7    5    3   1    2    2   0   0    31   0   0  3.68  4.04  110 1.227
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .462  36  42 191  95   8   0  40  4  718.0  764  386  319  76  247  337  20  21  3117  28   8  4.00  3.93   98 1.408
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  45  22   1   0   9  0  170.7  181   91   75  18   58   80   4   4   741   6   1  4.00  3.93   98 1.408
 Career High      8  14  37  30   4   0  13  2  186.0  184   98   87  19   51   96   6   5   792  11   2  2.69  4.46  137 1.260

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 22 LAD NL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 25 STL NL  26    5    0    2   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   3  .400  .400  .600  181    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 26 ATL NL  18   31    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   9  .129  .206  .129  -12    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1978 27 ATL NL  38   29    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .138  .167  .138  -18    4   0   0   0   1   3
 1979 28 ATL NL  32   64    3   13   3  0   0    4   0  0   1  16  .203  .215  .250   23   16   3   0   0   0   1
 1980 29 PIT NL  27   32    3    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  11  .219  .219  .281   37    9   3   0   0   0   1
 1981 30 PIT NL  25   43    3    7   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  15  .163  .163  .163   -9    7   5   0   0   0   0
 1982 31 TOT     18   15    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .133  .133  .133  -26    2   1   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  12   15    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .133  .133  .133  -26    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     198  220   13   39   6  0   0   15   0  0   4  69  .177  .196  .205    8   45  13   0   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        180   11   32   5  0   0   12   0  0   3  56  .177  .196  .205    8   37  11   0   0   1   4
 Career High     38   64    3   13   3  0   0    4   0  0   3  16                          16   5   0   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 22 LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .328| .000  .385| .000  .713|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1976 25 STL NL    5    3    1   9.0    93| .400  .264| .400  .330| .600  .376|1.000  .706| 181  .808   0.5   0.1   0%
 1977 26 ATL NL   35   28    1   1.0   113| .129  .283| .206  .352| .129  .431| .335  .784| -12  .054  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1978 27 ATL NL   30   28    0   0.0   104| .138  .275| .167  .345| .138  .405| .305  .750| -18  .000  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1979 28 ATL NL   68   55    3   1.5   105| .203  .277| .215  .344| .250  .411| .465  .755|  23  .118  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1980 29 PIT NL   35   29    2   1.9    97| .219  .270| .219  .333| .281  .392| .500  .725|  37  .181  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1981 30 PIT NL   48   41    1   0.7    95| .163  .267| .163  .333| .163  .383| .326  .716|  -9  .034  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1982 31 TOT      16   14    0   0.0    98| .133  .270| .133  .334| .133  .393| .266  .726| -26  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL   16   14    0   0.0    98| .133  .270| .133  .334| .133  .393| .266  .726| -26  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      238  199    8   1.1   102| .177  .274| .196  .341| .205  .403| .401  .743|   8  .074 -28.9  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1973 22 LAD NL   P    4      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.25  0.72  1.43  1.86    0    6.3
 1974 23 LAD NL   P    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  0.70  4.50  1.95    0    6.0
 1975 24 CHC NL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.72  2.69  1.88    0    6.7
 1976 25 STL NL   P   26      2   11    1    1  .929  .949  0.50  0.72  3.16  1.87    2   37.0
 1977 26 ATL NL   P   18      5   12    1    0  .944  .950  0.94  0.67  1.72  1.85   16   88.7
 1978 27 ATL NL   P   37      5   16    2    1  .913  .950  0.57  0.72  1.78  1.91    8  106.0
 1979 28 ATL NL   P   31     12   22    4    0  .895  .950  1.10  0.66  1.65  1.80   30  186.0
 1980 29 PIT NL   P   26      9   14    3    2  .885  .950  0.88  0.69  2.06  1.91   12  100.3
 1981 30 PIT NL   P   22      6   19    1    1  .962  .958  1.14  0.68  1.77  1.97   17  127.0
 1982 31 TOT      P   17      0    3    2    0  .600  .938  0.18  0.71  0.50  1.95   10   54.0
         PIT NL   P   11      0    3    2    0  .600  .938  0.27  0.70  0.58  1.97   10   46.7
         CHW AL   P    6      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.73  0.00  1.85    0    7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1973 22 LAD NL   P    4      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.25  0.72  1.43  1.86    0    6.3
 1974 23 LAD NL   P    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  0.70  4.50  1.95    0    6.0
 1975 24 CHC NL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.72  2.69  1.88    0    6.7
 1976 25 STL NL   P   26      2   11    1    1  .929  .949  0.50  0.72  3.16  1.87    2   37.0
 1977 26 ATL NL   P   18      5   12    1    0  .944  .950  0.94  0.67  1.72  1.85   16   88.7
 1978 27 ATL NL   P   37      5   16    2    1  .913  .950  0.57  0.72  1.78  1.91    8  106.0
 1979 28 ATL NL   P   31     12   22    4    0  .895  .950  1.10  0.66  1.65  1.80   30  186.0
 1980 29 PIT NL   P   26      9   14    3    2  .885  .950  0.88  0.69  2.06  1.91   12  100.3
 1981 30 PIT NL   P   22      6   19    1    1  .962  .958  1.14  0.68  1.77  1.97   17  127.0
 1982 31 TOT      P   17      0    3    2    0  .600  .938  0.18  0.71  0.50  1.95   10   54.0
         PIT NL   P   11      0    3    2    0  .600  .938  0.27  0.70  0.58  1.97   10   46.7
         CHW AL   P    6      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.73  0.00  1.85    0    7.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 191     40  102   14    5  .910  .950  0.74  0.70  1.78  1.89   95  718.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       191     40  102   14    5  .910  .950  0.74  0.70  1.78  1.89   95    718

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     2   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1981 NL-1.91-5

Losses
1979 NL-14-5

Hit Batsmen
1979 NL-6-6
1980 NL-4-10
1981 NL-3-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2419) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1469) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
July 1, 1969: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
May 2, 1975: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Geoff Zahn to the Chicago Cubs for Burt Hooton.
July 22, 1975: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Crosby.
May 24, 1977: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.
March 28, 1980: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Greg Field (minors) (April 25, 1980) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
June 14, 1982: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Morrison.
July 6, 1982: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Eddie Solomon's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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