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Tony
Solaita		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 15, 1947 in American Samoa, , NUUU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1972    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 21 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 3 4 4
1969 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 9 4 4 4
1970 23 CLE AL     6 6 5 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 10 9 4 5 5
1971 24 CLE AL     6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 9 10 10 5 5 5
1972 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 4 5 5
1973 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 4 5 5
1974 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 5 5
1975 28 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 5 5
1976 29 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   7 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 10 9 4 5 5
1977 30 CLN NL $ 3,542,857   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 5 5
1978 31 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 5 4
1979 32 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 10 9 4 4 4
1980 33 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 10 10 4 4 4
1981 34 IND AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1982 35 IND AL $ 1,750,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
1983 36 PIT NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 8 10 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 21 AAA   111 419 64 113 19 0 20 64 0 0 61 113 .270 .363 .458 .821 70.8  
    AA   21 42 9 12 3 0 4 9 0 0 10 13 .286 .423 .643 1.066 10.9  
1969 22 AAA   136 493 84 134 27 0 34 117 1 0 113 118 .272 .408 .533 .941 109.0  
1970 23 AAA   137 492 112 147 28 0 33 98 0 1 107 111 .299 .424 .557 .981 113.6  
1971 24 AAA   135 509 122 157 31 0 48 121 2 0 118 109 .308 .439 .652 1.091 137.1  
1972 25 CLE AL 157 552 79 133 33 1 24 102 0 0 94 143 .241 .350 .435 .785 83.8 15.5
1973 26 CLE AL 154 494 60 122 35 1 14 83 0 2 88 128 .247 .363 .407 .770 74.0 13.2
1974 27 CLE AL 136 421 82 113 19 0 27 82 0 1 81 94 .268 .385 .506 .891 79.8 14.1
1975 28 CLE AL 143 448 67 101 20 2 18 78 1 2 80 121 .225 .342 .400 .741 64.3 9.0
1976 29 CLE AL 136 428 69 109 26 1 19 64 0 0 65 95 .255 .350 .453 .803 67.5 11.6
1977 30 CLN NL 147 543 76 148 34 2 25 101 0 0 73 133 .273 .358 .481 .838 89.8 22.8
1978 31 CLN NL 156 592 79 139 26 2 24 78 0 0 83 138 .235 .327 .407 .735 79.6 13.3
1979 32 LAD NL 153 553 87 127 14 1 27 84 1 0 89 134 .230 .337 .405 .742 80.0 17.9
1980 33 LAD NL 157 549 79 128 19 2 21 74 1 1 76 130 .233 .323 .390 .713 73.1 13.1
1981 34 IND AL 156 587 98 160 24 2 22 79 0 0 93 126 .273 .374 .433 .806 93.9 19.2
1982 35 IND AL 134 466 66 100 13 0 18 67 0 0 70 105 .215 .315 .358 .674 54.9 7.7
1983 36 AAA   81 175 17 30 6 0 2 18 0 0 39 46 .171 .322 .240 .562 17.5  
11 Years Sim 1629 5633 842 1380 263 14 239 892 3 6 892 1347 .245 .347 .424 .771 840.8 157.5
5 Years AAA 600 2088 399 581 111 0 137 418 3 1 438 497 .278 .402 .528 .930 448.2  
1 Years AA 21 42 9 12 3 0 4 9 0 0 10 13 .286 .415 .643 1.058 10.9  
6 Years Minors 621 2130 408 593 114 0 141 427 3 1 448 510 .278 .402 .531 .933 459.1  
162 Game Average 560 83 137 26 1 23 88 0 0 88 133 .245 .347 .424 .771 83.6  
Career Highs 157 592 98 160 35 2 27 102 1 2 94 143 .273 .385 .506 .891 93.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4211 652 1063 199 11 188 695 3 4 701 969 .252 .358 .439 .797 693.3
vs LH   1422 190 317 64 3 51 197 0 2 191 378 .223 .314 .380 .693 180.4
Home 811 2743 405 687 131 7 123 448 2 3 422 654 .250 .350 .438 .787 437.2
Away 818 2890 437 693 132 7 116 444 1 3 470 693 .240 .345 .411 .756 436.5
RISP   1435 0 378 79 2 62 608 0 0 265 330 .263 .371 .451 .822 254.4
Pinch Hitting   108 21 33 7 0 6 22 0 0 19 21 .306 .409 .537 .946 22.9
Close/Late   631 70 155 27 2 29 97 0 0 96 163 .246 .345 .433 .777 98.7
Mar/Apr 267 929 135 218 38 3 38 155 0 0 158 232 .235 .347 .405 .752 140.2
May 274 947 142 222 48 2 46 163 0 1 132 242 .234 .327 .435 .762 140.8
June 271 937 157 260 40 6 42 169 2 0 142 202 .277 .370 .467 .838 165.2
July 253 864 129 207 44 0 36 134 1 3 142 207 .240 .345 .416 .760 131.4
August 289 1023 148 253 43 2 45 142 0 1 163 242 .247 .350 .425 .775 160.5
Sep/Oct 275 933 131 220 50 1 32 129 0 1 155 222 .236 .344 .394 .739 135.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 25 CLE AL 1B 155 148 1282.3 1487 120 10 158 .994 11.28   1.9
1973 26 CLE AL 1B 152 143 1258.7 1482 110 9 137 .994 11.38   2.1
1974 27 CLE AL 1B 113 105 915.3 1074 86 7 112 .994 11.41   2.2
1975 28 CLE AL 1B 115 108 916.7 1090 81 8 95 .993 11.50   1.6
1976 29 CLE AL 1B 125 104 934.0 1092 87 11 96 .991 11.36   2.1
1977 30 CLN NL 1B 3 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 32 LAD NL 1B 153 146 1285.0 1560 94 12 157 .993 11.58   2.1
1980 33 LAD NL 1B 156 149 1293.3 1597 110 14 154 .992 11.88   2.2
1981 34 IND AL 1B 4 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 35 IND AL 1B 82 80 669.3 811 56 3 71 .997 11.66   1.7
Career Totals   1058 983 8568.6 10207 744 74 980 .993 11.50   16.0
Career Highs   156 149 1293.3 1597 120 14 158 1.000 11.88    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 25 CLE AL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .071 .188 .071 .259
1974 27 CLE AL 5 16 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .188 .350 .250 .600
1977 30 CLN NL 6 23 4 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 3 .217 .333 .478 .812
1978 31 CLN NL 4 15 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .600 .953
1979 32 LAD NL 16 57 4 15 3 1 1 11 1 0 7 18 .263 .344 .404 .747
1981 34 IND AL 12 45 9 11 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 10 .244 .346 .422 .768
1982 35 IND AL 10 32 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 6 .156 .300 .188 .488
Career Post-Season Batting 57 202 23 44 9 1 6 28 1 0 32 47 .218 .326 .361 .688
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1974-10-.385
1981-10-.374
 Slugging Pct
1974-7-.506
1977-6-.481
 OPS
1974-8-.891
1977-10-.838
 XR
1977-10-89.8
1981-9-93.9
 Games
1972-4-157
1978-1-156
1980-3-157
1981-2-156
 At-Bats
1978-6-592
Runs
1981-6-98
 Doubles
1972-6-33
1973-10-35
1977-5-34
 Homeruns
1972-10-24
1974-8-27
1977-6-25
1979-8-27
 RBIs
1972-8-102
1977-7-101
 Walks
1972-7-94
1978-8-83
1979-8-89
1981-5-93
 Strikeouts
1972-6-143
1973-8-128
1975-10-121
1977-1-133
1978-1-138
1979-1-134
1980-2-130
1981-3-126
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jason Thompson (945)
  2. Roy Foster (915)
  3. Ron Swoboda (909)
  4. Mike Epstein (909)
  5. Joe Charboneau (903)
  6. Ken Harrelson (902)
  7. Otto Velez (898)
  8. Lee May (890)
  9. Reggie Smith (884)
  10. Wayne Belardi (883)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1968
Had first career hit on 4/5/1972, off Rob Gardner (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1972, off Bob Gibson (BOS)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/6/1973
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1975, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 1B Tony Solaita, RF Jim Spencer, 2B Ted Sizemore. Going to CLE: CF Tommie Agee, P Kevin Kobel, P Frank Maccormack, P Skip Guinn)
Injured on 5/17/1977 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 9/20/1977
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Los Angeles on 2/22/1979 (Going to CLN: CF Ruppert Jones. Going to LAD: P Dave Pagan, 1B Tony Solaita)
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 8/5/1979
Traded from Los Angeles to Indianapolis on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: P Steve Comer, 2B Ken Henderson. Going to IND: 3B Rob Ellis, P Dennis Lamp, 1B Tony Solaita)
10/3/1981: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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