Steve Solomon

Steven Geoffrey Solomon

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
• School Stanford University

• Born April 9, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Steve Solomon hit .352 for Stanford University in 1992 and led the #11 team in the nation with 10 homers and 50 RBI. A senior, he made the Pacific-10 All-Conference team as an outfielder. The Philadelphia Phillies took him in the 7th round of the 1992 amateur draft, the second Stanford alumnus in a row they drafted (Jamie Sepeda had been the previous pick). Solomon hit .393/~.393/.464 for the Batavia Clippers that year in 10 games.

In 1993, Steve hit .288/~.368/.376 with 14 SB in 17 tries for the Spartanburg Phillies. Solomon batted .302/.375/.435 for the 1994 Clearwater Phillies, stole 21 bases in 32 tries and scored 88 runs. He was third in the Florida State League in average, trailing Jason Friedman and Scott Romano and right ahead of Matt Lawton. Solomon made the FSL All-Star team as a utility outfielder.

Solomon struggled in AA with the 1995 Reading Phillies; at age 25, he hit .228/~.319/.340. While he fielded well (.990, 8 assists) and ran the bases well (17 steals in 21 tries), his bat was not nearly good enough for an outfielder too old for his level. Philadelphia let him go and he was picked up by the 1996 St. Paul Saints, where he batted .303 and slugged .432 as an outfield mate of Darryl Strawberry; Solomon also stole 17 bases that year for the top team in the Northern League. He did not return in 1997.

Sources: 1993-1997 Baseball Almanacs, 1995 Baseball Guide, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz