Eddie Solomon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 9, 1951 in Perry, GA us

Died: January 12, 1986 in Macon, GA

Buried: King Chapel Cemetery, Perry, GA

High School: Houston County HS (Warner Robins, GA)

Debut: September 2, 1973 (Age 22-205d, 13,418th in major league history)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 1, 1982 (Age 31-142d)
vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Eddie Solomon

Nicknames: Buddy J

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

ERA

4.00

191

718.0

337

WHIP

1.408

Summary of 76 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 25 go ahead

6 Tms
ATL	41
PIT	27
LAD	4
STL	2
CHC	1
CHW	1

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	36

Home/Road
Home	41
Away	35

Outs
2	30
0	26
1	20

13 Opps
SFG	12
CHC	12
LAD	8
SDP	8
MON	7
PIT	5
PHI	5
STL	5
ATL	4
CIN	4
NYM	3
HOU	2
OAK	1

59 Batters
Darrell Evans	4
Steve Henderson	3
Gene Tenace	3
Bill Madlock	3
Andre Dawson	2
Gary Carter	2
Greg Luzinski	2
Ray Knight	2
Claudell Washington	2
Steve Garvey	2
Joe Morgan	2
Willie Stargell	2
Gene Richards	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
Mike Lum	1
Greg Gross	1
Barry Foote	1
Jerry White	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Dan Briggs	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Jerry Turner	1
Darrell Porter	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Del Unser	1
Ron Cey	1
Ken Griffey	1
Dusty Baker	1
Lee May	1
Dave Winfield	1
Willie McCovey	1
Terry Whitfield	1
César Gerónimo	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Mike Tyson	1
Gary Woods	1
Terry Kennedy	1
J.R. Richard	1
Iván de Jesús	1
Ted Simmons	1
Al Oliver	1
Manny Trillo	1
Richie Hebner	1
Lee Lacy	1
Jack Clark	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Mike Ivie	1
Leon Durham	1
Reggie Smith	1
Rick Monday	1
Mike Phillips	1
Jesús Figueroa	1
Bill Robinson	1
Jeff Newman	1
Steve Dillard	1
Richie Zisk	1
Lou Brock	1

13 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	31
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	14
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Dodger Stad (LOS)	6
3Com Park (SFO)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	20
8	9
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	18
12-	5
-2-	5
1-3	4
--3	1

118 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	43
1 on	24
2 on	9
Any on	33

Inning
1	11
2	7
3	13
4	7
5	8
6	16
7	8
8	4
9	2

1-3	31
4-6	31
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	20
-1	11
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	29
Tied	20
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	15
1B	12
RF	12
C	9
3B	9
2B	8
CF	7
SS	2
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	16
3rd	14
1st	9
7th	8
5th	8
6th	8
2nd	7
8th	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-09-02	Lee May	HOU	@	LAD	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---	1	6	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1973-09-26	Mike Lum	ATL		LAD	tied 6-6	b 7	2	---	1	2	9	24%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1973-09-26	Darrell Evans	ATL		LAD	ahead 7-6	b 7	2	---	1	3	5	11%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1974-08-18	Richie Zisk	PIT		LAD	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	---	1	5	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1975-06-29 (2)	Willie Stargell	PIT		CHC	ahead 5-0	b 7	2	1--	2	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Zisk Scores/unER; W. Stargell Scores/unER
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1976-07-21	Reggie Smith	LAD		STL	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	1	3	9	7%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1976-09-18 (2)	Del Unser	MON		STL	behind 0-4	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	7%	25%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1977-07-31	Al Oliver	PIT	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	10%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1977-08-04	Gary Carter	MON	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	2	15%	69%		Home Run; W. Cromartie Scores
10	10	3	1	1977-08-13	Ron Cey	LAD		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	3	4	5	19%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Lopes Scores; B. Russell Scores
11	11	4	1	1977-08-15	J.R. Richard	HOU	@	ATL	ahead 9-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	1%	99%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1977-08-24	Greg Gross	CHC	@	ATL	behind 0-2	t 6	0	-2-	2	2	7	19%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); I. de Jesús Scores
13	13	6	2	1977-08-24	Steve Ontiveros	CHC	@	ATL	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	6	5	18%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
14	14	7	1	1977-08-28	Steve Henderson	NYM	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	7	21%	57%		Home Run; B. Harrelson Scores
15	15	8	1	1977-09-02 (1)	Steve Henderson	NYM		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	-2-	2	4	7	15%	91%		Home Run; B. Boisclair Scores
16	16	9	1	1977-09-11	Gene Richards	SDP	@	ATL	behind 1-2	t 5	2	---	1	1	3	14%	45%		Home Run
17	17	10	2	1977-09-11	Jerry Turner	SDP	@	ATL	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	15%	50%		Home Run
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1978-05-09 (1)	Andre Dawson	MON	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 8	2	---	1	3	8	29%	71%		Home Run
19	19	2	1	1978-05-09 (2)	Gary Carter	MON	@	ATL	behind 4-6	t 9	2	12-	3	8	2	74%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; C. Speier Scores
20	20	3	1	1978-05-22	Ray Knight	CIN		ATL	ahead 7-0	b 8	1	12-	3	1	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gerónimo Scores; M. Lum Scores
21	21	4	1	1978-06-09	Greg Luzinski	PHI		ATL	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	4	7	11%	75%		Home Run
22	22	5	2	1978-06-09	Greg Luzinski	PHI		ATL	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	1--	2	4	7	7%	97%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores
23	23	6	1	1978-06-23	Terry Whitfield	SFG		ATL	ahead 7-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	7	1	1978-07-05	Steve Garvey	LAD		ATL	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	1--	2	5	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Cey Scores
25	25	8	1	1978-07-24	Richie Hebner	PHI		ATL	behind 0-5	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	3%	5%		Home Run
26	26	9	1	1978-09-08	Bill Madlock	SFG	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	10	2	1978-09-08	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	5	10%	66%		Home Run
28	28	11	3	1978-09-08	Bill Madlock	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	---	1	1	4	9%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1978-09-15	Lee Lacy	LAD		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2	7	7	15%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ferguson Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1979-04-21	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	13%	75%		Home Run
31	31	2	1	1979-05-16	Gary Thomasson	LAD	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 3	2	--3	2	3	8	20%	58%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Lopes Scores
32	32	3	1	1979-05-20	Bill Madlock	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	4	11%	70%		Home Run (LF-CF)
33	33	4	1	1979-05-27	Willie McCovey	SFG		ATL	behind 0-3	b 4	1	1--	2	4	3	19%	38%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); J. Clark Scores
34	34	5	1	1979-06-01	Joel Youngblood	NYM	@	ATL	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1	1	9	14%	64%		Home Run
35	35	6	1	1979-07-06 (1)	Lou Brock	STL	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
36	36	7	2	1979-07-06 (1)	Bernie Carbo	STL	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	9	10%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	8	3	1979-07-06 (1)	Mike Phillips	STL	@	ATL	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	1--	2	8	6	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Reitz Scores
38	38	9	1	1979-07-10	Barry Foote	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	7	2	15%	85%		Home Run; S. Ontiveros Scores
39	39	10	2	1979-07-10	Iván de Jesús	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	---	1	1	6	5%	92%		Home Run
40	40	11	1	1979-07-15	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	12	2	1979-07-15	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	13	1	1979-08-01	Dan Briggs	SDP	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	3	11%	61%		Home Run
43	43	14	2	1979-08-01	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	6%	91%		Home Run
44	44	15	1	1979-08-22	Manny Trillo	PHI		ATL	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	8	4	13%	53%		Home Run
45	45	16	1	1979-09-07	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1--	2	6	3	14%	81%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores
46	46	17	2	1979-09-07	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	12-	3	4	9	11%	95%		Home Run; G. Richards Scores; P. Dade Scores
47	47	18	1	1979-09-12	Mike Ivie	SFG		ATL	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	1	3	7	7%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	19	1	1979-09-28	César Gerónimo	CIN		ATL	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	8	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1980-05-24	Jack Clark	SFG	@	PIT	behind 0-5	t 6	0	1--	2	3	9	7%	12%		Home Run; J. Strain Scores
50	50	2	1	1980-06-03	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	5	16%	68%		Home Run; B. McBride Scores
51	51	3	1	1980-06-23	Ted Simmons	STL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	4	2	15%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	4	1	1980-07-04 (1)	Cliff Johnson	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	19%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Randle Scores
53	53	5	1	1980-07-19	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	PIT	behind 1-7	t 7	2	1--	2	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Law Scores
54	54	6	1	1980-07-26	Darrell Evans	SFG		PIT	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	18%	75%		Home Run
55	55	7	1	1980-08-07	Mike Tyson	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	8	2	1980-08-07	Jesús Figueroa	CHC		PIT	behind 1-2	b 2	2	---	1	7	8	12%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1981-05-17	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	8	22%	70%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; D. Collins Scores
58	58	2	2	1981-05-17	Ray Knight	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1981-05-28	Steve Henderson	CHC		PIT	behind 1-7	b 5	2	1--	2	5	7	5%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Durham Scores
60	60	4	2	1981-05-28	Steve Dillard	CHC		PIT	behind 3-9	b 9	2	---	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1981-06-07	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	5	3	12%	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	6	2	1981-06-07	Joe Morgan	SFG	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	1	3	4	18%	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	7	1	1981-08-12	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PIT	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	8	12%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	8	1	1981-08-27	Joe Morgan	SFG		PIT	tied 3-3	b 7	1	---	1	1	4	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	9	1	1981-09-06	Terry Kennedy	SDP		PIT	behind 1-7	b 6	2	1--	2	5	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores
66	66	10	1	1981-09-25	Darrell Porter	STL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	23%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Roof Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1982-04-14	Warren Cromartie	MON		PIT	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	12%	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	2	2	1982-04-14	Jerry White	MON		PIT	behind 1-2	b 6	2	12-	3	9	PH	47%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Wallach Scores; G. Carter Scores
69	69	3	1	1982-04-18	Leon Durham	CHC	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 3	1	12-	3	4	9	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Buckner Scores; R. Sandberg Scores
70	70	4	1	1982-04-23	Gary Woods	CHC		PIT	behind 2-4	b 2	0	---	1	7	8	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	5	2	1982-04-23	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		PIT	behind 3-6	b 4	2	1--	2	2	5	19%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Waller Scores
72	72	6	1	1982-04-28	Claudell Washington	ATL		PIT	behind 1-5	b 6	0	1--	2	3	9	12%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hubbard Scores
73	73	7	1	1982-05-03	Claudell Washington	ATL	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1-3	3	3	9	23%	81%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Butler Scores; G. Hubbard Scores
74	74	8	1	1982-05-26	Dusty Baker	LAD		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	3	3	7	15%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Sax Scores; J. Orta Scores
75	75	9	1	1982-06-02	Rick Monday	LAD	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	7	20%	76%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Sax Scores; J. Orta Scores
76	76	10	1	1982-06-17	Jeff Newman	OAK		CHW	behind 5-10	b 8	0	1--	2	6	2	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Klutts Scores/unER