Tony Solaita

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Born: January 15, 1947 in Nuuuli, American Samoa as

Died: February 10, 1990 in Tafuna, American Samoa

Buried: Immediately outside his home, Nuuuli, American Samoa

High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1968 (Age 21-245d, 12,756th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 32-258d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Tolia Solaita

Pronunciation: \so-LEE-tah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

1316

336

.255

164

RBI

203

OBP

.357

SLG

.421

OPS

.778

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jul 14, Jul 23)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
2	2	Apr 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 8	CAL	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	8 (4)	Apr 13	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
5	9	Apr 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
6	10	Apr 15	CAL		SEA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
7	11	Apr 16	CAL		SEA	W,6-4	GS	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
8	15 (3)	Apr 22	CAL		MIL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
9	17 (1)	Apr 24	CAL		MIL	L,9-10	CG	49	9.0	7	0	2	9	1	1B
10	18	Apr 25	CAL		OAK	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
11	20 (1)	Apr 27	CAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
12	21	Apr 29	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	24 (2)	May 3	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
14	34 (9)	May 15	CAL		NYY	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	35	May 16	CAL		BOS	L,7-8	CG	46	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
16	36	May 17	CAL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
17	39 (2)	May 21	CAL		MIN	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
18	42 (2)	May 25	CAL	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
19	43	May 27	CAL	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
20	44	May 28	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
21	45	May 29	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	46	May 30	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
23	47	May 31	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	51 (3)	Jun 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
25	55 (3)	Jun 12	CAL		CLE	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
26	56	Jun 14	CAL	@	MIN	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	57	Jun 15	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
28	58	Jun 16	CAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
29	59	Jun 17	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
30	60	Jun 18	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
31	66 (5)	Jun 25	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
32	67	Jun 26 (1)	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
33	68	Jun 26 (2)	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
34	69	Jun 27	CAL		KCR	L,2-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
35	70	Jun 28	CAL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
36	71	Jun 29	CAL		KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	73 (1)	Jul 2	CAL		OAK	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
38	74	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	75	Jul 4	CAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	77 (1)	Jul 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
41	78	Jul 7	CAL	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
42	79	Jul 8	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	80	Jul 9	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
44	81	Jul 10	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	82	Jul 11	CAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
46	83	Jul 12	CAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
47	84	Jul 13	CAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
48	85	Jul 14	CAL		SEA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
49	87 (1)	Jul 16	CAL		SEA	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
50	88	Jul 17	CAL		SEA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
51	89	Jul 21	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
52	90	Jul 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
53	91	Jul 23	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
54	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	94	Jul 25	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-2	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	95	Jul 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
57	96	Jul 27	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	GS	21	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	97	Jul 28	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
59	98	Jul 29	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	10.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
60	99	Jul 30	CAL		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
61	100	Jul 31	CAL		BOS	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	101	Aug 1	CAL		NYY	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
63	102	Aug 2	CAL		NYY	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	1B
64	103	Aug 3	CAL		NYY	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
65	106 (2)	Aug 7	CAL		BAL	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	109 (2)	Aug 10	CAL	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	27	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
67	110	Aug 11	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
68	111	Aug 12 (1)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
69	112	Aug 12 (2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS	34	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	113	Aug 13	CAL	@	NYY	W,6-5		16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
71	114	Aug 14	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-15	CG	48	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
72	115	Aug 15	CAL	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
73	116	Aug 16	CAL	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
74	117	Aug 19	CAL		TOR	L,1-3	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
75	118	Aug 20	CAL		TOR	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	7	0	2	9	0	1B
76	120 (1)	Aug 22	CAL		DET	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
77	121	Aug 23	CAL		DET	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
78	122	Aug 24 (1)	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	123	Aug 24 (2)	CAL		CLE	W,5-2		8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
80	124	Aug 26	CAL	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
81	125	Aug 27	CAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
82	126	Aug 28	CAL	@	DET	L,9-12	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
83	128 (1)	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	129	Aug 31	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	130	Sep 2	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
86	131	Sep 3	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
87	132	Sep 4	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	133	Sep 5	CAL		MIL	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
89	144 (10)	Sep 15	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
90	148 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
91	156 (7)	Sep 25 (2)	CAL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
							91gm		679.0	641	57	7	705	50