Tony Solaita

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Full Name: Tolia Solaita	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/210	First Game: September 16, 1968
Birthdate: January 15, 1947	Final Game: September 30, 1979
Birthplace: Nuuuli, American Samoa	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: February 10, 1990
Deathplace: Tafuna, American Samoa
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Tony Solaita (Tolia Solaita) was born on January 15, 1947 in Nuuuli, American Samoa. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1968 for the New York Yankees. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 7 home runs and 30 RBI. Solaita played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Tony Solaita's best season was 1977, when he knocked in 53 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	NY	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	KC	A	96	239	31	64	7	30	.268	.361	.406	12	0	35	70	1	0	0	5	2
1975	KC	A	93	231	35	60	16	44	.260	.369	.515	11	0	39	79	2	1	0	1	6
1976	KC	A	31	68	4	16	0	9	.235	.286	.294	4	0	6	17	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CAL	A	63	215	25	58	9	33	.270	.367	.437	9	0	34	44	0	1	1	3	4
1976	TOT	A	94	283	29	74	9	42	.261	.348	.403	13	0	40	61	0	1	1	3	4
1977	CAL	A	116	324	40	78	14	53	.241	.349	.417	15	0	56	77	0	2	1	6	6
1978	CAL	A	60	94	10	21	1	14	.223	.336	.287	3	0	16	25	0	0	0	3	2
1979	TOR	A	36	102	14	27	2	13	.265	.364	.422	8	1	17	16	0	0	0	0	2
1979	MON	N	29	42	5	12	1	7	.286	.434	.452	4	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0
1979	Total		65	144	19	39	3	20	.271	.385	.431	12	1	28	32	0	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		29	42	5	12	1	7	.286	.434	.452	4	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		496	1274	159	324	49	196	.254	.355	.420	62	1	203	329	3	4	2	18	22
Total			525	1316	164	336	50	203	.255	.357	.421	66	1	214	345	3	4	2	18	22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	NY	A	1B	1	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	KC	A	1B	65	53	493	508	40	5	36	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1974	KC	A	DH	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	KC	A	DH	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	KC	A	1B	35	29	258.2	282	28	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1976	KC	A	1B	5	2	30	34	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1976	KC	A	DH	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CAL	A	1B	54	52	471.2	451	54	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	.998
1976	CAL	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	TOT	A	1B	59	54	501.2	485	57	2	33	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1976	TOT	A	DH	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CAL	A	1B	91	82	679	641	57	7	50	2	0	0	0	0	.990
1977	CAL	A	DH	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CAL	A	1B	11	8	70	85	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1978	CAL	A	DH	18	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TOR	A	DH	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TOR	A	1B	6	4	37	39	4	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	MON	N	1B	13	8	84	83	6	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1979	Total		1B	19	12	121	122	10	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	.992
Total			DH	123	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	281	238	2126.1	2128	199	17	166	2	0	0	0	0	.993

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (June 17, 1965).
Traded by New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for George Kopacz (February 28, 1973).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1973).
Claimed on waivers by California Angels from Kansas City Royals (July 14, 1976).
Sold by California Angels to Montreal Expos (December 5, 1978).
Traded by Montreal Expos to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named later (July 30, 1979); Montreal Expos received Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

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