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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-32 / in Starts: 10-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	42 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 110 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	92 (39-31-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 110 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (32-22-11)

Most Driven In
R Miller	2
R Mulliniks	2
R Jackson	2
K Landreaux	1
M Rettenmund	1
B Grich	1
L Bostock	1
D Chalk	1

Most Driven In By
B Downing	2
L Bostock	2
C Lansford	1
R Miller	1
B Grich	1
J Anderson	1
D Baylor	1
Self	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	401	2 (1)	Apr 8	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.43	-0.055	3.70	-0.05%	-0.27	PH
2	402	3	Apr 9	CAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	6	.75	-0.054	.99	-0.04%	-0.66	1B
3	403	4	Apr 10	CAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	6	.66	-0.070	.99	-0.06%	-0.98	1B
4	404	7 (2)	Apr 13	CAL		MIN	W,1-0	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	2.21	0.075	3.47	0.07%	0.37	PH
5	405	8	Apr 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	6	1.38	-0.036	2.31	-0.04%	-0.41	1B
6	406	9	Apr 16	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	11-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	8	4.35	0.016	7.05	0.02%	0.13	PH
7	407	11 (1)	Apr 18	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.278	.133	.411	4	.65	-0.017	1.10	-0.02%	-0.62	DH
8	408	15 (3)	Apr 24	CAL		SEA	L,5-6	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.263	.125	.388	9	1.71	-0.041	2.90	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
9	409	16	Apr 25	CAL		SEA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.217	.100	.317	4	1.01	-0.119	1.67	-0.12%	-1.46	DH
10	410	18 (1)	Apr 27	CAL		SEA	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	4	2.21	0.134	3.54	0.13%	1.73	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	411	26 (7)	May 7	CAL		CLE	W,16-3	8-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.269	.136	.406	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.04	PH
12	412	27	May 9	CAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.280	.556	6	1.04	0.150	1.79	0.16%	1.33	DH
13	413	28	May 12	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.269	.536	9	4.55	-0.123	8.95	-0.15%	-0.35	PH
14	414	30 (1)	May 14	CAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.296	.587	6	1.41	0.085	2.45	0.09%	1.73	PH 1B
15	415	33 (2)	May 17	CAL	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.281	.559	4	.99	0.055	1.80	0.06%	0.11	DH
16	416	34	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.314	.631	4	.93	0.088	1.64	0.09%	1.42	DH
17	417	35	May 19	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-1	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.326	.324	.650	3	.29	0.032	.52	0.04%	0.62	PH
18	418	36	May 20	CAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	9	2.08	0.069	4.19	0.08%	0.36	PH
19	419	37	May 21	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.298	.293	.591	4	1.37	-0.101	2.56	-0.11%	-0.90	DH
20	420	39 (1)	May 24	CAL		CHW	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.286	.577	3	.09	-0.002	.18	0.00%	-0.22	PH
21	421	40	May 25	CAL		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.288	.267	.555	4	.30	0.008	.65	0.01%	-0.36	DH
22	422	41	May 26	CAL		MIL	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.302	.283	.584	4	1.46	0.250	3.13	0.32%	1.09	PH 1B
23	423	45 (3)	May 30	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.296	.277	.573	6	.04	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.10	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	424	48 (2)	Jun 3	CAL		BOS	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.309	.292	.601	9	2.47	0.094	4.21	0.10%	0.25	PH
25	425	50 (1)	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,2-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.304	.286	.589	9	4.57	-0.131	7.17	-0.12%	-0.57	PH
26	426	53 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.316	.286	.602	8	.99	0.030	2.09	0.04%	0.12	PH
27	427	57 (3)	Jun 11	CAL		NYY	W,9-6	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.355	.340	.694	7	.83	0.112	1.30	0.10%	1.64	DH
28	428	58	Jun 12	CAL	@	BOS	L,9-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.365	.340	.705	9	5.72	0.196	10.43	0.21%	1.00	PH
29	429	59	Jun 13	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.364	.327	.691	7	.46	-0.028	.82	-0.03%	-0.22	DH
30	430	60	Jun 14	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.358	.321	.680	9	.35	-0.009	.57	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
31	431	61	Jun 15	CAL	@	BAL	W,5-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.228	.353	.316	.669	9	.30	-0.017	.48	-0.02%	-1.50	PH
32	432	65 (3)	Jun 20	CAL	@	MIN	W,10-5	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.362	.316	.678	6	.03	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.38	1B
33	433	67 (1)	Jun 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.357	.310	.667	9	2.60	-0.058	6.07	-0.08%	-0.35	PH
34	434	68	Jun 23 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.356	.311	.668	6	.43	0.010	1.25	0.02%	-0.15	DH
35	435	69	Jun 23 (2)	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.306	.658	9	2.26	-0.050	6.57	-0.09%	-0.46	PH
36	436	72 (2)	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.347	.302	.648	8	1.29	-0.038	3.15	-0.06%	-0.57	PH
37	437	73	Jun 27	CAL		KCR	W,5-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.347	.302	.648	7						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	438	78 (4)	Jul 2	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.355	.313	.668	1	2.67	0.066	8.28	0.12%	1.00	PH
39	439	80 (1)	Jul 4	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.351	.308	.658	9	3.54	-0.081	11.87	-0.16%	-0.35	PH
40	440	82 (1)	Jul 6	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.370	.338	.709	7	.18	0.041	.52	0.07%	1.51	1B
41	441	86 (3)	Jul 9	CAL		SEA	L,7-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.366	.333	.699	4	.39	-0.014	1.14	-0.02%	-0.73	PH
42	442	88 (1)	Jul 14	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.373	.343	.716	8	5.84	0.171	16.80	0.30%	1.00	PH
43	443	92 (3)	Jul 18	CAL		CLE	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.369	.338	.707	2	.18	-0.005	.48	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
44	444	94 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.365	.333	.698	9	1.77	-0.044	4.80	-0.07%	-0.16	PH
45	445	95	Jul 21 (2)	CAL	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.382	.347	.729	4	.77	0.060	2.14	0.10%	0.53	1B
46	446	96	Jul 22	CAL	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.374	.338	.711	4	.75	-0.040	2.00	-0.06%	-0.45	1B
47	447	99 (2)	Jul 24	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.370	.333	.703	9	1.73	-0.042	4.10	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
48	448	103 (3)	Jul 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.366	.329	.695	9	5.82	-0.156	13.38	-0.21%	-0.46	PH
49	449	106 (2)	Jul 31	CAL		OAK	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.362	.325	.687	8	3.33	-0.089	9.09	-0.15%	-0.47	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	450	107	Aug 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.358	.321	.679	9	3.32	-0.045	9.24	-0.08%	-0.18	PH
51	451	108	Aug 2	CAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.343	.306	.649	6	.50	-0.050	1.40	-0.08%	-0.86	1B
52	452	109	Aug 3	CAL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.340	.295	.635	6	.90	-0.066	2.82	-0.13%	-0.62	1B
53	453	111 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.337	.292	.629	9	4.91	-0.135	14.68	-0.24%	-0.30	PH
54	454	112	Aug 5 (2)	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.343	.300	.643	9	3.61	0.152	10.22	0.26%	1.00	PH
55	455	119 (6)	Aug 12 (2)	CAL	@	SEA	L,3-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.349	.300	.649	9	1.25	0.035	4.20	0.07%	0.11	PH
56	456	126 (6)	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.346	.297	.642	9	2.21	-0.054	8.17	-0.12%	-0.22	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	457	145 (18)	Sep 11	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.343	.293	.636	9	2.03	-0.057	9.57	-0.16%	-0.22	PH
58	458	146	Sep 12	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.339	.290	.630	9	1.19	-0.034	5.11	-0.09%	-0.22	PH
59	459	147	Sep 13	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.336	.287	.624	9	4.91	-0.134	17.70	-0.29%	-0.48	PH
60	460	149 (1)	Sep 15	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.336	.287	.624	8						PH
							28-32		110	94	10	21	3	0	1	14	16	3	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.223	.336	.287	.624		1.31	-0.066	3.03	-0.52%	0.82

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