| Moose Solters | |||
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| Left fielder | |||
| Born: March 22, 1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
| Died: September 28, 1975 (aged 69) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1934, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 26, 1943, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .289 | ||
| Home runs | 83 | ||
| Runs batted in | 599 | ||
| Teams | |||
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Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters (born Julius Joseph Soltesz; March 22, 1906 – September 28, 1975) was a major league outfielder between 1934 and 1943.
Career
Solters played nine seasons in the American League, for four different teams; the Boston Red Sox (125 games), St. Louis Browns (319 games), Cleveland Indians (260 games), and Chicago White Sox (234 games). During his major league career, he appeared in a total of 938 games, batting .289 with 83 home runs and 599 RBIs. He hit for the cycle on August 19, 1934, while with the Red Sox.[1][2]
On August 2, 1941, while playing for Chicago at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., Solters was struck by an errant baseball during a pregame warmup.[3][4] The thrown ball fractured his skull and has been attributed to his going blind two years later.[5][6] Solters died in 1975 in his hometown of Pittsburgh, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery there.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle
References
- ^ Smith, Christopher (June 17, 2015). "List of the 20 Boston Red Sox players who have hit for the cycle starting with Brock Holt". masslive.com. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 6 (1)". Retrosheet. August 19, 1934.
- ^ "Ed Smith Beats Nats". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. AP. August 3, 1941. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ex-Brown Solters Diers; Had 134 RBIs". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. UPI. September 30, 1975. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Memories: Moose Solters Going Blind; Once Refused a Brewer Contract". The Milwaukee Journal. 11 March 1949. p. 37.
- ^ Flynn, John M. (March 21, 1949). "The Referee's Sporting Chat (column)". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Nowlin, Bill. "Moose Solters". SABR.
- "Moose Solters Dies at 69; American League Outfielder". The New York Times. September 30, 1975.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Moose Solters at Find a Grave
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Lou Gehrig | Hitting for the cycle August 19, 1934 | Succeeded by Joe Medwick |