:Moose Solters

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Moose Solters

|position=Left fielder

|image=MooseSoltersGoudeycard.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|3|22|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|9|28|1906|3|22}}

|death_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear=1934

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1943

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.289

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=83

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=599

|teams=

Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1934}}–{{mlby|1935}})
St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1935}}–{{mlby|1936}})
Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1937}}–{{mlby|1939}})
St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1939}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1940}}–{{mlby|1941}}, {{mlby|1943}})

}}

Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters (born Julius Joseph Soltesz; March 22, 1906 – September 28, 1975) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2015/06/list_of_the_20_boston_red_sox.html |title=List of the 20 Boston Red Sox players who have hit for the cycle starting with Brock Holt |first=Christopher |last=Smith |website=masslive.com |date=June 17, 2015 |accessdate=October 19, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B08191BOS1934.htm |title=Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 6 (1) |website=Retrosheet |date=August 19, 1934}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15106575/ed_smith_beats_nats/ |title=Ed Smith Beats Nats |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=St. Petersburg, Florida |agency=AP |date=August 3, 1941 |accessdate=November 13, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15105969/exbrown_solters_diers_had_134_rbis/ |title=Ex-Brown Solters Diers; Had 134 RBIs |agency=UPI |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=September 30, 1975 |accessdate=November 13, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}} The thrown ball fractured his skull and has been attributed to his going blind two years later.{{Cite news |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |title=Memories: Moose Solters Going Blind; Once Refused a Brewer Contract |date=11 March 1949 |page=37 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15105660/losing_eyesight/ |title=The Referee's Sporting Chat (column) |first=John M. |last=Flynn |newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle |location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |date=March 21, 1949 |accessdate=November 13, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}} Solters died in 1975 in his hometown of Pittsburgh, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery there.