Marcelino Solis

{{Short description|Mexican baseball player (1930–2001)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Marcelino Solis

|position=Pitcher

|image=Marcelino Solis.JPG

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|7|19}}

|birth_place=Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|6|15|1930|7|19}}

|death_place=Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 16

|debutyear=1958

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 13

|finalyear=1958

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.06

|stat3label=Inning pitched

|stat3value=52

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1958}})

}}

Marcelino Solis (July 19, 1930 – June 15, 2001) was a Mexican professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 15 Major League games in {{baseball year|1958}} for the Chicago Cubs. The native of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|185|lb}}.

Solis' professional career extended from 1952 through 1963, but the 1958 campaign was his most noteworthy. Starting the year with the Fort Worth Cats, Solis fashioned a 15–2 won–lost record and a 2.44 earned run average in the Double-A Texas League[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=solis-001mar Minor league record from Baseball Reference] then was called up to the Cubs in July. In his MLB debut on July 16 at Wrigley Field, Solis gave up nine hits and five runs, all earned, in {{frac|6|1|3}} innings against the Cincinnati Redlegs, but gained a no-decision as the Cubs came back to win the game, 7–5.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B07162CHN1958.htm 1958-7-16 box score from Retrosheet] Solis would make three other starting pitcher assignments, but his finest outings came in relief. On July 26, he relieved starter Dick Drott in the third inning and then worked {{frac|6|1|3}} scoreless frames to earn his first MLB victory over the Milwaukee Braves, the defending world champions.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B07260MLN1958.htm 1958-7-26 box score from Retrosheet] Then, on August 10, Solis turned in another lengthy relief effort, replacing John Briggs in the first inning in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals and lasting the final {{frac|8|2|3}} innings while giving up only two earned runs to gain another victory. He was aided by four double plays in that contest.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B07260MLN1958.htm 1958-8-10 box score from Retrosheet]

In 52 Major League innings pitched, Solis surrendered 74 hits and 20 bases on balls; he struck out 15. He resumed his minor league career in 1959.