Marcelino Solis
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1930 – 2001
Who was Marcelino Solis?
Marcelino Solis was a Mexican professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 15 Major League games in 1958 for the Chicago Cubs. The native of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 185 pounds.
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 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 6⅓ innings against the Cincinnati Redlegs, but gained a no-decision as the Cubs came back to win the game, 7–5. 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 6⅓ scoreless frames to earn his first MLB victory over the Milwaukee Braves, the defending world champions. Then, on August 10, Solis turned in another lengthy relief effort, replacing John Briggs in the first inning in a game against the St.
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1930
Real de Catorce - Profession
- Lived in
- Real de Catorce
- Died
- Jun 15, 2001
Monterrey
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on July 23, 2013
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