1923 the New York Giants bought out his contract, and signed the muscular 22-year-old Solomon to a major league contract. The Sporting News ran the headline that Giants scout "Dick Kinsella Finds That $100,000 Jew". Due to antisemitic remarks about Solomon being Jewish, he had been in a number of fights in the minor leagues. Dick Kinsella observed that: "In every case Solomon has won the fight." The New York Giants had been looking for a star Jewish player to attract fans the way Babe Ruth did for the New York Yankees. With a great deal of publicity, team manager John McGraw introduced Solomon to the press as the "Rabbi of Swat". The press accordingly nicknamed the native New Yorker that, as well as "the Jewish Babe Ruth". Manager McGraw told the press "We appreciate that many of the fans in New York are Jews, and we have been trying to land a prospect of Jewish blood." He became the most talked-about player on the team, and attendance shot up. Solomon made his major league debut in right field at the Polo Grounds on September 30, 1923. He drove in the game-winning run in the 10th inning to give the Giants a walk-off victory. However, Solomon turned out not to be that player, as his batting skills could not compensate for his poor fielding average of only .833 in his two games with the team. At the plate, he had a .375 batting average (three-for-eight, with one double and one RBI) in his two major league games. However, this actually was one error out of 6 plays. McGraw kept him languishing on the team's bench. He was sold by the Giants after the 1923 season, to Toledo of the minor league American Association. Years later, an article in Sports Illustrated noted: "He was a designated hitter, born 73 years too soon." See also Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, 2010 documentary List of select Jewish baseball players References External links 1900 births 1966 deaths Jewish American baseball players Jewish Major League Baseball players Major League Baseball right fielders New York Giants (NL) players Baseball players from New York City Hutchinson Wheat Shockers players 20th-century American Jews