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Al Fitzmorris
Alan James Fitzmorris

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 8, 1969
  vs. OAK 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game September 29, 1978
Born March 21, 1946 in Buffalo, NY

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 23 KCR AL   1   1   7   0   0   0   5  2   10.7    9    5    5   1    4    3   0   1    45   0   0  4.22  3.66   87 1.219
 1970 24 KCR AL   8   5  43  11   2   0  14  1  117.7  112   60   58  14   52   47   0  12   503   6   0  4.44  3.72   84 1.394
 1971 25 KCR AL   7   5  36  15   2   1   6  0  127.3  112   61   59   6   55   53   1  15   527   2   1  4.17  3.43   82 1.312
 1972 26 KCR AL   2   5  38   2   0   0  11  3  101.0   99   46   42  10   28   51   1   6   427   5   0  3.74  3.01   80 1.257
 1973 27 KCR AL   8   3  15  13   3   1   1  0   89.0   88   29   28   5   25   26   0   1   366   3   0  2.83  4.05  143 1.270
 1974 28 KCR AL  13   6  34  27   9   4   1  1  190.0  189   73   59   8   63   53   0  10   806  10   0  2.79  3.81  136 1.326
 1975 29 KCR AL  16  12  35  35  11   3   0  0  242.0  239  104   96  16   76   78   5   8  1010   6   0  3.57  3.86  108 1.302
 1976 30 KCR AL  15  11  35  33   8   2   0  0  220.3  227   89   75   6   56   80   2   3   907   6   1  3.06  3.52  115 1.284
 1977 31 CLE AL   6  10  29  21   1   0   1  0  133.0  164   87   80  12   53   54   1   4   601   4   1  5.41  3.95   73 1.632
 1978 32 TOT AL   1   1  16   2   0   0  10  0   46.0   45   19   16   5   21   13   1   2   193   5   0  3.13  3.67  117 1.435
         CLE AL   0   1   7   0   0   0   4  0   14.3   19   10   10   3    7    5   1   2    65   2   0  6.28  3.78   60 1.814
         CAL AL   1   0   9   2   0   0   6  0   31.7   26    9    6   2   14    8   0   0   128   3   0  1.71  3.63  213 1.263
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .566  77  59 288 159  36  11  49  7 1277.0 1284  573  518  83  433  458  11  62  5385  47   3  3.65  3.69  101 1.345
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   8  43  24   5   1   7  1  194.0  195   87   78  12   65   69   1   9   819   7   0  3.65  3.69  101 1.345
 Career High     16  12  43  35  11   4  14  3  242.0  239  104   96  16   76   80   5  15  1010  10   1  2.79  4.05  143 1.257

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 23 KCR AL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 24 KCR AL  45   31    5    9   4  0   0    5   0  0   3   9  .290  .353  .419  114   13   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 25 KCR AL  36   44    6   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  16  .250  .244  .273   47   12   2   1   0   0   0
 1972 26 KCR AL  39   23    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   3  .174  .296  .174   43    4   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     293   99   12   24   5  0   0    8   0  0   7  29  .242  .290  .293   67   29   2   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         55    7   13   3  0   0    4   0  0   4  16  .242  .290  .293   67   16   1   1   0   0   1
 Career High     45   44    6   11   4  0   0    5   0  0   4  16                          13   2   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 23 KCR AL    1    1    0   0.0    95| .000  .254| .000  .331| .000  .384| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1970 24 KCR AL   34   22    5   6.1    97| .290  .257| .353  .331| .419  .392| .772  .723| 114  .655   0.8   0.1   0%
 1971 25 KCR AL   47   36    3   2.2    91| .250  .254| .244  .326| .273  .377| .517  .702|  47  .255  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1972 26 KCR AL   27   20    1   1.3    82| .174  .245| .296  .314| .174  .354| .470  .668|  43  .139  -1.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      109   79    9   3.1    91| .242  .253| .290  .324| .293  .376| .583  .701|  67  .379  -4.1  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 23 KCR AL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.69 1.68 1.85 0 10.7 1970 24 KCR AL P 43 12 21 1 1 .971 .951 0.77 0.67 2.52 1.86 11 117.7 1971 25 KCR AL P 36 15 25 2 4 .952 .957 1.11 0.77 2.83 1.98 15 127.3 1972 26 KCR AL P 38 7 22 0 3 1.000 .951 0.76 0.75 2.58 1.86 2 101.0 1973 27 KCR AL P 15 9 20 0 1 1.000 .951 1.93 0.86 2.93 1.86 13 89.0 1974 28 KCR AL P 34 20 39 0 4 1.000 .947 1.74 0.83 2.79 1.81 27 190.0 1975 29 KCR AL P 35 26 37 1 1 .984 .940 1.80 0.85 2.34 1.87 35 242.0 1976 30 KCR AL P 35 19 49 3 4 .958 .950 1.94 0.85 2.78 1.87 33 220.3 1977 31 CLE AL P 29 7 22 1 1 .967 .948 1.00 0.84 1.96 1.95 21 133.0 1978 32 TOT AL P 16 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.56 0.85 1.76 1.90 2 46.0 CLE AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.86 1.26 1.89 0 14.3 CAL AL P 9 3 4 1 0 .875 .959 0.78 0.84 1.99 1.90 2 31.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 23 KCR AL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.69 1.68 1.85 0 10.7 1970 24 KCR AL P 43 12 21 1 1 .971 .951 0.77 0.67 2.52 1.86 11 117.7 1971 25 KCR AL P 36 15 25 2 4 .952 .957 1.11 0.77 2.83 1.98 15 127.3 1972 26 KCR AL P 38 7 22 0 3 1.000 .951 0.76 0.75 2.58 1.86 2 101.0 1973 27 KCR AL P 15 9 20 0 1 1.000 .951 1.93 0.86 2.93 1.86 13 89.0 1974 28 KCR AL P 34 20 39 0 4 1.000 .947 1.74 0.83 2.79 1.81 27 190.0 1975 29 KCR AL P 35 26 37 1 1 .984 .940 1.80 0.85 2.34 1.87 35 242.0 1976 30 KCR AL P 35 19 49 3 4 .958 .950 1.94 0.85 2.78 1.87 33 220.3 1977 31 CLE AL P 29 7 22 1 1 .967 .948 1.00 0.84 1.96 1.95 21 133.0 1978 32 TOT AL P 16 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.56 0.85 1.76 1.90 2 46.0 CLE AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.86 1.26 1.89 0 14.3 CAL AL P 9 3 4 1 0 .875 .959 0.78 0.84 1.99 1.90 2 31.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 288 119 242 9 19 .976 .949 1.25 0.79 2.54 1.88 159 1277.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 288 119 242 9 19 .976 .949 1.25 0.79 2.54 1.88 159 1277
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1974 AL-2.79-5

Won-Loss %
1974 AL-.684-4

Shutouts
1974 AL-4-6
1975 AL-3-9

Wild Pitches
1970 AL-12-7
1971 AL-15-2
1974 AL-10-7

Adjusted ERA+
1974 AL-136-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1220) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1965 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Chicago White Sox as the 40th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Kansas City Royals as the 13th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

November 5, 1976: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cleveland Indians for Alan Ashby and Doug Howard.

July 7, 1978: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

July 15, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

February 25, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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