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Lew Fonseca
Lewis Albert Fonseca

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut April 13, 1921
Final Game September 11, 1933
Born January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA
Died November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 22 CIN NL  82  297   38   82  10  3   1   41   2  3   8  13  .276  .304  .340   74  101  10           4    
 1922 23 CIN NL  81  291   55  105  20  3   4   45   7  8  14  18  .361  .390  .491  128  143  13           0    
 1923 24 CIN NL  65  237   33   66  11  4   3   28   4  0   9  16  .278  .310  .397   87   94   7           2    
 1924 25 CIN NL  20   57    5   13   2  1   0    9   1  0   4   4  .228  .279  .298   55   17   2           0    
 1925 26 PHI NL 126  467   78  149  30  5   7   60   6  2  21  42  .319  .352  .450   97  210  15           3    
 1927 28 CLE AL 112  428   60  133  20  7   2   40  12  4  12  17  .311  .333  .404   90  173  17           2    
 1928 29 CLE AL  75  263   38   86  19  4   3   36   4  2  13  17  .327  .361  .464  114  122  11           1     MVP-22
 1929 30 CLE AL 148  566   97  209  44 15   6  103  19 11  50  23  .369  .427  .532  141  301  20           7    
 1930 31 CLE AL  40  129   20   36   9  2   0   17   1  0   7   7  .279  .316  .380   73   49   4           0    
 1931 32 TOT AL 147  573   86  179  35  6   3   85   7  6  40  29  .312  .361  .410  106  235  11           4    
         CLE AL  26  108   21   40   9  1   1   14   3  2   8   7  .370  .419  .500  135   54   3           1    
         CHW AL 121  465   65  139  26  5   2   71   4  4  32  22  .299  .348  .389   98  181   8           3    
 1932 33 CHW AL  18   37    0    5   1  0   0    6   0  0   1   7  .135  .158  .162  -15    6   1           0    
 1933 34 CHW AL  23   59    8   12   2  0   2   15   1  0   7   6  .203  .288  .339   68   20   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     937 3404  518 1075 203 50  31  485  64 36 186 199  .316  .355  .432  103 1471 111   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        589   90  186  35  9   5   84  11  6  32  34  .316  .355  .432  103  254  19   0   0   4   0
 Career High    148  573   97  209  44 15   7  103  19 11  50  42  .369  .427  .532  141  301  20   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 22 CIN NL  319  228   29   3.4   102| .276  .292| .304  .341| .340  .402| .644  .743|  74  .366 -11.0  -1.1  40%
 1922 23 CIN NL  318  207   53   6.8   110| .361  .299| .390  .356| .491  .415| .881  .772| 128  .646  11.9   1.1  46%
 1923 24 CIN NL  255  178   29   4.4   105| .278  .291| .310  .349| .397  .405| .707  .754|  87  .464  -5.3  -0.5 100%
 1924 25 CIN NL   63   46    5   2.9   103| .228  .289| .279  .344| .298  .402| .577  .746|  55  .307  -3.7  -0.4 100%
 1925 26 PHI NL  506  335   73   5.8   121| .319  .310| .352  .369| .450  .443| .802  .812|  97  .559  -3.3  -0.3  75%
 1927 28 CLE AL  459  316   58   4.9   111| .311  .294| .333  .362| .404  .413| .737  .776|  90  .504  -8.8  -0.8  75%
 1928 29 CLE AL  288  190   44   6.2   109| .327  .290| .361  .355| .464  .412| .825  .767| 114  .619   4.8   0.5  66%
 1929 30 CLE AL  643  388  125   8.6   116| .369  .297| .427  .364| .532  .429| .959  .793| 141  .732  36.2   3.4  63%
 1930 31 CLE AL  140   97   16   4.4   119| .279  .300| .316  .365| .380  .441| .696  .806|  73  .418  -5.7  -0.5 100%
 1931 32 TOT AL  628  411   84   5.5   105| .312  .282| .361  .348| .410  .403| .771  .751| 106  .548   5.4   0.5  53%
         CLE AL  120   73   22   8.1   113| .370  .294| .419  .362| .500  .420| .919  .782| 135  .712   5.8   0.5  60%
         CHW AL  508  338   62   4.9   103| .299  .279| .348  .345| .389  .399| .737  .744|  98  .499  -0.4   0.0  50%
 1932 33 CHW AL   39   33    1   0.8   106| .135  .278| .158  .347| .162  .408| .320  .755| -15  .034  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1933 34 CHW AL   66   47    6   3.4   103| .203  .276| .288  .346| .339  .398| .627  .744|  68  .354  -2.8  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3724 2476  523   5.6   111| .316  .294| .355  .357| .432  .417| .787  .774| 103  .565  11.6   1.0  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 33 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  4.35  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  4.35  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0   68.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0   204   0   0  0.00  4.35  inf 0.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 22 CIN NL 2B 50 125 149 11 20 .961 .962 5.48 5.45 1B 16 150 6 1 11 .994 .990 9.75 10.45 OF 16 32 0 2 0 .941 .964 2.00 2.24 14 0 2 1922 23 CIN NL 2B 71 197 251 14 40 .970 .961 6.31 5.58 1923 24 CIN NL 2B 45 123 169 13 27 .957 .959 6.49 5.57 1B 14 129 7 2 10 .986 .990 9.71 10.21 1924 25 CIN NL 2B 10 11 27 0 3 1.000 .962 3.80 5.60 1B 6 51 3 1 1 .982 .989 9.00 10.37 1925 26 PHI NL 2B 69 150 219 17 31 .956 .967 5.35 5.61 1B 55 498 26 3 37 .994 .989 9.53 9.73 1927 28 CLE AL 2B 96 229 304 15 51 .973 .961 5.55 5.33 1B 13 118 1 1 9 .992 .988 9.15 10.28 1928 29 CLE AL 1B 56 541 41 0 65 1.000 .990 10.39 9.90 3B 15 11 32 3 1 .935 .951 2.87 3.05 SS 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.25 4.75 2B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 5.30 1929 30 CLE AL 1B 147 1486 107 8 141 .995 .993 10.84 6.80 1930 31 CLE AL 1B 28 274 24 6 15 .980 .989 10.64 9.53 3B 6 3 6 3 0 .750 .947 1.50 2.83 1931 32 TOT AL 1B 28 289 15 2 19 .993 .991 10.86 9.70 CLE AL 1B 26 284 15 2 18 .993 .991 11.50 9.70 CHW AL OF 95 183 4 5 1 .974 .969 1.97 2.25 80 15 0 2B 21 46 49 2 8 .979 .965 4.52 5.48 1B 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.50 9.70 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1932 33 CHW AL OF 8 14 2 0 1 1.000 .970 2.00 2.27 5 0 3 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1933 34 CHW AL 1B 12 138 12 0 15 1.000 .989 12.50 9.87
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 22 CIN NL 1B 16 150 6 1 11 .994 .990 9.75 10.45 1923 24 CIN NL 1B 14 129 7 2 10 .986 .990 9.71 10.21 1924 25 CIN NL 1B 6 51 3 1 1 .982 .989 9.00 10.37 1925 26 PHI NL 1B 55 498 26 3 37 .994 .989 9.53 9.73 1927 28 CLE AL 1B 13 118 1 1 9 .992 .988 9.15 10.28 1928 29 CLE AL 1B 56 541 41 0 65 1.000 .990 10.39 9.90 1929 30 CLE AL 1B 147 1486 107 8 141 .995 .993 10.84 6.80 1930 31 CLE AL 1B 28 274 24 6 15 .980 .989 10.64 9.53 1931 32 TOT AL 1B 28 289 15 2 19 .993 .991 10.86 9.70 CLE AL 1B 26 284 15 2 18 .993 .991 11.50 9.70 CHW AL 1B 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.50 9.70 1933 34 CHW AL 1B 12 138 12 0 15 1.000 .989 12.50 9.87 1921 22 CIN NL 2B 50 125 149 11 20 .961 .962 5.48 5.45 1922 23 CIN NL 2B 71 197 251 14 40 .970 .961 6.31 5.58 1923 24 CIN NL 2B 45 123 169 13 27 .957 .959 6.49 5.57 1924 25 CIN NL 2B 10 11 27 0 3 1.000 .962 3.80 5.60 1925 26 PHI NL 2B 69 150 219 17 31 .956 .967 5.35 5.61 1927 28 CLE AL 2B 96 229 304 15 51 .973 .961 5.55 5.33 1928 29 CLE AL 2B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 5.30 1931 32 CHW AL 2B 21 46 49 2 8 .979 .965 4.52 5.48 1928 29 CLE AL 3B 15 11 32 3 1 .935 .951 2.87 3.05 1930 31 CLE AL 3B 6 3 6 3 0 .750 .947 1.50 2.83 1931 32 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1921 22 CIN NL OF 16 32 0 2 0 .941 .964 2.00 2.24 14 0 2 1931 32 CHW AL OF 95 183 4 5 1 .974 .969 1.97 2.25 80 15 0 1932 33 CHW AL OF 8 14 2 0 1 1.000 .970 2.00 2.27 5 0 3 1932 33 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1928 29 CLE AL SS 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.25 4.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 375 3674 242 24 323 .994 .991 10.44 8.67 2B 363 882 1172 72 180 .966 .962 5.66 5.49 OF 119 229 6 7 2 .971 .968 1.97 2.25 99 15 5 3B 22 14 38 6 1 .897 .951 2.36 2.99 SS 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.25 4.75 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 884 4799 1459 109 507 .983 .980 7.08 6.34
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-AL-22-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1929 AL-.369-1
Car-.316-70

On-base %
1929 AL-.427-5

OPS
1929 AL-.959-8

Hits
1929 AL-209-4

Total Bases
1929 AL-301-10

Doubles
1929 AL-44-4

Triples
1929 AL-15-4

RBI
1929 AL-103-10

Stolen Bases
1929 AL-19-6

Singles
1929 AL-144-3
1931 AL-135-4

Adjusted OPS+
1929 AL-141-8

Runs Created
1929 AL-125-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1929 AL-36-8

Batting Wins
1929 AL-3.4-8

Extra-Base Hits
1929 AL-65-10

Times on Base
1929 AL-266-8

Offensive Win%
1929 AL-.732-8

Hit By Pitch
1929 AL-7-1

Sac. Hits
1925 NL-15-9
1931 AL-11-5

Caught Stealing
1929 AL-11-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1929 AL-24.6-10

   

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1125) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (575) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.5 (402) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

March 30, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 17, 1931: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Willie Kamm.


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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