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Bob Fothergill
Robert Roy Fothergill (Fats)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 230 lb.

Debut April 18, 1922
Final Game July 5, 1933
Born August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH
Died March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 24 DET AL  42  152   20   49  12  4   0   29   1  5   8   9  .322  .356  .454  113   69   3           0    
 1923 25 DET AL 101  241   34   76  18  2   1   49   5  4  12  19  .315  .358  .419  106  101  11           4    
 1924 26 DET AL  54  166   28   50   8  3   0   15   2  3   5  13  .301  .326  .386   84   64   7           1    
 1925 27 DET AL  71  204   38   72  14  0   2   28   3  2   6   3  .353  .377  .451  110   92  11           2    
 1926 28 DET AL 110  387   63  142  31  7   3   73   4 12  33  23  .367  .421  .506  140  196  14           3     MVP-12
 1927 29 DET AL 143  527   93  189  38  9   9  114   9 15  47  31  .359  .413  .516  139  272  17           2    
 1928 30 DET AL 111  347   49  110  28 10   3   63   8  3  24  19  .317  .366  .481  120  167  10           3    
 1929 31 DET AL 115  277   42   98  24  9   6   62   3  1  11  11  .354  .378  .570  141  158   5           0    
 1930 32 TOT AL 107  278   24   77  18  3   2   38   1  1  10  18  .277  .307  .385   74  107   6           2    
         DET AL  55  143   14   37   9  3   2   14   1  1   6  10  .259  .289  .406   72   58   4           0    
         CHW AL  52  135   10   40   9  0   0   24   0  0   4   8  .296  .326  .363   77   49   2           2    
 1931 33 CHW AL 108  312   25   88   9  4   3   56   2  2  17  17  .282  .323  .365   85  114   2           2    
 1932 34 CHW AL 116  346   36  102  24  1   7   50   4  4  27  10  .295  .348  .431  106  149   2           1    
 1933 35 BOS AL  28   32    1   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   2   4  .344  .382  .375  100   12   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1106 3269  453 1064 225 52  36  582  42 52 202 177  .325  .368  .459  115 1501  88   0   0  20   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   66  156  33  8   5   85   6  8  30  26  .325  .368  .459  115  220  13   0   0   3   0
 Career High    143  527   93  189  38 10   9  114   9 15  47  31  .367  .421  .570  141  272  17   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 24 DET AL  163  111   23   5.6   107| .322  .289| .356  .354| .454  .406| .810  .760| 113  .571   2.4   0.2  16%
 1923 25 DET AL  268  180   34   5.1   106| .315  .288| .358  .357| .419  .397| .777  .755| 106  .535   1.9   0.2  55%
 1924 26 DET AL  179  126   20   4.2   111| .301  .297| .326  .366| .386  .407| .712  .773|  84  .435  -4.9  -0.5  40%
 1925 27 DET AL  223  145   34   6.3   115| .353  .298| .377  .368| .451  .418| .828  .787| 110  .592   2.9   0.3  60%
 1926 28 DET AL  437  271   77   7.6   110| .367  .291| .421  .363| .506  .408| .927  .771| 140  .706  23.3   2.2  25%
 1927 29 DET AL  593  370  107   7.7   111| .359  .294| .413  .363| .516  .413| .929  .776| 139  .700  30.5   2.9  37%
 1928 30 DET AL  384  250   61   6.5   109| .317  .290| .366  .355| .481  .412| .847  .767| 120  .641   9.4   0.9  72%
 1929 31 DET AL  293  185   60   8.7   112| .354  .292| .378  .359| .570  .421| .948  .780| 141  .735  15.1   1.4  75%
 1930 32 TOT AL  296  208   33   4.2   115| .277  .294| .307  .359| .385  .433| .692  .792|  74  .401 -11.4  -1.0  50%
         DET AL  153  111   17   4.1   117| .259  .297| .289  .362| .406  .437| .695  .799|  72  .386  -6.8  -0.6  50%
         CHW AL  143   97   16   4.4   113| .296  .291| .326  .355| .363  .428| .689  .783|  77  .418  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1931 33 CHW AL  333  228   36   4.2   103| .282  .279| .323  .345| .365  .399| .688  .744|  85  .431  -7.2  -0.7  50%
 1932 34 CHW AL  376  250   51   5.5   106| .295  .278| .348  .347| .431  .408| .779  .755| 106  .539   3.2   0.3  50%
 1933 35 BOS AL   34   21    5   6.4   107| .344  .282| .382  .354| .375  .406| .757  .760| 100  .632   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3579 2345  541   6.2   110| .325  .290| .368  .358| .459  .411| .827  .769| 115  .604  65.3   6.2  44%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1922 24 DET AL  OF   38     50    2    3    1  .945  .965  1.37  2.22                2   10   26
 1923 25 DET AL  OF   68    121    4    3    0  .977  .965  1.84  2.26               45   20    3
 1924 26 DET AL  OF   45     89    2    3    1  .968  .970  2.02  2.27               43    0    2
 1925 27 DET AL  OF   59    120    6    3    2  .977  .965  2.14  2.27               40   16    4
 1926 28 DET AL  OF  103    245    3   10    0  .961  .966  2.41  2.23               76   19    9
 1927 29 DET AL  OF  137    315    3   13    1  .961  .964  2.32  2.22              137    0    0
 1928 30 DET AL  OF   90    179    6    8    0  .959  .973  2.06  2.22               70    0   20
 1929 31 DET AL  OF   59    116    2    4    1  .967  .966  2.00  2.28               39    0   20
 1930 32 TOT AL  OF   69    102    3   10    0  .913  .965  1.52  2.16               40    0   28
         DET AL  OF   38     53    1    3    0  .947  .964  1.42  2.16               32    0    6
         CHW AL  OF   31     49    2    7    0  .879  .966  1.65  2.16                8    0   22
 1931 33 CHW AL  OF   74    169    2    5    0  .972  .969  2.31  2.25               48    0   26
 1932 34 CHW AL  OF   86    136    4    7    0  .952  .967  1.63  2.28               53    0   34
 1933 35 BOS AL  OF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  2.20                1    0    3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1922 24 DET AL  OF   38     50    2    3    1  .945  .965  1.37  2.22                2   10   26
 1923 25 DET AL  OF   68    121    4    3    0  .977  .965  1.84  2.26               45   20    3
 1924 26 DET AL  OF   45     89    2    3    1  .968  .970  2.02  2.27               43    0    2
 1925 27 DET AL  OF   59    120    6    3    2  .977  .965  2.14  2.27               40   16    4
 1926 28 DET AL  OF  103    245    3   10    0  .961  .966  2.41  2.23               76   19    9
 1927 29 DET AL  OF  137    315    3   13    1  .961  .964  2.32  2.22              137    0    0
 1928 30 DET AL  OF   90    179    6    8    0  .959  .973  2.06  2.22               70    0   20
 1929 31 DET AL  OF   59    116    2    4    1  .967  .966  2.00  2.28               39    0   20
 1930 32 TOT AL  OF   69    102    3   10    0  .913  .965  1.52  2.16               40    0   28
         DET AL  OF   38     53    1    3    0  .947  .964  1.42  2.16               32    0    6
         CHW AL  OF   31     49    2    7    0  .879  .966  1.65  2.16                8    0   22
 1931 33 CHW AL  OF   74    169    2    5    0  .972  .969  2.31  2.25               48    0   26
 1932 34 CHW AL  OF   86    136    4    7    0  .952  .967  1.63  2.28               53    0   34
 1933 35 BOS AL  OF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  2.20                1    0    3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  832   1646   37   69    6  .961  .967  2.02  2.24              594   65  175
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       832   1646   37   69    6  .961  .967  2.02  2.24

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)
1926-AL-12-0.09
Car-909-0.09 shares

Batting Average
1926 AL-.367-3
1927 AL-.359-4
1929 AL-.354-6
Car-.325-40

On-base %
1926 AL-.421-7
1927 AL-.413-8

Slugging %
1926 AL-.506-9
1927 AL-.516-7
1928 AL-.481-9
1929 AL-.570-6

OPS
1926 AL-.927-7
1927 AL-.929-5
1929 AL-.949-10

Hits
1927 AL-189-7

Total Bases
1927 AL-272-7

Doubles
1927 AL-38-8

Home Runs
1927 AL-9-9

RBI
1927 AL-114-5

Singles
1927 AL-133-3

Adjusted OPS+
1926 AL-140-7
1927 AL-139-6
1929 AL-141-9

Runs Created
1927 AL-107-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1927 AL-30-6

Batting Wins
1927 AL-2.9-6

Extra-Base Hits
1927 AL-56-8

Times on Base
1927 AL-238-10

Offensive Win%
1926 AL-.706-7
1927 AL-.700-7
1929 AL-.735-7

Caught Stealing
1926 AL-12-4
1927 AL-15-3

Power/Speed Number
1927 AL-9.0-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1929 AL-25.2-8
1932 AL-34.6-6

At Bats per Home Run
1927 AL-58.6-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 40.0 (449) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 18, 1930: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.
December 15, 1932: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Johnny Hodapp, Greg Mulleavy, and Bob Seeds to the Boston Red Sox for Ed Durham and Hal Rhyne.
July 7, 1933: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1926-AL-12-0.09 Car-909-0.09 shares	Batting Average 1926 AL-.367-3 1927 AL-.359-4 1929 AL-.354-6 Car-.325-40	On-base % 1926 AL-.421-7 1927 AL-.413-8	Slugging % 1926 AL-.506-9 1927 AL-.516-7 1928 AL-.481-9 1929 AL-.570-6	OPS 1926 AL-.927-7 1927 AL-.929-5 1929 AL-.949-10	Hits 1927 AL-189-7
Total Bases 1927 AL-272-7	Doubles 1927 AL-38-8	Home Runs 1927 AL-9-9	RBI 1927 AL-114-5	Singles 1927 AL-133-3	Adjusted OPS+ 1926 AL-140-7 1927 AL-139-6 1929 AL-141-9
Runs Created 1927 AL-107-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1927 AL-30-6	Batting Wins 1927 AL-2.9-6	Extra-Base Hits 1927 AL-56-8	Times on Base 1927 AL-238-10	Offensive Win% 1926 AL-.706-7 1927 AL-.700-7 1929 AL-.735-7
Caught Stealing 1926 AL-12-4 1927 AL-15-3	Power/Speed Number 1927 AL-9.0-10	At Bats per Strikeout 1929 AL-25.2-8 1932 AL-34.6-6	At Bats per Home Run 1927 AL-58.6-10