Dee Fondy

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: October 31, 1924 in Slaton, TX us

Died: August 19, 1999 in Redlands, CA

Buried: Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA

High School: San Bernardino HS (San Bernardino, CA)

School: San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1951 (Age 26-168d, 10,768th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1958 (Age 33-325d)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Dee Virgil Fondy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

3502

1000

.286

437

RBI

373

OBP

.324

SLG

.413

OPS

.737

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 69 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 23 go ahead

3 Tms
CHC	66
PIT	2
CIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	62
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	33

Outs
0	26
1	22
2	21

7 Opps
BRO	17
CIN	11
NYG	9
BSN/MLN	9
PHI	9
PIT	7
STL	7

52 Pitchers
Don Newcombe	4
Russ Meyer	3
Jim Wilson	2
Art Fowler	2
Carl Erskine	2
Vern Bickford	2
Dan Bankhead	2
Bob Friend	2
Karl Drews	2
Frank Smith	2
Ben Wade	2
Robin Roberts	2
Bud Podbielan	2
Ramón Monzant	2
Chet Nichols	1
Gene Conley	1
George Spencer	1
Harry Perkowski	1
Dave Jolly	1
Ed Roebuck	1
Jack Harshman	1
Royce Lint	1
Saul Rogovin	1
Roy Face	1
Marv Grissom	1
Don Drysdale	1
Andy Hansen	1
Al Corwin	1
Hal White	1
Herm Wehmeier	1
Dick Littlefield	1
Ted Wilks	1
Bob Miller	1
Barney Schultz	1
Bob Kelly	1
Johnny Lindell	1
Clem Labine	1
Joe Black	1
Willard Schmidt	1
Don Liddle	1
Lew Burdette	1
Jack Meyer	1
Larry Jansen	1
Bubba Church	1
Brooks Lawrence	1
Dick Hall	1
Don Gross	1
Paul Giel	1
Bob Milliken	1
Vic Raschi	1
Tom Poholsky	1
Murry Dickson	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	34
Crosley Fld (CIN)	8
Polo Grounds (NYC)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
9	27
7	12
78	6
8	4
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	16
12-	4
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

106 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	41
1 on	20
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	28

Inning
1	12
2	2
3	6
4	10
5	7
6	9
7	9
8	5
9	5
Extra	4

1-3	20
4-6	26
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	4
+1	11
Tied	17
-1	14
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	22
Tied	17
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	67
PH	1
RF	1

OrderPos
3rd	22
2nd	15
6th	12
1st	9
7th	8
5th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-05-16	CHC		BRO	Dan Bankhead	ahead 10-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	1951-05-16	CHC		BRO	Dan Bankhead	ahead 12-4	b 8	0	1--	2	6	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pafko Scores
3	3	3	1	1951-06-12	CHC		PHI	Russ Meyer	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1952-04-22	CHC	@	PIT	Bob Friend	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	3
5	5	2	1	1952-05-17	CHC	@	NYG	George Spencer	behind 3-4	t 4	1	---	1	7	3	0.132	47%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1952-05-25	CHC	@	PIT	Ted Wilks	behind 3-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	3
7	7	4	1	1952-06-08 (1)	CHC		BSN	Jim Wilson	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2	6	3	0.135	86%		Home Run; T. Atwell Scores
8	8	5	1	1952-06-29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	Bubba Church	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.107	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
9	9	6	1	1952-07-12	CHC		BRO	Ben Wade	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.118	37%		Home Run (LF-CF)
10	10	7	1	1952-07-22	CHC	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	tied 0-0	t 4	1	123	4	6	3	0.263	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores; T. Atwell Scores
11	11	8	1	1952-08-06	CHC	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---	1	2	3	0.110	30%		Home Run (CF-RF)
12	12	9	1	1952-08-13 (2)	CHC		CIN	Frank Smith	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	12-	3	5	3	0.048	99%		Home Run; F. Baumholtz Scores; G. Hermanski Scores
13	13	10	1	1952-09-16	CHC	@	NYG	Jack Harshman	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.099	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1953-05-12	CHC		BRO	Ben Wade	tied 4-4	b 11	1	1--	2	2	3	0.358	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); E. Miksis Scores
15	15	2	1	1953-05-20	CHC		NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 1-6	b 6	1	1--	2	3	3	0.080	14%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Baumholtz Scores
16	16	3	1	1953-05-29	CHC	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	0.155	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	4	1	1953-06-07 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	Al Corwin	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	1-3	3	3	3	0.128	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; F. Baumholtz Scores; E. Miksis Scores
18	18	5	1	1953-06-09	CHC	@	PHI	Karl Drews	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	0.162	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores
19	19	6	2	1953-06-09	CHC	@	PHI	Andy Hansen	behind 4-8	t 6	1	12-	3	3	3	0.188	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Baumholtz Scores; E. Miksis Scores
20	20	7	1	1953-06-16 (2)	CHC		PIT	Murry Dickson	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	0.139	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Sauer Scores
21	21	8	1	1953-06-21	CHC		BRO	Bob Milliken	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	3	0.143	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Baumholtz Scores
22	22	9	1	1953-07-04 (1)	CHC		STL	Hal White	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	1	6	3	0.082	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
23	23	10	1	1953-07-11	CHC	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	3	0.096	57%		Home Run
24	24	11	1	1953-07-12 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	behind 3-7	t 9	1	---	1	6	3	0.009	2%		Home Run
25	25	12	1	1953-07-19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	Karl Drews	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.104	38%		Home Run
26	26	13	1	1953-07-25	CHC	@	PIT	Johnny Lindell	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---	1	3	3	0.330	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	14	1	1953-08-16 (1)	CHC		MLN	Vern Bickford	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.098	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	15	1	1953-08-27	CHC	@	BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	0.050	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	16	1	1953-09-06 (1)	CHC		CIN	Bob Kelly	behind 4-5	b 7	2	---	1	6	3	0.232	52%		Home Run
30	30	17	1	1953-09-07 (2)	CHC		MLN	Jim Wilson	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	2	3	3	0.179	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores
31	31	18	1	1953-09-13	CHC		BRO	Joe Black	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.098	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1954-04-25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	Art Fowler	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	3	0.159	50%		Home Run
33	33	2	1	1954-05-06	CHC		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 2-5	b 5	0	1-3	3	2	3	0.224	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Jeffcoat Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores
34	34	3	1	1954-05-16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	Bob Friend	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	2	3
35	35	4	1	1954-05-19	CHC	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 0-2	t 8	0	12-	3	2	3	0.426	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Márquez Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores
36	36	5	1	1954-05-21	CHC		MLN	Gene Conley	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	2	3	0.095	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1954-05-26	CHC	@	STL	Royce Lint	ahead 13-2	t 7	0	---	1	2	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	7	1	1954-06-06	CHC		BRO	Don Newcombe	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	3	0.100	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	1954-06-18	CHC	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 2-3	t 5	2	---	1	2	3	0.138	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	9	1	1954-07-02	CHC		STL	Vic Raschi	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.102	61%		Home Run
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1955-04-16	CHC	@	STL	Tom Poholsky	tied 2-2	t 2	0	---	1	7	3
42	42	2	2	1955-04-16	CHC	@	STL	Barney Schultz	ahead 10-9	t 12	0	---	1	7	3
43	43	3	1	1955-04-20	CHC		MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 2-9	b 9	0	1--	2	6	3	0.005	1%		Home Run; E. Banks Scores
44	44	4	1	1955-05-07	CHC	@	CIN	Art Fowler	behind 0-2	t 5	1	1--	2	7	3	0.213	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Banks Scores
45	45	5	1	1955-05-11	CHC		BRO	Clem Labine	ahead 5-2	b 3	2	12-	3	7	3	0.116	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Tappe Scores; E. Banks Scores
46	46	6	1	1955-05-21	CHC	@	MLN	Chet Nichols	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.133	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	7	1	1955-06-12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	ahead 7-1	t 6	1	-2-	2	7	3	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Banks Scores
48	48	8	1	1955-07-03 (2)	CHC		STL	Frank Smith	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	---	1	7	3	0.054	94%		Home Run
49	49	9	1	1955-07-24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	Dick Hall	behind 3-10	t 6	1	1--	2	7	3
50	50	10	1	1955-07-27 (2)	CHC		NYG	Ramón Monzant	behind 2-3	b 3	0	---	1	1	3	0.120	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	11	2	1955-07-27 (2)	CHC		NYG	Don Liddle	behind 7-8	b 8	2	1--	2	1	3	0.611	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. McCullough Scores
52	52	12	1	1955-07-31 (2)	CHC		PHI	Jack Meyer	behind 3-4	b 7	2	-2-	2	1	3	0.428	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores
53	53	13	1	1955-08-05	CHC		BRO	Ed Roebuck	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	1--	2	1	3	0.182	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Hacker Scores
54	54	14	1	1955-08-10 (1)	CHC		CIN	Don Gross	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---	1	1	3	0.089	22%		Home Run
55	55	15	1	1955-08-29	CHC	@	NYG	Paul Giel	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	1--	2	1	3	0.195	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Hacker Scores
56	56	16	1	1955-09-09 (1)	CHC		BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.102	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	17	1	1955-09-09 (2)	CHC		BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 6-13	b 8	0	---	1	1	3	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1956-05-20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	Don Drysdale	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	3	3	0.123	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1956-05-30 (1)	CHC		MLN	Dave Jolly	tied 8-8	b 6	2	1--	2	3	3	0.299	83%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Baker Scores
60	60	3	1	1956-07-14 (2)	CHC		PIT	Roy Face	behind 4-5	b 10	1	---	1	3	3	0.470	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	4	1	1956-07-18 (1)	CHC		PHI	Robin Roberts	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	1	3	3	0.077	88%		Home Run (LF-CF)
62	62	5	1	1956-07-19	CHC		PHI	Bob Miller	tied 3-3	b 10	2	---	1	3	3	0.467	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	6	1	1956-08-01	CHC	@	PHI	Saul Rogovin	behind 3-4	t 5	1	--3	2	3	3	0.205	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores
64	64	7	1	1956-08-03 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	Marv Grissom	ahead 1-0	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0.095	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	8	1	1956-08-16	CHC		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.141	56%		Home Run
66	66	9	1	1956-08-18	CHC	@	STL	Willard Schmidt	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.106	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1957-05-12 (2)	PIT		PHI	Robin Roberts	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	---	1	6	3	0.060	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	2	1	1957-09-02 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Ramón Monzant	behind 4-5	t 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.205	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1958-05-18	CIN		MLN	Dick Littlefield	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	-23	3	2	9	0.098	94%		Home Run; B. Purkey Scores; J. Temple Scores

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