Ed Fitz Gerald
Edward Raymond Fitz Gerald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: May 21, 1924
School: Saint Mary's College of California (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1948
Final Game: September 15, 1959
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 24 PIT NL 102 297 262 31 70 9 3 1 35 3 32 37 .267 .349 .336 .685 85 88 3 1 2 2
1949 25 PIT NL 75 171 160 16 42 7 0 2 18 1 8 27 .263 .302 .344 .646 71 55 5 1 2 2
1950 26 PIT NL 6 15 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .133 .200 -49 2 1 0 0 /2
1951 27 PIT NL 55 105 97 8 22 6 0 0 13 1 1 7 10 .227 .286 .289 .574 53 28 6 1 0 2
1952 28 PIT NL 51 80 73 4 17 1 0 1 7 0 2 7 15 .233 .300 .288 .588 62 21 4 0 0 2/5
1953 29 TOT MLB 94 328 305 25 74 14 0 3 40 2 1 19 36 .243 .289 .318 .607 65 97 10 1 3 2
1953 29 PIT NL 6 17 17 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .118 .118 .176 .294 -24 3 0 0 0 /2
1953 29 WSH AL 88 311 288 23 72 13 0 3 39 2 1 19 34 .250 .299 .326 .625 70 94 10 1 3 2
1954 30 WSH AL 115 401 360 33 104 13 5 4 40 0 1 33 22 .289 .349 .386 .735 107 139 12 2 3 3 *2
1955 31 WSH AL 74 270 236 28 56 3 1 4 19 0 1 25 23 .237 .317 .309 .626 72 73 8 3 5 1 0 2
1956 32 WSH AL 64 169 148 15 45 8 0 2 12 0 0 20 16 .304 .387 .399 .786 112 59 4 0 1 0 1 2
1957 33 WSH AL 45 139 125 14 34 8 0 1 13 2 0 10 9 .272 .331 .360 .691 91 45 9 1 3 0 1 2
1958 34 WSH AL 58 124 114 7 30 3 0 0 11 0 0 8 15 .263 .309 .289 .598 68 33 8 0 1 1 0 2/3
1959 35 TOT AL 68 211 191 17 47 9 1 1 9 0 0 16 22 .246 .311 .319 .630 76 61 6 2 2 0 1 2
1959 35 WSH AL 19 68 62 5 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 8 .194 .242 .242 .484 34 15 1 0 2 0 0 2
1959 35 CLE AL 49 143 129 12 35 6 1 1 4 0 0 12 14 .271 .343 .357 .699 95 46 5 2 0 0 1 2
12 Seasons 807 2310 2086 199 542 82 10 19 217 9 6 185 235 .260 .323 .336 .659 80 701 76 12 22 5 3
162 Game Avg. 162 464 419 40 109 16 2 4 44 2 37 47 .260 .323 .336 .659 80 141 15 2 4
WSH (7 yrs) 463 1482 1333 125 353 51 6 14 139 4 3 119 127 .265 .327 .344 .671 85 458 52 7 18 5 2
PIT (6 yrs) 295 685 624 62 154 25 3 4 74 5 3 54 94 .247 .310 .316 .626 68 197 19 3 4
CLE (1 yr) 49 143 129 12 35 6 1 1 4 0 0 12 14 .271 .343 .357 .699 95 46 5 2 0 0 1
AL (7 yrs) 512 1625 1462 137 388 57 7 15 143 4 3 131 141 .265 .329 .345 .673 86 504 57 9 18 5 3
NL (6 yrs) 295 685 624 62 154 25 3 4 74 5 3 54 94 .247 .310 .316 .626 68 197 19 3 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 24 PIT NL 297 197 31 4.2 104 .308 .267 .271 .349 .346 .336 .401 .685 .747 85 .471 -5.1 -0.5 .636 .202 .069 1.5
1949 25 PIT NL 171 125 16 3.4 106 .305 .263 .273 .302 .347 .344 .408 .646 .755 71 .370 -6.9 -0.7 .528 .138 .081 1.3
1950 26 PIT NL 15 15 0 0.0 110 .083 .067 .273 .067 .350 .133 .423 .200 .774 -49 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .133 .067 .067
1951 27 PIT NL 105 82 8 2.6 106 .253 .227 .271 .286 .345 .289 .410 .574 .756 53 .269 -6.4 -0.6 .439 .134 .062 .0
1952 28 PIT NL 80 62 6 2.6 99 .281 .233 .264 .300 .337 .288 .393 .588 .730 62 .297 -3.8 -0.4 .419 .123 .055 .0
1953 29 TOT MLB 328 245 28 3.1 101 .267 .243 .268 .289 .343 .318 .395 .607 .738 65 .334 -15.4 -1.5 .488 .141 .075 2.4
1953 29 PIT NL 17 15 0 0.0 109 .133 .118 .273 .118 .344 .176 .425 .294 .769 -24 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .200 .059 .059
1953 29 WSH AL 311 230 28 3.3 101 .275 .250 .267 .299 .343 .326 .393 .625 .736 70 .362 -12.3 -1.2 .507 .146 .076 2.4
1954 30 WSH AL 401 275 48 4.7 94 .297 .289 .258 .349 .333 .386 .377 .735 .710 107 .543 3.6 0.4 .643 .186 .097 .0
1955 31 WSH AL 270 195 23 3.2 100 .248 .237 .263 .317 .342 .309 .391 .626 .733 72 .336 -9.4 -0.9 .529 .174 .072 .0
1956 32 WSH AL 169 108 23 5.7 103 .331 .304 .262 .387 .344 .399 .401 .786 .744 112 .577 3.4 0.3 .738 .230 .095 .0
1957 33 WSH AL 139 103 13 3.4 98 .287 .272 .261 .331 .332 .360 .393 .691 .726 91 .387 -1.4 -0.1 .580 .184 .088 1.3
1958 34 WSH AL 124 94 9 2.6 96 .300 .263 .259 .309 .328 .289 .394 .598 .722 68 .280 -4.9 -0.5 .446 .096 .026
1959 35 TOT AL 211 152 19 3.4 97 .274 .246 .258 .311 .329 .319 .394 .630 .723 76 .379 -6.3 -0.6 .527 .157 .073 .0
1959 35 WSH AL 68 53 4 2.0 98 .222 .194 .260 .242 .332 .242 .398 .484 .730 34 .195 -5.7 -0.6 .373 .113 .048
1959 35 CLE AL 143 99 15 4.1 96 .298 .271 .257 .343 .328 .357 .392 .699 .720 95 .464 -0.6 -0.1 .606 .178 .085 .0
12 Seasons 2310 1653 224 3.6 100 .285 .260 .264 .323 .339 .336 .394 .659 .733 80 .408 -55.8 -5.6 .554 .166 .076 12.2
162 Game Avg. 464 332 45 3.6 100 .285 .260 .264 .323 .339 .336 .394 .659 .733 80 .408 -55.8 -5.6 .554 .166 .076 2
WSH (7 yrs) 1482 1058 148 3.8 98 .283 .265 .262 .327 .337 .344 .390 .671 .727 85 .423 -26.7 -2.7 .565 .169 .079 6.2
PIT (6 yrs) 685 496 61 3.3 104 .285 .247 .271 .310 .345 .316 .405 .626 .750 68 .362 -28.5 -2.9 .520 .159 .069 4.4
CLE (1 yr) 143 99 15 4.1 96 .298 .271 .257 .343 .328 .357 .392 .699 .720 95 .465 -0.6 -0.1 .606 .178 .085 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1625 1157 163 3.8 98 .285 .265 .261 .329 .336 .345 .390 .673 .726 86 .427 -27.3 -2.8 .569 .170 .079 6.3
NL (6 yrs) 685 496 61 3.3 104 .285 .247 .271 .310 .345 .316 .405 .626 .750 68 .362 -28.5 -2.9 .520 .159 .069 4.4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 24 PIT NL 297 0.3% 12.5% 10.8% 4.4% 19% 1.16 7.1 262.0 7.5 75%
1949 25 PIT NL 171 1.2% 15.8% 4.7% 5.3% 21% 3.38 5.9 80.0 8.9 77%
1950 26 PIT NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 6.7% 100% 5.0 80%
1951 27 PIT NL 105 0.0% 9.5% 6.7% 5.7% 27% 1.43 9.7 7.5 83%
1952 28 PIT NL 80 1.3% 18.8% 8.8% 2.5% 12% 2.14 4.9 73.0 10.4 71%
1953 29 TOT MLB 328 0.9% 11.0% 5.8% 5.2% 23% 1.89 8.5 101.7 7.6 81%
1953 29 PIT NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 5.9% 50% 8.5 17.0 88%
1953 29 WSH AL 311 1.0% 10.9% 6.1% 5.1% 22% 1.79 8.5 96.0 7.4 81%
1954 30 WSH AL 401 1.0% 5.5% 8.2% 5.5% 21% 0.67 16.4 90.0 9.0 0.80 84%
1955 31 WSH AL 270 1.5% 8.5% 9.3% 3.0% 14% 0.92 10.3 59.0 12.4 1.66 78%
1956 32 WSH AL 169 1.2% 9.5% 11.8% 5.9% 22% 0.80 9.3 74.0 12.3 0.84 77%
1957 33 WSH AL 139 0.7% 6.5% 7.2% 6.5% 27% 0.90 13.9 125.0 9.6 1.09 83%
1958 34 WSH AL 124 0.0% 12.1% 6.5% 2.4% 10% 1.88 7.6 10.4 2.00 81%
1959 35 TOT AL 211 0.5% 10.4% 7.6% 5.2% 23% 1.38 8.7 191.0 21.2 1.36 80%
1959 35 WSH AL 68 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 4.4% 25% 2.00 7.8 12.4 0.76 79%
1959 35 CLE AL 143 0.7% 9.8% 8.4% 5.6% 23% 1.17 9.2 129.0 32.3 1.87 80%
12 Seasons 2310 0.8% 10.2% 8.0% 4.8% 21% 1.27 8.9 109.8 9.6 1.15 80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 WSH AL 3 0 22% 172 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 35% 18 13 4 3 1 1 8 2 5
1955 31 WSH AL 2 0 30% 122 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 64% 13 7 6 3 2 1 9 0 9
1956 32 WSH AL 1 0 21% 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 46% 5 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 2
1957 33 WSH AL 2 0 30% 56 2 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 73% 3 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 3
1958 34 WSH AL 5 0 18% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36% 7 4 3 2 2 0 2 1 1
1959 35 TOT AL 3 0 25% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 11 11 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1959 35 WSH AL 2 0 31% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 35 CLE AL 1 0 23% 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18% 8 8 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
12 Seasons 16 0 25% 586 9 6 82% 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 13 45% 57 40 16 17 8 8 28 5 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 WSH AL 401 31% 104 10 3 0 0 1.26 4 0 10 4 0 1 3 0 3 3 100% 81 12 15% 35 11 31% 266 36 14% 31 14 45% 12 1 8% 0
1955 31 WSH AL 267 43% 56 5 0 0 1 1.50 4 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 5 5 100% 63 8 13% 30 11 37% 146 16 11% 11 8 73% 8 3 38% 3
1956 32 WSH AL 170 79% 45 16 3 0 2 1.82 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 42 4 10% 19 3 16% 105 10 10% 5 3 60% 4 3 75% 0
1957 33 WSH AL 139 71% 34 10 4 0 4 4.12 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 35 9 26% 17 6 35% 106 13 12% 12 5 42% 6 2 33% 0
1958 34 WSH AL 124 74% 30 32 12 0 6 2.70 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 32 8 25% 11 3 27% 108 11 10% 9 3 33% 1 0 0% 0
1959 35 TOT AL 211 19% 47 5 1 0 0 2.21 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 45 6 13% 16 3 19% 119 9 8% 10 3 30% 7 2 29% 0
1959 35 WSH AL 68 26% 12 3 0 0 0 2.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 18 1 6% 8 2 25% 50 5 10% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0
1959 35 CLE AL 143 15% 35 2 1 0 0 1.69 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 5 19% 8 1 13% 69 4 6% 5 2 40% 6 2 33% 0
12 Seasons 1312 46% 542 78 23 0 13 2.41 19 0 31 9 3 4 8 0 15 22 147% 298 76 26% 128 37 29% 850 95 11% 78 36 46% 38 11 29% 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 24 102 297 262 31 70 9 3 1 35 3 32 37 .267 .349 .336 .685 85 88 3 1 2
1949 25 177 468 422 47 112 16 3 3 53 4 40 64 .265 .332 .339 .671 80 143 8 2 4
1950 26 183 483 437 48 113 17 3 3 53 4 40 67 .259 .324 .332 .655 75 145 9 2 4
1951 27 238 588 534 56 135 23 3 3 66 5 1 47 77 .253 .317 .324 .641 71 173 15 3 4
1952 28 289 668 607 60 152 24 3 4 73 5 3 54 92 .250 .315 .320 .634 70 194 19 3 4
1953 29 383 996 912 85 226 38 3 7 113 7 4 73 128 .248 .306 .319 .625 69 291 29 4 7
1954 30 498 1397 1272 118 330 51 8 11 153 7 5 106 150 .259 .319 .338 .657 79 430 41 6 10 3
1955 31 572 1667 1508 146 386 54 9 15 172 7 6 131 173 .256 .318 .334 .652 78 503 49 9 15 4 0
1956 32 636 1836 1656 161 431 62 9 17 184 7 6 151 189 .260 .325 .339 .664 81 562 53 9 16 4 1
1957 33 681 1975 1781 175 465 70 9 18 197 9 6 161 198 .261 .325 .341 .666 82 607 62 10 19 4 2
1958 34 739 2099 1895 182 495 73 9 18 208 9 6 169 213 .261 .324 .338 .662 81 640 70 10 20 5 2
1959 35 807 2310 2086 199 542 82 10 19 217 9 6 185 235 .260 .323 .336 .659 80 701 76 12 22 5 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 24 107 307 273 32 72 9 3 1 36 3 33 39 .264 .345 .330 .675 31 102
1949 25 78 175 166 16 43 7 0 2 18 1 8 28 .259 .297 .337 .634 17 75
1950 26 6 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1951 27 57 107 99 8 21 6 0 0 12 1 7 10 .212 .271 .273 .544 7 55
1952 28 53 83 76 4 17 1 0 1 8 0 7 16 .224 .289 .276 .565 6 51
1953 29 98 340 319 26 78 15 0 3 41 2 20 38 .245 .291 .320 .611 29 94
1954 30 120 426 384 39 116 14 6 4 47 0 37 23 .302 .364 .401 .765 56 115
1955 31 77 280 249 30 61 3 1 4 21 0 27 24 .245 .325 .313 .638 25 74
1956 32 67 176 155 15 47 8 0 2 12 0 21 17 .303 .386 .394 .780 24 64
1957 33 47 142 131 16 35 8 0 1 15 2 10 9 .267 .324 .351 .675 15 45
1958 34 61 126 117 8 29 3 0 0 12 0 8 16 .248 .294 .274 .567 9 58
1959 35 71 221 202 19 51 10 1 1 10 0 17 23 .252 .317 .327 .643 21 68
12 Seasons 842 2399 2187 213 570 84 11 19 232 9 195 246 .261 .324 .335 .659 240 807
162 Game Avg. 162 462 421 41 110 16 2 4 45 2 38 47 .261 .324 .335 .659 46 807

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