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Ed Fitz Gerald

Edward Raymond Fitz Gerald

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 21, 1924 in Santa Ynez, CA
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1948
Teams (by GP): Senators/Pirates/Indians 1948-1959

Final Game: September 15, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1948 PIT NL 24 C 96 66 58 389 338 36 15 4 .961 3.90 .980 5.15 15 7 27 18 40% 40% 0
1949 PIT NL 25 C 56 34 30 190 163 22 5 5 .974 3.30 .982 4.98 7 7 6 10 63% 43% 2
1950 PIT NL 26 C 5 5 3 35.0 20 16 3 1 0 .950 4.89 3.80 .982 5.37 5.32 2 0 2 0 0% 38% 0
1951 PIT NL 27 C 38 15 15 195.1 115 98 13 4 2 .965 5.11 2.92 .981 5.18 5.16 1 4 10 3 23% 41% 0
1952 PIT NL 28 C 18 7 6 90.0 53 49 4 0 0 1.000 5.30 2.94 .984 5.52 5.47 1 2 5 2 29% 44% 0
1952 PIT NL 28 3B 2 2 2 17.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.71 3.50 .954 3.12 3.10
1953 TOT MLB 29 C 90 80 78 730.0 372 332 36 4 3 .989 1 2 4.54 4.09 .985 5.20 5.17 8 4 20 19 49% 50% 0
1953 PIT NL 29 C 5 4 4 37.0 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.89 3.20 .984 5.52 5.42 0 0 1 1 50% 40% 0
1953 WSH AL 29 C 85 76 74 693.0 356 319 33 4 3 .989 1 2 4.57 4.14 .985 5.18 5.15 8 4 19 18 49% 51% 0
1954 WSH AL 30 C 107 96 94 879.0 446 396 38 12 5 .973 -6 -8 4.44 4.06 .986 5.40 5.36 3 14 26 20 43% 48% 0
1955 WSH AL 31 C 72 66 56 572.1 340 304 30 6 5 .982 1 2 5.25 4.64 .988 5.58 5.54 8 5 16 17 52% 47% 0
1956 WSH AL 32 C 50 35 31 323.2 231 206 19 6 5 .974 -2 -7 6.26 4.50 .988 5.91 5.86 4 7 17 8 32% 44% 2
1957 WSH AL 33 C 37 32 24 276.1 164 142 16 6 3 .963 -5 -22 5.15 4.27 .991 5.92 5.94 2 6 19 4 17% 47% 0
1958 WSH AL 34 C 21 20 16 152.2 101 94 4 3 0 .970 -5 -39 5.78 4.67 .990 6.01 5.95 3 4 16 2 11% 47% 0
1958 WSH AL 34 1B 5 3 2 36.0 32 31 1 0 5 1.000 0 13 8.00 6.40 .991 9.60 9.50
1959 TOT AL 35 C 61 53 48 468.1 304 260 39 5 5 .984 7 18 5.75 4.90 .989 6.08 6.04 0 11 18 21 54% 40% 5
1959 WSH AL 35 C 16 15 15 134.0 81 68 13 0 2 1.000 2 18 5.44 5.06 .989 6.08 6.04 0 6 5 6 55% 40% 2
1959 CLE AL 35 C 45 38 33 334.1 223 192 26 5 3 .978 5 18 5.87 4.84 .989 6.08 6.04 0 5 13 15 54% 40% 3
12 Seasons C 651 509 459 3722.2 2725 2398 260 67 37 .975 -9 -3 5.07 4.08 .986 5.57 5.43 54 71 182 124 41% 45% 9
1 Season 1B 5 3 2 36.0 32 31 1 0 5 1.000 0 13 8.00 6.40 .991 9.60 9.50
1 Season 3B 2 2 2 17.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.71 3.50 .954 3.12 3.10
12 Seasons TOT 658 514 463 3775.2 2765 2435 262 68 42 .975 -9 -3 5.10 4.10 .986 5.60 5.46 54 71 182 124 41% 45% 9
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1948 PIT NL 24 C
1949 PIT NL 25 C
1950 PIT NL 26 C
1951 PIT NL 27 C
1952 PIT NL 28 C
1952 PIT NL 28 3B
1953 PIT NL 29 C 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 29 C 1 2 1
1954 WSH AL 30 C -6 -8 -6
1955 WSH AL 31 C 1 2 1
1956 WSH AL 32 C -2 -7 -2
1957 WSH AL 33 C -5 -22 -5
1958 WSH AL 34 C -5 -39 -5
1958 WSH AL 34 1B 0 13 0 0 -0 0
1959 WSH AL 35 C 2 18 2
1959 CLE AL 35 C 5 18 5
12 Seasons C -9 -3 -9
1 Season 1B 0 13 0 0 -0 0
1 Season 3B
12 Seasons TOT -9 -3 0 0 -0 0 -9

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 PIT NL 24 102 66 102 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1949 PIT NL 25 76 34 76 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4
1950 PIT NL 26 6 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1951 PIT NL 27 55 15 55 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5
1952 PIT NL 28 51 9 51 20 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1
1953 WSH AL 29 88 76 88 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1953 PIT NL 29 6 4 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1954 WSH AL 30 115 96 115 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1955 WSH AL 31 74 66 74 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1956 WSH AL 32 64 35 64 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1957 WSH AL 33 45 32 45 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1958 WSH AL 34 58 23 58 25 0 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1959 CLE AL 35 49 38 49 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1959 WSH AL 35 19 15 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Seasons 808 514 808 657 0 651 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 169 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1948 PIT NL 24 1180 4.21 4.58 40 100% 0 1 154 27 0 8 119 20 6 1 1 3 6 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 4 100%
1949 PIT NL 25 931 4.48 5.03 23 91% 0 2 112 12 0 4 96 14 7 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 67%
1950 PIT NL 26 153 4.67 5.19 6 83% 0 0 16 3 0 1 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1951 PIT NL 27 753 5.58 6.52 20 100% 1 0 84 11 3 6 64 9 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1952 PIT NL 28 252 4.61 4.61 6 100% 0 0 29 6 0 0 23 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 29 2935 3.71 4.08 57 93% 0 0 323 49 0 11 262 33 2 0 0 10 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 29 117 2.57 3.21 2 100% 0 0 11 1 0 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1954 WSH AL 30 3767 3.56 4.14 69 87% 0 2 397 50 2 7 337 38 10 0 1 4 12 0 4 8 0 5 0 0 0 8 63%
1955 WSH AL 31 2536 4.74 5.25 55 95% 0 0 295 39 1 10 245 30 8 0 1 3 6 0 4 2 0 5 0 1 2 6 83%
1956 WSH AL 32 1483 5.39 6.26 28 96% 0 0 210 24 3 5 178 19 5 0 1 2 6 1 2 3 0 5 0 2 4 2 100%
1957 WSH AL 33 1263 5.67 6.32 24 88% 0 0 142 14 4 1 123 16 8 0 1 1 6 0 1 5 1 3 0 2 2 4 50%
1958 WSH AL 34 662 4.89 5.25 3 100% 0 0 92 2 0 1 89 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 CLE AL 35 1460 4.28 4.66 15 93% 0 0 191 9 0 5 177 26 5 0 0 1 5 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1959 WSH AL 35 613 4.77 5.51 13 77% 0 0 68 6 1 2 59 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 25%
12 Seasons 18105 4.37 4.90 361 93% 1 5 2124 253 14 62 1793 231 63 2 6 28 56 3 24 29 1 34 0 7 13 41 73%
MLB Averages 4.02 4.53 95% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1948 PIT NL 24 7 7 457 12 7 7 37% 10 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 39 10 1.20 1.10
1949 PIT NL 25 5 7 365 7 2 2 22% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 7 1.25 1.88
1950 PIT NL 26 2 0 64 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.08
1951 PIT NL 27 1 4 316 8 3 3 27% 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 5 0.32 0.82
1952 PIT NL 28 1 2 106 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.42 1.24
1953 WSH AL 29 8 4 1144 19 18 17 49% 17 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 43 21 1.21 1.31
1953 PIT NL 29 0 0 52 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.92 1.41
1954 WSH AL 30 3 14 1495 26 20 20 43% 23 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 63 22 1.11 1.09
1955 WSH AL 31 8 5 1081 16 17 16 52% 16 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 43 24 0.69 1.17
1956 WSH AL 32 4 7 591 17 8 8 32% 12 6 3 2 2 0 2 1 45 11 1.24 1.04
1957 WSH AL 33 2 6 509 19 4 4 17% 15 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 35 6 0.70 1.18
1958 WSH AL 34 3 4 247 16 2 2 11% 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 1.01 0.69
1959 CLE AL 35 0 5 581 13 15 14 54% 13 14 0 1 0 0 3 0 20 20 0.94 1.20
1959 WSH AL 35 0 6 266 5 6 5 55% 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 16 9 0.86 1.39
12 Seasons 44 71 7274 164 105 101 39% 146 87 12 13 6 5 9 1 388 140 0.98 1.18
MLB Averages 44% 1.19 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 WSH AL 34 165 54% 83% 24% 9 89% 0 31 3 28 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 165 54% 83% 24% 9 89% 0 31 3 28 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1952 PIT NL 28 33 52% 73% 18% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 33 52% 73% 18% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 65%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1948 NL  96 (5th)
1954 AL  107 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1948 NL  15 (2nd)
1954 AL  12 (2nd)
1955 AL  6 (4th)
1957 AL  6 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1948 NL  15 (1st)
1949 NL  7 (3rd)
1953 AL  8 (2nd)
1955 AL  8 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1948 NL  27 (5th)
1954 AL  26 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1948 NL  40.0 (5th)
1955 AL  51.5 (2nd)
1959 AL  53.8 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1959 AL  7 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1953 AL  .989 (3rd)

             

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