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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1948 PIT NL 24 C 96 389 338 36 15 4 .961 3.90 .980 4.41 15
1949 PIT NL 25 C 56 190 163 22 5 5 .974 3.30 .982 4.39 7
1950 PIT NL 26 C 5 20 16 3 1 0 .950 3.80 .985 4.54 2
1951 PIT NL 27 C 38 115 98 13 4 2 .965 2.92 .982 4.43 1
1952 PIT NL 28 C 18 53 49 4 0 0 1.000 2.94 .983 4.84 1
1952 PIT NL 28 3B 2 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.50 .962 2.90
1953 TOT MLB 29 C 90 372 332 36 4 3 .989 4.09 .985 4.45 8
1953 PIT NL 29 C 5 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 3.20 .981 4.66 0
1953 WSH AL 29 C 85 356 319 33 4 3 .989 4.14 .985 4.44 8
1954 WSH AL 30 C 107 96 879.0 446 396 38 12 5 .973 -6.0 -8.2 -6 4.44 4.06 .986 5.40 4.76 3 14 26 20 43%
1955 WSH AL 31 C 72 66 572.1 340 304 30 6 5 .982 1.0 2.1 1 5.25 4.64 .988 5.58 4.73 8 5 16 17 52%
1956 WSH AL 32 C 50 35 323.2 231 206 19 6 5 .974 -2.0 -7.4 -2 6.26 4.50 .988 5.91 5.02 4 7 17 8 32%
1957 WSH AL 33 C 37 32 276.1 164 142 16 6 3 .963 -5.0 -21.7 -5 5.15 4.27 .991 5.92 5.11 2 6 19 4 17%
1958 WSH AL 34 C 21 20 152.2 101 94 4 3 0 .970 -5.0 -39.3 -5 5.78 4.67 .990 6.01 5.34 3 4 16 2 11%
1958 WSH AL 34 1B 5 3 36.0 32 31 1 0 5 1.000 0.4 13.3 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 8.00 6.40 .991 9.60 8.48
1959 TOT AL 35 C 61 53 468.1 304 260 39 5 5 .984 7.0 17.9 7 5.75 4.90 .989 6.08 5.31 0 11 18 21 54%
1959 WSH AL 35 C 16 15 134.0 81 68 13 0 2 1.000 2.0 17.9 2 5.44 5.06 .989 6.08 5.31 0 6 5 6 55%
1959 CLE AL 35 C 45 38 334.1 223 192 26 5 3 .978 5.0 17.9 5 5.87 4.84 .989 6.08 5.31 0 5 13 15 54%
12 Seasons C 651 302 2672.1 2725 2398 260 67 37 .975 -10.0 -4.5 -10 8.95 4.08 .986 5.71 4.72 54 47 112 72 39%
1 Season 1B 5 3 36.0 32 31 1 0 5 1.000 0.4 13.3 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 8.00 6.40 .991 9.60 8.48
1 Season 3B 2 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.50 .962 2.90
12 Seasons TOT 658 305 2708.1 2765 2435 262 68 42 .975 -9.6 -4.3 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 -10 8.96 4.10 .961 5.76 4.75 54 47 112 72 39%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 PIT NL 24 102 102 102 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PIT NL 25 75 75 75 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PIT NL 26 6 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 27 55 55 55 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PIT NL 28 51 51 51 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 29 88 88 88 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 29 6 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 30 115 96 115 115 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1955 WSH AL 31 74 66 74 74 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1956 WSH AL 32 64 35 64 64 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1957 WSH AL 33 45 32 45 45 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1958 WSH AL 34 58 23 58 58 0 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1959 CLE AL 35 49 38 49 49 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1959 WSH AL 35 19 15 19 19 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Seasons 807 305 807 807 0 651 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 85 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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%
1954 WSH AL 30 3845 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 2593 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 1525 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 1294 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 34 687 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 1498 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 35 637 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%
6 Seasons 12079 4.48 5.05 207 90% 0 2 1395 144 11 31 1208 147 41 0 4 14 38 1 15 22 1 23 0 6 9 27 67%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.43 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 WSH AL 30 3 14 1495 26 20 20 43% 23 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 63 22 1.13 1.10
1955 WSH AL 31 8 5 1081 16 17 16 52% 16 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 43 24 0.71 1.19
1956 WSH AL 32 4 7 591 17 8 8 32% 12 6 3 2 2 0 2 1 45 11 1.20 1.00
1957 WSH AL 33 2 6 509 19 4 4 17% 15 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 35 6 0.74 1.16
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 0.96 1.18
1959 WSH AL 35 0 6 266 5 6 5 55% 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 16 9 0.86 1.40
6 Seasons 20 47 4770 112 72 69 39% 99 59 9 10 4 3 7 1 249 94 0.96 1.15
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 34 169 53% 81% 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 169 53% 81% 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 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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