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Howard Fitzgerald

Howard Chumney Fitzgerald (Lefty)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: May 16, 1902 in Eagle Lake, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1922
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs 1922-1926

Final Game: August 6, 1926
Died: February 26, 1959 in Mathews, TX
Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, TX
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1922 CHC NL 20 OF 6 6 6 11 9 0 2 0 .818 1.50 .962 2.40
1922 CHC NL 20 RF 6 6 6 11 9 0 2 0 .818 1.50 .955 2.18
1924 CHC NL 22 OF 5 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 .965 2.40
1924 CHC NL 22 RF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 2.05
1924 CHC NL 22 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.80
1926 BOS AL 24 OF 23 23 21 34 28 2 4 0 .882 1.30 .966 2.34
1926 BOS AL 24 LF 21 21 19 33 28 2 3 0 .909 1.43 .965 2.30
1926 BOS AL 24 RF 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .960 2.00
3 Seasons OF 34 32 30 49 41 2 6 0 .878 1.26 .965 2.36
1 Season LF 21 21 19 33 28 2 3 0 .909 1.43 .965 2.30
3 Seasons RF 12 11 11 15 12 0 3 0 .800 1.00 .957 2.11
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.80
3 Seasons TOT 34 32 30 49 41 2 6 0 .878 1.26 .965 2.36
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1922 CHC NL 20 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 4 0
1924 CHC NL 22 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0
1926 BOS AL 24 31 23 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 2 23 0 8 0
3 Seasons 48 32 48 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 12 34 0 14 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1922 NL  born 1902-05-16 (6th)

                                         

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Name and misspellings: Howard Chumney Howard howie Lefty Fitzgerald

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