Mike Fitzgerald
Michael Roy Fitzgerald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 13, 1960 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Lakewood (Lakewood, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1983
Final Game: October 4, 1992
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1983 NYM NL 22 C 8 7 61.0 47 37 8 2 0 .957 0.0 0.0 0 6.64 5.63 .985 6.57 5.55 0 0 12 6 33%
1984 NYM NL 23 C 107 101 893.2 766 715 47 4 6 .995 3.0 4.0 3 7.67 7.12 .986 6.53 5.68 7 25 88 40 31%
1985 MON NL 24 C 108 93 836.1 596 542 46 8 7 .987 -6.0 -8.6 -6 6.33 5.44 .987 6.42 5.45 9 19 102 27 21%
1986 MON NL 25 C 71 60 539.2 453 415 35 3 5 .993 -8.0 -17.8 -8 7.50 6.34 .985 6.93 5.88 3 22 81 20 20%
1987 MON NL 26 C 104 87 761.1 641 602 27 12 2 .981 -13.0 -20.5 -13 7.44 6.05 .987 6.94 5.91 4 27 115 22 16%
1987 MON NL 26 1B 1 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 6.75 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.50
1987 MON NL 26 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1988 MON NL 27 C 47 37 339.1 285 258 21 6 2 .979 -8.0 -28.3 -8 7.40 5.94 .987 6.56 5.58 3 11 60 11 15%
1988 MON NL 27 OF 4 3 29.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.23 1.00 .975 2.27 1.98
1988 MON NL 27 LF 3 2 20.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.33 1.00 .967 2.12 1.73
1988 MON NL 27 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.80
1989 MON NL 28 C 77 67 625.2 502 459 35 8 5 .984 -3.0 -5.8 -3 7.11 6.42 .986 6.67 5.56 6 16 74 26 26%
1989 MON NL 28 3B 8 3 31.0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.1 42.6 1.1 0.7 0.4 0 2.03 0.88 .943 2.70 2.25
1989 MON NL 28 LF 6 3 30.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 1 2.40 1.33 .975 2.16 1.72
1989 MON NL 28 OF 6 3 30.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 1 2.40 1.33 .975 2.31 1.97
1990 MON NL 29 C 98 84 778.2 607 560 41 6 10 .990 -3.0 -4.6 -3 6.95 6.13 .987 6.65 5.44 3 13 103 26 20%
1990 MON NL 29 OF 6 5 36.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 33.3 1.0 1.3 -0.3 0 1.50 1.00 .983 2.40 2.02
1990 MON NL 29 RF 5 4 27.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 1.00 0.60 .967 2.23 1.82
1990 MON NL 29 LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 120.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.20 1.70
1991 MON NL 30 C 54 47 421.2 332 306 24 2 3 .994 -6.0 -17.1 -6 7.04 6.11 .988 6.78 5.59 2 25 61 21 26%
1991 MON NL 30 1B 3 3 23.2 18 15 3 0 1 1.000 0.2 10.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.85 6.00 .994 9.81 8.43
1991 MON NL 30 OF 3 2 23.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 81.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 1 3.80 3.33 .980 2.28 1.87
1991 MON NL 30 RF 3 2 23.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 81.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 1 3.80 3.33 .980 2.05 1.63
1992 CAL AL 31 C 74 50 468.0 313 290 20 3 4 .990 -1.0 -2.6 -1 5.96 4.19 .989 6.20 5.26 3 17 41 18 31%
1992 CAL AL 31 OF 11 7 47.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -10.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.96 0.45 .980 2.47 2.17
1992 CAL AL 31 RF 6 3 21.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -34.3 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.23 1.87
1992 CAL AL 31 LF 5 4 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 9.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.73 1.00 .980 2.28 1.94
1992 CAL AL 31 3B 3 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.33 .900 2.70 2.40
1992 CAL AL 31 1B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 9.90 8.35
1992 CAL AL 31 2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
1992 CAL AL 31 DH 1
10 Seasons C 748 633 5725.1 4542 4184 304 54 44 .988 -45.0 -9.4 -45 7.05 6.00 .987 6.63 5.60 40 175 737 217 23%
5 Seasons OF 30 20 166.0 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 14.5 0.0 0.6 -0.7 2 1.79 1.10 .979 2.36 2.04
4 Seasons LF 15 10 85.1 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 15.5 0.1 0.2 -0.2 1 2.00 1.27 .974 2.19 1.79
4 Seasons RF 15 10 80.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 13.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1 1.56 0.93 .979 2.15 1.80
2 Seasons 3B 11 3 34.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.1 38.8 1.1 0.7 0.4 0 2.12 0.73 .938 2.70 2.29
3 Seasons 1B 6 3 27.0 20 17 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 6.67 3.33 .995 9.80 8.42
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1 Season DH 1
10 Seasons TOT 797 659 5956.1 4603 4231 318 54 45 .988 -41.8 -8.4 1.2 1.5 -0.4 2 0 -45 6.87 5.71 .975 6.50 5.44 40 175 737 217 23%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 NYM NL 22 8 7 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 23 112 101 112 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1985 MON NL 24 108 93 108 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 MON NL 25 73 60 73 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1987 MON NL 26 107 87 107 106 0 104 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1988 MON NL 27 63 40 63 51 0 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 17 0
1989 MON NL 28 100 73 100 88 0 77 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 6 0 15 0
1990 MON NL 29 111 89 111 103 0 98 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 14 0
1991 MON NL 30 71 52 71 60 0 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 12 0
1992 CAL AL 31 95 58 95 90 0 74 2 1 3 0 5 0 6 11 1 12 1
10 Seasons 848 660 848 792 0 748 6 2 11 0 15 0 15 30 1 96 1
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*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1983 NYM NL 22 296 2.95 4.72 7 86% 0 0 39 2 0 4 33 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1984 NYM NL 23 3932 3.35 3.81 30 97% 0 0 714 25 6 11 672 47 5 0 0 3 4 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 2 100%
1985 MON NL 24 3580 2.99 3.27 30 100% 1 0 543 19 2 11 509 46 9 0 0 4 8 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 1 3 100%
1986 MON NL 25 2387 3.54 3.94 17 100% 1 0 417 11 1 10 394 35 6 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 100%
1987 MON NL 26 3412 4.01 4.40 21 100% 0 0 601 19 3 15 564 27 2 0 0 4 12 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 MON NL 27 1486 2.89 3.37 19 89% 1 0 259 13 3 7 236 20 5 0 0 5 6 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1989 MON NL 28 2714 3.31 3.75 13 92% 2 0 459 8 4 10 436 35 5 0 0 6 8 0 2 6 0 5 0 3 3 5 80%
1990 MON NL 29 3377 3.39 3.65 24 96% 1 0 560 13 3 14 529 42 11 2 0 4 6 0 2 4 0 10 0 2 3 8 100%
1991 MON NL 30 1910 3.80 4.31 12 100% 0 0 306 6 2 9 288 24 7 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 5 100%
1992 CAL AL 31 2066 3.79 4.06 23 78% 0 0 290 13 4 8 265 20 4 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 1 6 83%
10 Seasons 25160 3.44 3.83 196 94% 6 0 4188 129 28 99 3926 303 57 3 1 37 54 1 14 39 2 43 0 9 11 40 93%
MLB Averages 3.87 4.32 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1983 NYM NL 22 0 0 116 12 6 4 33% 11 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 13 9 1.51 0.77
1984 NYM NL 23 7 25 1400 88 40 34 31% 76 36 12 3 0 1 1 0 142 51 1.35 1.28
1985 MON NL 24 9 19 1242 102 27 23 21% 93 19 9 7 0 1 3 1 150 30 1.29 1.21
1986 MON NL 25 3 22 803 81 20 19 20% 78 16 3 3 0 1 1 0 117 23 1.40 1.40
1987 MON NL 26 4 27 1123 115 22 16 16% 103 19 11 2 1 1 0 0 177 27 1.20 1.21
1988 MON NL 27 3 11 461 60 11 9 15% 52 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 90 14 1.40 1.44
1989 MON NL 28 6 16 881 74 26 21 26% 62 21 12 2 0 3 1 1 116 32 1.38 1.14
1990 MON NL 29 3 13 1143 103 26 23 20% 89 23 14 2 0 1 1 1 134 27 1.30 1.46
1991 MON NL 30 2 25 682 61 21 11 26% 54 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 104 24 1.38 1.06
1992 CAL AL 31 3 17 712 41 18 9 31% 36 13 5 3 0 2 0 0 78 23 1.31 1.60
10 Seasons 40 175 8563 737 217 169 23% 654 176 81 29 2 12 7 3 1121 260 1.33 1.28
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 90 52% 82% 36% 7 43%
1989 MON NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 1 1 14.3% 1 152 53% 70% 38% 19 42%
1990 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 59% 69% 31% 3 100%
1992 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 125 55% 81% 44% 9 56%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 10 83.3% 1 1 8.3% 1 406 54% 76% 39% 38 50%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 23% 68% 30% 1 100%
1990 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 120 47% 73% 31% 6 50%
1991 MON NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 108 56% 69% 42% 13 77%
1992 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 77% 65% 29% 2 0%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 1 350 54% 69% 34% 22 64%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1989 MON NL 28 120 42% 77% 37% 7 100% 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 CAL AL 31 13 69% 62% 15% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2 Seasons 133 44% 75% 35% 9 89% 1 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89% 73%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1987 MON NL 26 7 29% 100% 43% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 30 112 58% 74% 29% 5 100% 0 15 1 14 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CAL AL 31 7 71% 29% 14% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 126 57% 73% 29% 6 100% 0 17 1 16 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 MON NL 26 3 33% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CAL AL 31 11 64% 100% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 14 57% 100% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 92%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Mike Fitzgerald    

Viewed 25,244 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Michael mark michael Mike Roy Fitzgerald

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.