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Dee Fondy

Dee Virgil Fondy

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 13, 1924 in Slaton, TX
High School: San Bernardino HS (San Bernardino, CA)
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Redlegs 1951-1958

Final Game: September 21, 1958
Died: August 19, 1999 in Redlands, CA
Buried: Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA
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Standard Batting

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
1951 26 CHC NL 49 184 170 23 46 7 2 3 20 5 6 11 20 .271 .319 .388 .707 88 66 2 1 2 3
1952 27 CHC NL 145 586 554 69 166 21 9 10 67 13 11 28 60 .300 .334 .424 .759 108 235 14 1 4 *3
1953 28 CHC NL 150 641 595 79 184 24 11 18 78 10 7 44 106 .309 .358 .477 .835 113 284 6 1 1 *3
1954 29 CHC NL 141 610 568 77 162 30 4 9 49 20 5 35 84 .285 .326 .400 .725 88 227 9 1 2 4 *3
1955 30 CHC NL 150 618 574 69 152 23 8 17 65 8 9 35 87 .265 .307 .422 .729 92 242 9 2 3 4 6 *3
1956 31 CHC NL 137 580 543 52 146 22 9 9 46 9 7 20 74 .269 .290 .392 .682 82 213 4 0 7 10 5 *3
1957 32 TOT NL 106 408 374 45 117 16 3 2 37 12 7 25 68 .313 .354 .388 .742 102 145 6 1 4 4 0 3
1957 32 CHC NL 11 51 51 3 16 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 9 .314 .314 .412 .725 94 21 1 0 0 0 0 3
1957 32 PIT NL 95 357 323 42 101 13 2 2 35 11 5 25 59 .313 .360 .384 .744 103 124 5 1 4 4 0 3
1958 33 CIN NL 89 131 124 23 27 1 1 1 11 7 1 5 27 .218 .246 .266 .512 33 33 1 0 1 1 0 39/7
8 Yrs 967 3758 3502 437 1000 144 47 69 373 84 53 203 526 .286 .324 .413 .737 95 1445 51 7 24 23 11
162 Game Avg. 162 630 587 73 168 24 8 12 62 14 9 34 88 .286 .324 .413 .737 95 242 9 1 4
CHC (7 yrs) 783 3270 3055 372 872 130 44 66 327 66 47 173 440 .285 .323 .422 .745 96 1288 45 6 19 18 11
PIT (1 yr) 95 357 323 42 101 13 2 2 35 11 5 25 59 .313 .360 .384 .744 103 124 5 1 4 4 0
CIN (1 yr) 89 131 124 23 27 1 1 1 11 7 1 5 27 .218 .246 .266 .512 33 33 1 0 1 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 26 CHC NL 49 184 -3 -1 0 -3 -2 -9 -1.0 6 -3 -0.4 .480 .494 0.0 -0.5 -0 $ 3
1952 27 CHC NL 145 586 4 -2 3 5 -7 4 0.4 20 24 2.3 .503 .502 1.9 -0.2 18 $ *3
1953 28 CHC NL 150 641 10 -1 2 -5 -7 -1 -0.2 21 20 1.8 .499 .499 2.6 -1.2 25 $ *3
1954 29 CHC NL 141 610 -12 2 2 5 -7 -10 -1.1 20 10 0.9 .493 .494 0.5 -0.3 6 $ *3
1955 30 CHC NL 150 618 -8 -1 0 -3 -7 -19 -2.3 21 2 -0.2 .487 .488 0.3 -1.2 4 $ *3
1956 31 CHC NL 137 580 -17 -1 2 1 -7 -22 -2.8 20 -2 -0.9 .482 .485 -0.6 -0.9 -3 $ *3
1957 32 CHC NL 11 51 -1 -0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .477 .498 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 3
1957 32 PIT NL 95 357 1 1 0 1 -4 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.0 .499 .499 0.9 -0.3 9 $ 3
1958 33 CIN NL 89 131 -12 1 1 1 -3 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.7 .487 .493 -0.8 -0.2 -8 $ 39/7
8 Seasons 967 3758 -37 -3 10 1 -44 -73 -8.8 126 54 3.7 .492 .495 4.8 -5.0 53 $
CHC (7 yrs) 783 3270 -26 -5 9 -1 -37 -61 -7.4 110 49 3.4 .492 .494 4.7 -4.5 51 $
PIT (1 yr) 95 357 1 1 0 1 -4 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.0 .499 .499 0.9 -0.3 9 $
CIN (1 yr) 89 131 -12 1 1 1 -3 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.7 .487 .493 -0.8 -0.2 -8 $

Advanced Batting

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
1951 26 CHC NL 184 134 19 3.8 105 .293 .271 .270 .319 .344 .388 .409 .707 .753 88 .422 -3.5 -0.4 .583 .176 .118 3.8
1952 27 CHC NL 586 417 76 4.9 98 .322 .300 .263 .334 .336 .424 .391 .759 .727 108 .574 3.6 0.4 .644 .179 .125 11.3
1953 28 CHC NL 641 425 100 6.2 112 .352 .309 .277 .358 .348 .477 .431 .835 .779 113 .614 10.1 1.0 .783 .247 .168 12.9
1954 29 CHC NL 610 426 76 4.8 110 .319 .285 .275 .326 .347 .400 .426 .725 .773 88 .499 -11.3 -1.1 .662 .202 .114 12.4
1955 30 CHC NL 618 447 71 4.2 106 .285 .265 .266 .307 .337 .422 .420 .729 .757 92 .456 -9.1 -0.9 .632 .216 .157 10.9
1956 31 CHC NL 580 425 62 3.9 102 .291 .269 .263 .290 .330 .392 .415 .682 .745 82 .438 -14.6 -1.5 .576 .164 .123 9.0
1957 32 TOT NL 408 278 51 5.0 101 .373 .313 .265 .354 .328 .388 .411 .742 .739 102 .533 1.9 0.2 .652 .155 .075 3.4
1957 32 CHC NL 51 38 5 3.6 102 .381 .314 .267 .314 .331 .412 .414 .725 .745 94 .384 -0.6 -0.1 .526 .078 .098 .0
1957 32 PIT NL 357 240 46 5.2 100 .372 .313 .265 .360 .328 .384 .410 .744 .738 103 .553 2.5 0.2 .672 .167 .071 3.4
1958 33 CIN NL 131 101 9 2.4 111 .268 .218 .277 .246 .346 .266 .432 .512 .778 33 .228 -12.8 -1.3 .444 .137 .048 1.8
8 Yrs 3758 2653 464 4.7 105 .318 .286 .269 .324 .339 .413 .416 .737 .755 95 .508 -35.7 -3.5 .647 .194 .127 75.8
162 Game Avg. 630 444 78 4.7 105 .318 .286 .269 .324 .339 .413 .416 .737 .755 95 .508 -35.7 -3.5 .647 .194 .127 13
CHC (7 yrs) 3270 2312 409 4.7 106 .314 .285 .269 .323 .340 .422 .416 .745 .756 96 .514 -25.4 -2.5 .653 .199 .136 66.0
PIT (1 yr) 357 240 46 5.2 100 .372 .313 .265 .360 .328 .384 .410 .744 .738 103 .553 2.5 0.2 .672 .167 .071 3.4
CIN (1 yr) 131 101 9 2.4 111 .268 .218 .277 .246 .346 .266 .432 .512 .778 33 .228 -12.8 -1.3 .444 .137 .048 1.8

Ratio Batting*

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
1951 26 CHC NL 184 1.6% 10.9% 6.0% 6.5% 26% 1.82 8.5 56.7 8.5 1.27 80%
1952 27 CHC NL 586 1.7% 10.2% 4.8% 6.8% 24% 2.14 9.2 55.4 8.3 1.92 83%
1953 28 CHC NL 641 2.8% 16.5% 6.9% 8.3% 29% 2.41 5.6 33.1 7.6 1.22 73%
1954 29 CHC NL 610 1.5% 13.8% 5.7% 7.1% 27% 2.40 6.8 63.1 11.6 1.05 79%
1955 30 CHC NL 618 2.8% 14.1% 5.7% 7.8% 32% 2.49 6.6 33.8 8.8 1.11 77%
1956 31 CHC NL 580 1.6% 12.8% 3.5% 6.9% 27% 3.70 7.3 60.3 11.8 1.07 81%
1957 32 TOT NL 408 0.5% 16.7% 6.1% 5.2% 18% 2.72 5.5 187.0 10.1 1.24 75%
1957 32 CHC NL 51 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 7.8% 25% 5.7 25.5 1.25 82%
1957 32 PIT NL 357 0.6% 16.5% 7.0% 4.8% 17% 2.36 5.5 161.5 9.2 1.24 75%
1958 33 CIN NL 131 0.8% 20.6% 3.8% 2.3% 11% 5.40 4.6 124.0 11.3 0.95 74%
8 Yrs 3758 1.8% 14.0% 5.4% 6.9% 26% 2.59 6.7 50.8 9.4 1.22 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.4% 9.2% 6.5% 28% 1.24 7.8 40.8 8.2 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 26 CHC NL -3.5 -0.4 177 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 .98 -0.5 -0.1 -4.6 -0.5 0.94 -5.1 1.02 4
1952 27 CHC NL 3.6 0.4 484 -0.7 7.7 -8.5 1.03 1.0 -1.7 2.6 0.3 1.00 7.4 5.78 2
1953 28 CHC NL 10.1 1.0 562 2.6 12.1 -9.5 1.01 1.9 0.7 20.1 1.9 0.92 19.7 1.62 1
1954 29 CHC NL -11.3 -1.1 521 -0.1 8.3 -8.4 .95 -0.6 0.5 -8.3 -0.8 0.91 -9.0 0.93 3
1955 30 CHC NL -9.1 -0.9 519 -1.5 7.7 -9.2 1.01 -0.6 -0.9 -6.5 -0.6 0.93 -7.4 0
1956 31 CHC NL -14.6 -1.5 534 -1.7 8.0 -9.8 1.06 -1.1 -0.6 -16.4 -1.7 0.90 -13.3 1.55 4
1957 32 TOT NL 1.9 0.2 375 -0.3 6.3 -6.6 1.01 0.0 -0.3 -3.4 -0.3 0.94 0.7 1.28 21
1957 32 CHC NL -0.6 -0.1 55 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 .80 -0.3 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.91 -2.1 0
1957 32 PIT NL 2.5 0.2 320 0.1 5.7 -5.7 1.04 0.3 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.95 2.8 1.28 21
1958 33 CIN NL -12.8 -1.3 140 -0.8 2.2 -3.0 1.25 -1.0 0.4 -6.7 -0.6 0.96 -11.1 1.54 24
8 Yrs -35.7 -3.5 3312 -3.2 55.0 -58.1 1.02 -0.8 -2.3 -23.3 -2.4 0.93 -18.2 1.53 59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1951 26 CHC NL 3 0 36% 50 5 6 45% 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 73% 9 3 6 2 1 1 4 0 4
1952 27 CHC NL 6 0 32% 192 13 11 54% 10 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 45% 25 15 9 3 2 1 12 4 8
1953 28 CHC NL 7 0 29% 228 10 7 59% 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 7 50% 29 19 10 5 2 2 12 0 11
1954 29 CHC NL 6 0 36% 182 20 5 80% 13 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 11 50% 17 9 7 9 4 5 12 4 7
1955 30 CHC NL 7 0 30% 188 8 9 47% 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 36% 24 19 5 3 2 1 12 4 8
1956 31 CHC NL 4 0 27% 157 9 7 56% 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 12 42% 18 12 6 8 6 2 12 4 8
1957 32 TOT NL 2 0 31% 156 12 7 63% 7 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 6 59% 20 10 10 7 2 5 12 4 8
1957 32 CHC NL 0 0 19% 19 1 2 33% 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1957 32 PIT NL 2 0 32% 137 11 5 69% 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 61% 19 10 9 7 2 5 10 2 8
1958 33 CIN NL 2 0 71% 99 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 46% 14 10 4 2 1 1 8 2 6
8 Yrs 37 0 32% 1252 84 53 61% 54 38 12 6 1 2 10 0 39 56 48% 156 97 57 39 20 18 84 22 60

Situational Hitting*

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
1951 26 CHC NL 184 87% 46 4 0 0 0 1.02 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 100% 23 2 9% 17 6 35% 87 13 15% 8 6 75% 9 4 44% 0
1952 27 CHC NL 586 74% 166 2 0 0 0 5.78 10 1 15 6 1 3 7 0 7 4 57% 107 14 13% 53 19 36% 307 46 15% 28 17 61% 19 11 58% 0
1953 28 CHC NL 641 74% 184 1 0 0 0 1.62 18 0 11 17 1 9 9 1 2 1 50% 120 6 5% 61 15 25% 316 56 18% 33 16 48% 24 12 50% 0
1954 29 CHC NL 610 84% 162 3 1 0 1 0.93 9 0 6 7 1 4 5 0 3 2 67% 98 9 9% 48 15 31% 275 37 13% 20 10 50% 21 11 52% 0
1955 30 CHC NL 618 87% 152 0 0 0 0 17 0 12 9 2 10 7 0 5 3 60% 85 9 11% 35 10 29% 284 41 14% 26 12 46% 7 1 14% 0
1956 31 CHC NL 580 81% 146 4 1 0 1 1.55 9 0 8 8 0 5 4 0 11 7 64% 96 4 4% 52 20 38% 269 31 12% 29 17 59% 22 9 41% 0
1957 32 TOT NL 408 78% 117 21 7 1 4 1.28 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 80% 68 6 9% 33 11 33% 213 29 14% 20 10 50% 16 9 56% 0
1957 32 CHC NL 51 88% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 22 2 9% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1957 32 PIT NL 357 76% 101 21 7 1 4 1.28 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 80% 62 5 8% 31 11 35% 191 27 14% 19 10 53% 15 8 53% 0
1958 33 CIN NL 131 91% 27 24 4 0 1 1.54 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 33% 36 1 3% 20 6 30% 78 10 13% 8 5 63% 3 1 33% 0
8 Yrs 3758 81% 1000 59 13 1 7 1.53 69 1 72 52 6 36 33 1 38 24 63% 633 51 8% 319 102 32% 1829 263 14% 172 93 54% 121 58 48% 0
MLB Averages 49% 82% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1951 26 49 184 170 23 46 7 2 3 20 5 6 11 20 .271 .319 .388 .707 88 66 2 1 2
1952 27 194 770 724 92 212 28 11 13 87 18 17 39 80 .293 .331 .416 .746 103 301 16 2 6
1953 28 344 1411 1319 171 396 52 22 31 165 28 24 83 186 .300 .343 .444 .787 108 585 22 3 7
1954 29 485 2021 1887 248 558 82 26 40 214 48 29 118 270 .296 .338 .430 .768 102 812 31 4 9 4
1955 30 635 2639 2461 317 710 105 34 57 279 56 38 153 357 .289 .331 .428 .759 99 1054 40 6 12 8 6
1956 31 772 3219 3004 369 856 127 43 66 325 65 45 173 431 .285 .323 .422 .745 96 1267 44 6 19 18 11
1957 32 878 3627 3378 414 973 143 46 68 362 77 52 198 499 .288 .327 .418 .745 97 1412 50 7 23 22 11
1958 33 967 3758 3502 437 1000 144 47 69 373 84 53 203 526 .286 .324 .413 .737 95 1445 51 7 24 23 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 26 51 190 176 23 47 7 2 3 20 5 11 21 .267 .314 .381 .695 21 49
1952 27 152 619 584 75 178 23 10 11 73 14 30 63 .305 .340 .435 .775 86 145
1953 28 156 652 607 74 180 23 11 18 74 10 43 110 .297 .344 .460 .804 96 150
1954 29 148 636 593 78 166 31 4 9 49 20 36 88 .280 .320 .391 .711 75 141
1955 30 158 647 602 71 158 24 8 18 67 8 36 92 .262 .304 .419 .723 77 150
1956 31 143 611 572 57 157 24 10 10 51 10 22 77 .274 .296 .404 .700 69 137
1957 32 111 428 393 48 124 17 3 2 40 13 26 71 .316 .356 .389 .745 55 106
1958 33 94 137 130 24 28 1 1 1 11 7 5 28 .215 .243 .262 .504 8 89
8 Yrs 1013 3920 3657 450 1038 150 49 72 385 87 209 550 .284 .322 .411 .733 487 967
162 Game Avg. 162 627 585 72 166 24 8 12 62 14 33 88 .284 .322 .411 .733 78 967

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1952 NL  .300 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  166 (8th)
1953 NL  184 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1952 NL  9 (5th)
1953 NL  11 (3rd)
1955 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  9 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL  106 (2nd)
1954 NL  84 (3rd)
1955 NL  87 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 NL  13 (5th)
1953 NL  10 (9th)
1954 NL  20 (3rd)
1956 NL  9 (9th)
1957 NL  12 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1952 NL  126 (6th)
1953 NL  131 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL  10 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL  11 (2nd)
1953 NL  7 (4th)
1955 NL  9 (6th)
1956 NL  7 (7th)
1957 NL  7 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1952 NL  54.17 (8th)
1953 NL  58.82 (8th)
1954 NL  80.00 (1st)
1956 NL  56.25 (8th)
1957 NL  63.16 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 NL  11.3 (5th)
1953 NL  12.9 (4th)
1954 NL  12.4 (4th)
1955 NL  10.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 NL  447 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 24 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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