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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:05PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1580. Eddie Kasko… #1581. Lee Thomas… #1582. Max Alvis… #1583. DEE FONDY… #1584. Rollie Hemsley… #1585. Bernie Allen… #1586. Billy Hatcher… 

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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 145 587 554 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 3
8 Seasons 967 3759 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 3271 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 26 CHC NL 184 -3 -1 0 0 -3 -2 6 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 3
1952 27 CHC NL 587 3 0 0 0 5 -6 20 22 2.3 17 1.8 0.5 $ *3
1953 28 CHC NL 641 3 0 -1 2 -5 -7 21 13 1.3 18 1.8 -0.5 $ *3
1954 29 CHC NL 610 -9 -1 -1 2 5 -6 20 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $ *3
1955 30 CHC NL 618 -9 1 0 0 -3 -7 21 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ *3
1956 31 CHC NL 580 -13 -2 -1 1 1 -9 19 -4 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ *3
1957 32 CHC NL 51 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 3
1957 32 PIT NL 357 1 1 -1 0 1 -5 12 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ 3
1958 33 CIN NL 131 -11 1 0 1 1 -2 5 -5 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 3
8 Seasons 3759 -38 -1 -4 6 1 -45 126 45 4.3 44 4.5 -0.2 $
CHC (7 yrs) 3271 -28 -3 -3 5 -1 -38 109 41 4.0 42 4.3 -0.3 $
PIT (1 yr) 357 1 1 -1 0 1 -5 12 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 131 -11 1 0 1 1 -2 5 -5 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $

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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 Awards
1951 CHC NL 26 1B 44 424 387 27 10 40 .976 9.41 .989 9.72
1952 CHC NL 27 1B 143 1374 1257 103 14 92 .990 9.51 .990 9.81
1953 CHC NL 28 1B 149 1407 1274 115 18 105 .987 -5 9.32 .990 9.68
1954 CHC NL 29 1B 138 1356 1228 119 9 129 .993 5 9.76 .991 9.75
1955 CHC NL 30 1B 147 1424 1304 107 13 135 .991 -3 9.60 .991 9.70
1956 CHC NL 31 1B 133 1159 1048 94 17 101 .985 1 8.59 .989 9.72
1957 TOT NL 32 1B 84 82 81 749.1 876 801 60 15 73 .983 1 1 10.34 10.25 .990 62.62 9.73
1957 CHC NL 32 1B 11 11 11 98.1 110 103 6 1 10 .991 -1 -9 9.98 9.91 .990 62.59 9.73
1957 PIT NL 32 1B 73 71 70 651.0 766 698 54 14 63 .982 1 3 10.40 10.30 .990 62.62 9.73
1958 CIN NL 33 1B 36 153 135 16 2 15 .987 1 4.19 .990 9.49
1958 CIN NL 33 OF 22 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.14 .980 2.25
1958 CIN NL 33 RF 15 7 5 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.96 1.00 .978 2.02 2.01
1958 CIN NL 33 LF 7 4 3 41.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.76 1.14 .975 2.02 2.00
8 Seasons 1B 874 82 81 749.1 8173 7434 641 98 690 .988 -1 -1 10.34 9.24 .990 62.62 9.72
1 Season OF 22 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.14 .980 2.25
1 Season RF 15 7 5 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.96 1.00 .978 2.02 2.01
1 Season LF 7 4 3 41.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.76 1.14 .975 2.02 2.00
8 Seasons TOT 896 82 81 749.1 8198 7459 641 98 690 .988 -1 -1 10.34 9.04 .990 62.62 9.54
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 NL  0.5 (9th)

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)

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1952 NL  1,257 (4th)
1953 NL  1,274 (4th)
1954 NL  1,228 (5th)
1955 NL  1,304 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1952 NL  143 (4th)
1953 NL  149 (3rd)
1954 NL  138 (4th)
1955 NL  147 (2nd)
1956 NL  133 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1952 NL  1,257 (4th)
1953 NL  1,274 (4th)
1954 NL  1,228 (5th)
1955 NL  1,304 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1952 NL  103 (3rd)
1953 NL  115 (2nd)
1954 NL  119 (2nd)
1955 NL  107 (1st)
1956 NL  94 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1951 NL  10 (5th)
1952 NL  14 (2nd)
1953 NL  18 (1st)
1954 NL  9 (5th)
1955 NL  13 (1st)
1956 NL  17 (2nd)
1957 NL  15 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1954 NL  5 (4th)
1958 NL  1 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1953 NL  9.86 (5th)
1954 NL  10.11 (2nd)
1955 NL  9.67 (5th)
1957 NL  10.34 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1952 NL  9.51 (4th)
1954 NL  9.76 (3rd)
1955 NL  9.60 (4th)
1957 NL  10.25 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1952 NL  .990 (5th)
1954 NL  .993 (4th)
1955 NL  .991 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 24 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Dee Dee dermal dionne Virgil Fondy

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