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Lew Fonseca

Lewis Albert Fonseca

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/WhiteSox/Phillies 1921-1933

Final Game: September 11, 1933
Died: November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA
Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL
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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
1921 22 CIN NL 82 319 297 38 82 10 3 1 41 2 3 8 13 .276 .304 .340 .644 74 101 4 10 43O7/9
1922 23 CIN NL 81 318 291 55 105 20 3 4 45 7 8 14 18 .361 .390 .491 .882 128 143 0 13 4
1923 24 CIN NL 65 255 237 33 66 11 4 3 28 4 0 9 16 .278 .310 .397 .707 87 94 2 7 43
1924 25 CIN NL 20 63 57 5 13 2 1 0 9 1 0 4 4 .228 .279 .298 .577 55 17 0 2 4/3
1925 26 PHI NL 126 505 467 78 149 30 5 7 60 6 2 21 42 .319 .352 .450 .802 97 210 3 15 43
1927 28 CLE AL 112 459 428 60 133 20 7 2 40 12 4 12 17 .311 .333 .404 .737 90 173 2 17 43
1928 29 CLE AL 75 288 263 38 86 19 4 3 36 4 2 13 17 .327 .361 .464 .825 114 122 1 11 35/64 MVP-22
1929 30 CLE AL 148 645 566 97 209 44 15 6 103 19 11 50 23 .369 .427 .532 .959 142 301 7 20 *3
1930 31 CLE AL 40 140 129 20 36 9 2 0 17 1 0 7 7 .279 .316 .380 .696 73 49 0 4 3/5
1931 32 TOT AL 147 629 573 86 179 35 6 3 85 7 6 40 29 .312 .361 .410 .772 106 235 4 11 O7349/5
1931 32 CLE AL 26 120 108 21 40 9 1 1 14 3 2 8 7 .370 .419 .500 .919 136 54 1 3 3
1931 32 CHW AL 121 509 465 65 139 26 5 2 71 4 4 32 22 .299 .348 .389 .737 98 181 3 8 O749/35
1932 33 CHW AL 18 39 37 0 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .135 .158 .162 .320 -14 6 0 1 /O791
1933 34 CHW AL 23 66 59 8 12 2 0 2 15 1 0 7 6 .203 .288 .339 .627 70 20 0 0 3
12 Yrs 937 3726 3404 518 1075 203 50 31 485 64 36 186 199 .316 .355 .432 .788 103 1471 23 111
162 Game Avg. 162 644 589 90 186 35 9 5 84 11 6 32 34 .316 .355 .432 .788 103 254 4 19
CLE (5 yrs) 401 1652 1494 236 504 101 29 12 210 39 19 90 71 .337 .379 .468 .847 116 699 11 55
CIN (4 yrs) 248 955 882 131 266 43 11 8 123 14 11 35 51 .302 .333 .402 .735 94 355 6 32
CHW (3 yrs) 162 614 561 73 156 29 5 4 92 5 4 40 35 .278 .329 .369 .698 88 207 3 9
PHI (1 yr) 126 505 467 78 149 30 5 7 60 6 2 21 42 .319 .352 .450 .802 97 210 3 15
AL (7 yrs) 563 2266 2055 309 660 130 34 16 302 44 23 130 106 .321 .366 .441 .806 109 906 14 64
NL (5 yrs) 374 1460 1349 209 415 73 16 15 183 20 13 56 93 .308 .339 .419 .758 95 565 9 47

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
1921 22 CIN NL 82 319 -10 0 0 0 -0 -10 -1.1 9 -1 -0.2 .487 .494 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 43O7/9
1922 23 CIN NL 81 318 12 -1 0 6 2 19 1.8 9 28 2.7 .522 .511 2.1 0.8 22 $ 4
1923 24 CIN NL 65 255 -5 1 0 3 1 0 0.0 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.5 0.4 5 $ 43
1924 25 CIN NL 20 63 -4 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 4/3
1925 26 PHI NL 126 505 -3 1 0 -6 -0 -8 -0.8 14 6 0.6 .494 .495 1.3 -0.6 12 $ 43
1927 28 CLE AL 112 459 -8 1 0 -6 3 -10 -0.9 14 5 0.6 .492 .494 1.1 -0.3 11 $ 43
1928 29 CLE AL 75 288 5 0 0 3 -2 6 0.6 9 16 1.6 .509 .504 1.2 0.1 13 $ 35/64 MVP-22
1929 30 CLE AL 148 645 39 0 0 0 -7 32 3.0 20 52 5.0 .520 .519 5.0 -0.7 52 $ *3
1930 31 CLE AL 40 140 -5 0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.1 .486 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -2 $ 3/5
1931 32 CLE AL 26 120 6 -0 0 -1 -1 4 0.3 4 7 0.7 .513 .502 0.8 -0.2 8 $ 3
1931 32 CHW AL 121 509 1 -0 0 -3 -4 -6 -0.5 16 10 1.0 .495 .496 1.3 -0.6 13 $ O749/35
1932 33 CHW AL 18 39 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .467 .496 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ /O791
1933 34 CHW AL 23 66 -2 0 0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .492 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 3
12 Seasons 937 3726 19 5 0 -1 -11 12 1.0 113 125 12.3 .501 .501 12.4 -1.0 126 $
CLE (5 yrs) 401 1652 37 2 0 -4 -9 27 2.5 52 79 7.8 .506 .503 8.0 -1.2 83 $
CIN (4 yrs) 248 955 -6 1 0 11 3 8 0.6 27 35 3.4 .503 .501 2.4 1.3 24 $
CHW (3 yrs) 162 614 -8 0 0 -2 -5 -14 -1.3 19 5 0.5 .492 .497 0.7 -0.6 7 $
PHI (1 yr) 126 505 -3 1 0 -6 -0 -8 -0.8 14 6 0.6 .494 .495 1.3 -0.6 12 $

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
1921 22 CIN NL 319 228 29 3.4 102 .286 .276 .292 .304 .341 .340 .402 .644 .743 74 .366 -11.0 -1.1 .514 .088 .064 1.3
1922 23 CIN NL 318 207 53 6.8 110 .375 .361 .299 .390 .356 .491 .415 .882 .772 128 .646 11.9 1.1 .804 .175 .131 5.1
1923 24 CIN NL 255 178 29 4.4 105 .289 .278 .291 .310 .349 .397 .405 .707 .754 87 .463 -5.3 -0.5 .637 .173 .118 3.4
1924 25 CIN NL 63 46 5 2.9 103 .245 .228 .289 .279 .344 .298 .402 .577 .746 55 .307 -3.7 -0.4 .500 .158 .070 .0
1925 26 PHI NL 505 335 73 5.8 121 .340 .319 .310 .352 .369 .450 .443 .802 .812 97 .560 -3.3 -0.3 .744 .184 .131 6.5
1927 28 CLE AL 459 316 58 4.9 111 .320 .311 .294 .333 .362 .404 .413 .737 .776 90 .504 -8.8 -0.8 .652 .140 .093 3.4
1928 29 CLE AL 288 190 44 6.2 109 .342 .327 .290 .361 .355 .464 .412 .825 .767 114 .619 4.8 0.5 .771 .194 .137 3.4
1929 30 CLE AL 645 388 125 8.6 115 .378 .369 .296 .427 .363 .532 .427 .959 .790 142 .734 37.0 3.5 .995 .265 .163 9.1
1930 31 CLE AL 140 97 16 4.4 118 .295 .279 .299 .316 .364 .380 .439 .696 .803 73 .418 -5.5 -0.5 .613 .163 .101 .0
1931 32 TOT AL 629 411 84 5.5 104 .325 .312 .282 .361 .348 .410 .402 .772 .750 106 .548 5.4 0.5 .700 .169 .098 4.2
1931 32 CLE AL 120 73 22 8.1 112 .390 .370 .293 .419 .360 .500 .418 .919 .779 136 .712 5.9 0.6 .914 .213 .130 1.5
1931 32 CHW AL 509 338 62 4.9 103 .311 .299 .279 .348 .345 .389 .399 .737 .744 98 .499 -0.5 -0.1 .655 .159 .090 2.7
1932 33 CHW AL 39 33 1 0.8 105 .167 .135 .276 .158 .346 .162 .406 .320 .752 -14 .034 -6.2 -0.6 .219 .054 .027
1933 34 CHW AL 66 47 6 3.4 101 .196 .203 .273 .288 .344 .339 .394 .627 .738 70 .354 -2.6 -0.2 .596 .271 .136 1.3
12 Yrs 3726 2476 523 5.6 111 .329 .316 .294 .355 .356 .432 .417 .788 .773 103 .566 12.8 1.1 .722 .179 .116 41.8
162 Game Avg. 644 428 90 5.6 111 .329 .316 .294 .355 .356 .432 .417 .788 .773 103 .566 2 0 .722 .179 .116 7
CLE (5 yrs) 1652 1064 265 6.6 113 .349 .337 .294 .379 .361 .468 .421 .847 .782 116 .635 33.4 3.1 .813 .204 .131 18.4
CIN (4 yrs) 955 659 116 4.7 106 .313 .302 .294 .333 .349 .402 .407 .735 .756 94 .497 -8.1 -0.9 .636 .144 .101 10.2
CHW (3 yrs) 614 418 69 4.4 103 .291 .278 .278 .329 .345 .369 .399 .698 .744 88 .452 -9.3 -0.9 .614 .164 .091 4.4
PHI (1 yr) 505 335 73 5.8 121 .340 .319 .310 .352 .369 .450 .443 .802 .812 97 .559 -3.3 -0.3 .744 .184 .131 6.5
AL (7 yrs) 2266 1482 334 6.0 110 .333 .321 .290 .366 .357 .441 .415 .806 .772 109 .592 24.2 2.2 .755 .193 .120 23.5
NL (5 yrs) 1460 994 189 5.1 111 .322 .308 .299 .339 .356 .419 .419 .758 .775 95 .520 -11.4 -1.2 .673 .158 .111 17.1

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
1921 22 CIN NL 319 0.3% 4.1% 2.5% 4.4% 17% 1.63 22.8 297.0 7.2 89%
1922 23 CIN NL 318 1.3% 5.7% 4.4% 8.5% 26% 1.29 16.2 72.8 6.5 85%
1923 24 CIN NL 255 1.2% 6.3% 3.5% 7.1% 27% 1.78 14.8 79.0 8.5 85%
1924 25 CIN NL 63 0.0% 6.4% 6.4% 4.8% 23% 1.00 14.3 6.3 84%
1925 26 PHI NL 505 1.4% 8.3% 4.2% 8.3% 28% 2.00 11.1 66.7 7.8 83%
1927 28 CLE AL 459 0.4% 3.7% 2.6% 6.3% 22% 1.42 25.2 214.0 10.7 89%
1928 29 CLE AL 288 1.0% 5.9% 4.5% 9.0% 30% 1.31 15.5 87.7 7.3 84%
1929 30 CLE AL 645 0.9% 3.6% 7.8% 10.1% 31% 0.46 24.6 94.3 5.5 83%
1930 31 CLE AL 140 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% 7.9% 31% 1.00 18.4 7.6 87%
1931 32 TOT AL 629 0.5% 4.6% 6.4% 7.0% 25% 0.73 19.8 191.0 6.7 86%
1931 32 CLE AL 120 0.8% 5.8% 6.7% 9.2% 28% 0.88 15.4 108.0 7.7 83%
1931 32 CHW AL 509 0.4% 4.3% 6.3% 6.5% 24% 0.69 21.1 232.5 6.5 87%
1932 33 CHW AL 39 0.0% 18.0% 2.6% 2.6% 20% 7.00 5.3 6.2 77%
1933 34 CHW AL 66 3.0% 9.1% 10.6% 6.1% 33% 0.86 9.8 29.5 3.9 77%
12 Yrs 3726 0.8% 5.3% 5.0% 7.6% 26% 1.07 17.1 109.8 7.0 85%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.5% 7.8% 6.8% 27% 0.95 11.9 77.5 7.7 80%

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
1921 22 82 319 297 38 82 10 3 1 41 2 3 8 13 .276 .304 .340 .644 74 101 4 10
1922 23 163 637 588 93 187 30 6 5 86 9 11 22 31 .318 .347 .415 .762 101 244 4 23
1923 24 228 892 825 126 253 41 10 8 114 13 11 31 47 .307 .336 .410 .746 97 338 6 30
1924 25 248 955 882 131 266 43 11 8 123 14 11 35 51 .302 .333 .402 .735 94 355 6 32
1925 26 374 1460 1349 209 415 73 16 15 183 20 13 56 93 .308 .339 .419 .758 95 565 9 47
1926 27 374 1460 1349 209 415 73 16 15 183 20 13 56 93 .308 .339 .419 .758 95 565 9 47
1927 28 486 1919 1777 269 548 93 23 17 223 32 17 68 110 .308 .338 .415 .753 94 738 11 64
1928 29 561 2207 2040 307 634 112 27 20 259 36 19 81 127 .311 .341 .422 .762 97 860 12 75
1929 30 709 2852 2606 404 843 156 42 26 362 55 30 131 150 .323 .360 .446 .806 107 1161 19 95
1930 31 749 2992 2735 424 879 165 44 26 379 56 30 138 157 .321 .358 .442 .801 105 1210 19 99
1931 32 896 3621 3308 510 1058 200 50 29 464 63 36 178 186 .320 .359 .437 .796 105 1445 23 110
1932 33 914 3660 3345 510 1063 201 50 29 470 63 36 179 193 .318 .357 .434 .790 104 1451 23 111
1933 34 937 3726 3404 518 1075 203 50 31 485 64 36 186 199 .316 .355 .432 .788 103 1471 23 111

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
1921 22 87 338 315 41 87 11 3 1 44 2 8 14 .276 .303 .340 .642 32 82
1922 23 85 325 297 52 103 20 3 4 42 7 14 19 .347 .376 .475 .851 52 81
1923 24 68 265 247 33 67 11 4 3 28 4 9 17 .271 .302 .385 .687 28 65
1924 25 21 66 60 6 14 2 1 0 10 1 4 4 .233 .281 .300 .581 5 20
1925 26 133 515 476 67 139 28 5 7 51 6 20 44 .292 .325 .416 .741 62 126
1927 28 117 470 438 56 130 20 7 2 37 12 12 18 .297 .319 .388 .707 53 112
1928 29 79 298 272 37 86 19 4 3 35 4 13 18 .316 .350 .449 .798 42 75
1929 30 157 654 578 88 200 42 14 6 93 18 48 24 .346 .403 .498 .901 114 148
1930 31 42 141 131 16 33 8 2 0 14 1 6 7 .252 .285 .344 .628 13 40
1931 32 154 642 588 81 176 34 6 3 80 7 39 30 .299 .347 .393 .740 79 147
1932 33 19 41 39 0 5 1 0 0 7 0 1 7 .128 .150 .154 .304 1 18
1933 34 25 69 62 7 12 2 0 2 14 1 7 6 .194 .275 .323 .598 5 23
12 Yrs 987 3824 3503 484 1052 198 49 31 455 63 181 208 .300 .339 .411 .750 486 937
162 Game Avg. 162 628 575 79 173 32 8 5 75 10 30 34 .300 .339 .411 .750 80 937

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1928 AL (22, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1929 AL  5.0 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1929 AL  5.0 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1929 AL  .369 (1st)
Career  .316 (73rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1929 AL  .427 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1929 AL  .959 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  209 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  301 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL  44 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1929 AL  15 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1929 AL  103 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  19 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 AL  144 (3rd)
1931 AL  135 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1929 AL  142 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1929 AL  125 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  37 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL  3.5 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  65 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1929 AL  266 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1929 AL  .734 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 AL  7 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1925 NL  15 (9th)
1931 AL  11 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1929 AL  11 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1929 AL  24.6 (10th)
Career  17.1 (197th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 16 (1158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (431), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Baby Doll Jacobson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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