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Lew Fonseca
Lewis Albert Fonseca
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA
Schools: Saint Mary's College of California (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Final Game: September 11, 1933
Died: November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA
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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
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 43O
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 126 506 467 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 148 643 566 97 209 44 15 6 103 19 11 50 23 .369 .427 .532 .959 141 301 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 147 628 573 86 179 35 6 3 85 7 6 40 29 .312 .361 .410 .772 106 235 4 11 O34/5
1931 32 CLE AL 26 120 108 21 40 9 1 1 14 3 2 8 7 .370 .419 .500 .919 135 54 1 3 3
1931 32 CHW AL 121 508 465 65 139 26 5 2 71 4 4 32 22 .299 .348 .389 .737 98 181 3 8 O4/35
1932 33 CHW AL 18 39 37 0 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .135 .158 .162 .320 -15 6 0 1 /O1
1933 34 CHW AL 23 66 59 8 12 2 0 2 15 1 0 7 6 .203 .288 .339 .627 68 20 0 0 3
12 Seasons 937 3724 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 1650 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) 162 613 561 73 156 29 5 4 92 5 4 40 35 .278 .329 .369 .698 88 207 3 9
PHI (1 yr) 126 506 467 78 149 30 5 7 60 6 2 21 42 .319 .352 .450 .802 97 210 3 15
AL (7 yrs) 563 2263 2055 309 660 130 34 16 302 44 23 130 106 .321 .366 .441 .806 108 906 14 64
NL (5 yrs) 374 1461 1349 209 415 73 16 15 183 20 13 56 93 .308 .339 .419 .758 95 565 9 47

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1932 33 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1921 CIN NL 22 2B 50 285 125 149 11 20 .961 5.48 .962 5.45
1921 CIN NL 22 1B 16 157 150 6 1 11 .994 9.75 .990 10.45
1921 CIN NL 22 OF 16 34 32 0 2 0 .941 2.00 .965 2.24 14-0-2
1922 CIN NL 23 2B 71 462 197 251 14 40 .970 6.31 .961 5.58
1923 CIN NL 24 2B 45 305 123 169 13 27 .957 6.49 .959 5.57
1923 CIN NL 24 1B 14 138 129 7 2 10 .986 9.71 .990 10.21
1924 CIN NL 25 2B 10 38 11 27 0 3 1.000 3.80 .961 5.60
1924 CIN NL 25 1B 6 55 51 3 1 1 .982 9.00 .989 10.37
1925 PHI NL 26 2B 69 386 150 219 17 31 .956 5.35 .967 5.61
1925 PHI NL 26 1B 55 527 498 26 3 37 .994 9.53 .989 9.73
1927 CLE AL 28 2B 96 548 229 304 15 51 .973 5.55 .961 5.33
1927 CLE AL 28 1B 13 120 118 1 1 9 .992 9.15 .988 10.28
1928 CLE AL 29 1B 56 582 541 41 0 65 1.000 10.39 .990 9.90 MVP-22
1928 CLE AL 29 3B 15 46 11 32 3 1 .935 2.87 .952 3.05 MVP-22
1928 CLE AL 29 SS 4 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.25 .900 4.75 MVP-22
1928 CLE AL 29 2B 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 5.30 MVP-22
1929 CLE AL 30 1B 147 1601 1486 107 8 141 .995 10.84 .993 6.80
1930 CLE AL 31 1B 28 304 274 24 6 15 .980 10.64 .989 9.53
1930 CLE AL 31 3B 6 12 3 6 3 0 .750 1.50 .958 2.83
1931 TOT AL 32 1B 28 306 289 15 2 19 .993 10.86 .991 9.70
1931 CLE AL 32 1B 26 301 284 15 2 18 .993 11.50 .991 9.70
1931 CHW AL 32 OF 95 192 183 4 5 1 .974 1.97 .969 2.25 80-15-0
1931 CHW AL 32 2B 21 97 46 49 2 8 .979 4.52 .965 5.48
1931 CHW AL 32 1B 2 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 2.50 1.000 9.70
1931 CHW AL 32 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1932 CHW AL 33 OF 8 16 14 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .969 2.28 5-0-3
1932 CHW AL 33 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
1933 CHW AL 34 1B 12 150 138 12 0 15 1.000 12.50 .989 9.87
10 Seasons 1B 375 3940 3674 242 24 323 .994 10.44 .991 8.67
8 Seasons 2B 363 2126 882 1172 72 180 .966 5.66 .962 5.49
3 Seasons OF 119 242 229 6 7 2 .971 1.97 .968 2.25 99-15-5
3 Seasons 3B 22 58 14 38 6 1 .897 2.36 .953 2.99
1 Season SS 4 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.25 .900 4.75
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
12 Seasons TOT 884 6367 4799 1459 109 507 .983 7.08 .963 6.34 99-15-5
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1928-AL-22-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1929 AL--.369--1st
Career--.316--71st

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--141--8th

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

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL--36--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL--3.4--8th

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--.732--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--24.609--10th
Career--17.110--168th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (440), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 16 (1138), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (413), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (579), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Baby Doll Jacobson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 30, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 17, 1931: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Willie Kamm.

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