Bob Fothergill
Robert Roy Fothergill (Fats)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1922
Final Game: July 5, 1933
Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI
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Standard Batting

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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
1922 24 DET AL 42 163 152 20 49 12 4 0 29 1 5 8 9 .322 .356 .454 .810 113 69 0 3 O
1923 25 DET AL 101 268 241 34 76 18 2 1 49 5 4 12 19 .315 .358 .419 .777 106 101 4 11 O
1924 26 DET AL 54 179 166 28 50 8 3 0 15 2 3 5 13 .301 .326 .386 .711 84 64 1 7 O
1925 27 DET AL 71 223 204 38 72 14 0 2 28 3 2 6 3 .353 .377 .451 .828 111 92 2 11 O
1926 28 DET AL 110 437 387 63 142 31 7 3 73 4 12 33 23 .367 .421 .506 .927 140 196 3 14 *O MVP-12
1927 29 DET AL 143 593 527 93 189 38 9 9 114 9 15 47 31 .359 .413 .516 .929 139 272 2 17 *O
1928 30 DET AL 111 384 347 49 110 28 10 3 63 8 3 24 19 .317 .366 .481 .848 120 167 3 10 O
1929 31 DET AL 115 293 277 42 98 24 9 6 62 3 1 11 11 .354 .378 .570 .949 141 158 0 5 O
1930 32 TOT AL 107 296 278 24 77 18 3 2 38 1 1 10 18 .277 .307 .385 .692 74 107 2 6 O
1930 32 DET AL 55 153 143 14 37 9 3 2 14 1 1 6 10 .259 .289 .406 .694 72 58 0 4 O
1930 32 CHW AL 52 143 135 10 40 9 0 0 24 0 0 4 8 .296 .326 .363 .689 77 49 2 2 O
1931 33 CHW AL 108 333 312 25 88 9 4 3 56 2 2 17 17 .282 .323 .365 .689 85 114 2 2 O
1932 34 CHW AL 116 376 346 36 102 24 1 7 50 4 4 27 10 .295 .348 .431 .778 106 149 1 2 O
1933 35 BOS AL 28 34 32 1 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .344 .382 .375 .757 100 12 0 0 /O
12 Seasons 1106 3579 3269 453 1064 225 52 36 582 42 52 202 177 .325 .368 .459 .828 115 1501 20 88
162 Game Avg. 162 524 479 66 156 33 8 5 85 6 8 30 26 .325 .368 .459 .828 115 220 3 13
DET (9 yrs) 802 2693 2444 381 823 182 47 26 447 36 46 152 138 .337 .379 .482 .861 122 1177 15 82
CHW (3 yrs) 276 852 793 71 230 42 5 10 130 6 6 48 35 .290 .335 .393 .728 93 312 5 6
BOS (1 yr) 28 34 32 1 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .344 .382 .375 .757 100 12 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1922 24 DET AL 163 111 23 5.6 106 .343 .322 .288 .356 .352 .454 .404 .810 .757 113 .571 2.7 0.3 .676 .158 .132 .0
1923 25 DET AL 268 180 34 5.1 106 .339 .315 .288 .358 .357 .419 .397 .777 .755 106 .535 1.9 0.2 .698 .158 .104 1.7
1924 26 DET AL 179 126 20 4.2 110 .327 .301 .295 .326 .365 .386 .405 .711 .770 84 .435 -4.6 -0.4 .580 .108 .084 .0
1925 27 DET AL 223 145 34 6.3 114 .352 .353 .297 .377 .367 .451 .416 .828 .784 111 .592 3.2 0.3 .754 .132 .098 2.4
1926 28 DET AL 437 271 77 7.6 110 .385 .367 .291 .421 .363 .506 .408 .927 .771 140 .706 23.3 2.2 .872 .204 .140 3.4
1927 29 DET AL 593 370 107 7.7 111 .370 .359 .294 .413 .362 .516 .413 .929 .776 139 .700 30.5 2.9 .892 .235 .157 9.0
1928 30 DET AL 384 250 61 6.5 109 .329 .317 .290 .366 .355 .481 .412 .848 .767 120 .641 9.4 0.9 .829 .248 .164 4.4
1929 31 DET AL 293 185 60 8.7 112 .354 .354 .292 .378 .358 .570 .421 .949 .780 141 .735 15.1 1.4 .950 .264 .217 4.0
1930 32 TOT AL 296 208 33 4.2 115 .291 .277 .294 .307 .359 .385 .433 .692 .792 74 .401 -11.4 -1.0 .589 .144 .108 1.3
1930 32 DET AL 153 111 17 4.1 117 .267 .259 .297 .289 .362 .406 .437 .694 .799 72 .386 -6.8 -0.6 .598 .189 .147 1.3
1930 32 CHW AL 143 97 16 4.4 113 .315 .296 .291 .326 .355 .363 .428 .689 .783 77 .418 -4.5 -0.4 .579 .096 .067
1931 33 CHW AL 333 228 36 4.2 103 .291 .282 .279 .323 .345 .365 .399 .689 .744 85 .431 -7.2 -0.7 .588 .138 .083 2.4
1932 34 CHW AL 376 250 51 5.5 106 .289 .295 .278 .348 .347 .431 .408 .778 .755 106 .539 3.2 0.3 .714 .214 .136 5.1
1933 35 BOS AL 34 21 5 6.4 107 .393 .344 .282 .382 .354 .375 .406 .757 .760 100 .632 0.1 0.0 .667 .094 .031
12 Seasons 3579 2345 541 6.2 109 .336 .325 .289 .368 .357 .459 .411 .828 .768 115 .604 66.1 6.4 .759 .192 .134 38.8
162 Game Avg. 524 343 79 6.2 109 .336 .325 .289 .368 .357 .459 .411 .828 .768 115 .604 10 1 .759 .192 .134 6
DET (9 yrs) 2693 1749 433 6.6 111 .350 .337 .292 .379 .360 .482 .412 .861 .773 122 .638 74.5 7.2 .800 .203 .145 30.2
CHW (3 yrs) 852 575 103 4.8 106 .294 .290 .280 .335 .348 .393 .408 .728 .756 93 .479 -8.5 -0.8 .641 .164 .103 7.5
BOS (1 yr) 34 21 5 6.4 107 .393 .344 .282 .382 .354 .375 .406 .757 .760 100 .632 0.1 0.0 .667 .094 .031

Cumulative Batting

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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
1922 24 42 163 152 20 49 12 4 0 29 1 5 8 9 .322 .356 .454 .810 113 69 0 3
1923 25 143 431 393 54 125 30 6 1 78 6 9 20 28 .318 .357 .433 .790 109 170 4 14
1924 26 197 610 559 82 175 38 9 1 93 8 12 25 41 .313 .348 .419 .767 101 234 5 21
1925 27 268 833 763 120 247 52 9 3 121 11 14 31 44 .324 .356 .427 .783 104 326 7 32
1926 28 378 1270 1150 183 389 83 16 6 194 15 26 64 67 .338 .378 .454 .832 116 522 10 46
1927 29 521 1863 1677 276 578 121 25 15 308 24 41 111 98 .345 .389 .473 .863 124 794 12 63
1928 30 632 2247 2024 325 688 149 35 18 371 32 44 135 117 .340 .385 .475 .860 123 961 15 73
1929 31 747 2540 2301 367 786 173 44 24 433 35 45 146 128 .342 .385 .486 .871 125 1119 15 78
1930 32 854 2836 2579 391 863 191 47 26 471 36 46 156 146 .335 .376 .475 .852 120 1226 17 84
1931 33 962 3169 2891 416 951 200 51 29 527 38 48 173 163 .329 .371 .464 .834 116 1340 19 86
1932 34 1078 3545 3237 452 1053 224 52 36 577 42 52 200 173 .325 .368 .460 .828 115 1489 20 88
1933 35 1106 3579 3269 453 1064 225 52 36 582 42 52 202 177 .325 .368 .459 .828 115 1501 20 88

Neutralized Batting

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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
1922 24 44 164 156 20 48 12 4 0 30 1 8 9 .308 .341 .436 .777 23 42
1923 25 106 267 251 34 77 18 2 1 49 5 12 20 .307 .348 .406 .755 35 101
1924 26 57 177 171 27 49 8 3 0 14 2 5 14 .287 .311 .368 .679 19 54
1925 27 75 216 208 34 69 13 0 2 25 3 6 3 .332 .356 .423 .780 31 71
1926 28 116 430 395 61 137 30 7 3 71 4 32 24 .347 .400 .481 .881 75 110
1927 29 149 577 531 87 178 36 8 8 106 8 44 32 .335 .388 .478 .867 99 143
1928 30 117 387 360 48 111 28 10 3 61 8 24 20 .308 .357 .467 .823 59 111
1929 31 122 297 286 39 96 24 9 6 58 3 11 12 .336 .360 .545 .906 56 115
1930 32 113 293 282 21 71 17 3 2 32 1 9 19 .252 .280 .355 .634 27 107
1931 33 113 340 321 24 87 9 4 3 54 2 17 18 .271 .312 .352 .664 34 108
1932 34 122 384 357 34 100 24 1 7 48 4 26 11 .280 .331 .412 .742 48 116
1933 35 30 35 33 1 11 1 0 0 5 0 2 4 .333 .371 .364 .735 4 28
12 Seasons 1164 3567 3351 430 1034 220 51 35 553 41 196 186 .309 .350 .436 .786 510 1106
162 Game Avg. 162 496 466 60 144 31 7 5 77 6 27 26 .309 .350 .436 .786 71 1106

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-AL-12-9%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1926 AL--.367--3rd
1927 AL--.359--4th
1929 AL--.354--6th
Career--.325--40th

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 AL--.421--7th
1927 AL--.413--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 AL--.506--9th
1927 AL--.516--7th
1928 AL--.481--9th
1929 AL--.570--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 AL--.927--7th
1927 AL--.929--5th
1929 AL--.949--10th
Career--.828--245th

Hits s c a p y
1927 AL--189--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1927 AL--272--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1927 AL--38--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1927 AL--9--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1927 AL--114--5th

Singles s c a p y
1927 AL--133--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 AL--140--7th
1927 AL--139--6th
1929 AL--141--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1927 AL--107--7th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1927 AL--30--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 AL--2.9--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1927 AL--56--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 AL--238--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 AL--.706--7th
1927 AL--.700--7th
1929 AL--.735--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1926 AL--12--4th
1927 AL--15--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1927 AL--9.0--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1929 AL--25.182--8th
1932 AL--34.600--6th
Career--18.470--133rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1927 AL--58.556--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (449), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (349), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. George Harper (907)
  7. Moose Solters (906)
  8. Charlie Hickman (905)
  9. Rip Radcliff (904)
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  4. Taffy Wright (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Taffy Wright (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bing Miller (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bing Miller (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lew Fonseca (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rip Radcliff (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Taffy Wright (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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