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Bob Fothergill

Robert Roy Fothergill (Fats)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1922
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/RedSox 1922-1933

Final Game: July 5, 1933
Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, OH
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1922 DET AL 24 OF 38 36 35 55 50 2 3 1 .945 1.37 .964 2.31
1922 DET AL 24 RF 27 27 26 44 39 2 3 1 .932 1.52 .954 1.85
1922 DET AL 24 CF 9 8 8 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.11 .968 2.70
1922 DET AL 24 LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.40
1923 DET AL 25 OF 68 52 40 128 121 4 3 0 .977 1.84 .965 2.38
1923 DET AL 25 LF 59 46 35 120 113 4 3 0 .975 1.98 .966 2.35
1923 DET AL 25 RF 6 6 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 .960 2.12
1923 DET AL 25 CF 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .970 2.70
1924 DET AL 26 OF 45 35 30 94 89 2 3 1 .968 2.02 .970 2.39
1924 DET AL 26 LF 41 34 29 92 87 2 3 1 .967 2.17 .964 2.34
1924 DET AL 26 RF 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.00
1924 DET AL 26 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.80
1925 DET AL 27 OF 59 50 36 129 120 6 3 2 .977 2.14 .965 2.43
1925 DET AL 27 LF 40 36 23 78 75 2 1 0 .987 1.93 .958 2.33
1925 DET AL 27 CF 16 11 10 42 38 3 1 2 .976 2.56 .971 2.89
1925 DET AL 27 RF 4 3 3 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.00 .966 2.08
1926 DET AL 28 OF 103 96 91 258 245 3 10 0 .961 2.41 .966 2.34 MVP-12
1926 DET AL 28 LF 76 75 71 195 185 3 7 0 .964 2.47 .965 2.30 MVP-12
1926 DET AL 28 CF 19 14 13 45 43 0 2 0 .956 2.26 .969 2.72 MVP-12
1926 DET AL 28 RF 9 7 7 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1.89 .964 2.00 MVP-12
1927 DET AL 29 OF 137 134 122 331 315 3 13 1 .961 2.32 .964 2.35
1927 DET AL 29 LF 136 134 122 331 315 3 13 1 .961 2.34 .967 2.38
1928 DET AL 30 OF 90 84 76 193 179 6 8 0 .959 2.06 .973 2.36
1928 DET AL 30 LF 68 64 57 153 141 6 6 0 .961 2.16 .974 2.30
1928 DET AL 30 RF 21 20 19 40 38 0 2 0 .950 1.81 .973 1.98
1928 DET AL 30 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1929 DET AL 31 OF 59 50 49 122 116 2 4 1 .967 2.00 .966 2.42
1929 DET AL 31 LF 38 33 33 92 88 1 3 0 .967 2.34 .964 2.39
1929 DET AL 31 RF 21 17 16 31 29 1 1 1 .968 1.43 .963 1.97
1930 TOT AL 32 OF 69 59 53 115 102 3 10 0 .913 1.52 .965 2.32
1930 TOT AL 32 LF 41 37 31 64 60 0 4 0 .938 1.46 .968 2.14
1930 TOT AL 32 RF 28 22 22 53 46 3 4 0 .925 1.75 .961 1.96
1930 DET AL 32 OF 38 31 26 57 53 1 3 0 .947 1.42 .965 2.32
1930 DET AL 32 LF 32 29 24 49 46 0 3 0 .939 1.44 .968 2.14
1930 DET AL 32 RF 6 2 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 .961 1.97
1930 CHW AL 32 OF 31 28 27 58 49 2 7 0 .879 1.65 .965 2.32
1930 CHW AL 32 RF 22 20 20 45 39 2 4 0 .911 1.86 .961 1.96
1930 CHW AL 32 LF 9 8 7 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1.56 .968 2.14
1931 CHW AL 33 OF 74 65 52 176 169 2 5 0 .972 2.31 .969 2.38
1931 CHW AL 33 LF 47 42 37 129 124 1 4 0 .969 2.66 .966 2.20
1931 CHW AL 33 RF 27 23 15 47 45 1 1 0 .979 1.70 .964 2.11
1932 CHW AL 34 OF 86 85 55 147 136 4 7 0 .952 1.63 .967 2.42
1932 CHW AL 34 LF 52 50 30 75 67 4 4 0 .947 1.37 .964 2.21
1932 CHW AL 34 RF 35 35 25 72 68 1 3 0 .958 1.97 .963 2.10
1933 BOS AL 35 OF 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.38
1933 BOS AL 35 RF 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .960 2.10
1933 BOS AL 35 LF 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .970 2.30
12 Seasons OF 832 748 639 1752 1646 37 69 6 .961 2.02 .967 2.37
12 Seasons LF 600 553 469 1333 1259 26 48 2 .964 2.14 .966 2.31
11 Seasons RF 183 162 139 323 298 9 16 2 .950 1.68 .963 2.01
6 Seasons CF 50 33 31 99 93 3 3 2 .970 1.92 .970 2.77
12 Seasons TOT 832 748 639 1752 1646 37 69 6 .961 2.02 .967 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1922 DET AL 24 42 36 42 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 27 37 0 5 0
1923 DET AL 25 101 52 101 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 4 6 68 0 33 0
1924 DET AL 26 54 35 54 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 2 44 0 10 0
1925 DET AL 27 71 50 71 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 16 4 59 0 11 1
1926 DET AL 28 110 96 110 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 19 9 103 0 7 0
1927 DET AL 29 142 134 142 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 6 0
1928 DET AL 30 111 84 111 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 1 21 89 0 22 0
1929 DET AL 31 115 50 115 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 21 59 0 55 1
1930 DET AL 32 55 31 55 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 6 38 0 17 0
1930 CHW AL 32 52 28 52 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 22 31 0 21 0
1931 CHW AL 33 108 65 108 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 27 74 0 34 0
1932 CHW AL 34 116 85 116 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 35 86 0 30 0
1933 BOS AL 35 28 2 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 25 0
12 Seasons 1105 748 1105 828 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 50 183 828 0 276 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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 (940th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1927 AL  136 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1927 AL  315 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1927 AL  13 (2nd)
1928 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  48 (60th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1927 AL  2.34 (5th)
Career  2.14 (37th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1927 AL  .961 (4th)

                           

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