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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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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 .828 110 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

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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
1922 DET AL 24 OF 38 55 50 2 3 1 .945 1.37 .965 2.22 2-10-26
1923 DET AL 25 OF 68 128 121 4 3 0 .977 1.84 .965 2.26 45-20-3
1924 DET AL 26 OF 45 94 89 2 3 1 .968 2.02 .970 2.27 43-0-2
1925 DET AL 27 OF 59 129 120 6 3 2 .977 2.14 .964 2.27 40-16-4
1926 DET AL 28 OF 103 258 245 3 10 0 .961 2.41 .966 2.23 76-19-9 MVP-12
1927 DET AL 29 OF 137 331 315 3 13 1 .961 2.32 .964 2.22 137-0-0
1928 DET AL 30 OF 90 193 179 6 8 0 .959 2.06 .974 2.22 70-0-20
1929 DET AL 31 OF 59 122 116 2 4 1 .967 2.00 .966 2.28 39-0-20
1930 TOT AL 32 OF 69 115 102 3 10 0 .913 1.52 .967 2.16 40-0-28
1930 DET AL 32 OF 38 57 53 1 3 0 .947 1.42 .965 2.16 32-0-6
1930 CHW AL 32 OF 31 58 49 2 7 0 .879 1.65 .969 2.16 8-0-22
1931 CHW AL 33 OF 74 176 169 2 5 0 .972 2.31 .969 2.25 48-0-26
1932 CHW AL 34 OF 86 147 136 4 7 0 .952 1.63 .967 2.28 53-0-34
1933 BOS AL 35 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .975 2.20 1-0-3
12 Seasons OF 832 1752 1646 37 69 6 .961 2.02 .967 2.24 594-65-175
12 Seasons TOT 832 1752 1646 37 69 6 .961 2.02 .928 2.24 594-65-175

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

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Gray InkBatting - 37 (660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (457), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 18, 1930: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

December 15, 1932: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Johnny Hodapp, Greg Mulleavy and Bob Seeds to the Boston Red Sox for Ed Durham and Hal Rhyne.

July 7, 1933: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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