Ed FitzGerald

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: May 21, 1924 in Santa Ynez, CA us

Died: June 14, 2020 in Folsom, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Citrus Heights, CA

High School: Santa Ynez Valley Union HS (Santa Ynez, CA)

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1948 (Age 23-334d, 10,463rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1959 (Age 35-117d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Edward Raymond FitzGerald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

2086

542

.260

199

RBI

217

OBP

.323

SLG

.336

OPS

.659

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (4)	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	7	Apr 25 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (3)	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	12	May 2	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
6	15 (2)	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	2	9	0
7	16	May 9 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
8	17	May 9 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	23 (5)	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
10	24	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	25	May 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	26	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	27	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	28	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	29	May 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	31 (1)	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	0	4.2	3	0	0	3	0
17	35 (3)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	36	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	17	3.1	3	0	0	3	0
19	37	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	38	Jun 2	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	39	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
22	40	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	43 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	44	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	45	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	GF	8	2.1	3	0	0	3	0
26	46	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	47	Jun 11	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	48	Jun 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	51 (2)	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
30	52	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	53	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
32	54	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	55	Jun 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9	GS	17	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	56	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	57	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	59 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	36	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	60	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-12	GS	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	61	Jun 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	62	Jun 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
40	63	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	7	2	1	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	64	Jul 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	65	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	66	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	67	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	69 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
46	70	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	72 (1)	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.1	2	0	0	2	0
48	73	Jul 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	76 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	77	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
51	78	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	79	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	82 (2)	Jul 20	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
54	83	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	85 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	86	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
58	88	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
59	89	Jul 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	90	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	93 (2)	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	95 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GF	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	96	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	97	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	100 (2)	Aug 12	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	102 (1)	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GF	18	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	103	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	106 (2)	Aug 17	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	107	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	111 (3)	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	113 (1)	Aug 25 susp	PIT		BRO	W,12-11	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	114	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	115	Aug 26 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	117	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	118	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
77	120 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	122 (1)	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	GF	14	4.0	3	2	2	7	0
80	127 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	129 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	131 (1)	Sep 8	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	133 (1)	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	135 (1)	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	136	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	GF	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	137	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	GF	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	139 (1)	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	140	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	142 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	143	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	145 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
92	148 (2)	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	149	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	W,16-6	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	150	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	154 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							96gm		615.1	338	36	15	389	4