Bob Fothergill

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 230lb (178cm, 104kg)

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH us

Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, OH

Debut: April 18, 1922 (Age 24-245d, 5,429th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 5, 1933 (Age 35-323d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill

Nicknames: Fats

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

3269

1064

.326

452

RBI

582

OBP

.368

SLG

.459

OPS

.828

OPS+

115

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

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	8 (3)	Apr 23	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	13 (4)	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (3)	May 2	DET	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	20 (2)	May 5	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	21	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	22	May 7	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	23	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	24	May 9	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	25	May 10	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	27 (1)	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
12	28	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	29	May 17	DET		SLB	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	30	May 19 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	34 (3)	May 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	36	May 25	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	37	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	38	May 27	DET	@	SLB	W,16-11	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	39	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	42	May 31	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	43	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	44	Jun 3	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	45	Jun 4	DET		WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	50 (4)	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,6-12	GF	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	51	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	52	Jun 12	DET		NYY	L,2-14	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	57 (4)	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	59 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	65 (5)	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
33	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	GF	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	70 (2)	Jun 30	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	71	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	18	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
37	78 (6)	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2		15	3.2	3	0	0	3	0
38	85 (6)	Jul 12 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox
39	94	Jul 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	95	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	103	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
49	104	Aug 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	105	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	48	11.1	5	0	0	5	0
51	106	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	107	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	110	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	111	Aug 9 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	115	Aug 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	118 (2)	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
62	125 (6)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	126	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	131 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	144 (12)	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	147 (2)	Sep 18	CHW		PHA	L,10-14	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	149 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		NYY	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	153 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,10-5	GF	21	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
69	154	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							69gm			90	3	8	101	0