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Lew Fonseca

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA us

Died: November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL

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

Debut: April 13, 1921 (Age 22-082d, 5,222nd in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1933 (Age 34-233d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Lewis Albert Fonseca

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Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

3404

1075

.316

518

RBI

485

OBP

.355

SLG

.432

OPS

.788

OPS+

103

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1921	22	CIN	NL	82	319	297	38	82	10	3	1	41	2	3	8	13	.276	.304	.340	.644	74	101	4	10		437/H9
1922	23	CIN	NL	81	318	291	55	105	20	3	4	45	7	8	14	18	.361	.390	.491	.882	128	143	0	13		4H
1923	24	CIN	NL	65	255	237	33	66	11	4	3	28	4	0	9	16	.278	.310	.397	.707	87	94	2	7		43/H
1924	25	CIN	NL	20	63	57	5	13	2	1	0	9	1	0	4	4	.228	.279	.298	.577	55	17	0	2		4/3H
1925	26	PHI	NL	126	506	467	78	149	30	5	7	60	6	2	21	42	.319	.352	.450	.802	97	210	3	15		43/H

1927	28	CLE	AL	112	459	428	60	133	20	7	2	40	12	4	12	17	.311	.333	.404	.737	90	173	2	17		43H
1928	29	CLE	AL	75	288	263	38	86	19	4	3	36	4	2	13	17	.327	.361	.464	.825	114	122	1	11	0	35/64H	MVP-22
1929	30	CLE	AL	148	645	566	97	209	44	15	6	103	19	11	50	23	.369	.427	.532	.959	142	301	7	20	3	*3/H
1930	31	CLE	AL	40	140	129	20	36	9	2	0	17	1	0	7	7	.279	.316	.380	.696	73	49	0	4	0	3H/5
1931	32	TOT	AL	147	629	573	86	179	35	6	3	85	7	6	40	29	.312	.361	.410	.772	106	235	4	11	3	7349/H5
1931	32	CLE	AL	26	120	108	21	40	9	1	1	14	3	2	8	7	.370	.419	.500	.919	136	54	1	3	0	3
1931	32	CHW	AL	121	509	465	65	139	26	5	2	71	4	4	32	22	.299	.348	.389	.737	98	181	3	8	3	749/H35
1932	33	CHW	AL	18	39	37	0	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	.135	.158	.162	.320	-14	6	0	1	0	H/791
1933	34	CHW	AL	23	66	59	8	12	2	0	2	15	1	0	7	6	.203	.288	.339	.627	70	20	0	0	0	3H
12 Yrs				937	3727	3404	518	1075	203	50	31	485	64	36	186	199	.316	.355	.432	.788	103	1471	23	111	6
162 Game Avg.				162	644	589	90	186	35	9	5	84	11	6	32	34	.316	.355	.432	.788	103	254	4	19

CLE (5 yrs)				401	1652	1494	236	504	101	29	12	210	39	19	90	71	.337	.379	.468	.847	116	699	11	55	3
CIN (4 yrs)				248	955	882	131	266	43	11	8	123	14	11	35	51	.302	.333	.402	.735	94	355	6	32
CHW (3 yrs)				162	614	561	73	156	29	5	4	92	5	4	40	35	.278	.329	.369	.698	88	207	3	9	3
PHI (1 yr)				126	506	467	78	149	30	5	7	60	6	2	21	42	.319	.352	.450	.802	97	210	3	15

AL (7 yrs)				563	2266	2055	309	660	130	34	16	302	44	23	130	106	.321	.366	.441	.806	109	906	14	64	6
NL (5 yrs)				374	1461	1349	209	415	73	16	15	183	20	13	56	93	.308	.339	.419	.758	95	565	9	47