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Lew
Fonseca		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 21, 1899 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
Gold Glove 1932   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 31 PIT NL $ 5,690,500   70 70 73 25 25 25 86 82 83 19 17 18 95 94 94
1931 32 PIT NL $ 5,690,500   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 10 9 9
1932 33 PIT NL $ 5,690,500   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1933 34 PIT NL $ 5,690,500   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1934 35 PIT NL $ 5,690,500   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1935 36 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1936 37 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,690,500   70 70 73 25 25 25 86 82 83 19 17 18 95 94 94
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 31 PIT NL 154 622 85 192 42 6 7 81 10 5 28 14 .309 .337 .429 .766 79.6 13.9
1931 32 PIT NL 156 649 97 213 54 10 8 69 6 7 18 17 .328 .350 .479 .829 93.9 17.7
1932 33 PIT NL 145 583 85 162 36 9 10 68 1 0 22 19 .278 .305 .422 .727 68.4 12.2
1933 34 PIT NL 115 383 51 112 16 7 3 58 0 1 16 15 .292 .326 .394 .720 45.0 6.0
1934 35 PIT NL 146 508 68 156 34 5 6 59 0 2 25 34 .307 .342 .429 .771 65.3 10.6
1935 36 PIT NL 102 191 35 52 14 0 2 31 0 0 12 13 .272 .314 .377 .691 21.0 2.7
1936 37 SEM AL 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   53 148 16 43 10 0 1 16 4 3 7 11 .291 .323 .378 .701 16.7  
7 Years Sim 826 2943 422 888 197 37 36 366 17 15 121 112 .302 .331 .431 .761 373.0 63.1
1 Years AAA 53 148 16 43 10 0 1 16 4 3 7 11 .291 .329 .378 .707 16.7  
162 Game Average 577 82 174 38 7 7 71 3 2 23 21 .302 .331 .431 .761 73.2  
Career Highs 156 649 97 213 54 10 10 81 10 7 28 34 .328 .350 .479 .829 93.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1912 256 562 118 24 23 216 9 10 78 71 .294 .324 .417 .740 236.9
vs LH   1031 166 326 79 13 13 150 8 5 43 41 .316 .345 .456 .801 146.4
Home 410 1413 207 436 90 22 15 177 8 11 54 47 .309 .336 .435 .771 186.3
Away 416 1530 215 452 107 15 21 189 9 4 67 65 .295 .327 .426 .753 197.0
RISP   701 0 212 46 10 8 294 0 0 36 25 .302 .334 .431 .765 94.3
Pinch Hitting   80 9 19 3 0 1 11 0 0 6 4 .238 .291 .313 .603 7.3
Close/Late   354 58 103 18 7 6 47 0 0 15 15 .291 .318 .432 .750 45.9
Mar/Apr 129 471 62 129 28 11 7 64 4 0 11 25 .274 .294 .425 .718 54.8
May 148 531 70 156 42 1 5 54 0 1 26 17 .294 .329 .405 .734 65.0
June 137 492 74 150 30 4 4 54 1 3 19 17 .305 .330 .407 .737 60.4
July 141 494 82 163 32 8 6 62 6 4 25 17 .330 .364 .464 .828 75.0
August 149 527 73 163 37 7 11 77 3 4 16 23 .309 .332 .469 .800 73.5
Sep/Oct 122 428 61 127 28 6 3 55 3 3 24 13 .297 .336 .411 .747 54.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 31 PIT NL 2B 149 147 1309.3 367 644 16 162 .984 6.95   6.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
1931 32 PIT NL 2B 147 146 1287.7 374 623 27 148 .974 6.97   4.4
    1B 5 0 12.0 12 2 0 2 1.000 10.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1932 33 PIT NL 1B 143 141 1220.0 1859 160 13 187 .994 14.89   3.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1933 34 PIT NL 1B 58 54 472.3 694 49 10 67 .987 14.16   1.0
    2B 44 40 352.0 83 188 8 41 .971 6.93   1.6
    LF 2 1 11.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
1934 35 PIT NL 1B 75 67 586.3 828 62 6 75 .993 13.66   1.3
    LF 72 70 569.0 96 2 0 0 1.000 1.55   1.4
    2B 3 0 4.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1935 36 PIT NL 2B 49 11 155.0 48 71 5 25 .960 6.91   0.7
    LF 16 14 121.0 25 1 1 0 .963 1.93   0.3
    1B 27 11 121.0 162 6 0 11 1.000 12.50   0.3
1936 37 SEM AL 2B 5 0 4.7 1 1 1 0 .667 3.86   0.0
  2B 397 344 3112.7 873 1530 57 377 .977 6.95   13.0
  1B 309 273 2413.7 3560 279 29 342 .993 14.31   5.8
  LF 93 85 712.0 126 4 1 0 .992 1.64   1.7
Career Totals   799 702 6238.3 4559 1813 87 719 .987 9.19   20.6
Career Highs   153 147 1313.3 1859 644 27 187 .994 14.88    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 33 PIT NL 20 72 9 22 6 1 1 11 0 0 3 4 .306 .325 .458 .783
1933 34 PIT NL 4 7 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .571 .667 1.000 1.667
1934 35 PIT NL 5 21 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .286 .318 .286 .604
Career Post-Season Batting 29 100 9 32 9 1 1 14 1 0 6 7 .320 .352 .460 .812
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1931-4-156
 At-Bats
1930-8-622
1931-2-649
1932-6-583
 Hits
1931-3-213
 Total Bases
1931-5-311
 Doubles
1930-10-42
1931-2-54
1932-9-36
1934-9-34
 Triples
1931-6-10
1932-6-9
Caught Stealing
1931-8-7
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bill Terry (964)
  2. David Green (941)
  3. Bud Clancy (935)
  4. Al Woods (929)
  5. Joe Kuhel (929)
  6. Pete Scott (923)
  7. Dick Cox (922)
  8. Harvey Hendrick (917)
  9. Joe Wallis (916)
  10. Taffy Wright (915)
History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Red Ruffing (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/21/1930, off Harry Courtney (SLB)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/12/1932
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1932
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 8/13/1933
4/6/1934: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 4/2/1936 to a minor league deal
Released by Seattle (M) on 8/16/1936
 
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