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Lew Fonseca
Full name Lewis Albert Fonseca Born January 21, 1899, Oakland, California Died November 26, 1989, Ely, Iowa Buried at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois First Game: April 13, 1921 ; Final Game: September 11, 1933 Managed First Game: April 12, 1932 ; Managed Final Game: May 8, 1934 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10.5" Weight: 180 Ejections as manager: 1932 (1), 1933 (1). Total: 2 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1921 CIN N Daily Splits 82 297 38 82 10 3 1 41 8 0 13 4 10 0 8 8 2 3 .276 .304 .340 -1.8 1921 CIN N
1922 CIN N Daily Splits 81 291 55 105 20 3 4 45 14 0 18 0 13 0 9 12 7 8 .361 .390 .491 2.1 1922 CIN N
1923 CIN N Daily Splits 65 237 33 66 11 4 3 28 9 1 16 2 7 0 7 5 4 0 .278 .310 .397 0.6 1923 CIN N
1924 CIN N Daily Splits 20 57 5 13 2 1 0 9 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 .228 .279 .298 -0.7 1924 CIN N
1925 PHI N Daily Splits 126 467 78 149 30 5 7 60 21 0 42 3 14 1 0 10 6 6 2 .319 .352 .450 -0.9 1925 PHI N
1927 CLE A Daily Splits 112 428 60 133 20 7 2 40 12 0 17 2 8 9 0 8 8 12 6 .311 .326 .404 -0.4 1927 CLE A
1928 CLE A Daily Splits 75 263 38 86 19 4 3 36 13 0 17 1 4 7 0 10 5 4 2 .327 .352 .464 0.4 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A Daily Splits 148 566 97 209 44 15 6 103 50 3 23 7 6 14 0 18 19 19 11 .369 .418 .532 3.0 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A Daily Splits 40 129 20 36 9 2 0 17 7 0 7 0 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 .279 .316 .380 -0.5 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A Daily Splits 26 108 21 40 9 1 1 14 8 0 7 1 3 0 2 4 3 2 .370 .419 .500 0.3 1931 CLE A
1931 CHI A Daily Splits 121 465 65 139 26 5 2 71 32 3 22 3 8 0 11 7 4 4 .299 .348 .389 -1.4 1931 CHI A
1931 TOT A 147 573 86 179 35 6 3 85 40 3 29 4 11 0 13 11 7 6 .312 .361 .410 -1.1 1931 TOT A
1932 CHI A Daily Splits 18 37 0 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 .135 .158 .162 -0.5 1932 CHI A
1933 CHI A Daily Splits 23 59 8 12 2 0 2 15 7 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 .203 .288 .339 -0.1 1933 CHI A
Total NL ( 5 Years) 374 1349 209 415 73 16 15 183 56 2 93 9 46 1 0 37 32 20 13 .308 .339 .419 -0.7 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years) 563 2055 309 660 130 34 16 302 130 6 106 14 34 30 0 58 50 44 25 .321 .361 .441 0.8 Total AL
Total (12 Years) Splits 937 3404 518 1075 203 50 31 485 186 8 199 23 80 31 0 95 82 64 38 .316 .352 .432 0.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1932 CHI A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.0 1932 CHI A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1921 CIN N Daily Splits 2B 50 48 47 426 125 149 11 20 0 .961
1921 CIN N 1B 16 14 13 128 150 6 1 11 0 .994
1921 CIN N OF 16 15 15 146 32 0 2 0 0 .941 14 0 2
1921 CIN N LF 14 13 13 129 28 0 2 0 0 .933
1921 CIN N RF 2 2 2 17 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1922 CIN N Daily Splits 2B 71 70 69 630.1 197 251 14 40 0 .970
1923 CIN N Daily Splits 2B 45 44 44 395 123 169 13 27 0 .957
1923 CIN N 1B 14 13 11 109.2 129 7 2 10 0 .986
1924 CIN N Daily Splits 2B 10 7 6 73 11 27 0 3 0 1.000
1924 CIN N 1B 6 6 6 51 51 3 1 1 0 .982
1925 PHI N Daily Splits 2B 69 65 58 563.1 150 219 17 31 1 .956
1925 PHI N 1B 55 52 42 427.1 498 26 3 37 0 .994
1927 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 96 90 87 800 229 304 15 51 0 .973
1927 CLE A 1B 13 11 10 94.1 118 1 1 9 0 .992
1928 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 56 54 49 465.2 541 41 0 65 1 1.000
1928 CLE A 3B 15 15 12 125 11 32 3 1 0 .935
1928 CLE A SS 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
1928 CLE A 2B 1 1 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
1929 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 147 147 144 1297.2 1486 107 8 141 0 .995
1930 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 28 27 25 229.2 274 24 6 15 0 .980
1930 CLE A 3B 6 2 2 29 3 6 3 0 0 .750
1931 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 26 26 26 231 284 15 2 18 0 .993
1931 CHI A Daily Splits OF 95 95 81 822 183 4 5 1 0 .974 80 0 16
1931 CHI A LF 80 80 70 698 162 3 4 1 0 .976
1931 CHI A 2B 21 19 14 153 46 49 2 8 0 .979
1931 CHI A RF 16 15 11 124 21 0 1 0 0 .955
1931 CHI A 1B 2 0 0 7 5 0 0 1 0 1.000
1931 CHI A 3B 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1931 TOT A 1B 28 26 26 238 289 15 2 19 0 .993
1932 CHI A Daily Splits OF 8 7 4 58.2 14 2 0 1 0 1.000 5 0 3
1932 CHI A LF 5 5 2 39 11 1 0 1 0 1.000
1932 CHI A RF 3 2 2 19.2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1932 CHI A P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1933 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 12 12 11 106 138 12 0 15 0 1.000
Total (10 Years) Splits 1B 375 362 337 3147.1 3674 242 24 323 1 .994
Total ( 8 Years) 2B 363 344 326 3049.2 882 1172 72 180 1 .966
Total ( 3 Years) OF 119 117 100 1026.2 229 6 7 2 0 .971 99 0 21
Total ( 3 Years) LF 99 98 85 866 201 4 6 2 0 .972
Total ( 3 Years) 3B 22 18 14 156 14 38 6 1 0 .897
Total ( 3 Years) RF 21 19 15 160.2 26 1 1 0 0 .964
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1932 CHI A 152 49 102 .325 667 897 7
1933 CHI A 151 67 83 .447 683 814 6
1934 CHI A 15 4 11 .267 74 108 5- 8 8 8
Total ( 3 Years) 318 120 196 .380 1424 1819
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-11-1932 BOX CHI A Roy Van Graflan Balls and strikes
8-15-1933 BOX CHI A Lou Kolls Fair/foul call
Transaction Information
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Cincinnati Reds (March 30, 1925 ).
Traded by Newark (International) with players to be named later and cash to
Cleveland Indians in exchange for 3 players to be named later (September 4, 1926 );
Newark (International) received Cliff Lee (September 30, 1926 ) and Ray Knode and Guy
Lacy (December 7, 1926 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Willie Kamm (May
17, 1931 ).
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