Freddie Fitzsimmons

Fred Landis Fitzsimmons
(Fat Freddie)

Biographical Information[edit]

Pitcher Freddie Fitzsimmons played nineteen years in the majors with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. He was also a Dodgers coach in 1942. From 1943 to 1945, he managed the Philadelphia Phillies. He later was a Boston Braves coach in 1948 and a member of the Giants staff from 1949 to 1955. He was a part of the Chicago Cubs coaching staff from 1957 to 1959 and spent the next year as a Kansas City Athletics coach. In 1966, Fitzsimmons was once again a Cubs coach.

He was pressed into service as an umpire for one game in 1941.

Fitzsimmons was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

Preceded by
Bucky Harris

Philadelphia Phillies Manager
1943-1945

Succeeded by
Ben Chapman

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1943	Philadelphia Blue Jays	National League	26-38	7th	Philadelphia Blue Jays		replaced Bucky Harris (38-52) on July 27
1944	Philadelphia Blue Jays	National League	61-92	8th	Philadelphia Blue Jays
1945	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	18-51	--	Philadelphia Phillies		replaced by Ben Chapman on June 30
1953	Minneapolis Millers	American Association	56-46	5th	New York Giants		replaced Jake Early (3-0) on June 8

1956	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	81-58	2nd	New York Yankees	Lost in 1st round

1961	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	65-81	8th	Cleveland Indians		replaced Herman Franks (2-6) on May 1