Ed FitzGerald

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: May 21, 1924 in Santa Ynez, CA us

Died: June 14, 2020 in Folsom, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Citrus Heights, CA

High School: Santa Ynez Valley Union HS (Santa Ynez, CA)

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

Debut: April 19, 1948 (Age 23-334d, 10,463rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1959 (Age 35-117d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Edward Raymond FitzGerald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

2086

542

.260

199

RBI

217

OBP

.323

SLG

.336

OPS

.659

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-44 / in Starts: 10-25
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 170 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	105 (68-21-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 170 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	107 (56-33-17)

Most Driven In
R Sievers	2
J Lemon	2
Self	2
P Runnels	1
K Olson	1
W Herzog	1
J Valdivielso	1
H Plews	1

Most Driven In By
E Yost	3
P Runnels	3
R Sievers	2
Self	2
D Tettelbach	1
H Killebrew	1
C Courtney	1
W Herzog	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	574	3 (2)	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	8	.28	0.081	.59	0.10%	1.41	C
2	575	5 (1)	Apr 21	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.250	2.000	8	.49	0.067	.96	0.08%	1.32	C
3	576	6	Apr 22 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.545	.545	.909	1.455	7	1.35	-0.103	3.06	-0.14%	-0.87	C
4	577	10 (3)	Apr 27	WSH		BAL	W,8-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.833	1.333	6	.23	-0.006	.51	-0.01%	-0.24	C
5	578	11	Apr 28	WSH		BAL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.667	1.067	6	.77	-0.075	1.84	-0.11%	-1.21	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	579	15 (3)	May 3	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.421	.611	1.032	8	1.02	-0.056	2.63	-0.09%	-0.13	C
7	580	28 (12)	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.391	.545	.937	8	.40	-0.043	.66	-0.04%	-0.49	C
8	581	32 (3)	May 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.391	.545	.937	8						C
9	582	36 (3)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.423	.542	.965	8	.77	0.034	.69	0.02%	0.41	C
10	583	38 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.407	.520	.927	8	.62	-0.015	.57	-0.01%	-0.23	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	584	42 (3)	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.407	.520	.927	8						C
12	585	43	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	L,0-15	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.387	.464	.851	8	.32	-0.010	.23	0.00%	-0.52	C
13	586	44	Jun 3 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.394	.467	.861	7	1.60	-0.017	.92	-0.01%	-0.11	C
14	587	50 (5)	Jun 8	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.378	.424	.803	8	.40	-0.040	.18	-0.01%	-0.95	C
15	588	55 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.366	.389	.755	8	.86	-0.041	.44	-0.01%	-0.41	C
16	589	58 (2)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.378	.368	.746	7	3.26	-0.004	1.03	0.00%	0.42	C
17	590	59	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.388	.366	.754	7	.73	-0.068	.17	-0.01%	-0.36	C
18	591	62 (2)	Jun 18	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.396	.400	.796	6	1.20	0.070	.16	0.01%	0.80	C
19	592	65 (2)	Jun 21	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.389	.391	.780	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
20	593	69 (3)	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.390	.380	.770	7	1.42	0.035	.06	0.00%	-0.20	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	594	74 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.387	.377	.764	7	.80	0.053	.05	0.00%	0.62	C
22	595	75	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.370	.751	9	.92	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-0.16	PH
23	596	77 (1)	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.391	.382	.772	7	2.26	0.074	.02	0.00%	0.38	PH C
24	597	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,4-7	6-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.391	.382	.772	8						PH
25	598	81 (1)	Jul 7	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.426	.414	.840	6	.30	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.90	C
26	599	82	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.417	.845	6	.99	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
27	600	83	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.419	.397	.816	6	.97	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
28	601	87 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	WSH		KCA	W,7-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.413	.391	.804	9	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
29	602	88	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.418	.433	.851	6	.71	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.03	C
30	603	89	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-11	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.304	.407	.420	.828	6	1.39	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-1.15	PH C
31	604	90	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.402	.414	.817	7	3.41	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
32	605	92 (1)	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.384	.392	.776	2	.49	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
33	606	94 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.400	.416	.816	2	.80	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.39	C
34	607	96 (1)	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.400	.416	.816	5						C
35	608	98 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.415	.444	.859	2	.58	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	609	101 (2)	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.421	.451	.872	7	.81	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.34	C
37	610	103 (1)	Aug 3	WSH	@	KCA	W,2-1	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.417	.446	.862	6	1.20	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.59	PH C
38	611	104	Aug 4	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.418	.447	.865	4	1.13	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.89	PH C
39	612	106 (1)	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-12	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.424	.447	.871	9	.09	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
40	613	107	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,7-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.420	.442	.862	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
41	614	108	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.416	.437	.853	9	3.47	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
42	615	112 (3)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.412	.432	.844	7	1.28	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PR C
43	616	116 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.330	.419	.440	.859	2	1.64	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.54	C
44	617	118 (1)	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.415	.435	.850	2	1.76	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH
45	618	120 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		KCA	L,4-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.411	.430	.841	9	3.66	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
46	619	122 (1)	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.407	.426	.833	7	1.60	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
47	620	123	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.404	.421	.825	8	1.18	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
48	621	125 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.404	.420	.824	2	1.46	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
49	622	126	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.409	.436	.844	9	.16	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
50	623	127	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.412	.427	.839	2	1.20	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	624	130 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.415	.430	.845	2	1.20	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.95	C
52	625	132 (1)	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	L,6-7	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.324	.411	.426	.837	9	5.40	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-0.78	PH
53	626	135 (2)	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.408	.422	.830	9	2.25	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
54	627	137 (1)	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.403	.416	.819	2	1.53	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
55	628	139 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.396	.402	.797	2	1.28	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.00	C
56	629	141 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.396	.392	.787	2	.80	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
57	630	142	Sep 15	WSH	@	KCA	L,5-10	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.396	.400	.796	2	.39	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
58	631	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.392	.403	.795	2	1.31	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.24	C
59	632	145 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.392	.398	.791	2	1.54	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
60	633	148 (2)	Sep 21	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.392	.399	.791	2	.72	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
61	634	149	Sep 22	WSH	@	BAL	L,6-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.302	.390	.396	.786	6	2.03	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
62	635	152 (2)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.390	.396	.786	6						C
63	636	153	Sep 29	WSH		BAL	W,7-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.384	.389	.773	2	.53	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
64	637	155 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,3-6	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.304	.391	.392	.782	2	1.03	0.184	.00	0.00%	2.57	C
							20-44		170	148	15	45	7	0	2	12	21	1	15	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	.304	.391	.392	.782		1.04	-0.838	.29	-0.23%	3.00

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