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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	6	2.0	3	1	0	4	1
2	3	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 24 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	11 (5)	Apr 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12	May 1 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	13	May 1 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	14	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	15	May 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-11	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	16	May 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	17	May 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
11	18	May 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
12	20 (1)	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	21	May 9	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	22	May 11	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	23	May 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	24	May 13	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	25	May 14	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	26	May 15	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
19	27	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	30 (2)	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
21	32 (1)	May 22	PIT		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
22	33	May 24	PIT		BRO	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	34	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
24	37 (2)	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	39 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	40	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	41	Jun 1	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
28	43 (1)	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
29	45 (1)	Jun 6	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	46	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
31	48 (1)	Jun 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	36	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
32	52 (3)	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
33	53	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	W,8-7	GS	29	5.2	5	1	0	6	0
34	63 (9)	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,10-17	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	67 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	76 (8)	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-8	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	78 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	79	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	80	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GF	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	81	Jul 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	82	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	83	Jul 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	84	Jul 20	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	GF	13	3.0	2	0	1	3	0
44	85	Jul 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	88 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	89	Jul 24 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	91 (1)	Jul 27	PIT		NYG	L,3-8	GS	29	6.1	2	0	0	2	0
48	93 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	94	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	96 (1)	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,2-5	GS	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	100 (3)	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	122 (21)	Aug 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-9	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	128 (5)	Sep 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	138 (9)	Sep 14	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	152 (13)	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	153	Oct 2 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							56gm		330.1	163	22	5	190	5