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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 23	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
2	9 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
3	14 (4)	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	18 (2)	May 4	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Nationals
6	29	May 17	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
7	30	May 18	WSH		CHW	W,3-0	GF	36	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
8	31	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	32	May 21	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	33	May 22	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	34	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
12	35	May 24	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	36	May 25	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	37	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
15	38	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
16	39	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	40	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
18	42 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	44 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	45	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	48 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,16-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	50 (1)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	52 (1)	Jun 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	53	Jun 12	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	54	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	56 (1)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	50	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	57	Jun 17	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	58	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	59	Jun 19	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	62 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
31	65 (2)	Jun 24	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
32	68 (2)	Jun 27	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	69	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
34	71 (1)	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	73	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	74	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	78 (1)	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
40	79	Jul 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	80	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	81	Jul 9	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
43	82	Jul 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
44	83	Jul 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
45	84	Jul 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
46	85	Jul 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	22	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	86	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	87	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	88	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	89	Jul 19 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	91 (1)	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
52	92	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	48	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	96 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
54	97	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	98	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	99	Jul 29	WSH		DET	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	100	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	101	Jul 31	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	102	Aug 1	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
60	103	Aug 2	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	104	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	106 (1)	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
63	107	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	108	Aug 7	WSH		SLB	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	115 (6)	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	117 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	119 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
68	121 (1)	Aug 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	122	Aug 21 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	123	Aug 21 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	124	Aug 22	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	125	Aug 23	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
73	126	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	127	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	129 (1)	Aug 28	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
76	132 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	133	Aug 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	134	Sep 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	28	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	135	Sep 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
80	136	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
81	138 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	140 (1)	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	141	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	142	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-10	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	144 (1)	Sep 14	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	145	Sep 16	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
87	146	Sep 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
88	147	Sep 19	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
89	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	150 (1)	Sep 25	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							90gm		730.0	332	36	4	372	3