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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-19	GS	37	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
3	5	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 22	WSH	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	8	Apr 23	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
6	10 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
8	12	Apr 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
9	13	Apr 28	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
10	14	Apr 29	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	15	Apr 30	WSH	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	40	7.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16	May 1	WSH	@	KCA	L,10-16	CG	52	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	17	May 2	WSH	@	KCA	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	18	May 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
15	19	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	20	May 6	WSH		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	21	May 7	WSH		BAL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
18	22	May 8 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	24 (1)	May 10	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	25	May 11	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
21	26	May 12	WSH		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	27	May 15 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	28	May 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	29	May 17	WSH		KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
25	30	May 18	WSH		KCA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	31	May 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	32	May 21	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	50	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	33	May 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	34	May 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	35	May 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	37 (1)	May 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-16	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	39 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43 (3)	Jun 2	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	44	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	45	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	46	Jun 5 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	48 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	49	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	53 (3)	Jun 12 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	56 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	63 (6)	Jun 23	WSH		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	64	Jun 24	WSH		DET	L,7-18	CG	54	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	72 (7)	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	25	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	76 (2)	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
46	77	Jul 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	78	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	80 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
49	83 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	101 (17)	Jul 31 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	104 (2)	Aug 3	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
52	107 (2)	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	112 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-9	GF	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
55	114 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
56	118 (3)	Aug 21	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	119	Aug 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
58	123 (3)	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	126 (2)	Aug 30	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	128 (1)	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	133 (4)	Sep 7	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
62	135 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	138 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		DET	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
64	139	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	GF	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR C
65	140	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	141	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
67	142	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	147 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	148	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	151 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	153 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							72gm		572.1	304	30	6	340	5