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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	5 (1)	Apr 21	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
3	6	Apr 22 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	25	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
4	10 (3)	Apr 27	WSH		BAL	W,8-5	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	11	Apr 28	WSH		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (3)	May 3	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	28 (12)	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
8	32 (3)	May 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	36 (3)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GS	34	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
10	38 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (3)	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	43	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	L,0-15	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	44	Jun 3 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	GF	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	50 (5)	Jun 8	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	55 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
16	58 (2)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	59	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	62 (2)	Jun 18	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
19	69 (6)	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	77 (2)	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
22	81 (3)	Jul 7	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	82	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	GS	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	83	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
25	88 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
26	89	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-11	GF	24	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	PH C
27	92 (2)	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	94 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	96 (1)	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	98 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	101 (2)	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	103 (1)	Aug 3	WSH	@	KCA	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	104	Aug 4	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
34	112 (7)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	13	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
35	116 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GS	30	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	122 (5)	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
37	125 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	127 (1)	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	130 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	137 (6)	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
41	139 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	5	1	1	7	0	C
42	141 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
43	142	Sep 15	WSH	@	KCA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
44	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
45	145 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
46	148 (2)	Sep 21	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	149	Sep 22	WSH	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	152 (2)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
49	153	Sep 29	WSH		BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
50	155 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							50gm		323.2	206	19	6	231	5