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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	WSH		BAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 16	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 18	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
4	7	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
6	16 (6)	Apr 29	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	20 (3)	May 3 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	21	May 3 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
9	22	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
10	23	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	24	May 7	WSH		BAL	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
12	26 (1)	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	35 (8)	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	38 (2)	May 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	39	May 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	44	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
16	40	May 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
				Player went from Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians
17	37	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	38	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	39	May 28	CLE		KCA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	42	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	44 (1)	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
23	47 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	49 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	79 (28)	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	81 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	82	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
29	83	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	48	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	85 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	88 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	GS	11	2.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
35	95 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GS	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	98 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
38	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	101 (1)	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GS	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	103 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
41	118 (14)	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
42	119	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	120	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	121	Aug 21	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	122	Aug 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	123	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	124	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	127	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	128	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	129	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
53	130	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	131	Sep 2	CLE		KCA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
56	134 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	135	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	140 (2)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	142 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	145 (2)	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
							61gm		468.1	260	39	5	304	5