Lew Fonseca

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA us

Died: November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1921 (Age 22-082d, 5,221st in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1933 (Age 34-233d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Lewis Albert Fonseca

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.3

3404

1075

.316

518

RBI

485

OBP

.355

SLG

.432

OPS

.788

OPS+

103

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-45 / in Starts: 30-40
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 9 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	9

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 288 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	192 (94-61-37)
Avg. MLBer w/ 288 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	191 (95-59-35)

Most Driven In
S Langford	7
J Sewell	6
C Lind	6
H Summa	4
C Jamieson	3
G Burns	3
Self	3
E Morgan	2

Most Driven In By
J Hodapp	10
L Sewell	6
J Sewell	4
Self	3
E Morgan	2
H Summa	2
G Burns	1
G Myatt	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	487	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.67	0.013	1.63	0.02%	-0.13	2B
2	488	11 (9)	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	5	.91	-0.084	3.51	-0.20%	-0.91	1B
3	489	14 (2)	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	5	.52	0.028	1.90	0.06%	0.05	1B
4	490	15	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.412	.375	.787	5	.96	0.140	3.61	0.32%	1.81	1B
5	491	16	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,10-6	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.400	.429	.450	.879	5	.74	0.010	2.80	0.02%	0.20	1B
6	492	17	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.360	.375	.735	5	1.17	-0.143	4.73	-0.35%	-1.55	1B
7	493	18	Apr 29	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.367	.483	.849	5	2.23	0.041	9.29	0.10%	1.14	1B
8	494	19	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.382	.485	.867	5	.72	-0.069	3.06	-0.18%	0.08	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	495	20	May 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.417	.432	.528	.960	5	1.65	0.232	6.58	0.55%	1.98	1B
10	496	21	May 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.400	.487	.887	5	.83	-0.063	3.50	-0.16%	-0.74	1B
11	497	22	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.405	.432	.500	.932	5	1.36	-0.015	4.95	-0.03%	0.41	1B
12	498	23	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.362	.388	.447	.835	5	1.40	-0.207	4.75	-0.42%	-2.34	1B
13	499	24	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.360	.396	.440	.836	5	.86	0.114	2.90	0.23%	1.04	1B
14	500	25	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.358	.393	.434	.827	5	.49	0.004	2.33	0.01%	0.20	1B
15	501	26	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.339	.373	.411	.784	5	1.55	-0.145	7.78	-0.44%	-0.94	1B
16	502	27	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.381	.450	.831	5	1.07	0.245	5.22	0.72%	1.23	1B
17	503	28	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.373	.438	.811	5	2.18	0.100	9.24	0.26%	0.04	1B
18	504	29	May 13	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.400	.478	.878	5	1.01	0.153	4.22	0.38%	1.77	1B
19	505	30	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.392	.465	.857	5	2.02	-0.188	8.72	-0.49%	-0.98	1B
20	506	31	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.385	.453	.838	5	.88	-0.072	3.66	-0.18%	-0.70	1B
21	507	32	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-15	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.378	.481	.859	5	.45	0.073	1.69	0.17%	0.04	1B
22	508	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.395	.530	.925	5	.36	0.139	1.05	0.24%	1.57	1B
23	509	34	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.396	.557	.952	5	1.17	0.159	3.64	0.30%	1.54	1B
24	510	35	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.376	.396	.570	.966	5	.65	0.008	2.12	0.02%	0.33	1B
25	511	36	May 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.386	.546	.933	5	2.17	-0.221	7.06	-0.43%	-0.89	1B
26	512	37	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.387	.545	.931	5	1.96	0.089	6.18	0.17%	0.74	1B
27	513	38	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,9-12	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.358	.387	.538	.925	5	.66	0.035	1.84	0.06%	0.75	1B
28	514	39	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.400	.541	.941	5	1.42	0.161	3.66	0.25%	1.15	1B
29	515	40	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.372	.403	.540	.943	5	.94	0.128	2.43	0.20%	1.73	1B
30	516	41	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.364	.395	.525	.921	5	1.52	-0.087	4.05	-0.14%	-0.86	1B
31	517	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.369	.398	.533	.931	5	1.77	-0.061	3.39	-0.07%	0.35	1B
32	518	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG(12)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.396	.523	.919	5	2.06	-0.265	3.90	-0.30%	-0.75	1B
33	519	44	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-9	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.396	.523	.918	5	.64	-0.005	1.14	-0.01%	0.21	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	520	45	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.385	.507	.892	5	1.10	-0.114	1.57	-0.10%	-0.93	1B
35	521	46	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.379	.500	.879	5	.66	-0.010	.82	-0.01%	-0.59	1B
36	522	47	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.376	.493	.869	5	1.18	-0.064	1.46	-0.05%	-0.76	1B
37	523	48	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.342	.373	.486	.859	5	.85	0.063	1.33	0.06%	0.27	1B
38	524	49	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.333	.363	.473	.836	5	1.27	-0.015	1.57	-0.01%	-0.50	1B
39	525	50	Jun 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.354	.461	.815	5	1.02	-0.139	.99	-0.08%	-1.28	1B
40	526	51	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.355	.465	.821	5	1.81	-0.012	.72	0.00%	0.93	1B
41	527	52	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.329	.357	.470	.826	5	1.74	0.100	.69	0.02%	1.45	1B
42	528	53	Jun 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.354	.464	.819	5	1.53	-0.028	.54	-0.01%	0.20	1B
43	529	54	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.354	.468	.822	5	1.63	0.075	.41	0.01%	-0.10	1B
44	530	55	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,8-9	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.356	.468	.824	5	1.25	-0.032	.33	-0.01%	-0.36	1B
45	531	56	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.348	.458	.805	5	.68	-0.073	.13	-0.01%	-1.63	1B
46	532	57	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.320	.349	.453	.802	5	.61	-0.022	.10	0.00%	0.73	1B
47	533	58	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	GS-9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.340	.441	.781	5	1.94	-0.262	.41	-0.03%	-1.67	1B
48	534	59	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.343	.447	.791	5	.69	0.023	.07	0.00%	0.31	1B
49	535	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.338	.440	.779	5	1.00	-0.103	.09	-0.01%	-1.07	1B
50	536	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.338	.444	.782	5	1.07	-0.015	.14	0.00%	-0.16	1B
51	537	63	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.337	.445	.782	5	1.03	-0.060	.10	0.00%	-0.14	1B
52	538	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.330	.436	.766	5	.51	-0.052	.03	0.00%	-1.01	1B
53	539	65	Jun 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.301	.330	.432	.762	7	.78	0.091	.07	0.01%	0.52	3B
54	540	66	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.308	.336	.441	.777	7	1.64	0.228	.12	0.01%	0.44	3B
55	541	67	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.316	.344	.451	.795	7	1.23	0.135	.15	0.01%	1.07	3B
56	542	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.344	.450	.793	7	1.26	-0.064	.10	0.00%	-0.27	3B
57	543	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.345	.448	.793	7	1.86	0.354	.10	0.01%	1.81	1B 3B
58	544	70	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.347	.454	.801	7	.74	0.103	.05	0.00%	1.44	3B
59	545	71	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.354	.459	.813	7	.26	0.029	.03	0.00%	0.83	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	546	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.348	.451	.799	7	.81	-0.094	.03	0.00%	-1.05	3B
61	547	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.355	.460	.815	7	.94	0.070	.05	0.00%	0.99	3B
62	548	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.357	.469	.826	7	1.82	0.230	.08	0.01%	0.92	3B
63	549	75	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.357	.465	.822	7	.49	-0.021	.02	0.00%	-0.12	3B
64	550	76	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.355	.462	.817	7	1.65	-0.146	.05	0.00%	-0.88	1B 3B
65	551	77	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.350	.455	.804	7	.67	-0.070	.03	0.00%	-0.67	3B
66	552	78	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.348	.451	.800	7	1.17	-0.081	.07	0.00%	-0.94	3B
67	553	79	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-14	CG	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.356	.451	.807	7	.92	0.037	.04	0.00%	0.82	3B
68	554	80	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.352	.446	.798	5	1.21	-0.098	.04	0.00%	-1.16	1B
69	555	81	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-4	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.356	.458	.814	5	.87	0.042	.02	0.00%	1.26	1B
70	556	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.327	.359	.460	.819	5	.75	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.03	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
71	557	127 (44)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.361	.460	.821	5	1.36	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
72	558	138 (10)	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.361	.460	.821	8						SS
73	559	139	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.361	.460	.821	8						SS
74	560	140	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.361	.460	.821	8						SS
75	561	142 (1)	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.361	.460	.821	8						SS
							30-45		288	263	38	86	18	4	3	35	13	0	17	1	4		9		4	3	.327	.361	.460	.821		1.16	0.313	2.17	0.51%	6.67

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