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	19-21 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	106 (52-29-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (47-29-17)

Most Driven In
E Averill	5
J Burnett	4
J Sewell	4
B Seeds	3
C Jamieson	1
R Gardner	0

Most Driven In By
J Hodapp	6
C Jamieson	3
B Falk	2
L Sewell	2
B Seeds	1
E Averill	1
G Myatt	0
E Morgan	0

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	710	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	4	1.41	0.277	3.67	0.43%	-0.08	1B
2	711	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	.57	0.009	1.40	0.01%	-0.01	1B
3	712	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.429	.615	1.044	4	.88	-0.033	2.38	-0.05%	0.67	1B
4	713	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.529	.918	4	.97	-0.049	2.42	-0.07%	-0.44	1B
5	714	5	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.409	.571	.981	4	.69	0.041	1.89	0.07%	0.69	1B
6	715	6	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.360	.385	.520	.905	4	1.14	0.006	3.19	0.01%	-0.23	1B
7	716	7	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.355	.500	.855	4	2.15	-0.078	5.46	-0.12%	-1.83	1B
8	717	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,11-4	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.375	.516	.891	4	1.01	0.029	2.72	0.05%	0.41	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	718	18 (9)	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.375	.516	.891	9						PH
10	719	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.353	.485	.838	9	.26	-0.015	1.20	-0.04%	-0.63	PH 1B
11	720	20	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.359	.526	.885	4	1.57	-0.009	7.13	-0.02%	0.46	1B
12	721	21	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,25-7	GS-7	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.386	.535	.921	4	.39	0.039	1.61	0.10%	1.65	1B
13	722	22	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-13	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.388	.521	.909	4	.67	0.008	2.96	0.02%	-0.49	1B
14	723	23	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.389	.547	.936	4	.38	0.051	1.52	0.12%	-0.12	1B
15	724	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.379	.526	.906	4	.76	-0.063	3.24	-0.16%	-0.62	1B
16	725	25	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.387	.525	.912	4	.77	0.014	2.76	0.03%	0.85	1B
17	726	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.364	.492	.856	4	.81	-0.090	2.79	-0.19%	-0.93	1B
18	727	27	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.380	.478	.858	4	.77	-0.037	2.60	-0.08%	-0.24	1B
19	728	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.338	.373	.479	.852	4	.76	-0.030	2.76	-0.07%	-0.67	1B
20	729	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.380	.480	.860	4	1.18	0.088	4.53	0.20%	1.24	1B
21	730	30	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.373	.468	.842	4	1.33	-0.092	5.29	-0.22%	-0.91	1B
22	731	31	May 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.356	.446	.802	4	1.32	-0.142	4.59	-0.30%	-1.28	1B
23	732	32	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.363	.442	.804	4	1.06	-0.056	3.39	-0.11%	-0.77	1B
24	733	33	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.337	.372	.461	.833	4	.53	0.100	1.58	0.18%	1.70	1B
25	734	34	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.357	.441	.798	4	.70	-0.092	2.28	-0.18%	-1.69	1B
26	735	35	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.320	.353	.433	.786	4	.61	-0.016	1.77	-0.03%	0.59	1B
27	736	36	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.349	.436	.785	4	1.07	0.025	3.36	0.05%	-0.29	1B
28	737	37	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.336	.419	.755	4	.82	-0.111	2.59	-0.21%	-1.35	1B
29	738	38	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.339	.413	.752	4	1.76	0.306	5.97	0.62%	1.87	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
30	739	127 (88)	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-14	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.336	.409	.745	9	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
31	740	130 (2)	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.333	.405	.739	8	.71	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
32	741	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	7-GF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.345	.411	.755	1	1.95	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.06	PH 3B
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
33	742	135 (3)	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.339	.404	.742	1	2.66	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.70	PH 3B
34	743	141 (5)	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.336	.400	.736	8	1.92	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH
35	744	142	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.328	.390	.718	1	1.44	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.18	PH 3B
36	745	143	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.295	.333	.402	.735	6	.35	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.80	3B
37	746	144	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.323	.389	.712	6	1.06	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.39	3B
38	747	145	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.321	.386	.707	8	.26	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
39	748	147 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.319	.383	.701	8	.73	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
40	749	148	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.316	.380	.696	7	4.12	-0.274	.00	0.00%	-1.71	PH 3B
							19-21		140	129	20	36	9	2	0	17	7	0	7	0	4		2		1	0	.279	.316	.380	.696		1.01	-0.494	2.72	0.06%	-6.28

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