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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	79 (78)	Jul 9	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	GF	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	80	Jul 10	CIN		PHI	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
3	81	Jul 11	CIN		BRO	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	82	Jul 12	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	8	0	12	0
5	83	Jul 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
6	90 (6)	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
7	91	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
8	92	Jul 22	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
9	94 (1)	Jul 25	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-11	CG	0	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
10	95	Jul 26 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
11	96	Jul 26 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	12.1	2	4	0	6	0
12	97	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	98	Jul 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
14	99	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
15	100	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
16	101	Jul 31	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	102	Aug 1	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
18	103	Aug 3	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	104	Aug 4	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	105	Aug 5 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
21	106	Aug 5 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
22	107	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
23	108	Aug 8	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	109	Aug 9	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	110	Aug 10	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	111	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
27	112	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	113	Aug 13	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	2	1	6	0
29	114	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
30	115	Aug 16	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
31	116	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
32	117	Aug 19	CIN		BRO	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
33	118	Aug 20 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	119	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
35	120	Aug 22	CIN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
36	121	Aug 24	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	122	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
38	123	Aug 26 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
39	124	Aug 27 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
40	125	Aug 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	126	Aug 30	CIN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	127	Sep 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
43	128	Sep 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,17-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
44	129	Sep 3	CIN		STL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	130	Sep 4 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
46	131	Sep 4 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	132	Sep 5	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
48	133	Sep 6	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
49	134	Sep 7	CIN		STL	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
50	135	Sep 8	CIN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
51	136	Sep 9	CIN		STL	L,10-12	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	137	Sep 10	CIN		STL	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
53	138	Sep 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
54	139	Sep 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
55	140	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
56	141	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
57	142	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
58	143	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
59	144	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	145	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	9	0	13	1
61	146	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
62	147	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	148	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	149	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
65	150	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	151	Sep 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
67	152	Sep 25	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
68	153	Sep 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	154	Sep 30	CIN		PIT	T,7-7	CG	43	10.0	4	6	1	11	1
70	155	Oct 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
71	156	Oct 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	8	1	14	2
							71gm		628.0	197	251	14	462	40