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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	15	0	0	15	2
2	2	Apr 18	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
3	3	Apr 19	CIN		STL	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
4	4	Apr 20	CIN		STL	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 21	CIN		PIT	W,12-6	GS	11	2.2	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (15)	May 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
7	22	May 11	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	3	4	1	8	0
8	23	May 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	24	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	25	May 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	26	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
12	27	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
13	28	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	29	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	55 (25)	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	56	Jun 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	57	Jun 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	58	Jun 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
19	59	Jun 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	5	1	11	2
20	60	Jun 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	4	4	0	8	2
21	61	Jun 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
22	62	Jun 29 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
23	63	Jun 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	4	3	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	64	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
25	65	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	7	2	13	1
26	66	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	67	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
28	68	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
29	69	Jul 7	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
30	70	Jul 8	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
31	71	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	3	5	1	9	2
32	72	Jul 10	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	42	10.0	5	2	1	8	1
33	73	Jul 11 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
34	74	Jul 11 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
35	75	Jul 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
36	76	Jul 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,21-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
37	77	Jul 14 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	44	12.0	2	7	0	9	0
38	78	Jul 14 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
39	79	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	80	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
41	81	Jul 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
42	82	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
43	83	Jul 20	CIN	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
44	84	Jul 21 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
45	85	Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	86	Jul 22	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	87	Jul 23	CIN		STL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
48	88	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
49	89	Jul 25	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
50	95 (5)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
51	97 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	100 (2)	Aug 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-14	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	103 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	8	5	0	13	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	132 (28)	Sep 8 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
55	133	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	4
56	134	Sep 10	CIN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	2	12	1
57	135	Sep 11	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
58	136	Sep 12	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
59	137	Sep 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
							59gm		507.0	252	176	15	443	37