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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 1)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
4	4	Apr 18	PHI	@	BSN	W,14-13	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
7	7	Apr 24	PHI		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
11	11	Apr 28	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
12	12	Apr 29	PHI	@	NYG	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PHI		BSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
14	14	May 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	15	May 2 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
16	16	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	5	2	0	7	2
17	20 (3)	May 8	PHI		PIT	W,15-7	GS	22	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
18	21	May 9	PHI		PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
19	22	May 12 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
20	23	May 12 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,8-13	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
21	24	May 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
22	25	May 14	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
23	26	May 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	4	1	11	3
24	27	May 16	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
25	28	May 18	PHI		STL	L,9-10	GS	35	7.0	2	4	1	7	2
26	36 (7)	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
27	37	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-14	GS	20	3.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38	Jun 1	PHI		BSN	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
29	39	Jun 2	PHI		BSN	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	40	Jun 3	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
31	41	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-16	GS	29	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	43	Jun 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
34	44	Jun 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	45	Jun 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	46	Jun 10	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	48 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	49	Jun 13	PHI	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	51	9.2	1	6	0	7	0
39	50	Jun 14	PHI	@	STL	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	51	Jun 15	PHI	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	4	0	11	1
41	52	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
42	53	Jun 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
43	54	Jun 18	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	55	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
45	56	Jun 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	57	Jun 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
47	58	Jun 23 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	59	Jun 23 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
49	60	Jun 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	61	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
51	62	Jun 26 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
52	63	Jun 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
53	64	Jun 29	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
54	65	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	W,10-9	CG	59	11.0	4	3	2	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	66	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	67	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,7-16	CG	50	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
57	68	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
59	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
60	71	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
61	72	Jul 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
62	73	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-6	GS	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	75 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
64	76	Jul 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
65	77	Jul 9 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,11-8	GS	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	78	Jul 10	PHI		STL	W,9-7	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	79	Jul 11	PHI		STL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
68	80	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	84 (3)	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	GF	14	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	86 (1)	Jul 20	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
71	87	Jul 21	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
72	88	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	89	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	90	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	91	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	92	Aug 1 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	1	16	2
77	93	Aug 3 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
78	94	Aug 3 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	15	0	0	15	0
79	95	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
80	96	Aug 5	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	12	0	0	12	0
81	97	Aug 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
82	98	Aug 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
83	99	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
84	100	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	101	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
86	102	Aug 12 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
87	103	Aug 12 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	0	7.0	10	1	0	11	2
88	104	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,11-8	GS	0		7	1	0	8	1
89	110 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,10-11	CG	0	11.0	10	1	0	11	1
90	111	Aug 19	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
91	112	Aug 20	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
92	113	Aug 22 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
93	114	Aug 22 (2)	PHI		STL	W,5-0	GF	15	4.0	4	1	0	5	1
94	116 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
95	118 (1)	Aug 26	PHI		CHC	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
96	119	Aug 27	PHI		CHC	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
97	120	Aug 28	PHI		PIT	L,9-10	CG	51	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
98	121	Aug 29 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
99	122	Aug 29 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,1-13	GS	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	1
100	123	Aug 31	PHI		PIT	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	124	Sep 1	PHI		PIT	L,3-10	GS	11	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	127 (2)	Sep 4	PHI		NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
103	129 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	130	Sep 8 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	135 (4)	Sep 12	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
106	137 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	1
107	140 (2)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	1	14	0
108	141	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
109	142	Sep 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
110	143	Sep 20	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
111	144	Sep 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
112	145	Sep 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-14	GS	31	5.0	6	1	0	7	0
113	146	Sep 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	147	Sep 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	44	12.0	8	0	0	8	0
115	148	Sep 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS	0		7	0	0	7	1
116	149	Sep 29	PHI		BRO	W,10-4	GS	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
117	150	Sep 30	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	151	Oct 1	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
119	152	Oct 3 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
120	153	Oct 3 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
							124gm		987.0	648	245	20	913	68