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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	23	4.0	3	2	1	6	0
4	10	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
5	11	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	12	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
8	14	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
9	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	31	6.1	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (9)	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	26	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
12	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
13	28	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
14	29	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	3	7	0	10	1
16	31	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
17	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	33	May 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	34	May 24	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
20	35	May 25	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
21	36	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	2	6	0	8	0
22	37	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
23	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
24	39	May 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	40	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
26	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	43	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	5	0	8	3
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
32	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
34	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
35	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	12.1	1	3	0	4	0
37	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
38	59 (6)	Jun 19	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	60	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	25	6.0	3	4	0	7	1
40	61	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
41	62	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
42	63	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
43	64	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
45	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	75 (5)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	78 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	93 (14)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
52	95 (1)	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	96	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	97	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	38	8.2	7	2	1	10	0
55	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
56	99	Jul 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	100	Jul 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	101	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	102	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
60	103	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	6	4	1	11	0
61	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
63	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	110	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
68	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
69	112	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
70	113	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
71	114	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
72	115	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
73	116	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
74	117	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
76	119	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
77	120	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
78	121	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	122	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
80	123	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	124	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	7	4	0	11	1
82	125	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	127	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
85	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	130	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
88	131	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
89	132	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
90	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
91	134	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	135	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	136	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
94	137	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	140	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	41	10.0	4	2	1	7	1
99	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	8	0	0	8	1
100	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
101	144	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	17	0	0	17	1
102	145	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
103	146	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	2
104	147	Sep 24 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
105	148	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
106	149	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
							109gm		898.0	347	305	16	668	60