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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	11 (9)	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	14 (2)	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
4	15	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
5	16	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
6	17	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
7	18	Apr 29	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	14	1	0	15	2
8	19	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20	May 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
10	21	May 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
11	22	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	23	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
13	24	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
14	25	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
15	26	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
16	27	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	28	7.0	9	1	0	10	3
17	28	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
18	29	May 13	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
19	30	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.2	9	3	0	12	2
20	31	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
21	32	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-15	CG	46	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
22	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
23	34	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
24	35	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
25	36	May 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
26	37	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
27	38	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
28	39	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
29	40	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
30	41	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
31	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
32	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	16	1	0	17	4
33	44	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	45	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
35	46	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
36	47	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
37	48	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
38	49	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
39	50	Jun 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
40	51	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
41	52	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	13	1	0	14	4
42	53	Jun 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	54	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
44	55	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,8-9	GS	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	56	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
46	57	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
47	58	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	GS	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
48	59	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
49	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
50	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
51	63	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
52	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
53	65	Jun 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
54	66	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	1	4	0
55	67	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
56	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	70	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	71	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
62	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	75	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	76	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
65	77	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
66	78	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
67	79	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	80	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	81	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS	20	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	138 (55)	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	139	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
73	140	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	142 (1)	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							76gm		609.0	553	78	3	634	67