Bob Fothergill

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 230lb (178cm, 104kg)

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH us

Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, OH

Debut: April 18, 1922 (Age 24-245d, 5,429th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 5, 1933 (Age 35-323d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill

Nicknames: Fats

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

3269

1064

.326

452

RBI

582

OBP

.368

SLG

.459

OPS

.828

OPS+

115

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (11)	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	27 (10)	May 14	DET		PHA	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	40 (12)	May 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	0	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
8	43 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,14-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	48 (4)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	50 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	51	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	W,17-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	52	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	53	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	54	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	55	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
16	56	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-15	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	57	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	59	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	60	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	61	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	62	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	63	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	65	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	66	Jun 25	DET		CHW	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	67	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	68	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	69	Jun 28	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	70	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	75 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	76	Jul 7	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	77	Jul 8 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
34	78	Jul 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,16-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	79	Jul 9	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	90 (10)	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,7-10	CG	57	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	91	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	92	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	93	Jul 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	94	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	95	Jul 28	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	96	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
43	97	Jul 31	DET	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	101 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,13-11	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	102	Aug 5	DET	@	WSH	L,5-21	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	104 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	W,14-4	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	107 (2)	Aug 11	DET		PHA	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	109 (1)	Aug 13	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	110	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,17-13	GF	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	111	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	112	Aug 16	DET		NYY	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
52	113	Aug 17	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	116 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	118 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,13-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	119	Aug 22	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
57	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	123	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							59gm			96	2	4	102	1