Jim Fogarty Stats

Jim Fogarty was born on Friday, February 12, 1864, in San Francisco, California. Fogarty was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1884, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Fogarty baseball stats page.

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"Possibly no more brilliant outfielder ever graced the profession than 'Jimmie' Fogarty. . . . He had wonderful judgment of a fly ball, and local patrons will recall his brilliant running catches. He robbed [Jake] Beckley of a triple at Player's Park last season by taking the ball off the fence. He was a dashing base runner, fair batsman and excellent thrower." - The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Unattributed. 13 May 1891. Page 4.

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Birth Name:   James G. Fogarty
Nickname:   Jim or Jimmy
Born On:   02-12-1864  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Francisco, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-20-1891 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Saint Mary's College of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   05-01-1884 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-04-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jim Fogarty

Jim Fogarty Pitching Stats

1884 20 Phillies 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1886 22 Phillies 1 0 1 0 1 .000 0.00 0 0 0 6.0 28 7 0 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
1887 23 Phillies 1 0 1 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 3.0 16 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1889 25 Phillies 4 0 3 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 18 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Years 7 0 6 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 0 14.0 68 16 7 16 1 3 0 5 4 0 0 0

Jim Fogarty

Jim Fogarty Hitting Stats

1884 20 Phillies 97 378 42 80 12 6 1 0 37 20 - 54 - - 0 - .212 .251 .283
1885 21 Phillies 111 427 49 99 13 3 0 0 39 30 - 37 - - 0 - .232 .282 .276
1886 22 Phillies 77 280 54 82 13 5 3 0 47 42 - 16 - - 0 - .293 .385 .407
1887 23 Phillies 126 413 113 47 26 12 8 0 50 82 - 44 - - 10 - .114 .275 .094
1888 24 Phillies 121 454 72 107 14 6 1 0 35 53 - 66 - - 7 - .236 .325 .300
1889 25 Phillies 128 499 107 129 15 17 3 0 54 65 - 60 - - 7 - .259 .352 .375
1890 26 Quakers 91 347 71 83 17 6 4 0 58 59 - 50 - - 9 - .239 .364 .357
7 Years 751 2,798 508 627 110 55 20 0 320 351 - 327 - - 33 - .224 .318 .324

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Jim Fogarty Fielding Stats

1884 Phillies 2B 4 - - 18 4.5 16 10 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1884 Phillies 3B 14 - - 56 4.0 44 22 22 12 1 n/a n/a n/a .786 0.00
1884 Phillies OF 78 - - 224 2.9 205 193 12 19 3 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00
1884 Phillies P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Phillies SS 3 - - 8 2.7 7 4 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
1885 Phillies 2B 10 - - 58 5.8 52 25 27 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .897 0.00
1885 Phillies 3B 5 - - 19 3.8 15 4 11 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .789 0.00
1885 Phillies OF 88 - - 269 3.1 253 227 26 16 5 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00
1885 Phillies SS 8 - - 48 6.0 45 17 28 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00
1886 Phillies 2B 13 - - 70 5.4 59 30 29 11 6 n/a n/a n/a .843 0.00
1886 Phillies 3B 3 - - 9 3.0 6 3 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1886 Phillies OF 60 - - 129 2.2 123 114 9 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00
1886 Phillies P 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1886 Phillies SS 3 - - 15 5.0 13 5 8 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
1887 Phillies 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1887 Phillies 3B 2 - - 1 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Phillies OF 123 - - 339 2.8 312 273 39 27 9 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
1887 Phillies P 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Phillies SS 2 - - 8 4.0 7 1 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
1888 Phillies 3B 5 - - 20 4.0 15 8 7 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1888 Phillies OF 117 - - 285 2.4 265 239 26 20 9 n/a n/a n/a .930 0.00
1888 Phillies SS 1 - - 6 6.0 6 4 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Phillies OF 128 - - 358 2.8 344 302 42 14 6 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00
1889 Phillies P 4 0 12 2 0.5 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 2.25
1890 Quakers 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1890 Quakers OF 91 - - 217 2.4 209 192 17 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00
OF Totals 685 0 0 1,821 2.7 1,711 1,540 171 110 38 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00
3B Totals 30 0 0 105 3.5 80 37 43 25 3 n/a n/a n/a .762 0.00
2B Totals 28 0 0 148 5.3 129 65 64 19 9 n/a n/a n/a .872 0.00
SS Totals 17 0 0 85 5.0 78 31 47 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .918 0.00
P Totals 7 0 42 4 0.6 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.93
7 Years 767 0 42 2,163 2.8 2,001 1,673 328 162 57 n/a n/a n/a .925 1,286.36

Jim Fogarty

Jim Fogarty Miscellaneous Stats

1884 Phillies - - - 0 0 n/a 378.0 7.0 10.2 0.00 9.00 0.00
1885 Phillies - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.5 10.9 - - -
1886 Phillies 30 - - 0 0 n/a 93.3 17.5 6.0 0.00 6.00 0.00
1887 Phillies 102 - - 0 0 n/a 51.6 9.4 8.3 0.00 0.00 3.00
1888 Phillies 58 - - 0 0 n/a 454.0 6.9 13.0 - - -
1889 Phillies 99 - - 0 0 n/a 166.3 8.3 9.2 0.00 0.00 4.50
1890 Quakers 36 - - 0 0 n/a 86.8 6.9 6.0 - - -
7 Years 325 - - 0 0 n/a 139.9 8.6 8.7 1.67 3.21 1.93

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Jim Fogarty Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1884 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $1,000.00 n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $1,300.00 n/a n/a
1886 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $1,400.00 n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $1,900.00 n/a n/a
1888 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,000.00 n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,500.00 n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Quakers n/a $2,800.00 n/a n/a

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James G. Fogarty was a Major League Baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies (1884-1889) and Philadelphia Athletics (1890). Jim, his nickname, suffered from tuberculosis (TB) and struggled with complications in 1890, then died from the infectious disease in 1891.

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The San Francisco Call (11 August 1907. WHERE ARE OUR OLD BASEBALL HEROES. Page 11.), wrote, "Jimmy Fogarty, the idol of Philadelphia and one of the first really good men in sliding to bases, was too frail of physique to stand the strain of a severe athletic career and is in his grave, one of the few ballplayers to die of consumption [TB]."

"One of the really good men in sliding to bases" — how good? In 1887, Fogarty stole 102 bases, yet finished second (Top 25) in the senior circuit. Do you know who swiped 111 bags that year? [Answer]

Two years later (1889), Jimmy "only" stole 99 bases, but finished first overall (Top 25), well ahead of King Kelly. [Stolen Base Champions]

Jim Fogarty briefly held the Phillies all-time single season record for stolen bases. In 1890, the record (102 SB) was tied, and in 1891, the franchise mark was broken when a Philly stole one-hundred eleven bases! Who was it? [Answer]

Jim Fogarty averaged 23 doubles, 11 triples, 66 RBI, 104 runs scored, 72 walks, 92 stolen bases, and 38 outfield assists per 154 games played! Primarily a right fielder (0 LF / 312 CF / 373 RF), Fogarty gunned down 171 baserunners during his seven-year career — this despite playing only 685 career games in the outfield!