Lew Fonseca Stats

Lew Fonseca was born on Saturday, January 21, 1899, in Oakland, California. Fonseca was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 13, 1921, with the Cincinnati Reds. 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 Lew Fonseca baseball stats page.

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Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#39)

Lew Fonseca Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#39)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Lewis Albert Fonseca
Nickname:   Lew
Born On:   01-21-1899
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Oakland, California
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-26-1989
Place of Death Data Died In:   Ely, Iowa
Cemetery:   All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois
College:   Saint Mary's College of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-13-1921 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-11-1933
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1932 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1921 Reds 82 297 38 82 10 3 1 0 41 8 - 13 10 - 4 - .276 .304 .340
1922 Reds 81 291 55 105 20 3 4 0 45 14 - 18 13 - 0 - .361 .390 .491
1923 Reds 65 237 33 66 11 4 3 0 28 9 - 16 7 - 2 - .278 .310 .397
1924 Reds 20 57 5 13 2 1 0 0 9 4 - 4 2 - 0 - .228 .279 .298
1925 Phillies 126 467 78 149 30 5 7 1 60 21 - 42 15 - 3 - .319 .352 .450
1927 Indians 112 428 60 133 20 7 2 0 40 12 - 17 17 - 2 - .311 .333 .404
1928 Indians 75 263 38 86 19 4 3 0 36 13 - 17 11 - 1 - .327 .361 .464
1929 Indians 148 566 97 209 44 15 6 0 103 50 - 23 20 - 7 - .369 .427 .532
1930 Indians 40 129 20 36 9 2 0 0 17 7 - 7 4 - 0 - .279 .316 .380
1931 Indians 26 108 21 40 9 1 1 0 14 8 - 7 3 - 1 - .370 .419 .500
1931 White Sox 121 465 65 139 26 5 2 0 71 32 - 22 8 - 3 - .299 .348 .389
1932 White Sox 18 37 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 1 - 7 1 - 0 - .135 .158 .162
1933 White Sox 23 59 8 12 2 0 2 0 15 7 - 6 0 - 0 - .203 .288 .339
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 937 3,404 518 1,075 203 50 31 1 485 186 - 199 111 - 23 - .316 .355 .432
Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1921 Reds 1B 16 - - 157 9.8 156 150 6 1 11 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1921 Reds 2B 50 - - 285 5.7 274 125 149 11 20 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1921 Reds OF 16 - - 34 2.1 32 32 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1922 Reds 2B 71 - - 462 6.5 448 197 251 14 40 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1923 Reds 1B 14 - - 138 9.9 136 129 7 2 10 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1923 Reds 2B 45 - - 305 6.8 292 123 169 13 27 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1924 Reds 1B 6 - - 55 9.2 54 51 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1924 Reds 2B 10 - - 38 3.8 38 11 27 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1925 Phillies 1B 55 - - 527 9.6 524 498 26 3 37 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1925 Phillies 2B 69 - - 386 5.6 369 150 219 17 31 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1927 Indians 1B 13 - - 120 9.2 119 118 1 1 9 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1927 Indians 2B 96 - - 548 5.7 533 229 304 15 51 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1928 Indians 1B 56 - - 582 10.4 582 541 41 0 65 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1928 Indians 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1928 Indians 3B 15 - - 46 3.1 43 11 32 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 -
1928 Indians SS 4 - - 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1929 Indians 1B 147 - - 1,601 10.9 1,593 1,486 107 8 141 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1930 Indians 1B 28 - - 304 10.9 298 274 24 6 15 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1930 Indians 3B 6 - - 12 2.0 9 3 6 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1931 Indians 1B 26 - - 301 11.6 299 284 15 2 18 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1931 White Sox 1B 2 - - 5 2.5 5 5 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1931 White Sox 2B 21 - - 97 4.6 95 46 49 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00 -
1931 White Sox 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1931 White Sox OF 95 - - 192 2.0 187 183 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1932 White Sox OF 8 - - 16 2.0 16 14 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1932 White Sox P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1933 White Sox 1B 12 - - 150 12.5 150 138 12 0 15 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1B Totals 375 0 0 3,940 10.5 3,916 3,674 242 24 323 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 --
2B Totals 363 0 0 2,126 5.9 2,054 882 1,172 72 180 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
OF Totals 119 0 0 242 2.0 235 229 6 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 --
3B Totals 22 0 0 58 2.6 52 14 38 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .897 0.00 --
SS Totals 4 0 0 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
P Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
12 Years 884 0 3 6,367 7.2 6,258 4,799 1,459 109 507 n/a n/a n/a .983 56,322.00 --
Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1921 Reds 2 3 .400 - - n/a 297.0 22.8 7.2 - - -
1922 Reds 7 8 .467 - - n/a 72.8 16.2 6.5 - - -
1923 Reds 4 0 1.000 - - n/a 79.0 14.8 8.5 - - -
1924 Reds 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 14.3 6.3 - - -
1925 Phillies 6 2 .750 - - n/a 66.7 11.1 7.8 - - -
1927 Indians 12 4 .750 - - n/a 214.0 25.2 10.7 - - -
1928 Indians 4 2 .667 - - n/a 87.7 15.5 7.3 - - -
1929 Indians 19 11 .633 - - n/a 94.3 24.6 5.5 - - -
1930 Indians 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 18.4 7.6 - - -
1931 Indians 3 2 .600 - - n/a 108.0 15.4 7.7 - - -
1931 White Sox 4 4 .500 - - n/a 232.5 21.1 6.5 - - -
1932 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.3 6.2 0.00 0.00 0.00
1933 White Sox 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 29.5 9.8 3.9 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 64 36 .640 - - n/a 109.8 17.1 7.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1921 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Cleveland Indians 6 Undetermined n/a -
1930 Cleveland Indians 4 Undetermined n/a -
1931 Cleveland Indians 5 Undetermined n/a -
1931 Chicago White Sox 7 Undetermined n/a -
1932 Chicago White Sox 12 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Chicago White Sox 1 Undetermined - -


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