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Bob Fothergill

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Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/230 First Game: April 18, 1922
Birthdate: August 16, 1897 Final Game: July 5, 1933
Birthplace: Massillon, Ohio MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: March 20, 1938
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bob Fothergill (Robert Roy Fothergill) was born on August 16, 1897 in Massillon, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1922 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1922, his rookie year, he hit .322 with 0 home runs and 29 RBI. Fothergill played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Fothergill's best season was 1927, when he hit for a .359 average and knocked in 114 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1922 DET A 42 152 20 49 0 29 .322 .356 .454 12 4 8 9 0 3 1 0 0
1923 DET A 101 241 34 76 1 49 .315 .358 .419 18 2 12 19 4 11 4 0 0
1924 DET A 54 166 28 50 0 15 .301 .326 .386 8 3 5 13 1 7 2 0 0
1925 DET A 71 204 38 72 2 28 .353 .377 .451 14 0 6 3 2 11 2 0 0
1926 DET A 110 387 63 142 3 73 .367 .421 .506 31 7 33 23 3 14 4 0 0
1927 DET A 143 527 93 189 9 114 .359 .413 .516 38 9 47 31 2 17 9 0 0
1928 DET A 111 347 49 110 3 63 .317 .366 .481 28 10 24 19 3 10 8 0 0
1929 DET A 115 277 42 98 6 62 .354 .378 .570 24 9 11 11 0 5 3 0 0
1930 DET A 55 143 14 37 2 14 .259 .289 .406 9 3 6 10 0 4 1 0 0
1930 CHI A 52 135 10 40 0 24 .296 .326 .363 9 0 4 8 2 2 0 0 0
1930 TOT A 107 278 24 77 2 38 .277 .307 .385 18 3 10 18 2 6 1 0 0
1931 CHI A 108 312 25 88 3 56 .282 .323 .365 9 4 17 17 2 2 2 0 0
1932 CHI A 116 346 36 102 7 50 .295 .348 .431 24 1 27 10 1 2 4 0 0
1933 BOS A 28 32 1 11 0 5 .344 .382 .375 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1106 3269 453 1064 36 582 .325 .368 .459 225 52 202 177 20 88 40 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1922 DET A OF 38 0 0 50 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1923 DET A OF 68 0 0 121 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1924 DET A OF 45 0 0 89 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1925 DET A OF 59 0 0 120 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1926 DET A OF 103 0 0 245 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1927 DET A OF 137 0 0 315 3 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1928 DET A OF 90 0 0 179 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1929 DET A OF 59 0 0 116 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1930 DET A OF 38 0 0 53 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1930 CHI A OF 31 0 0 49 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .879
1930 TOT A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1930 TOT A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1930 TOT A OF 69 0 0 102 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1931 CHI A OF 74 0 0 169 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1932 CHI A OF 86 0 0 136 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1933 BOS A OF 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 832 0 0 1646 37 69 6 0 0 0 0 0 .961

[edit] Transactions

  • Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Detroit Tigers (July 18, 1930).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Johnny Hodapp, Greg Mulleavy and Bob Seeds to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Ed Durham and Hal Rhyne (December 15, 1932).
  • Released by Boston Red Sox (July 7, 1933).

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