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Ed Fitz Gerald

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Full Name: Edward Raymond Fitz Gerald Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 19, 1948
Birthdate: May 21, 1924 Final Game: September 15, 1959
Birthplace: Santa Ynez, California MLB Experience: 12 years
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

Ed Fitz Gerald (Edward Raymond Fitz Gerald) was born on May 21, 1924 in Santa Ynez, California. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1948 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 1 home run and 35 RBI. Fitz Gerald played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Ed Fitz Gerald's best season was 1954, when he hit for a .289 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1948 PIT N 102 262 31 70 1 35 .267 .349 .336 9 3 32 37 1 2 3 0 3
1949 PIT N 75 160 16 42 2 18 .262 .302 .344 7 0 8 27 1 2 1 0 5
1950 PIT N 6 15 1 1 0 0 .067 .067 .133 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
1951 PIT N 55 97 8 22 0 13 .227 .286 .289 6 0 7 10 1 0 1 0 6
1952 PIT N 51 73 4 17 1 7 .233 .300 .288 1 0 7 15 0 0 0 0 4
1953 WAS A 88 288 23 72 3 39 .250 .299 .326 13 0 19 34 1 3 2 0 10
1953 PIT N 6 17 2 2 0 1 .118 .118 .176 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1953 Total 94 305 25 74 3 40 .243 .289 .318 14 0 19 36 1 3 2 0 10
1954 WAS A 115 360 33 104 4 40 .289 .349 .386 13 5 33 22 2 3 0 0 12
1955 WAS A 74 236 28 56 4 19 .237 .317 .309 3 1 25 23 3 5 0 0 8
1956 WAS A 64 148 15 45 2 12 .304 .387 .399 8 0 20 16 0 1 0 1 4
1957 WAS A 45 125 14 34 1 13 .272 .331 .360 8 0 10 9 1 3 2 1 9
1958 WAS A 58 114 7 30 0 11 .263 .309 .289 3 0 8 15 0 1 0 0 8
1959 WAS A 19 62 5 12 0 5 .194 .242 .242 3 0 4 8 0 2 0 0 1
1959 CLE A 49 129 12 35 1 4 .271 .343 .357 6 1 12 14 2 0 0 1 5
1959 TOT A 68 191 17 47 1 9 .246 .311 .319 9 1 16 22 2 2 0 1 6
Total NL 295 624 62 154 4 74 .247 .310 .316 25 3 54 94 3 4 5 0 19
Total AL 512 1462 137 388 15 143 .265 .329 .345 57 7 131 141 9 18 4 3 57
Total 807 2086 199 542 19 217 .260 .323 .336 82 10 185 235 12 22 9 3 76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1948 PIT N C 96 0 0 338 36 15 4 0 15 0 0 0 .961
1949 PIT N C 56 0 0 163 22 5 5 0 7 0 0 0 .974
1950 PIT N C 5 0 0 16 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .950
1951 PIT N C 38 0 0 98 13 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 .965
1952 PIT N 3B 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1952 PIT N C 18 0 0 49 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 WAS A C 85 0 0 319 33 4 3 0 8 0 0 0 .989
1953 PIT N C 5 0 0 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 Total C 90 0 0 332 36 4 3 0 8 0 0 0 .989
1954 WAS A C 107 0 0 396 38 12 5 0 3 0 0 0 .973
1955 WAS A C 72 0 0 304 30 6 5 0 8 0 0 0 .982
1956 WAS A C 50 0 0 206 19 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 .974
1957 WAS A C 37 32 276.1 142 16 6 3 0 2 19 4 0 .963
1958 WAS A 1B 5 3 36 31 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 WAS A C 21 20 152.2 94 4 3 0 0 3 16 2 0 .970
1959 WAS A C 16 15 134 68 13 0 2 0 0 5 6 2 1.000
1959 CLE A C 45 38 334.1 192 26 5 3 0 0 13 15 3 .978
1959 TOT A C 61 53 468.1 260 39 5 5 0 0 18 21 5 .984
Total 1B 5 3 36 31 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
Total C 651 105 897.1 2398 260 67 37 0 54 53 27 5 .975

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates (October, 1947).
  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Senators (May 13, 1953).
  • Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Hal Woodeshick and Hal Naragon (May 25, 1959).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (April 12, 1960).

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