Freddie Fitzsimmons

Full Name: Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: August 12, 1925
Birthdate: July 26, 1901	Final Game: July 16, 1943
Birthplace: Mishawaka, Indiana	MLB Experience: 19 years
Died: November 18, 1979
Deathplace: Yucca Valley, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 26, 1901 in Mishawaka, Indiana, Freddie Fitzsimmons (Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons) played for the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 19 year career. Fitzsimmons broke into the bigs on August 12, 1925 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 74.2 innings pitched in 1925, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Freddie Fitzsimmons's best season was 1934, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 73 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1925	NY	N	10	8	6	3	2.65	17	25	22	6	1	0	74.2	70	4	18	0	0
1926	NY	N	37	26	14	10	2.88	48	90	70	12	0	0	219	224	7	58	3	4
1927	NY	N	42	31	17	10	3.72	78	127	101	14	1	3	244.2	260	15	67	3	4
1928	NY	N	40	31	20	9	3.68	67	119	107	16	1	1	261.1	264	13	65	6	4
1929	NY	N	37	30	15	11	4.10	55	122	101	14	4	1	221.2	242	14	66	4	2
1930	NY	N	41	29	19	7	4.25	76	125	106	17	1	1	224.1	230	26	59	6	1
1931	NY	N	35	33	18	11	3.05	78	111	86	19	4	0	253.2	242	16	62	5	0
1932	NY	N	35	31	11	11	4.43	65	132	117	11	0	0	237.2	287	18	83	7	3
1933	NY	N	36	35	16	11	2.90	65	106	81	13	1	0	251.2	243	14	72	2	2
1934	NY	N	38	37	18	14	3.04	73	114	89	14	3	1	263.1	266	12	51	9	1
1935	NY	N	18	15	4	8	4.02	23	43	42	6	4	0	94	104	7	22	3	1
1936	NY	N	28	17	10	7	3.32	35	58	52	7	0	2	141	147	6	39	1	0
1937	NY	N	6	4	2	2	4.61	13	14	14	1	1	0	27.1	28	3	8	2	0
1937	BRO	N	13	13	4	8	4.27	29	47	43	4	0	0	90.2	91	2	32	2	1
1937	TOT	N	19	17	6	10	4.35	42	61	57	5	1	0	118	119	5	40	4	1
1938	BRO	N	27	26	11	8	3.02	38	83	68	12	3	0	202.2	205	8	43	3	3
1939	BRO	N	27	20	7	9	3.87	44	79	65	5	0	3	151.1	178	6	28	0	3
1940	BRO	N	20	18	16	2	2.81	35	43	42	11	4	1	134.1	120	5	25	2	1
1941	BRO	N	13	12	6	1	2.07	19	33	19	3	1	0	82.2	78	3	26	0	2
1942	BRO	N	1	1	0	0	15.00	0	5	5	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	0
1943	BRO	N	9	7	3	4	5.44	12	29	27	1	0	0	44.2	50	6	21	0	1
Total			513	424	217	146	3.51	870	1505	1257	186	29	13	3223.2	3335	186	846	58	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1925	NY	N	P	10	3	27	0	0	1.000
1926	NY	N	P	37	20	62	0	5	1.000
1927	NY	N	P	42	19	59	2	3	.975
1928	NY	N	P	40	23	63	0	4	1.000
1929	NY	N	P	37	13	70	4	7	.954
1930	NY	N	P	41	22	70	2	6	.979
1931	NY	N	P	35	13	89	4	9	.962
1932	NY	N	P	35	16	78	2	10	.979
1933	NY	N	P	36	12	83	4	6	.960
1934	NY	N	P	38	24	71	3	10	.969
1935	NY	N	P	18	8	24	0	1	1.000
1936	NY	N	P	28	11	31	3	5	.933
1937	NY	N	P	6	1	4	0	1	1.000
1937	BRO	N	P	13	4	24	0	0	1.000
1937	TOT	N	P	19	5	28	0	1	1.000
1938	BRO	N	P	27	13	66	1	7	.988
1939	BRO	N	P	27	13	52	0	1	1.000
1940	BRO	N	P	20	15	28	2	2	.956
1941	BRO	N	P	13	3	30	0	1	1.000
1942	BRO	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1943	BRO	N	P	9	4	10	1	1	.933
Total			P	513	237	942	28	79	.977

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1925	NY	N	10	29	3	9	0	4	.310	.333	.345	1	0	0	4	1	1	0
1926	NY	N	37	86	3	11	0	3	.128	.128	.151	2	0	0	19	0	1	0
1927	NY	N	42	87	6	18	0	8	.207	.216	.253	2	1	1	9	0	8	0
1928	NY	N	40	94	7	18	0	9	.191	.224	.255	4	1	3	12	1	5	0
1929	NY	N	37	82	5	15	0	9	.183	.193	.232	4	0	1	11	0	2	0
1930	NY	N	41	83	15	22	2	13	.265	.299	.398	3	1	4	11	0	5	0
1931	NY	N	35	92	16	21	4	18	.228	.297	.413	3	1	7	18	2	3	0
1932	NY	N	35	86	10	19	2	10	.221	.230	.349	3	1	0	12	1	6	0
1933	NY	N	36	95	3	19	2	6	.200	.208	.316	3	1	1	14	0	3	3
1934	NY	N	38	95	12	22	2	8	.232	.270	.337	2	1	3	12	2	2	6
1935	NY	N	18	31	2	8	0	2	.258	.281	.290	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
1936	NY	N	28	47	4	7	0	0	.149	.167	.170	1	0	0	8	1	5	1
1937	NY	N	6	10	2	3	1	1	.300	.300	.700	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
1937	BRO	N	13	30	2	5	0	1	.167	.219	.167	0	0	1	7	1	1	1
1937	TOT	N	19	40	4	8	1	2	.200	.238	.300	1	0	1	9	1	2	1
1938	BRO	N	27	70	8	12	0	4	.171	.216	.200	2	0	4	14	0	4	1
1939	BRO	N	27	47	7	11	1	5	.234	.321	.319	1	0	4	10	2	3	1
1940	BRO	N	20	47	6	5	0	1	.106	.176	.128	1	0	2	8	2	4	1
1941	BRO	N	13	28	1	4	0	1	.143	.226	.179	1	0	3	1	0	1	1
1942	BRO	N	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	BRO	N	9	14	0	1	0	0	.071	.133	.071	0	0	1	4	0	1	0
Total			513	1155	112	231	14	103	.200	.233	.279	35	7	36	177	13	58	15

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Indianapolis (American Association) to New York Giants in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 8, 1926).
Traded by New York Giants to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Tom Baker (June 11, 1937).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 24, 1942).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (1943).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (@July 15, 1943).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 14, 1945).

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