Lew Fonseca
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[edit] Biography
Lew Fonseca (Lewis Albert Fonseca) was born on January 21, 1899 in Oakland, California. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1921 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1921, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 1 home run and 41 RBI. Fonseca played for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Lew Fonseca's best season was 1929, when he hit for a .369 average and knocked in 103 runs.
[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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | CIN | N | 82 | 297 | 38 | 82 | 1 | 41 | .276 | .304 | .340 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | CIN | N | 81 | 291 | 55 | 105 | 4 | 45 | .361 | .390 | .491 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1923 | CIN | N | 65 | 237 | 33 | 66 | 3 | 28 | .278 | .310 | .397 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CIN | N | 20 | 57 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 9 | .228 | .279 | .298 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | PHI | N | 126 | 467 | 78 | 149 | 7 | 60 | .319 | .352 | .450 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CLE | A | 112 | 428 | 60 | 133 | 2 | 40 | .311 | .333 | .404 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CLE | A | 75 | 263 | 38 | 86 | 3 | 36 | .327 | .361 | .464 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | CLE | A | 148 | 566 | 97 | 209 | 6 | 103 | .369 | .427 | .532 | 44 | 15 | 50 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CLE | A | 40 | 129 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 17 | .279 | .316 | .380 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CLE | A | 26 | 108 | 21 | 40 | 1 | 14 | .370 | .419 | .500 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 121 | 465 | 65 | 139 | 2 | 71 | .299 | .348 | .389 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | TOT | A | 147 | 573 | 86 | 179 | 3 | 85 | .312 | .361 | .410 | 35 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | 18 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .135 | .158 | .162 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 23 | 59 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .203 | .288 | .339 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 374 | 1349 | 209 | 415 | 15 | 183 | .308 | .339 | .419 | 73 | 16 | 56 | 93 | 9 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | AL | 563 | 2055 | 309 | 660 | 16 | 302 | .321 | .366 | .441 | 130 | 34 | 130 | 106 | 14 | 64 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 937 | 3404 | 518 | 1075 | 31 | 485 | .316 | .355 | .432 | 203 | 50 | 186 | 199 | 23 | 111 | 64 | 0 | 7 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | CIN | N | OF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1921 | CIN | N | 2B | 50 | 48 | 0 | 125 | 149 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1921 | CIN | N | LF | 14 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
| 1921 | CIN | N | 1B | 16 | 14 | 0 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1921 | CIN | N | RF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1922 | CIN | N | 2B | 71 | 70 | 318 | 197 | 251 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1923 | CIN | N | 2B | 45 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 169 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1923 | CIN | N | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1924 | CIN | N | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1924 | CIN | N | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1925 | PHI | N | 1B | 55 | 0 | 0 | 498 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1925 | PHI | N | 2B | 69 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 219 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .956 |
| 1927 | CLE | A | 2B | 96 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 304 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1927 | CLE | A | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 |
| 1928 | CLE | A | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1928 | CLE | A | 1B | 56 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 41 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1928 | CLE | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1928 | CLE | A | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1929 | CLE | A | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0 | 1486 | 107 | 8 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .995 |
| 1930 | CLE | A | 1B | 28 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1930 | CLE | A | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 1931 | CLE | A | 1B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | OF | 95 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1931 | CHI | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1931 | TOT | A | 1B | 28 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | OF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 1B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .897 | ||
| Total | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | 1B | 375 | 14 | 0 | 3674 | 242 | 24 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 | ||
| Total | LF | 14 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 | ||
| Total | RF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 2B | 363 | 118 | 318 | 882 | 1172 | 72 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 | ||
| Total | OF | 119 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 | ||
| Total | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | CHI | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Cincinnati Reds (March 30, 1925).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Willie Kamm (May 17, 1931).
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