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Dee Fondy
Dee Virgil Fondy

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 196 lb.

Debut April 17, 1951
Final Game September 21, 1958
Born October 31, 1924 in Slaton, TX
Died August 19, 1999 in Redlands, CA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 26 CHC NL  49  170   23   46   7  2   3   20   5  6  11  20  .271  .319  .388   88   66   2           1   2
 1952 27 CHC NL 145  554   69  166  21  9  10   67  13 11  28  60  .300  .334  .424  108  235   4           1  14
 1953 28 CHC NL 150  595   79  184  24 11  18   78  10  7  44 106  .309  .358  .477  114  284   1           1   6
 1954 29 CHC NL 141  568   77  162  30  4   9   49  20  5  35  84  .285  .326  .400   88  227   2   4       1   9
 1955 30 CHC NL 150  574   69  152  23  8  17   65   8  9  35  87  .265  .307  .422   92  242   3   4   6   2   9
 1956 31 CHC NL 137  543   52  146  22  9   9   46   9  7  20  74  .269  .290  .392   82  213   7  10   5   0   4
 1957 32 TOT NL 106  374   45  117  16  3   2   37  12  7  25  68  .313  .354  .388  102  145   4   4   0   1   7
         CHC NL  11   51    3   16   3  1   0    2   1  2   0   9  .314  .314  .412   94   21   0   0   0   0   2
         PIT NL  95  323   42  101  13  2   2   35  11  5  25  59  .313  .360  .384  103  124   4   4   0   1   5
 1958 33 CIN NL  89  124   23   27   1  1   1   11   7  1   5  27  .218  .246  .266   33   33   1   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      967 3502  437 1000 144 47  69  373  84 53 203 526  .286  .324  .413   95 1445  24  23  11   7  52
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   73  168  24  8  12   62  14  9  34  88  .286  .324  .413   95  242   4   4   2   1   9
 Career High    150  595   79  184  30 11  18   78  20 11  44 106  .313  .358  .477  114  284   7  10   6   2  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 26 CHC NL  184  134   19   3.8   105| .271  .270| .319  .344| .388  .409| .707  .753|  88  .422  -3.5  -0.3  45%
 1952 27 CHC NL  587  417   76   4.9    98| .300  .263| .334  .336| .424  .391| .758  .727| 108  .574   3.6   0.4  54%
 1953 28 CHC NL  641  425  100   6.2   112| .309  .277| .358  .348| .477  .431| .835  .779| 114  .614  10.1   1.0  58%
 1954 29 CHC NL  610  426   76   4.8   110| .285  .275| .326  .347| .400  .426| .726  .772|  88  .499 -11.2  -1.1  80%
 1955 30 CHC NL  618  447   71   4.2   105| .265  .265| .307  .336| .422  .420| .729  .757|  92  .456  -9.0  -0.9  47%
 1956 31 CHC NL  580  425   62   3.9   102| .269  .263| .290  .330| .392  .415| .682  .745|  82  .438 -14.5  -1.5  56%
 1957 32 TOT NL  408  279   51   5.0   101| .313  .265| .354  .328| .388  .411| .742  .739| 102  .531   1.9   0.1  63%
         CHC NL   51   39    5   3.5   102| .314  .267| .314  .331| .412  .414| .726  .745|  94  .371  -0.6  -0.1  33%
         PIT NL  357  240   46   5.2   100| .313  .265| .360  .328| .384  .410| .744  .738| 103  .553   2.5   0.2  68%
 1958 33 CIN NL  131  101    9   2.4   111| .218  .277| .246  .346| .266  .432| .512  .778|  33  .228 -12.8  -1.3  87%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3759 2654  464   4.7   105| .286  .269| .324  .339| .413  .416| .737  .755|  95  .508 -35.4  -3.6  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1951 26 CHC NL  1B   44    387   27   10   40  .976  .989  9.41  9.29                        
 1952 27 CHC NL  1B  143   1257  103   14   92  .990  .990  9.51  6.99                        
 1953 28 CHC NL  1B  149   1274  115   18  105  .987  .990  9.32  6.71                        
 1954 29 CHC NL  1B  138   1228  119    9  129  .993  .991  9.76  7.25                        
 1955 30 CHC NL  1B  147   1304  107   13  135  .991  .991  9.60  6.80                        
 1956 31 CHC NL  1B  133   1048   94   17  101  .985  .989  8.59  7.52  8.78  7.68  132 1171.0
 1957 32 TOT NL  1B   84    801   60   15   73  .983  .990 10.25  8.82 10.34  9.67   82  749.3
         CHC NL  1B   11    103    6    1   10  .991  .990  9.91  8.82  9.98  9.67   11   98.3
         PIT NL  1B   73    698   54   14   63  .982  .990 10.30  8.82 10.40  9.67   71  651.0
 1958 33 CIN NL  1B   36    135   16    2   15  .987  .990  4.19  8.11  9.55  9.54    9  142.3
                 OF   22     25    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.14  1.95  2.05  2.26   11  110.0
                 RF   15     15    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.00  1.73  1.96  2.02    7   69.0
                 LF    7      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.14  1.54  1.76  2.00    4   41.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1951 26 CHC NL  1B   44    387   27   10   40  .976  .989  9.41  9.29                        
 1952 27 CHC NL  1B  143   1257  103   14   92  .990  .990  9.51  6.99                        
 1953 28 CHC NL  1B  149   1274  115   18  105  .987  .990  9.32  6.71                        
 1954 29 CHC NL  1B  138   1228  119    9  129  .993  .991  9.76  7.25                        
 1955 30 CHC NL  1B  147   1304  107   13  135  .991  .991  9.60  6.80                        
 1956 31 CHC NL  1B  133   1048   94   17  101  .985  .989  8.59  7.52  8.78  7.68  132 1171.0
 1957 32 TOT NL  1B   84    801   60   15   73  .983  .990 10.25  8.82 10.34  9.67   82  749.3
         CHC NL  1B   11    103    6    1   10  .991  .990  9.91  8.82  9.98  9.67   11   98.3
         PIT NL  1B   73    698   54   14   63  .982  .990 10.30  8.82 10.40  9.67   71  651.0
 1958 33 CIN NL  1B   36    135   16    2   15  .987  .990  4.19  8.11  9.55  9.54    9  142.3

 1958 33 CIN NL  LF    7      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.14  1.54  1.76  2.00    4   41.0

 1958 33 CIN NL  OF   22     25    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.14  1.95  2.05  2.26   11  110.0

 1958 33 CIN NL  RF   15     15    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.00  1.73  1.96  2.02    7   69.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B* 874   7434  641   98  690  .988  .990  9.24  7.37              223 2062.7
                 OF*  22     25    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.14  1.95               11  110.0    7    0   15#
                 RF*  15     15    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.00  1.73                7   69.0
                 LF*   7      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.14  1.54                4   41.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       896   7459  641   98  690  .988  .990  9.04  7.24
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1952 NL-.300-9

Hits
1952 NL-166-8
1953 NL-184-6

Triples
1952 NL-9-5
1953 NL-11-3
1955 NL-8-8
1956 NL-9-6

Strikeouts
1953 NL-106-2
1954 NL-84-3
1955 NL-87-4

Stolen Bases
1952 NL-13-5
1953 NL-10-9
1954 NL-20-3
1956 NL-9-9
1957 NL-12-7

Singles
1952 NL-126-6
1953 NL-131-7

Sac. Flies
1956 NL-10-2

Caught Stealing
1952 NL-11-2
1953 NL-7-4
1955 NL-9-6
1956 NL-7-7
1957 NL-7-7

Power/Speed Number
1952 NL-11.3-5
1953 NL-12.9-4
1954 NL-12.4-4
1955 NL-10.9-8

Outs
1955 NL-447-5

    

Gray Ink: Batting - 24 (888) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1908) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1259) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1950: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Chuck Connors to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Edwards and cash.

May 1, 1957: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Gene Baker to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dale Long and Lee Walls.

December 28, 1957: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ted Kluszewski.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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