Lew Fonseca

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: January 21, 1899 in Oakland, CA us

Died: November 26, 1989 in Ely, IA

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1921 (Age 22-082d, 5,221st in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1933 (Age 34-233d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Lewis Albert Fonseca

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.3

3404

1075

.316

518

RBI

485

OBP

.355

SLG

.432

OPS

.788

OPS+

103

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-30 / in Starts: 33-24
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 255 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	170 (91-48-31) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 255 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	170 (84-54-31)

Most Driven In
P Duncan	7
S Bohne	5
E Roush	4
Self	2
G Burns	2
J Daubert	1
B Hargrave	1
R Bressler	1

Most Driven In By
I Caveney	8
B Hargrave	7
R Bressler	2
D Luque	2
R Benton	2
G Burns	2
Self	2
B Pinelli	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	164	1	Apr 17	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	5	1.72	-0.015	4.36	-0.02%	0.03	1B
2	165	2	Apr 18	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.333	.500	.500	1.000	5	1.52	-0.067	4.26	-0.11%	-0.26	1B
3	166	3	Apr 19	CIN		STL	L,8-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.364	.333	.697	5	.50	-0.047	1.27	-0.07%	-0.38	1B
4	167	4	Apr 20	CIN		STL	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	5	.83	0.058	1.95	0.08%	0.52	1B
5	168	5	Apr 21	CIN		PIT	W,12-6	GS-3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764	5	.76	0.085	1.81	0.12%	2.30	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	169	17 (11)	May 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.421	.529	.950	9	.05	0.004	.10	0.01%	0.93	PH
7	170	18	May 5	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-10	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.450	.556	1.006	9	1.72	0.101	3.13	0.11%	0.95	PH
8	171	19	May 6	CIN		PIT	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.429	.526	.955	9	2.72	-0.069	4.35	-0.07%	-0.17	PH
9	172	21 (1)	May 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.435	.480	.565	1.045	6	1.23	0.140	2.11	0.14%	1.49	2B
10	173	22	May 11	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.423	.483	.538	1.021	6	2.03	0.106	3.83	0.12%	0.06	2B
11	174	23	May 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1				0	0	.448	.515	.655	1.170	6						2B
12	175	24	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.424	.500	.606	1.106	6	.92	0.092	1.78	0.11%	0.25	2B
13	176	25	May 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.432	.500	.595	1.095	6	.55	0.010	1.54	0.02%	0.29	2B
14	177	26	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.447	.524	.971	6	.73	-0.075	1.81	-0.11%	-1.52	2B
15	178	27	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.420	.489	.909	6	1.02	-0.078	2.64	-0.12%	-0.54	2B
16	179	28	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.389	.449	.838	6	.89	-0.124	1.69	-0.14%	-1.55	2B
17	180	29	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.397	.442	.839	6	1.07	-0.102	1.83	-0.10%	-0.95	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	181	55 (25)	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.390	.434	.824	7	.78	-0.020	2.50	-0.04%	-0.25	2B
19	182	56	Jun 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.397	.456	.853	7	.29	0.004	1.08	0.01%	1.00	2B
20	183	57	Jun 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.397	.468	.865	7	1.79	0.014	5.93	0.03%	0.25	2B
21	184	58	Jun 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.338	.394	.462	.856	7						2B
22	185	59	Jun 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.408	.500	.908	7	.75	0.114	2.15	0.20%	0.71	2B
23	186	60	Jun 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG(14)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2		0	0	.355	.402	.487	.889	7	1.85	-0.102	5.31	-0.18%	-0.17	2B
24	187	61	Jun 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.384	.463	.846	6	.84	-0.086	2.58	-0.16%	-1.11	2B
25	188	62	Jun 29 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.378	.446	.824	6	1.38	-0.126	4.74	-0.26%	-0.91	2B
26	189	63	Jun 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.362	.425	.787	6	1.59	-0.315	4.90	-0.58%	-1.88	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	190	64	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.418	.775	6	1.24	-0.104	3.21	-0.16%	-0.86	2B
28	191	65	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.350	.406	.756	6	1.36	0.131	3.65	0.21%	-0.43	2B
29	192	66	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.346	.400	.746	6	.73	0.002	2.13	0.00%	0.04	2B
30	193	67	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.342	.423	.765	6	1.16	0.109	3.57	0.20%	0.65	2B
31	194	68	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.333	.411	.745	6	.47	-0.046	1.54	-0.09%	-0.53	2B
32	195	69	Jul 7	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.331	.405	.736	6	1.42	0.030	5.75	0.07%	0.46	2B
33	196	70	Jul 8	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.344	.443	.788	6	1.29	0.057	5.69	0.15%	0.22	2B
34	197	71	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.339	.433	.772	6	.79	-0.050	4.17	-0.16%	-0.95	2B
35	198	72	Jul 10	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.333	.432	.765	6	1.02	-0.111	3.09	-0.20%	-0.67	2B
36	199	73	Jul 11 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.338	.442	.780	6	.95	-0.058	3.01	-0.11%	-0.02	2B
37	200	74	Jul 11 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.306	.340	.440	.781	6	.85	0.090	2.96	0.19%	0.92	2B
38	201	75	Jul 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.338	.435	.773	6	1.00	-0.159	3.59	-0.34%	-1.40	2B
39	202	76	Jul 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,21-7	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.301	.338	.427	.764	6	.43	-0.005	1.76	-0.01%	-0.29	2B
40	203	77	Jul 14 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG(12)	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.344	.443	.787	6	1.55	0.285	7.04	0.78%	1.91	2B
41	204	78	Jul 14 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.338	.434	.772	6	1.11	-0.083	5.29	-0.24%	-0.72	2B
42	205	79	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.335	.429	.765	6	1.15	-0.095	5.32	-0.26%	-0.79	2B
43	206	80	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		2	0	.306	.339	.431	.771	6	.32	0.017	1.53	0.05%	1.74	2B
44	207	81	Jul 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.305	.341	.433	.774	6	.33	-0.024	1.73	-0.08%	0.37	2B
45	208	82	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.333	.423	.756	6	2.04	-0.220	11.37	-0.74%	-1.06	2B
46	209	83	Jul 20	CIN	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.335	.434	.769	6	.54	-0.002	2.97	-0.01%	0.40	2B
47	210	84	Jul 21 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	5	4	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.316	.349	.446	.796	6	.87	0.209	4.82	0.70%	2.54	2B
48	211	85	Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.342	.436	.779	6	1.13	-0.113	6.66	-0.40%	-1.23	2B
49	212	86	Jul 22	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.335	.427	.762	6	1.59	-0.260	8.66	-0.85%	-1.55	2B
50	213	87	Jul 23	CIN		STL	L,7-8	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.338	.431	.769	6	.96	0.080	4.80	0.24%	0.62	2B
51	214	88	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.297	.332	.422	.754	6	1.07	-0.048	4.85	-0.13%	-0.51	2B
52	215	89	Jul 25	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.325	.413	.739	6	.69	-0.069	3.37	-0.20%	-1.05	2B
53	216	95 (5)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.329	.415	.744	2	1.12	0.026	5.55	0.08%	0.46	1B
54	217	96	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.327	.413	.740	9	1.89	-0.050	9.84	-0.16%	-0.11	PH
55	218	97	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.319	.403	.722	2	1.28	-0.162	6.24	-0.48%	-2.00	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	219	100 (2)	Aug 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-14	8-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.321	.401	.722	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1B
57	220	103 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.321	.400	.721	7	1.52	-0.075	8.26	-0.24%	-0.68	2B
58	221	110 (6)	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.320	.398	.718	9	.08	-0.002	.37	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
59	222	123 (12)	Aug 31	CIN		CHC	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.318	.396	.715	9	.22	-0.006	1.32	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	223	132 (8)	Sep 8 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-13	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.311	.387	.699	2	.71	-0.087	4.32	-0.32%	-1.33	1B
61	224	133	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.318	.410	.728	2	.43	0.171	2.11	0.50%	2.46	1B
62	225	134	Sep 10	CIN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.321	.412	.732	2	.55	0.101	3.65	0.40%	0.71	1B
63	226	135	Sep 11	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.315	.404	.720	2	1.56	-0.159	6.44	-0.40%	-1.22	1B
64	227	136	Sep 12	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.309	.396	.705	2	.69	-0.103	1.37	-0.12%	-2.82	1B
65	228	137	Sep 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.310	.397	.707	2	.91	0.073	2.54	0.12%	0.84	1B
							35-30		255	237	34	66	11	4	3	26	9	1	16	2	4		5		4	0	.278	.310	.397	.707		1.02	-1.208	3.74	-3.05%	-7.49

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