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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
2	2	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
3	3	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
4	4	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
11	11	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	W,10-9	CG	48	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
12	12	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	2	11	0
15	15	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	19	0	0	19	0
16	16	May 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	17	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
18	18	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	19	May 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
20	20	May 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
21	21	May 9	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
22	22	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
23	23	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	24	May 14	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
25	25	May 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
26	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	53	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox
27	29	May 21	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	30	May 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	31	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	8	0	13	2
30	32	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	33	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
32	34	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
33	35	May 27 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
34	36	May 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-1	GS	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	37	May 28	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	38	May 31	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	40	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	41	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	42	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	43	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	44	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
43	45	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-18	GS	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	46	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	47	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	48	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	4	4	1	9	0
47	49	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	50	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 19	CHW		PHA	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	52	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	54	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
54	56	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	57	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	58	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	59	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-9	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	60	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	61	Jun 27	CHW		WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	62	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	63	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
62	64	Jun 29	CHW		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	65	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	67	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
69	71	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	72	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	73	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	54	12.0	8	0	0	8	0
72	74	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	51	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	75	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	76	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	52	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-10	GS	27	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	81	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	GS	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	83	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	84	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	85	Jul 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
85	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
86	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	91 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	92	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-22	GS	39	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	94	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
91	95	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	97	Aug 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	98	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	99	Aug 3	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	100	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	101	Aug 6	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	102	Aug 7	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	104	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	107	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	108	Aug 12	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	109	Aug 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	110	Aug 14	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	111	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	112	Aug 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	113	Aug 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	114	Aug 17	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	115	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	116	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	117	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	L,12-15	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
114	118	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	121	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	122	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	123	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	124	Aug 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
121	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	127	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-15	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
125	130 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	131	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	132	Sep 5	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	133	Sep 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	134	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	136 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	138 (1)	Sep 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	139	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	54	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	140	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	T,13-13	CG	56	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
136	143	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
138	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	147	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	150 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
							146gm		396.0	500	67	9	576	28