Bob Fothergill

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 230lb (178cm, 104kg)

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH us

Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, OH

Debut: April 18, 1922 (Age 24-245d, 5,429th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 5, 1933 (Age 35-323d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill

Nicknames: Fats

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

3269

1064

.326

452

RBI

582

OBP

.368

SLG

.459

OPS

.828

OPS+

115

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

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 12	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 13	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	24 (17)	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	25	May 6	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	26	May 7	DET	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	27	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	28	May 10	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	29	May 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	30	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	44	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	31	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	32	May 14	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	33	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	34	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
18	35	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
19	36	May 20	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	37	May 22	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	38	May 23	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
22	39	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	52	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	40	May 25	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	41	May 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	42	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	43	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	44	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	45	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
29	46	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	47	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
31	48	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	49	Jun 9 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
33	50	Jun 9 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	51	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	52	Jun 11	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	53	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	54	Jun 13	DET		PHA	L,5-12	GS	42	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	59 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	60	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	61	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	62	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	63	Jun 23	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	66 (2)	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	70 (3)	Jul 1	DET		SLB	W,7-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
45	75 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,20-8	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	76	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	85 (7)	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	86	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	87	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	101 (13)	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	103 (1)	Aug 4	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	104	Aug 5	DET		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	105	Aug 6	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
55	106	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	112 (4)	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	GF	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	113	Aug 16	DET	@	PHA	L,6-18	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	114	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	115	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	121	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
67	122	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	123	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	124	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	125	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	126	Aug 28	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	127	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	128	Aug 30	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	134 (5)	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	135	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
76	136	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	142 (5)	Sep 16	DET		WSH	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	144	Sep 18	DET		WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	145	Sep 20	DET		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	146	Sep 21	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	147	Sep 22	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	148	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
84	149	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	150	Sep 27 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
86	151	Sep 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	152	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	153	Sep 29	DET		NYY	W,19-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	154	Sep 30	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							90gm			165	7	8	180	0