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Historical player · 1921–1933

Lew Fonseca

B/T R/R · HT 70 · WT 180 · Born 1/21/1899 · From Oakland, CA USA · Debut 1921-04-13 · Final 1933-09-11

Career · batting

937

3,404

1,075

RBI

485

186

AVG/OPS

0.316 · 0.787

Career · pitching

1.0

W-L

0-0

ERA

0.00

WHIP

0.00

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1927–1931

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#242 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Adcock

↓ 1 W. Upshaw

Hits

504

#97 on the Indians

↑ 2 J. Azcue

↓ 1 D. Justice

RBI

210

#114 on the Indians

↑ 3 G. Strickland

↓ 4 S. Kwan

#80 on the Indians

↑ 1 P. Dade

↓ 1 R. Weatherly

Runs

236

#100 on the Indians

↑ 1 M. Lawton

↓ 1 R. Boone

#183 on the Indians

↑ 2 J. Ellis

↓ 1 F. Brower

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1921–1924

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#291 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Bloodworth

↓ 1 H. Winningham

Hits

266

#205 on the Reds

↑ 3 T. Howard

↓ 1 E. Swanson

RBI

123

#197 on the Reds

↑ 2 E. Burke

↓ 2 R. Hernandez

#232 on the Reds

↑ 1 E. Armbrister

↓ 1 E. Bailey

Runs

131

#202 on the Reds

↑ 1 N. Castellanos

↓ 1 J. Castro

#383 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Candelario

↓ 1 P. Bako

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1925–1925

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#307 on the Phillies

↑ 1 C. Bastian

↓ 1 J. Wockenfuss

Hits

149

#314 on the Phillies

↑ 1 P. Bradley

↓ 1 C. Stengel

RBI

#323 on the Phillies

↑ 1 E. Grace

↓ 1 J. Morgan

#319 on the Phillies

↑ 1 L. Aguayo

↓ 1 M. Anderson

Runs

#296 on the Phillies

↑ 1 A. Knapp

↓ 1 A. Arias

#495 on the Phillies

↑ 1 J. Alfaro

↓ 1 D. Attreau

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1931–1933

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#384 on the White Sox

↑ 1 A. Bannister

↓ 1 R. Zeider

Hits

156

#273 on the White Sox

↑ 1 T. Turner

↓ 1 P. Ozuna

RBI

#223 on the White Sox

↑ 1 G. Freese

↓ 1 S. Webb

#328 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Abbott

↓ 1 H. Adams

Runs

#282 on the White Sox

↑ 1 L. Alvarado

↓ 1 J. Franco

#344 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Knickerbocker

↓ 1 D. Altizer

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#2,518 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 D. Zwilling

Hits

1,075

#1,283 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Calhoun

↓ 2 G. Gross

RBI

485

#1,284 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Groth

↓ 1 B. Russell

#1,427 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Blauser

↓ 1 W. Adames

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1921	Reds	NL	82	297	38	82	10	3	1	41	2	8	13	0.276	—	0.340
1922	Reds	NL	81	291	55	105	20	3	4	45	7	14	18	0.361	—	0.491
1923	Reds	NL	65	237	33	66	11	4	3	28	4	9	16	0.278	—	0.397
1924	Reds	NL	20	57	5	13	2	1	0	9	1	4	4	0.228	—	0.298
1925	Phillies	NL	126	467	78	149	30	5	7	60	6	21	42	0.319	—	0.450
1927	Indians	AL	112	428	60	133	20	7	2	40	12	12	17	0.311	—	0.404
1928	Indians	AL	75	263	38	86	19	4	3	36	4	13	17	0.327	—	0.464
1929	Indians	AL	148	566	97	209	44	15	6	103	19	50	23	0.369	—	0.532
1930	Indians	AL	40	129	20	36	9	2	0	17	1	7	7	0.279	—	0.380
1931	Indians	AL	26	108	21	40	9	1	1	14	3	8	7	0.370	—	0.500
1931	White Sox	AL	121	465	65	139	26	5	2	71	4	32	22	0.299	—	0.389
1932	White Sox	AL	18	37	0	5	1	0	0	6	0	1	7	0.135	—	0.162
1933	White Sox	AL	23	59	8	12	2	0	2	15	1	7	6	0.203	—	0.339
Career			937	3,404	518	1,075	203	50	31	485	64	186	199	0.316	0.355	0.432

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1932	White Sox	AL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career			0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Fielding by position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1B	375	3,674	242	24	323
2B	363	882	1,172	72	180
OF	119	229	6	7	2
3B	22	14	38	6	1
SS	4	0	1	0	1
P	1	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1982	Veterans			Ballot
1980	Veterans			Ballot
1960	BBWAA	3	202	Ballot
1958	BBWAA	3	200	Ballot
1956	BBWAA	2	145	Ballot
1950	BBWAA	2	126	Ballot
1948	BBWAA	1	91	Ballot