Lew Fonseca

First Base

1921—1933

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Lewis Albert
GIVEN NAME
Fonseca
SURNAME
January 21, 1899, in Oakland, CA
BORN
November 26, 1989, in Ely, IA, USA
DIED
1921—1933
Playing Career
Played from 22-34
PLAYING AGE
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Cleveland Indians
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
1
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 13, 1921
Major League Debut
September 11, 1933
FINAL GAME

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50

HITTING

40

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
937
1075
31
485
.316

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.2
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.788
.821
95.9

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.316
.355
.432

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Earl Sheely
Lu Blue
Lu Gehrig

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Lew Fonseca Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Fonseca
548
173
83
33
8
5
78
30
32
10
237
207
.316
.355
.432
788
AVG 1B
532
162
81
30
8
11
52
42
8
241
217
.304
.369
.452
.821

Lew Fonseca Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
154
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Lew Fonseca PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
14.0
14.5
10.1
10.4
2.42
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Lew Fonseca
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Lew Fonseca
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B