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Freddie
Fitzsimmons		  
Nickname: Fat Freddie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 28, 1901 in Mishawaka, IN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1925 23 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 9 9 9
1926 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 9 9
1927 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9
1928 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9
1929 27 BSN NL $ 522,857 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 522,857 9 5 5 5 8 9 8 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1925 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
1926 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
1927 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
1928 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
1929 27 BSN NL $ 522,857   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 522,857   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1925 23 BSN NL 9 8 .529 20 17 4 0 0 133.0 145 63 5 38 28 4.26 .277 .324 .380 .704 9.6
    AAA   4 1 .800 7 7 4 0 0 57.7 72 27 0 15 17 4.21 .306 .348 .387 .735  
1926 24 BSN NL 15 9 .625 30 30 5 1 0 226.7 254 105 8 66 53 4.17 .287 .334 .401 .735 14.1
1927 25 BSN NL 8 16 .333 32 32 11 1 0 237.7 286 134 11 69 39 5.07 .299 .343 .419 .762 7.1
1928 26 BSN NL 6 8 .429 14 14 3 1 0 103.3 124 59 2 31 20 5.14 .299 .344 .400 .744 3.0
1929 27 BSN NL 16 20 .444 41 41 14 1 0 324.7 339 139 18 97 69 3.85 .267 .317 .394 .711 19.9
5 Years Sim 54 61 .470 137 134 37 4 0 1025.3 1148 500 44 301 209 4.39 .283 .331 .400 .731 53.7
1 Years AAA 4 1 .800 7 7 4 0 0 57.7 72 27 0 15 17 4.21 .306 .348 .387 .735  
Season Average 10 12 .455 27 26 7 0 0 205.1 229 100 8 60 41 4.39 .283 .331 .400 .731  
Career Highs 16 20 .625 41 41 14 1 0 324.7 339 139 18 97 69 5.14 .299 .344 .419 .762  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   549 231 22 130 124   .270 .313 .377 .690
vs LH   599 269 22 171 85   .297 .352 .424 .776
Home 19 34 .358 70 68 14 3 0 523.3 592 261 19 158 108 4.49 .285 .336 .398 .734
Away 35 27 .565 67 66 23 1 0 502.0 556 239 25 143 101 4.29 .282 .330 .402 .732
Mar/Apr 2 5 .286 8 8 3 0 0 65.7 65 22 2 20 11 3.02 .258 .313 .325 .638
May 7 16 .304 29 29 4 0 0 208.0 273 131 8 66 38 5.67 .318 .367 .446 .813
June 15 11 .577 30 30 11 1 0 229.0 240 91 7 60 46 3.58 .270 .316 .379 .694
July 13 11 .542 27 27 7 2 0 207.3 219 102 9 59 44 4.43 .270 .320 .393 .713
August 8 13 .381 23 23 7 1 0 179.3 203 97 12 53 34 4.87 .283 .332 .417 .749
Sep/Oct 9 5 .643 20 17 5 0 0 136.0 148 57 6 43 36 3.77 .282 .337 .385 .722
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1925 23 BSN NL 20 42 6 11 4 0 1 7 0 0 2 5 .262 .311 .429 .740 5.7 0.8
1926 24 BSN NL 30 85 11 16 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 .188 .258 .235 .493 5.1 0.0
1927 25 BSN NL 32 84 5 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .167 .205 .202 .407 2.1 0.0
1928 26 BSN NL 14 37 5 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 5 .270 .289 .378 .668 3.8 0.4
1929 27 BSN NL 41 108 13 18 3 1 0 7 0 0 5 14 .167 .231 .213 .444 4.9 0.0
5 Years Sim 137 356 40 69 15 1 2 28 0 0 8 51 .194 .247 .258 .505 21.7 1.2
162 Game Average 420 47 81 17 1 2 33 0 0 9 60 .194 .247 .258 .505 25.7  
Career Highs 41 108 13 18 4 1 1 7 0 0 5 16 .270 .311 .429 .740 5.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   262 30 61 12 1 2 24 0 0 5 39 .233 .285 .309 .594 18.0
vs LH   94 10 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .085 .140 .117 .257 -2.6
Home 70 162 13 32 6 0 0 12 0 0 4 23 .198 .257 .235 .492 6.2
Away 67 194 27 37 9 1 2 16 0 0 4 28 .191 .238 .278 .516 9.2
RISP   75 0 15 4 0 0 23 0 0 2 11 .200 .268 .253 .522 3.3
Close/Late   33 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .152 .200 .242 .442 0.6
Mar/Apr 8 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .043 .120 .043 .163 -1.3
May 29 72 7 12 2 0 1 11 0 0 2 6 .167 .200 .236 .436 2.3
June 30 85 13 20 5 1 1 10 0 0 1 14 .235 .278 .353 .631 6.7
July 27 76 10 20 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .263 .291 .355 .646 6.2
August 23 58 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .121 .177 .121 .298 -0.7
Sep/Oct 17 42 8 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .214 .340 .238 .578 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1925 23 BSN NL P 20 17 133.0 5 22 1 0 .964 1.83    
1926 24 BSN NL P 30 30 226.7 15 42 1 4 .983 2.26    
1927 25 BSN NL P 32 32 237.7 17 49 3 6 .957 2.50    
1928 26 BSN NL P 14 14 103.3 5 14 2 2 .905 1.65    
1929 27 BSN NL P 41 41 324.7 20 54 6 1 .925 2.05    
Career Totals   137 134 1025.3 62 181 13 13 .949 2.13    
Career Highs   41 41 324.7 20 54 6 6 .983 2.50    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1925 23 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1929-10-3.85
 Wins
1929-10-16
 Losses
1927-9-16
1929-1-20
 Winning Pct
1926-5-.625
 Games Pitched
1929-4-41
 Games Started
1929-2-41
Innings Pitched
1929-6-324.7
 Hits Allowed
1929-7-339
 Walks Allowed
1929-8-97
 WHiP
1929-10-1.34
 OAVG
1929-10-.267
 OOBP
1929-8-.317
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  4. Joe Genewich (961)
  5. George Payne (960)
  6. Ben Demott (959)
  7. Chief Chouneau (956)
  8. Ed Pinnance (955)
  9. Willie Ludolph (955)
  10. Satchel Paige (954)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bill Hubbell (992)
  2. Alvin Crowder (983)
  3. Earl Whitehill (981)
  4. Chet Brewer (975)
  5. Sam McMackin (974)
  6. Rats Henderson (974)
  7. Nig Cuppy (974)
  8. Norwood Gibson (970)
  9. Bill Cristall (968)
  10. Lefty Leifield (967)
History
Drafted in 15th round, 233rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1901
Released by Philadelphia (A) on 6/23/1902
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 6/30/1902 to a 1-year deal worth $552,000 per year
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $552,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $692,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/20/1905 to a 2-year deal worth $715,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1905, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1905, going 5-0, 2.31
Injured on 7/20/1906 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1909
Injured on 7/28/1909 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/30/1910 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/17/1912 with a Concussion Level 2, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/26/1914 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 7/16/1915
Had first career hit on 9/7/1916, off Lou Schettler (NYA)
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/16/1921: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/13/1923 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1925
Had first career hit (double) on 5/19/1925, off Jim Lyle (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/19/1925
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1925, off Bill Hubbell (CHN)
Injured on 6/19/1927 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1928, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
 
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