Lew
Fonseca
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 21, 1899 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1921    1922    1924    1925    1927    1928   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 22 WAS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1922 23 WAS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1923 24 WAS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1924 25 WAS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1925 26 WAS AL $ 775,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1926 27 WAS AL $ 775,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1927 28 WAS AL $ 660,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1928 29 WAS AL $ 660,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1929 30 WAS AL $ 660,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 775,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 22 WAS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 2 2 8 6 6 4 2 2 10 8 9
1922 23 WAS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 3 3 8 6 7 4 2 3 10 8 8
1923 24 WAS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 3 4 9 7 8 4 2 3 10 8 8
1924 25 WAS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 4 4 9 7 8 4 2 3 10 9 9
1925 26 WAS AL $ 775,714   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 7 8 4 2 3 10 9 9
1926 27 WAS AL $ 775,714   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 8 8 4 2 3 10 9 9
1927 28 WAS AL $ 660,000   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 7 7 4 2 3 10 8 9
1928 29 WAS AL $ 660,000   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 7 7 4 2 3 10 8 9
1929 30 WAS AL $ 660,000   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 7 7 4 2 3 10 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 2 2 8 6 6 4 2 2 10 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 775,714   7 7 7 6 4 5 9 8 8 4 2 3 10 9 9
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 26 WAS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 5 1 3 0 19.31 .500 .563 .750 1.313 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 5 1 3 0 19.31 .500 .563 .750 1.313 0.0
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   2 3 1 2 0   .333 .500 .833 1.333
vs LH   4 2 0 1 0   .667 .714 .667 1.381
Home 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 5 1 3 0 19.31 .500 .600 .750 1.350
May 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 5 1 3 0 19.31 .500 .600 .750 1.350
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
1921 22 WAS AL 11 36 2 10 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 .278 .333 .389 .722 4.6 0.8
    AAA   107 411 79 129 21 1 14 79 4 7 50 36 .314 .388 .472 .860 71.2  
1922 23 WAS AL 64 191 31 71 12 4 1 33 4 0 15 6 .372 .420 .492 .912 36.1 9.9
1923 24 WAS AL 95 224 37 63 14 2 2 32 3 0 16 6 .281 .328 .388 .716 23.3 3.5
1924 25 WAS AL 90 221 21 57 12 3 1 24 3 2 17 8 .258 .313 .353 .665 22.2 2.3
1925 26 WAS AL 109 254 33 67 11 3 1 35 5 1 16 7 .264 .307 .343 .650 24.2 2.1
1926 27 WAS AL 74 171 19 42 6 1 1 19 0 2 23 3 .246 .330 .310 .640 17.2 1.4
1927 28 WAS AL 85 273 33 78 16 2 4 43 0 0 23 4 .286 .342 .403 .745 35.4 5.9
1928 29 WAS AL 83 235 33 68 16 1 4 37 1 1 21 5 .289 .346 .417 .763 32.9 5.7
1929 30 WAS AL 90 203 20 38 7 0 4 26 1 0 16 8 .187 .240 .281 .521 15.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 701 1808 229 494 96 17 18 252 17 6 150 49 .273 .328 .375 .703 211.0 31.5
1 Years AAA 107 411 79 129 21 1 14 79 4 7 50 36 .314 .387 .472 .859 71.2  
162 Game Average 417 52 114 22 3 4 58 3 1 34 11 .273 .328 .375 .703 48.8  
Career Highs 109 273 37 78 16 4 4 43 5 2 23 8 .372 .420 .492 .912 36.1  
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   583 73 160 26 7 3 68 4 0 26 28 .274 .306 .358 .665 61.3
vs LH   1225 156 334 70 10 15 184 13 6 124 21 .273 .337 .383 .720 158.9
Home 354 917 121 256 48 10 9 126 13 1 77 30 .279 .334 .383 .716 117.2
Away 347 891 108 238 48 7 9 126 4 5 73 19 .267 .322 .367 .689 103.1
RISP   529 0 163 26 6 7 225 0 0 64 16 .308 .375 .420 .795 83.7
Pinch Hitting   92 10 29 5 1 0 17 1 0 9 2 .315 .376 .391 .768 13.3
Close/Late   236 21 67 8 2 3 40 0 0 19 6 .284 .337 .373 .710 29.4
Mar/Apr 66 175 26 46 6 3 2 23 2 0 11 7 .263 .307 .366 .673 19.5
May 130 323 47 80 23 4 3 53 6 2 26 6 .248 .299 .372 .671 36.0
June 122 323 33 83 19 2 4 46 1 2 22 12 .257 .305 .365 .670 34.5
July 125 333 54 112 15 4 2 42 3 1 25 12 .336 .380 .423 .803 50.8
August 130 343 29 88 17 1 3 48 2 0 28 4 .257 .313 .338 .651 36.5
Sep/Oct 128 311 40 85 16 3 4 40 3 1 38 8 .273 .353 .383 .736 42.8
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   DWS
1921 22 WAS AL SS 11 11 85.7 12 41 1 5 .981 5.57   0.5
1922 23 WAS AL SS 37 35 289.3 52 160 5 27 .977 6.59   2.8
    2B 13 11 97.0 19 56 3 11 .962 6.96   0.4
    1B 7 2 27.7 34 1 1 2 .972 11.39   0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 24 WAS AL SS 46 41 373.0 78 175 9 29 .966 6.10   2.1
    CF 12 6 74.3 21 0 1 0 .955 2.54   0.3
    2B 15 0 35.0 7 12 0 1 1.000 4.89   0.1
    1B 8 0 21.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 13.71   0.1
    LF 5 0 21.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1924 25 WAS AL SS 46 43 368.0 86 165 5 46 .980 6.14   2.0
    CF 6 5 45.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.80   0.1
    LF 8 4 43.0 7 0 3 0 .700 1.47    
    2B 10 0 17.0 4 9 2 1 .867 6.88   0.1
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1925 26 WAS AL SS 68 48 474.0 72 253 8 46 .976 6.17   3.8
    2B 18 4 62.0 19 37 0 4 1.000 8.13   0.4
    1B 4 0 9.0 12 3 0 3 1.000 15.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.1
    P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50    
1926 27 WAS AL SS 49 43 371.3 63 180 2 35 .992 5.89   2.7
    2B 5 1 16.0 1 11 1 1 .923 6.75   0.1
    1B 4 1 14.0 17 4 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29   0.0
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1927 28 WAS AL SS 36 31 266.3 45 123 4 21 .977 5.68   1.9
    2B 31 27 243.0 55 105 3 24 .982 5.93   1.0
    1B 15 12 98.0 128 11 2 10 .986 12.77   0.2
    RF 1 0 5.0 5 0 1 0 .833 9.00   0.0
    LF 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1928 29 WAS AL 2B 64 51 472.7 108 192 13 41 .958 5.71   1.8
    SS 15 9 85.0 22 31 2 9 .964 5.61   0.4
    1B 4 0 9.0 16 2 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1929 30 WAS AL SS 66 44 432.3 64 165 6 29 .974 4.77   1.9
    2B 12 7 64.3 12 39 0 5 1.000 7.14   0.5
    1B 7 0 18.0 28 1 0 4 1.000 14.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 374 305 2745.0 494 1293 42 247 .977 5.86   18.1
  2B 168 101 1007.0 225 461 22 88 .969 6.13   4.4
  1B 52 15 200.7 271 23 3 23 .990 13.19   0.5
  CF 24 11 128.0 35 0 2 0 .946 2.46   0.4
  LF 27 4 83.0 13 1 4 0 .778 1.52   0.1
  RF 13 0 28.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.21   0.1
  P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   661 436 4195.0 1048 1778 75 358 .974 6.06   23.5
Career Highs   96 70 618.0 233 293 15 55 .986 6.91    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1921 22 WAS AL 3 14 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .643 1.143
1922 23 WAS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1923 24 WAS AL 9 28 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .276 .321 .597
1924 25 WAS AL 4 14 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .500 .857
1925 26 WAS AL 10 23 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .261 .261 .304 .565
1926 27 WAS AL 7 22 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .455 .727
1927 28 WAS AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 29 WAS AL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
1929 30 WAS AL 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Career Post-Season Batting 48 115 13 34 9 0 1 19 0 0 3 2 .296 .311 .400 .711
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  6. Dick Bartell (936)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Washington in 1921
Injured on 3/13/1921 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (triple) on 8/20/1921, off Pug Cavet (BOS)
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1922, off Jakie May (SLA)
Injured on 8/23/1922 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Washington in 1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
6/16/1926: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $660,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Won World Series with Washington in 1928