Lew Fonseca
1921–1933 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR
937G
.316AVG
.355OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
1,075H
31HR
485RBI
64SB
1.0IP
0K
0.00ERA
0GS
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 36 | 38 |
| Batting · Doubles | 203 | 202 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 23 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 199 | 198 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,724 | 3,726 |
| Batting · Runs | 518 | 519 |
| Batting · RBI | 485 | 481 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 64 | 65 |
| Batting · Walks | 186 | 187 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 937 | 3,724 | 3,404 | 518 | 1,075 | 203 | 50 | 31 | 485 | 186 | 199 | 64 | 36 | 23 | 0 | 1,471 | .316 | .355 | .432 | .787 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1922-08-13 to 1922-09-02
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1929-05-19 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1929-06-25 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1929-04-18 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 457 | 1753 | 497 | 7 | 228 | 103 | 84 | .314 | .342 | .415 |
| Away | 480 | 1973 | 578 | 24 | 253 | 84 | 114 | .318 | .336 | .447 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 102 | 414 | 120 | 2 | 57 | 21 | 23 | .318 | .341 | .419 |
| May | 193 | 775 | 217 | 9 | 90 | 36 | 43 | .304 | .326 | .432 |
| June | 156 | 642 | 183 | 7 | 78 | 33 | 37 | .308 | .336 | .424 |
| July | 161 | 626 | 178 | 7 | 92 | 36 | 26 | .314 | .342 | .450 |
| August | 149 | 605 | 185 | 1 | 79 | 32 | 27 | .338 | .359 | .445 |
| September | 168 | 634 | 182 | 5 | 82 | 28 | 41 | .315 | .331 | .418 |
| October | 8 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .357 | .367 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 86 | 355 | 103 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 16 | .329 | .380 | .438 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 82 | 334 | 100 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 22 | .318 | .341 | .439 |
| st-louis-browns | 80 | 337 | 104 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 14 | .340 | .371 | .471 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 80 | 299 | 98 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 11 | .351 | .365 | .466 |
| new-york-yankees | 78 | 315 | 86 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 15 | .303 | .324 | .433 |
| chicago-white-sox | 74 | 300 | 81 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 12 | .298 | .323 | .438 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 64 | 234 | 62 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 13 | .288 | .299 | .428 |
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 259 | 75 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 14 | .328 | .351 | .428 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 297 | 82 | 1 | 40 | 2 | .276 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 291 | 105 | 4 | 46 | 7 | .361 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 237 | 66 | 3 | 26 | 4 | .278 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 57 | 13 | – | 9 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 126 | 466 | 149 | 7 | 60 | 6 | .320 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Cleveland Guardians | 112 | 428 | 133 | 2 | 40 | 12 | .311 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 75 | 263 | 86 | 3 | 35 | 4 | .327 | – | – |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 567 | 209 | 6 | 102 | 19 | .369 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 129 | 36 | – | 17 | 1 | .279 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 573 | 179 | 3 | 85 | 8 | .312 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Chicago White Sox | 18 | 37 | 5 | – | 6 | – | .135 | 1 | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 23 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .203 | – | – |