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Bob Fothergill

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 230lb (178cm, 104kg)

Born: August 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH us

Died: March 20, 1938 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, OH

Debut: April 18, 1922 (Age 24-245d, 5,429th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 5, 1933 (Age 35-323d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill

Nicknames: Fats

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

3269

1064

.326

452

RBI

582

OBP

.368

SLG

.459

OPS

.828

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (2)	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	12	Apr 26	DET		SLB	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	13	Apr 27	DET		SLB	L,8-10	GF	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	15 (1)	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	16	May 1	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	17	May 2	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
9	18	May 3	DET	@	CLE	T,6-6	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	21 (2)	May 6	DET	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	24 (2)	May 9	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	28 (3)	May 13	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	30 (1)	May 15	DET		PHA	L,7-8	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	33 (2)	May 18	DET		NYY	L,7-9	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	35 (1)	May 20	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	37 (1)	May 23	DET		WSH	W,15-2	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	43 (5)	May 30 (1)	DET		CLE	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	44	May 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	49 (4)	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	50	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	51	Jun 8	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	55 (3)	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	56	Jun 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	58 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	59	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	W,19-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	63 (3)	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	64	Jun 25	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	68 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	70 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	71	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	72	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	73	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	75 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	76	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-12	GS	0		1	0	1	2	0
35	85 (8)	Jul 14	DET		PHA	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	86	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	88 (1)	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	91 (2)	Jul 20	DET		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	93 (1)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	99 (5)	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	L,0-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	100	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	103 (2)	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	105 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	110 (4)	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	L,5-12	GF	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	112	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	W,11-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	115 (2)	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	116	Aug 21	DET		WSH	W,1-0	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	119 (2)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	125 (5)	Aug 30	DET		PHA	W,7-4	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	126	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	127	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	130 (2)	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,11-1	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
54	131	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	132	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	133	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
57	137 (3)	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	151 (13)	Sep 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	153 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
							60gm			117	6	3	126	2