LF Bill Fitzgerald #40
Age: 31 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
05/05/1975
LF BILL FITZGERALD #40 - AGE: 31 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 0 -0.1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/05/1975 @ TRE Loss, 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/04/1975 @ TRE Loss, 1-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/03/1975 @ SPR Loss, 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/02/1975 RAL Loss, 5-9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
04/30/1975 RAL Loss, 0-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/29/1975 @ GRE Loss, 5-6 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
04/28/1975 @ GRE Win, 8-5 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 0
04/27/1975 @ GRE Loss, 3-6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
04/26/1975 NOR Win, 9-1 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 1
04/25/1975 NOR Win, 8-2 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/06/1943
Born in:Duluth, MN
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, 81 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 11th Pick in Round 6
MIDDLE ATLANTIC LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 .129 .000 -46
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.23 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Week   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
May   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Last Year   146 47 4 1 3 18 20 27 11 3 1 0 .322 .420 .425 .845
2 Years Ago   84 21 3 1 0 7 12 7 13 0 0 0 .250 .308 .310 .617
Career   462 145 18 4 9 46 67 73 55 4 1 2 .314 .407 .429 .835
Road   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Grass   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Day   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Night   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
As Starter   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 9 37 14 3 1 0 2 12 10 1 .378 .511 .514 1.024 .460 .135 170
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 8 47 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 4 1 3 25.0 9.7 10.02 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   9 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .455 .556 1.010
Versus Right   28 11 3 0 0 1 10 8 1 0 0 0 .393 .528 .500 1.028
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 5 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .474 .467 .940
April   33 12 3 1 0 2 12 9 1 0 0 0 .364 .500 .515 1.015
May   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Last Year   62 17 2 0 1 9 9 17 6 2 0 0 .274 .420 .355 .775
Career   99 31 5 1 1 11 21 27 7 2 0 0 .313 .453 .414 .867
Home   23 10 3 0 0 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 .435 .552 .565 1.117
Road   14 4 0 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 .286 .444 .429 .873
Grass   37 14 3 1 0 2 12 10 1 0 0 0 .378 .511 .514 1.024
Day   19 7 0 1 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 .368 .500 .474 .974
Night   18 7 3 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 .389 .522 .556 1.077
As Starter   36 14 3 1 0 2 12 10 1 0 0 0 .389 .522 .528 1.050
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Cincinnati - FABL 26 17 14 5 1 1 0 7 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 .357 .412 .571 .983 168 142 0.1
1971 Cincinnati - FABL 27 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 -30 -0.1
1972 Cincinnati - FABL 28 9 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 .182 .308 .273 .580 75 89 0.0
Total FABL 32 30 7 2 1 0 8 4 5 0 1 9 0 0 .233 .333 .367 .700 98 94 0.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Fresno - A 22 75 309 100 11 2 11 29 54 17 2 0 29 10 10 .324 .363 .479 .842 132 138 2.4
1966 Albany - A 22 9 34 13 1 0 3 4 7 6 0 0 4 0 2 .382 .475 .676 1.151 246 257 0.7
1967 Fresno - A 23 58 221 73 9 3 11 42 39 32 0 2 35 15 3 .330 .412 .548 .959 166 158 2.8
1967 Albany - A 23 43 155 50 8 2 2 10 20 23 2 0 23 6 2 .323 .417 .439 .855 161 169 2.0
1967 Reading - AA 23 19 76 28 5 0 1 11 6 6 0 0 11 2 4 .368 .415 .474 .888 173 176 0.9
1968 Erie - AA 24 21 80 34 5 3 1 14 19 14 0 0 6 4 1 .425 .511 .600 1.111 222 224 1.8
1968 Indianapolis - AAA 24 122 462 120 19 3 5 57 81 79 4 3 16 13 2 .260 .370 .346 .717 84 92 0.5
1969 Indianapolis - AAA 25 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 51 44 0.0
1970 Indianapolis - AAA 26 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 17 -0.0
1971 Erie - AA 27 36 138 41 5 2 1 14 26 23 0 1 13 9 3 .297 .395 .384 .779 101 99 0.5
1971 Indianapolis - AAA 27 3 7 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 .714 .700 .857 1.557 392 287 0.3
1972 Camden - A 28 11 38 14 2 0 1 7 8 9 0 1 4 1 2 .368 .479 .500 .979 191 202 0.6
1972 Erie - AA 28 44 167 52 8 1 1 22 46 38 3 1 14 12 1 .311 .445 .389 .834 114 112 1.0
1972 Indianapolis - AAA 28 57 157 49 14 2 0 24 15 17 1 2 19 8 4 .312 .379 .427 .805 139 143 1.5
1973 Camden - A 29 23 84 21 3 1 0 7 12 7 0 0 13 6 3 .250 .308 .310 .617 80 76 -0.4
1973 Erie - AA 29 63 251 74 15 1 0 26 42 28 1 0 33 10 8 .295 .368 .363 .730 95 101 0.5
1973 Indianapolis - AAA 29 24 76 22 3 2 2 7 10 8 1 1 8 2 1 .289 .360 .461 .821 123 131 0.7
1974 Charleston - A 30 21 62 17 2 0 1 9 9 17 0 2 6 8 2 .274 .420 .355 .775 115 125 0.5
1974 Camden - A 30 70 146 47 4 1 3 18 20 27 0 3 11 9 6 .322 .420 .425 .845 142 134 1.1
1974 Erie - AA 30 26 71 17 6 2 5 11 19 7 1 0 2 3 1 .239 .316 .592 .908 136 129 0.4
1975 Charleston - A 31 9 37 14 3 1 0 2 12 10 0 0 1 1 3 .378 .511 .514 1.024 160 170 0.5
1975 Camden - A 31 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -56 -46 -0.1
Total EA 209 783 246 44 9 9 98 158 116 5 2 79 40 18 .314 .405 .428 .833 124 125
Total MAL 159 462 145 18 4 9 46 67 73 2 4 55 22 15 .314 .407 .429 .835 148 149
Total SEL 30 99 31 5 1 1 11 21 27 0 2 7 9 5 .313 .453 .414 .867 131 141
Total COW 133 530 173 20 5 22 71 93 49 2 2 64 25 13 .326 .384 .508 .892 147 147
Total CL 208 711 198 37 7 7 91 109 106 6 7 45 25 8 .278 .373 .380 .753 102 109
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Albany - A LF 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 41.0 0.44 -0.3 1.036
1966 Fresno - A LF 44 44 80 0 0 80 0 1.000 386.1 1.86 +1.8 1.034
1966 Albany - A CF 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 19.0 1.89 -0.1 1.027
1966 Fresno - A CF 25 21 51 0 0 51 0 1.000 192.1 2.39 -1.4 .989
1966 Albany - A RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.1 1.044
1966 Fresno - A RF 9 7 10 0 0 11 1 .909 63.0 1.43 +0.4 1.068
1967 Reading - AA LF 17 17 20 1 0 21 0 1.000 149.0 1.27 +1.5 1.020
1967 Albany - A LF 29 27 36 0 0 37 1 .973 240.1 1.35 +1.6 1.044
1967 Fresno - A LF 40 38 54 0 0 57 3 .947 327.2 1.48 +0.4 1.035
1967 Reading - AA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.3 1.021
1967 Albany - A CF 15 11 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 100.2 2.32 -2.3 .928
1967 Fresno - A CF 16 13 33 0 0 33 0 1.000 122.0 2.43 -0.1 .997
1967 Fresno - A RF 5 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 39.0 1.85 +0.6 1.071
1968 Indianapolis - AAA LF 83 82 138 4 0 147 5 .966 699.2 1.83 -1.9 1.063
1968 Erie - AA LF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 12.0 2.25 +0.5 1.022
1968 Indianapolis - AAA CF 33 27 76 0 0 76 0 1.000 247.1 2.77 -0.3 .905
1968 Indianapolis - AAA RF 9 9 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 72.2 1.86 -2.0 .882
1968 Erie - AA RF 19 19 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 166.0 1.41 +0.8 1.028
1969 Indianapolis - AAA CF 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.1 .997
1970 Indianapolis - AAA RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Cincinnati - MLB LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 -0.0 1.008
1971 Indianapolis - AAA LF 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 17.0 0.53 +0.0 1.000
1971 Erie - AA LF 31 30 51 1 0 52 0 1.000 269.2 1.74 +1.3 1.034
1971 Cincinnati - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Cincinnati - MLB RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .998
1971 Erie - AA RF 5 5 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 45.1 2.98 -0.0 1.003
1972 Cincinnati - MLB LF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 14.0 1.29 -0.2 1.001
1972 Indianapolis - AAA LF 33 28 53 1 0 56 2 .964 258.1 1.88 +0.1 1.009
1972 Erie - AA LF 34 34 56 1 0 57 0 1.000 290.1 1.77 +0.0 1.030
1972 Camden - A LF 7 7 6 0 0 7 1 .857 62.0 0.87 +0.0 1.001
1972 Indianapolis - AAA CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 6.0 4.50 +0.1 .998
1972 Erie - AA CF 11 7 33 0 0 33 0 1.000 79.1 3.74 +0.2 1.000
1972 Camden - A CF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 18.0 2.50 -0.5 .874
1972 Indianapolis - AAA RF 7 4 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 39.2 2.72 +0.9 1.015
1972 Erie - AA RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.8 .512
1972 Camden - A RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.6 2.044
1973 Indianapolis - AAA LF 24 20 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 174.1 1.24 +1.4 1.070
1973 Erie - AA LF 46 43 69 3 0 76 4 .947 391.2 1.65 +0.7 1.011
1973 Camden - A LF 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 .500 19.0 0.47 -0.3 1.021
1973 Indianapolis - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Erie - AA CF 14 14 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 127.0 2.27 -2.0 .927
1973 Camden - A CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.0 1.026
1973 Indianapolis - AAA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Erie - AA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Camden - A RF 18 17 18 1 0 20 1 .950 148.1 1.15 -3.2 .921
1974 Erie - AA LF 14 8 19 0 0 20 1 .950 90.1 1.89 -0.3 .966
1974 Camden - A LF 23 17 20 1 0 22 1 .955 161.0 1.17 -0.1 1.022
1974 Charleston - A LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Erie - AA CF 6 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 36.0 2.00 +0.1 1.036
1974 Camden - A CF 4 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 30.2 1.17 +0.4 1.035
1974 Charleston - A CF 6 6 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 51.1 0.88 -0.1 1.031
1974 Erie - AA RF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.2 1.42 +0.0 1.014
1974 Camden - A RF 11 10 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 86.2 2.18 +0.1 .970
1974 Charleston - A RF 10 10 13 0 0 14 1 .929 85.2 1.37 +0.6 1.131
1975 Charleston - A LF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 -0.5 1.015
1975 Charleston - A CF 7 7 14 1 0 16 1 .938 65.1 2.07 +0.8 1.035
1975 Camden - A RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
TOTAL LF 449 407 638 12 0 669 19 .972 3628.1 1.61 +5.7 1.033
TOTAL CF 146 120 299 2 0 302 1 .997 1121.0 2.42 -5.5 .960
TOTAL RF 101 92 145 1 0 149 3 .980 802.0 1.64 -1.9 .997
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of college (St. Vincent's; Chicago, IL) by the New York Gothams. (Round 6, Pick 11, 111st overall pick).
05/22/1967 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
06/20/1967 Injured (hyperextended ankle),day-to-day for one week.
10/26/1967 Was traded by the New York Gothams to the Cincinnati Cannons, along with 2B Chief Williams, 1B Bill Asche, 3B Joe Rose, and CF Jimmy Wagstaff, in exchange for CF Mark Boyd.
05/06/1968 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
12/10/1969 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the Cincinnati Cannons.
04/26/1970 Wins the 1970 Century League Round 2 with the Indianapolis Hoosiers!
09/01/1973 Goes 5-7 against the Charleston Blue Legs, with 2 2B, 2 RBI and 2 R.
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