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Vic
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Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 12, 1911 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1936   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1928 17 AA   12 46 10 12 2 1 0 4 3 0 8 3 .261 .370 .348 .718 7.0  
    A   117 446 50 129 23 2 2 48 15 10 53 45 .289 .365 .363 .728 59.6  
1929 18 AA   54 133 25 48 9 1 1 12 10 2 17 10 .361 .433 .466 .899 26.2  
1930 19 AAA   42 165 31 52 6 2 2 27 9 1 15 29 .315 .372 .412 .784 25.8  
    AA   89 356 52 94 12 1 1 38 14 6 28 35 .264 .318 .312 .630 36.1  
1931 20 AAA   130 522 58 152 19 3 8 66 24 15 39 51 .291 .340 .385 .726 66.6  
1932 21 PHA AL 47 80 7 23 2 1 0 10 9 7 5 4 .288 .333 .338 .671 9.0 0.8
    AAA   21 82 15 32 3 2 1 13 2 1 15 7 .390 .485 .512 .997 19.0  
1933 22 PHA AL 83 147 22 39 1 4 1 18 10 11 13 12 .265 .323 .347 .670 14.7 1.3
    AAA   28 110 23 39 1 4 2 12 9 1 17 6 .355 .441 .491 .932 24.0  
1934 23 PHA AL 147 521 74 135 10 3 1 47 56 33 56 46 .259 .329 .296 .624 54.2 4.2
1935 24 PHA AL 144 529 83 154 16 6 6 66 54 30 55 30 .291 .359 .378 .737 71.8 10.7
1936 25 PHA AL 141 526 79 141 12 3 2 42 65 38 60 38 .268 .344 .314 .658 57.5 3.3
1937 26 PHA AL 135 424 49 112 11 5 3 57 52 26 44 30 .264 .332 .335 .667 48.2 4.4
1938 27 PHA AL 91 180 33 60 7 2 0 19 25 8 15 10 .333 .394 .394 .788 28.9 4.6
1939 28 PHA AL 96 104 22 29 2 0 2 19 7 3 8 4 .279 .330 .356 .686 11.6 1.4
1940 29 PHA AL 76 101 10 25 3 3 3 9 3 2 6 14 .248 .287 .426 .713 11.9 1.0
1941 30 PHA AL 101 162 28 49 4 0 0 13 21 6 24 12 .302 .396 .327 .723 24.8 4.2
1942 31 PHA AL 29 27 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .074 .161 .074 .235 0.1 0.0
    AAA   97 364 64 100 12 1 3 26 29 5 68 23 .275 .389 .338 .727 57.4  
1943 32 PHA AL 78 112 13 22 0 1 0 17 5 1 11 8 .196 .260 .214 .474 7.0 0.0
1944 33 PHA AL 62 129 16 42 3 1 0 27 6 4 12 8 .326 .380 .364 .745 18.1 3.6
1945 34 PHA AL 88 247 25 64 6 1 3 22 13 10 13 29 .259 .295 .328 .623 22.2 1.4
1946 35 AAA   40 64 9 11 1 0 0 5 2 2 7 11 .172 .254 .188 .441 2.7  
14 Years Sim 1318 3289 464 897 77 30 21 368 326 179 325 249 .273 .338 .334 .672 379.9 40.8
6 Years AAA 358 1307 200 386 42 12 16 149 75 25 161 127 .295 .371 .383 .754 195.6  
3 Years AA 155 535 87 154 23 3 2 54 27 8 53 48 .288 .352 .353 .705 69.3  
1 Years A 117 446 50 129 23 2 2 48 15 10 53 45 .289 .362 .363 .725 59.6  
10 Years Minors 630 2288 337 669 88 17 20 251 117 43 267 220 .292 .365 .372 .737 324.5  
162 Game Average 404 57 110 9 3 2 45 40 22 39 30 .273 .338 .334 .672 46.7  
Career Highs 147 529 83 154 16 6 6 66 65 38 60 46 .333 .396 .426 .788 71.8  
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   2058 293 535 47 19 12 215 192 112 191 163 .260 .324 .319 .643 216.8
vs LH   1231 171 362 30 11 9 153 134 67 134 86 .294 .361 .358 .719 166.8
Home 674 1632 234 438 31 16 15 192 154 83 156 114 .268 .331 .335 .666 188.1
Away 644 1657 230 459 46 14 6 176 172 96 169 135 .277 .345 .333 .677 195.5
RISP   864 0 232 24 7 6 339 0 0 96 68 .269 .337 .333 .670 102.7
Pinch Hitting   180 22 57 4 2 3 34 6 6 20 10 .317 .383 .411 .794 27.4
Close/Late   402 84 114 4 4 3 48 0 1 55 24 .284 .368 .336 .704 53.6
Mar/Apr 138 342 52 83 7 3 2 26 32 20 46 33 .243 .332 .298 .631 36.7
May 273 716 96 199 15 7 6 79 68 35 67 51 .278 .342 .344 .685 86.4
June 212 536 89 165 14 9 5 58 66 35 58 39 .308 .376 .396 .772 79.9
July 233 576 75 141 14 8 2 70 54 24 55 43 .245 .309 .307 .617 58.8
August 231 562 69 153 13 3 4 69 44 40 48 50 .272 .330 .327 .657 56.9
Sep/Oct 231 557 83 156 14 0 2 66 62 25 51 33 .280 .338 .316 .654 65.0
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
1932 21 PHA AL LF 12 6 61.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.03   0.4
    RF 10 5 50.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 4 4 34.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1933 22 PHA AL RF 21 14 135.3 38 0 1 0 .974 2.53   0.8
    LF 33 9 127.3 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.33    
    CF 4 4 35.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.09    
1934 23 PHA AL CF 142 136 1195.3 404 8 12 2 .972 3.10   2.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 24 PHA AL CF 118 114 1006.0 324 7 8 3 .976 2.96   4.9
    LF 27 24 198.3 57 0 1 0 .983 2.59    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1936 25 PHA AL RF 135 129 1146.7 317 16 8 5 .977 2.61   4.4
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1937 26 PHA AL RF 109 109 919.3 228 0 13 0 .946 2.23   3.0
    CF 18 11 108.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 3.17    
    LF 3 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1938 27 PHA AL RF 34 28 242.7 70 0 1 0 .986 2.60   1.5
    CF 38 15 166.0 52 2 1 1 .982 2.93    
    LF 4 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1939 28 PHA AL CF 46 15 194.0 60 0 1 0 .984 2.78   0.7
    RF 12 2 32.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    LF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 29 PHA AL CF 52 16 198.7 55 2 0 2 1.000 2.58   0.9
    RF 6 4 36.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1941 30 PHA AL RF 32 26 206.3 63 0 0 0 1.000 2.75   1.2
    CF 50 14 182.3 47 1 2 0 .960 2.37    
    LF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1942 31 PHA AL CF 16 2 46.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.1
    RF 4 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 32 PHA AL CF 15 8 86.0 31 1 2 0 .941 3.35   0.5
    RF 20 5 72.7 21 1 1 1 .957 2.73    
    1B 15 6 61.3 82 10 0 9 1.000 13.50   0.1
    LF 4 4 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 33 PHA AL CF 24 21 186.0 58 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.9
    RF 8 7 58.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    1B 13 1 28.7 40 1 0 1 1.000 12.88   0.1
    LF 4 3 27.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33    
1945 34 PHA AL CF 77 72 590.0 215 3 3 0 .986 3.33   1.6
    RF 4 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 3 1 10.7 13 0 0 2 1.000 10.98   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 605 432 4028.3 1324 24 30 8 .978 3.01   12.5
  RF 398 333 2938.0 793 17 24 6 .971 2.48   10.9
  LF 98 50 506.7 121 3 1 1 .992 2.20   0.4
  1B 32 8 101.7 135 11 0 12 1.000 12.93   0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1134 823 7575.6 2373 55 55 27 .978 2.88   24.1
Career Highs   147 138 1207.3 404 16 13 10 1.000 5.54    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 29 PHA AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1934-8-147
 Singles
1935-10-126
 Stolen Bases
1934-4-56
1935-4-54
1936-3-65
1937-4-52
 Caught Stealing
1934-2-33
1935-2-30
1936-1-38
1937-5-26
 Stolen Base Percentage
1937-9-67
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1936-10-1.6
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1928
Injured on 4/28/1929 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1929 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to New York (N) on 7/16/1930 (Going to NY1: P Marshall Boag, C Carl Beatty, LF Vic Fontana. Going to PHA: P Lyle Wuehrle, CF Eckard Burlingame)
Traded from New York (N) to Philadelphia (A) on 4/1/1931 (Going to NY1: CF Napoleon Mantooth. Going to PHA: LF Vic Fontana)
Injured on 4/26/1931 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/30/1931 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/3/1932, off Chet Macklin (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1933, off Butch Coolidge (CHA)
 
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