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John
Fosdick		  
Nickname: Foz
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 7, 1907 in Toad Suck, AR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1929   
All-Star Selections 1934    1935    1936    1937    1938    1941   
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
1929 22 BOS AL 144 521 90 173 31 16 7 106 12 14 80 49 .332 .418 .493 .911 97.6 19.0
1930 23 BOS AL 142 535 98 176 33 18 8 75 26 8 81 49 .329 .418 .503 .921 105.8 19.3
1931 24 BOS AL 109 316 47 81 13 5 3 33 9 4 46 30 .256 .362 .358 .720 43.5 6.2
1932 25 BOS AL 148 520 97 146 26 12 12 80 24 4 91 77 .281 .388 .446 .834 96.6 20.4
1933 26 BOS AL 143 484 86 143 22 7 9 76 15 6 81 59 .295 .392 .426 .817 85.2 16.4
1934 27 BOS AL 146 508 96 155 23 6 16 91 20 14 103 70 .305 .421 .469 .889 97.7 16.8
1935 28 BOS AL 80 272 60 86 20 3 14 56 11 7 56 24 .316 .434 .566 1.000 62.3 12.3
  WSH AL 67 240 53 82 16 4 3 39 10 7 45 19 .342 .446 .479 .926 48.4 11.3
  TOT   147 512 113 168 36 7 17 95 21 14 101 43 .328 .440 .525 .965 110.7 23.7
1936 29 WSH AL 147 539 126 184 40 15 18 122 7 6 87 37 .341 .437 .571 1.009 122.5 28.8
1937 30 WSH AL 147 522 108 158 32 9 22 92 7 3 108 58 .303 .421 .525 .946 114.6 23.0
1938 31 WSH AL 144 515 88 138 33 8 16 94 5 3 99 71 .268 .385 .456 .842 92.5 15.2
1939 32 WSH AL 127 456 81 124 25 3 14 78 1 1 81 60 .272 .384 .432 .816 78.1 12.1
1940 33 WSH AL 145 543 102 158 36 11 12 86 1 0 69 68 .291 .371 .464 .835 90.8 15.6
1941 34 WSH AL 149 532 101 160 36 9 12 95 2 0 92 66 .301 .405 .470 .875 99.0 21.3
1942 35 WSH AL 75 204 26 33 5 2 2 23 0 0 31 26 .162 .276 .235 .511 13.6 0.0
1943 36 WSH AL 38 81 8 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 15 8 .074 .242 .148 .391 2.2 0.0
    AAA   12 51 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .098 .132 .098 .230 -1.2  
    AA   4 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .071 .188 .071 .259 -0.1  
15 Years Sim 1951 6788 1267 2003 392 129 169 1152 150 77 1165 771 .295 .399 .466 .865 1250.4 237.8
1 Years AAA 12 51 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .098 .132 .098 .230 -1.2  
1 Years AA 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .071 .188 .071 .259 -0.1  
2 Years Minors 16 65 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .092 .145 .092 .237 -1.3  
162 Game Average 563 105 166 32 10 14 95 12 6 96 64 .295 .399 .466 .865 103.8  
Career Highs 149 543 126 184 40 18 22 122 26 14 108 77 .341 .440 .571 1.009 122.5  
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   4377 849 1383 279 88 98 769 99 56 729 485 .316 .415 .487 .902 852.9
vs LH   2411 418 620 113 41 71 383 51 21 436 286 .257 .371 .426 .798 402.5
Home 981 3317 610 998 200 55 64 560 78 33 575 366 .301 .404 .452 .856 609.2
Away 970 3471 657 1005 192 74 105 592 72 44 590 405 .290 .395 .478 .873 646.1
RISP   1996 0 622 121 42 53 916 0 0 435 225 .312 .426 .494 .920 426.1
Pinch Hitting   81 17 24 6 1 3 21 0 1 17 6 .296 .408 .506 .914 16.7
Close/Late   721 139 206 40 9 26 109 0 0 152 83 .286 .409 .474 .883 143.3
Mar/Apr 211 765 143 215 39 11 16 124 18 10 124 98 .281 .385 .424 .808 126.5
May 392 1343 248 373 81 25 40 212 31 17 232 145 .278 .387 .465 .851 241.3
June 338 1167 223 354 67 22 30 181 32 13 194 148 .303 .404 .476 .879 221.3
July 335 1199 217 362 71 24 34 227 20 13 177 128 .302 .393 .486 .880 220.8
August 351 1218 236 377 68 26 25 212 34 15 233 142 .310 .418 .470 .888 240.8
Sep/Oct 324 1096 200 322 66 21 24 196 15 9 205 110 .294 .404 .458 .862 204.6
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
1929 22 BOS AL LF 105 104 914.0 213 8 2 3 .991 2.18   2.2
    RF 36 34 298.3 72 2 2 1 .974 2.23    
1930 23 BOS AL LF 113 112 999.3 252 5 8 0 .970 2.31   1.8
    RF 25 21 192.0 52 2 4 0 .931 2.53    
    CF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1931 24 BOS AL RF 75 74 630.7 156 2 4 1 .975 2.25   1.8
    LF 28 4 90.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1932 25 BOS AL RF 145 142 1271.0 300 15 10 5 .969 2.23   2.8
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 26 BOS AL RF 132 122 1118.3 282 5 10 2 .966 2.31   3.4
    LF 7 3 35.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.54    
1934 27 BOS AL LF 114 113 993.3 275 4 9 0 .969 2.53   4.7
    RF 29 25 227.0 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1935 28 BOS AL LF 42 41 352.1 104 4 3 1 .973 2.76   2.7
    RF 35 34 306.6 92 2 1 1 .989 2.76   0.0
  WSH AL LF 36 34 306.5 90 4 2 1 .979 2.76   2.2
    RF 30 29 266.9 80 2 1 0 .988 2.77   0.0
  TOT   LF 78 75 658.6 194 8 5 2 .976 2.76   4.8
      RF 65 63 573.5 172 4 2 1 .989 2.76   0.0
1936 29 WSH AL 1B 144 139 1221.7 1251 81 13 127 .990 9.81   1.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 30 WSH AL 1B 146 144 1253.7 1308 86 15 108 .989 10.01   2.1
1938 31 WSH AL 1B 138 137 1189.7 1239 82 13 89 .990 9.99   1.4
    LF 4 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
1939 32 WSH AL 1B 125 122 1077.3 1073 68 7 97 .994 9.53   2.0
1940 33 WSH AL 1B 143 140 1232.3 1324 72 12 125 .991 10.20   1.1
1941 34 WSH AL 1B 148 143 1270.0 1320 95 9 114 .994 10.03   1.3
1942 35 WSH AL 1B 73 58 535.7 492 35 2 42 .996 8.85   1.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 36 WSH AL RF 19 18 145.0 35 1 2 0 .947 2.23   0.5
    1B 18 4 64.7 72 3 0 9 1.000 10.44   0.1
    LF 4 4 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
  1B 935 887 7845.0 8079 522 71 711 .992 9.87   10.3
  RF 527 499 4456.8 1123 31 34 10 .971 2.33   8.4
  LF 456 417 3747.6 971 25 25 5 .976 2.39   13.6
  CF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
Career Totals   1920 1805 16066.4 10178 578 130 726 .988 6.03   32.4
Career Highs   148 144 1273.0 1324 95 15 127 .996 10.20    
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
1933 26 BOS AL 7 27 2 12 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 4 .444 .448 .556 1.004
1936 29 WSH AL 7 25 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .280 .357 .320 .677
1937 30 WSH AL 4 13 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .308 .438 .462 .899
1939 32 WSH AL 6 25 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .280 .357 .440 .797
Career Post-Season Batting 24 90 11 30 5 1 1 10 2 0 9 14 .333 .396 .444 .840
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.
Batting Average
1929-6-.332
1935-6-.328
1936-7-.341
 On-Base Pct
1929-5-.418
1930-5-.418
1932-5-.388
1933-6-.392
1934-1-.421
1935-1-.440
1936-1-.437
1937-2-.421
1941-4-.405
 Slugging Pct
1934-9-.469
1935-2-.525
1936-3-.571
1937-5-.525
1941-5-.470
 OPS
1929-7-.911
1930-5-.921
1934-6-.889
1935-1-.965
1936-2-1.009
1937-3-.946
1941-4-.875
 OPS+
1929-7-136
1930-5-137
1932-9-130
1933-10-132
1934-5-143
1936-2-168
1937-3-152
 Secondary Average
1930-4-0.359
1932-2-0.379
1933-4-0.316
1934-1-0.378
1935-1-0.408
1936-1-0.393
1937-1-0.437
1938-5-0.384
1939-8-0.338
1941-6-0.346
XR
1929-8-97.6
1930-5-105.8
1932-8-96.6
1933-10-85.2
1934-8-97.7
1935-2-110.7
1936-2-122.5
1937-3-114.6
1941-1-99.0
 Games
1932-4-148
1935-9-147
1941-7-149
 Runs
1932-8-97
1935-1-113
1936-4-126
1937-3-108
1941-3-101
 Hits
1941-8-160
 Walks
1929-6-80
1930-4-81
1932-2-91
1933-2-81
1934-1-103
1935-1-101
1936-2-87
1937-1-108
1938-3-99
1939-10-81
1941-4-92
 Hit By Pitch
1931-10-7
Times on Base
1929-7-253
1930-4-259
1932-6-241
1934-3-261
1935-1-273
1936-1-279
1937-1-271
1941-2-258
 Total Bases
1935-6-269
1936-3-308
1937-9-274
1941-3-250
 Doubles
1935-7-36
1936-9-40
1940-8-36
1941-4-36
 Triples
1929-6-16
1930-1-18
1932-5-12
1936-2-15
1937-8-9
1940-5-11
1941-7-9
 Homeruns
1932-9-12
1934-10-16
1935-9-17
1936-6-18
1937-7-22
 Extra Base Hits
1935-4-60
1936-4-73
1937-7-63
1941-4-57
RBIs
1929-6-106
1934-10-91
1935-6-95
1936-1-122
1937-10-92
1941-3-95
 Caught Stealing
1929-9-14
 Stolen Base Percentage
1930-4-76
1932-2-86
 Strikeouts
1932-1-77
1933-4-59
1934-3-70
1937-10-58
1938-6-71
1940-8-68
1941-8-66
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1934-10-1.5
1935-6-2.3
1936-4-2.4
1937-4-1.9
 At Bats per Home Run
1936-3-29.9
1937-2-23.7
1939-1-32.6
Home Run Value
1939-6-1.2
 Power Speed Number
1934-4-17.8
 Offensive Win Shares
1929-6-19
1930-3-19.5
1932-5-20.9
1935-3-23.4
1936-2-28.8
1937-3-22.9
1941-1-21.5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 149    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  3. Maxwell Fenris (880)
  4. Frank Bellisimo (879)
  5. Leo Gorsky (863)
  6. Rocky Elefante (858)
  7. Gil Fry (857)
  8. Marshall Frobisher (857)
  9. Clint Dorsey (856)
  10. Joe Mudd (855)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1929
Had first career hit on 4/17/1929, off Jake Renfro (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1929, off Charles Loberger (CHA)
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 5/12/1929
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1929, hitting .332 with 7 HR, 106 RBI
Injured on 6/14/1931 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1932, hitting .517 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 7/14/1934
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 7/17/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1934, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 22 RBI
 
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