Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player, 1925-1943

Freddie Fitzsimmons

Born: 7/28/1901 in Mishawaka, IN, USA

Died: 11/18/1979 in Yucca Valley, CA, USA

MLB Debut: 1925-08-12 | Final Game: 1943-07-16

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 185 lbs

Full name: Fred Landis Fitzsimmons

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Biography

Freddie Fitzsimmons, born in 1901, was a prominent pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1925 until his retirement in 1943. Over the course of his career, Fitzsimmons established himself as a reliable and effective starter, finishing with a record of 217 wins and 146 losses. His career earned run average (ERA) stood at 3.51, showcasing his ability to keep opposing hitters at bay. Known for his exceptional control and durability on the mound, he struck out 870 batters and recorded 13 saves throughout his time in the league. Fitzsimmons played during an era characterized by the transition from the lively ball period of the late 1920s to the more strategic and pitching-focused game of the 1930s and early 1940s. His contributions to the game were significant, as he not only excelled as a pitcher but also contributed to the teams he played for, notably the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Fitzsimmons' legacy endures as a testament to the skilled pitchers of his time, and he remains a respected figure in baseball history for his accomplishments on the mound.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
4.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
2.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1930 4.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1930 2.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
217 146 513 426 186 29 13 3223.7 3335 1257 186 846 870 3.51 0

Career ERA 3.51 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 16.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1925 NY1 NL 6 3 10 8 6 1 0 74.7 70 22 18 17 2.65 4.55 (+42%) -27.6
1926 NY1 NL 14 10 37 26 12 0 0 219.0 224 70 58 48 2.88 4.11 (+30%) 1210.9
1927 NY1 NL 17 10 42 31 14 1 3 244.7 260 101 67 78 3.72 4.08 (+9%) -242.2
1928 NY1 NL 20 9 40 32 16 1 1 261.3 264 107 65 67 3.68 4.13 (+11%) 785.1
1929 NY1 NL 15 11 37 31 14 4 1 221.7 242 101 66 55 4.10 4.60 (+11%) 63.9
1930 NY1 NL 19 7 41 29 17 1 1 224.3 230 106 59 76 4.25 4.80 (+11%) -2580.7
1931 NY1 NL 18 11 35 33 19 4 0 253.7 242 86 62 78 3.05 4.10 (+26%) 151.2
1932 NY1 NL 11 11 35 31 11 0 0 237.7 287 117 83 65 4.43 4.13 (-7%) -3270.6
1933 NY1 NL 16 11 36 35 13 1 0 251.7 243 81 72 65 2.90 3.86 (+25%) -954.0
1934 NY1 NL 18 14 38 37 14 3 1 263.3 266 89 51 73 3.04 4.29 (+29%) 3065.2
1935 NY1 NL 4 8 18 15 6 4 0 94.0 104 42 22 23 4.02 4.35 (+7%) -134.2
1936 NY1 NL 10 7 28 17 7 0 2 141.0 147 52 39 35 3.32 4.59 (+28%) 1244.5
1937 NY1 NL 2 2 6 4 1 1 0 27.3 28 14 8 13 4.61 4.34 (-6%) -149.7
1937 BRO NL 4 8 13 13 4 0 0 90.7 91 43 32 29 4.27 4.34 (+2%) 917.4
1938 BRO NL 11 8 27 26 12 3 0 202.7 205 68 43 38 3.02 4.35 (+31%) 2303.7
1939 BRO NL 7 9 27 20 5 0 3 151.3 178 65 28 44 3.87 4.28 (+10%) 2606.6
1940 BRO NL 16 2 20 18 11 4 1 134.3 120 42 25 35 2.81 4.21 (+33%) 2303.3
1941 BRO NL 6 1 13 12 3 1 0 82.7 78 19 26 19 2.07 3.94 (+47%) 217.2
1942 BRO NL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 1 0 15.00 — 0.0
1943 BRO NL 3 4 9 7 1 0 0 44.7 50 27 21 12 5.44 3.50 (-55%) -2069.0

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
513 1155 112 231 35 7 14 103 0 36 177 0.200 0.233 0.279 0.511 -5142.7

Career AVG .200 vs. league average .276 across their career seasons — 27.6% below league average.

Career OBP .233 vs. league average .341 across their career seasons — 31.8% below league average.

Career SLG .279 vs. league average .391 across their career seasons — 28.8% below league average.

Career OPS 0.511 vs. league average 0.732 across their career seasons — 30.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1925 NY1 NL 10 29 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.310 — — — — 0.0
1926 NY1 NL 37 86 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 19 0.128 .279 (-54%) .345 (-63%) .390 (-61%) .735 (-62%) -935.5
1927 NY1 NL 42 87 6 18 2 1 0 8 0 1 9 0.207 .282 (-27%) .344 (-37%) .392 (-36%) .736 (-36%) -571.8
1928 NY1 NL 40 94 7 18 4 1 0 9 0 3 12 0.191 .280 (-32%) .342 (-34%) .395 (-35%) .737 (-35%) -592.4
1929 NY1 NL 37 82 5 15 4 0 0 9 0 1 11 0.183 .289 (-37%) .353 (-45%) .415 (-44%) .769 (-45%) -676.1
1930 NY1 NL 41 83 15 22 3 1 2 13 0 4 11 0.265 .293 (-10%) .354 (-16%) .429 (-7%) .784 (-11%) -186.5
1931 NY1 NL 35 92 16 21 3 1 4 18 0 7 18 0.228 .276 (-17%) .338 (-12%) .388 (+6%) .726 (-2%) -49.9
1932 NY1 NL 35 86 10 19 3 1 2 10 0 0 12 0.221 .275 (-20%) .335 (-31%) .391 (-11%) .726 (-20%) -328.1
1933 NY1 NL 36 95 3 19 3 1 2 6 0 1 14 0.200 .270 (-26%) .329 (-37%) .377 (-16%) .707 (-26%) -444.5
1934 NY1 NL 38 95 12 22 2 1 2 8 0 3 12 0.232 .278 (-17%) .340 (-21%) .392 (-14%) .733 (-17%) -298.4
1935 NY1 NL 18 31 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.258 — — — — 0.0
1936 NY1 NL 28 47 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.149 — — — — 0.0
1937 NY1 NL 6 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.300 — — — — 0.0
1937 BRO NL 13 30 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0.167 — — — — 0.0
1938 BRO NL 27 70 8 12 2 0 0 4 0 4 14 0.171 .272 (-37%) .341 (-37%) .392 (-49%) .734 (-43%) -520.1
1939 BRO NL 27 47 7 11 1 0 1 5 0 4 10 0.234 — — — — -89.8
1940 BRO NL 20 47 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 0.106 — — — — -449.6
1941 BRO NL 13 28 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0.143 — — — — 0.0
1942 BRO NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1943 BRO NL 9 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.071 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
4 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.375

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1941 WS BRO 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1936 WS NY1 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500
1933 WS NY1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 3 4 4 0 25.7 26 11 5 9 3.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1941 WS BRO 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 0 3 1 0.00
1936 WS NY1 0 2 2 2 0 11.7 13 7 2 6 5.40
1933 WS NY1 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 9 4 0 2 5.14

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 513 0 237 942 28 79

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1925 NY1 P 10 0 3 27 0 0
1926 NY1 P 37 0 20 62 0 5
1927 NY1 P 42 0 19 59 2 3
1928 NY1 P 40 0 23 63 0 4
1929 NY1 P 37 0 13 70 4 7
1930 NY1 P 41 0 22 70 2 6
1931 NY1 P 35 0 13 89 4 9
1932 NY1 P 35 0 16 78 2 10
1933 NY1 P 36 0 12 83 4 6
1934 NY1 P 38 0 24 71 3 10
1935 NY1 P 18 0 8 24 0 1
1936 NY1 P 28 0 11 31 3 5
1937 NY1 P 6 0 1 4 0 1
1937 BRO P 13 0 4 24 0 0
1938 BRO P 27 0 13 66 1 7
1939 BRO P 27 0 13 52 0 1
1940 BRO P 20 0 15 28 2 2
1941 BRO P 13 0 3 30 0 1
1942 BRO P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1943 BRO P 9 0 4 10 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 513

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1931 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1940 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 84.0 336 0
1938 Most Valuable Player NL 30th 1.0 336 0
1931 Most Valuable Player NL 25th 1.0 80 0