Jerry
Fitzgerald
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 240
 
Born: May 22, 1950 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 DM FL   1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 25 PHX JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 3 4 7 8 8
1976 26 HON JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1977 27 HON JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1978 28 HON JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1979 29 HON JL $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 30 BRK FL $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,528,571 6 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 BRK FL $ 2,528,571   11 11 11 9 9 9 10 9 10 15 14 15 15 15 15
1982 32 SLC FL $ 1,242,000   10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 15 14 15 14 15 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,242,000   10 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 15 14 15 14 15 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,528,571   11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 15 14 15 15 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 24 A   112 352 22 68 12 0 5 29 7 4 23 32 .193 .243 .270 .513 21.9  
1975 25 AAA   1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
    AA   30 103 13 31 6 0 2 9 3 3 7 4 .301 .345 .417 .763 13.7  
    A   102 382 66 127 33 0 6 46 12 6 40 32 .332 .396 .466 .862 65.8  
1976 26 HON JL 28 43 6 8 2 0 0 4 3 0 4 3 .186 .255 .233 .488 2.8 0.1
    AAA   59 258 25 74 11 0 1 13 4 2 12 18 .287 .319 .341 .660 26.9  
    AA   35 127 15 31 6 0 1 9 6 2 19 9 .244 .342 .315 .657 15.4  
1977 27 HON JL 137 451 59 130 26 5 3 39 15 4 44 25 .288 .351 .388 .739 63.5 11.4
1978 28 HON JL 154 625 80 172 29 5 10 50 15 10 64 54 .275 .342 .386 .728 80.8 11.9
1979 29 HON JL 157 550 65 149 22 1 9 51 9 9 48 42 .271 .330 .364 .694 63.2 7.8
1980 30 HON JL 55 201 20 52 10 1 5 21 7 3 18 15 .259 .318 .393 .711 25.6 4.1
  BRK FL 98 284 35 77 13 4 7 44 11 4 26 20 .271 .332 .419 .751 40.0 7.6
  TOT   153 485 55 129 23 5 12 65 18 7 44 35 .266 .326 .408 .735 65.6 11.8
1981 31 BRK FL 137 427 61 109 22 2 8 36 20 8 56 45 .255 .342 .372 .715 54.2 8.5
1982 32 SLC FL 127 358 62 107 25 3 10 57 12 3 37 43 .299 .368 .469 .837 56.4 10.0
    AAA   10 9 3 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 .556 .692 1.000 1.692 4.6  
1983 33 AAA   116 185 36 53 8 2 3 23 5 1 38 29 .286 .408 .400 .808 33.0  
7 Years Sim 893 2939 388 804 149 21 52 302 92 41 297 247 .274 .341 .392 .732 386.5 61.5
4 Years AAA 186 456 64 132 20 2 5 41 9 3 54 48 .289 .366 .375 .741 64.1  
2 Years AA 65 230 28 62 12 0 3 18 9 5 26 13 .270 .346 .361 .707 29.2  
2 Years A 214 734 88 195 45 0 11 75 19 10 63 64 .266 .326 .372 .697 87.6  
8 Years Minors 465 1420 180 389 77 2 19 134 37 18 143 125 .274 .342 .371 .713 180.9  
162 Game Average 533 70 145 27 3 9 54 16 7 53 44 .274 .341 .392 .732 70.1  
Career Highs 157 625 80 172 29 5 12 65 20 10 64 54 .299 .368 .469 .837 80.8  
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   1918 243 524 98 12 31 179 63 28 181 157 .273 .337 .385 .722 249.3
vs LH   1021 145 280 51 9 21 123 29 13 116 90 .274 .348 .404 .752 145.2
Home 443 1421 198 389 73 11 20 139 46 22 153 111 .274 .346 .383 .729 189.5
Away 450 1518 190 415 76 10 32 163 46 19 144 136 .273 .335 .400 .735 205.0
RISP   635 0 188 28 4 11 235 0 0 68 54 .296 .361 .405 .766 92.9
Pinch Hitting   81 11 21 2 1 1 12 3 1 13 8 .259 .368 .346 .714 11.3
Close/Late   381 46 102 15 1 12 33 0 0 40 33 .268 .338 .407 .745 52.9
Mar/Apr 120 398 50 114 15 2 10 42 7 7 44 33 .286 .359 .410 .768 57.5
May 151 496 55 139 31 2 6 50 11 10 46 44 .280 .342 .387 .729 63.2
June 144 474 59 123 14 5 9 42 15 6 40 46 .259 .317 .367 .684 56.4
July 151 513 56 135 29 4 6 46 19 5 54 42 .263 .335 .370 .705 65.6
August 167 535 89 144 28 2 15 67 19 6 69 37 .269 .354 .413 .767 80.8
Sep/Oct 160 523 79 149 32 6 6 55 21 7 44 45 .285 .339 .403 .742 71.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 26 HON JL CF 18 7 74.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.28   0.4
    RF 4 3 28.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.0
    LF 3 3 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
1977 27 HON JL CF 128 118 1034.7 305 4 6 2 .981 2.69   0.7
    RF 3 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 28 HON JL CF 153 147 1339.0 396 9 1 3 .998 2.72   2.2
1979 29 HON JL CF 89 78 723.7 206 4 2 2 .991 2.61   2.3
    RF 64 59 520.0 109 1 1 0 .991 1.90    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1980 30 HON JL CF 28 27 254.7 77 2 1 1 .988 2.79   1.6
    RF 23 18 193.7 52 2 1 0 .982 2.51   0.0
    1B 0 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.45   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BRK FL CF 51 49 362.3 109 4 2 2 .983 2.81   1.5
    RF 42 31 275.6 73 3 2 1 .974 2.48   0.0
    1B 1 1 4.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.66   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 79 76 617.0 186 6 3 3 .985 2.80   3.0
      RF 65 49 469.3 125 5 3 1 .977 2.49   0.0
      1B 1 1 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
      SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1981 31 BRK FL RF 67 67 573.7 125 4 8 2 .942 2.02   1.5
    CF 50 45 372.0 121 2 6 1 .953 2.98    
    LF 3 3 25.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.88    
1982 32 SLC FL CF 64 49 456.0 154 3 2 2 .987 3.10   3.9
    RF 58 38 372.3 107 2 2 2 .982 2.63    
  CF 581 520 4616.3 1395 28 20 13 .986 2.77   12.5
  RF 261 218 1979.3 478 13 14 5 .972 2.23   1.5
  LF 7 7 56.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.41   0.0
  1B 1 1 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   853 746 6663.6 1895 42 35 18 .982 2.62   14.1
Career Highs   154 147 1339.0 396 12 15 4 1.000 2.98    
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
1979-3-157
At-Bats
1978-1-625
Hits
1978-9-172
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 102nd overall pick, by Des Moines in 1974
Traded from Des Moines to Phoenix on 7/31/1975 (Going to DM: CF S. Hell. Going to PHX: P A. Culionara, CF J. Fitzgerald, RF S. Sakis)
Traded from Phoenix to Honolulu on 5/11/1976 (Going to HON: 3B F. Lorenzen, CF J. Fitzgerald. Going to PHX: SS H. Garcia, P S. Anderson, P O. Eoff, P A. Reis)
Injured on 7/17/1976 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 8/10/1976, off Joaquin Contraveras (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1977, off Francis Szabo (JAX)
Traded from Honolulu to Brooklyn on 6/1/1980 (Going to BRK: RF J. Fitzgerald, P S. Anderson, C E. Sykes, 2B D. Karn, P P. Workman. Going to HON: 1B D. Allen, P M. Marshall, 1B S. Cortada)