MLB / Players

Freddie Fitzsimmons

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb

BornJuly 28, 1901 · Mishawaka, IN, USA

MLB debutAugust 12, 1925

Final gameJuly 16, 1943

Seasons19 (1925–1943)

New York Giants 1925–1936; Brooklyn Dodgers 1937; New York Giants 1937; Brooklyn Dodgers 1938–1943

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified pitchers

39.4

62.8

53.2

54.3

61.7

SHO

81.9

205

40.4

62.8

63.8

60.6

202.7

70.2

ERA

3.02

87.2

WHIP

1.224

K/9

1.69

2.1

FIP

3.55

FIP-

91.9

61.7

ERA+

128.1

74.5

sWAR

3.9

80.9

of 95 qualified 1938 pitchers (min 151 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

112.1

76.4

sWAR

48.7

98.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1925	10	31	29	3	9	1	0	0	4	0	4	.310	.333	.345	.678	76.5	77.6	.312	2.0
1926	37	87	86	3	11	2	0	0	3	0	19	.128	.128	.151	.279	-38.0	-24.5	.128	3.7
1927	42	96	87	6	18	2	1	0	8	1	9	.207	.216	.253	.469	17.3	25.7	.216	2.9
1928	40	103	94	7	18	4	1	0	9	3	12	.191	.224	.255	.480	17.1	25.5	.224	3.4
1929	37	85	82	5	15	4	0	0	9	1	11	.183	.193	.232	.424	-2.5	5.6	.192	3.2
1930	41	92	83	15	22	3	1	2	13	4	11	.265	.299	.398	.696	66.9	69.1	.308	3.9
1931	35	104	92	16	21	3	1	4	18	7	18	.228	.297	.413	.710	88.8	91.8	.323	5.4
1932	35	93	86	10	19	3	1	2	10	0	12	.221	.230	.349	.579	47.9	55.4	.254	0.9
1933	36	99	95	3	19	3	1	2	6	1	14	.200	.208	.316	.524	39.3	50.2	.236	3.9
1934	38	102	95	12	22	2	1	2	8	3	12	.232	.270	.337	.607	61.7	65.1	.276	5.5
1935	18	34	31	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	1	.258	.281	.290	.572	54.3	56.8	.264	0.9
1936	28	53	47	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	8	.149	.167	.170	.337	-17.0	-7.8	.159	2.1
1937	19	44	40	4	8	1	0	1	2	1	9	.200	.238	.300	.538	37.6	43.1	.248	0.8
1938	27	78	70	8	12	2	0	0	4	4	14	.171	.216	.200	.416	5.5	13.9	.201	3.9
1939	27	56	47	7	11	1	0	1	5	4	10	.234	.321	.319	.640	71.4	70.6	.306	2.1
1940	20	55	47	6	5	1	0	0	1	2	8	.106	.176	.128	.304	-24.8	-16.3	.157	2.9
1941	13	32	28	1	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	.143	.226	.179	.404	10.8	13.9	.207	2.4
1942	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	202.2	192.6	.471	-0.4
1943	9	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.071	.133	.071	.205	-57.2	-40.5	.114	-0.8

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1925	10	8	6	3	0	6	1	70	22	18	17	4	74.7	2.65	1.179	2.05	4.07	99.9	153.6	2.0
1926	37	26	14	10	0	12	0	224	70	58	48	7	219.0	2.88	1.288	1.97	3.73	99.2	130.8	3.7
1927	42	31	17	10	3	14	1	260	101	67	78	15	244.7	3.72	1.337	2.87	4.02	103.5	104.5	2.9
1928	40	32	20	9	1	16	1	264	107	65	67	13	261.3	3.68	1.259	2.31	3.70	93.5	107.3	3.4
1929	37	31	15	11	1	14	4	242	101	66	55	14	221.7	4.10	1.389	2.23	4.55	98.3	113.0	3.2
1930	41	29	19	7	1	17	1	230	106	59	76	26	224.3	4.25	1.288	3.05	5.18	107.6	113.3	3.9
1931	35	33	18	11	0	19	4	242	86	62	78	16	253.7	3.05	1.198	2.77	3.91	104.2	123.0	5.4
1932	35	31	11	11	0	11	0	287	117	83	65	18	237.7	4.43	1.557	2.46	4.43	117.8	85.0	0.9
1933	36	35	16	11	0	13	1	243	81	72	65	14	251.7	2.90	1.252	2.32	3.66	113.0	111.7	3.9
1934	38	37	18	14	1	14	3	266	89	51	73	12	263.3	3.04	1.204	2.49	3.72	95.5	127.9	5.5
1935	18	15	4	8	0	6	4	104	42	22	23	7	94.0	4.02	1.340	2.20	4.23	109.3	96.3	0.9
1936	28	17	10	7	2	7	0	147	52	39	35	6	141.0	3.32	1.319	2.23	3.93	100.6	117.7	2.1
1937	19	17	6	10	0	5	1	119	57	40	42	5	118.0	4.35	1.347	3.20	3.83	96.7	91.2	0.8
1938	27	26	11	8	0	12	3	205	68	43	38	8	202.7	3.02	1.224	1.69	3.55	91.9	128.1	3.9
1939	27	20	7	9	3	5	0	178	65	28	44	6	151.3	3.87	1.361	2.62	3.36	84.0	103.4	2.1
1940	20	18	16	2	1	11	4	120	42	25	35	5	134.3	2.81	1.079	2.34	3.29	82.7	141.5	2.9
1941	13	12	6	1	0	3	1	78	19	26	19	3	82.7	2.07	1.258	2.07	3.59	97.4	178.4	2.4
1942	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	1	0	1	3.0	15.00	2.333	0.00	7.62	229.1	22.2	-0.4
1943	9	7	3	4	0	1	0	50	27	21	12	6	44.7	5.44	1.590	2.42	5.16	151.2	62.7	-0.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

513

1,262

1,155

112

231

RBI

103

177

.2000

OBP

.2326

SLG

.2788

OPS

.5114

Pitching

G (P)

513

415th-most career G (P)

426

107th-most career GS

217

87th-most career W

146

181st-most career L

186

161st-most career CG

SHO

125th-most career SHO

3,224

105th-most career IP

SO (P)

870

BB allowed

846

210th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.509

455th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2970

K/9

2.43

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1930-07-30	ATL @ SF Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	3	7
1937-04-29	LAD @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	1	7
1931-06-20	PIT @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	1	6
1932-06-04	PHI @ SF Gameday	3	2	3	0	1	1	6
1930-07-26	PIT @ SF Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1928-09-14	SF @ ATL Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	3	7
1931-04-19	SF @ ATL Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	0	7
1930-08-24	SF @ CHC Gameday	7.0	5	2	2	2	7
1927-04-26	SF @ LAD Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	2	6
1931-08-09	SF @ LAD Gameday	9.0	10	4	3	0	6

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.