In a ten-year major league career, Fitzgerald played in 848 games, accumulating 545 hits in 2316 at bats for a .235 career batting average along with 48 home runs and 293 runs batted in.[1] He ended his catching career with a .988 fielding percentage.[1]
^1978 Major League Baseball Draft. The Baseball Cube website.
^Home Run In First MLB At Bat. Baseball Almanac website.
^Catchers who Homered in First MLB at-bat. The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers website.
^1984 National League Fielding Leaders. Baseball Reference website.
^Baseball Digest May 2007, Vol. 99, No. 6, ISSN 0005-609X
^Rookie of the Year Winners at The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers
^ abMike Fitzgerald Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
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mike, fitzgerald, catcher, other, people, with, same, name, mike, fitzgerald, disambiguation, michael, fitzgerald, born, july, 1960, american, former, professional, baseball, player, played, catcher, major, league, baseball, from, 1983, through, 1992, york, me. For other people with the same name see Mike Fitzgerald disambiguation Michael Roy Fitzgerald born July 13 1960 is an American former professional baseball player He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1983 through 1992 for the New York Mets Montreal Expos and California Angels 1 Mike FitzgeraldCatcherBorn 1960 07 13 July 13 1960 age 63 Long Beach California U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 13 1983 for the New York MetsLast MLB appearanceOctober 4 1992 for the California AngelsMLB statisticsBatting average 235Home runs48Runs batted in293TeamsNew York Mets 1983 1984 Montreal Expos 1985 1991 California Angels 1992 Contents 1 Major League career 2 Career statistics 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksMajor League career editFitzgerald was selected by New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft 2 He made his major league debut with the New York Mets on September 13 1983 1 Fitzgerald hit a home run in his first major league at bat becoming the 57th player in major league history to accomplish the feat 3 4 In 1984 he led National League catchers in range factor and fielding percentage becoming only the fourth catcher in major league history to win a fielding title in his rookie year 5 6 Fitzgerald was selected as the catcher for the 1984 Baseball Digest Rookie All Star team and for the 1984 Topps All Star Rookie Roster 7 On December 14 1984 the New York Mets traded Fitzgerald along with Hubie Brooks Herm Winningham and minor league pitcher Floyd Youmans to the Montreal Expos for catcher Gary Carter 8 He became the Expos starting catcher posting his best offensive year in its 1986 season with a 282 batting average six home runs and 37 runs batted in 1 In October 1991 the Expos granted Fitzgerald free agency he signed to play for the California Angels in their 1992 season 8 After one year as the Angels starting catcher he retired as a player 1 Career statistics editIn a ten year major league career Fitzgerald played in 848 games accumulating 545 hits in 2316 at bats for a 235 career batting average along with 48 home runs and 293 runs batted in 1 He ended his catching career with a 988 fielding percentage 1 See also editList of players with a home run in first major league at batReferences edit a b c d e f Mike Fitzgerald at Baseball Reference 1978 Major League Baseball Draft The Baseball Cube website Home Run In First MLB At Bat Baseball Almanac website Catchers who Homered in First MLB at bat The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers website 1984 National League Fielding Leaders Baseball Reference website Baseball Digest May 2007 Vol 99 No 6 ISSN 0005 609X Rookie of the Year Winners at The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers a b Mike Fitzgerald Trades and Transactions at Baseball AlmanacExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Baseball Almanac Pura Pelota Venezuelan Winter League Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Fitzgerald catcher amp oldid 1169669893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
