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Larry Doby League 4-1-2044 |
| Danny Fortson |  CatcherRetired (1962, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | .242 | Total Rating |
|
Bats/Throws | L/L | |
| OPS | .686 | Status | Deceased (2002) | Option Years | 0
|
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| H | 107 | Age at Death | 75 | Date of Birth | 05-01-1927 | |
| HR | 14 | Drafted | Round 38, Pick 595 (1950) |
Majors Svc Time | 6 years (15 games) |
|
| RBI | 61 | |||||
| SB | 1 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | (100%) | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | (12.5%) | LF | (0.5%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 2 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
|
Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BOS-DET | 34 |
45 |
3 |
10
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 0 | .560 |
.271 |
.289 |
.067 |
.222 |
|
| 1954 | DET | 24 |
25 |
4 |
7
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .668 |
.308 |
.360 |
.080 |
.280 |
|
| 1955 | DET | 82 |
59 |
13 |
17
|
5 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
9 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 2 | .857 |
.382 |
.475 |
.186 |
.288 |
|
| 1956 | DET | 72 |
70 |
6 |
13
|
5 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | .550 |
.250 |
.300 |
.114 |
.186 |
|
| 1957 | DET-PIT | 47 |
64 |
9 |
15
|
4 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | .670 |
.279 |
.391 |
.156 |
.234 |
|
| 1958 | PIT | 6 |
16 |
3 |
3
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .878 |
.316 |
.562 |
.375 |
.188 |
|
| 1959 | PIT | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
| 1960 | NYN | 52 |
86 |
7 |
22
|
2 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
6 |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .781 |
.304 |
.477 |
.221 |
.256 |
|
| 1961 | NYN | 42 |
78 |
7 |
20
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | .622 |
.301 |
.321 |
.064 |
.256 |
|
| Total | 360 |
443 |
52 |
107
|
20 |
1 |
14 |
61 |
36 |
87 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 5 | .686 |
.300 |
.386 |
.144 |
.242 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1962-11-01 | Danny Fortson has retired from the Washington Strategos |
| 1962-04-22 | The Washington Strategos have acquired Danny Fortson from the waiver wire. |
| 1962-04-08 | The New York Empires have waived Danny Fortson. |
| 1962-04-01 | The New York Empires have promoted Rodney Cookson to the major league team. The New York Empires have promoted Lyle Hartley to the major league team. The New York Empires have designated Danny Fortson for assignment. The New York Empires have sent Daniel Deal to the minors. |
| 1959-08-12 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have acquired Paul Ring from the waiver wire. The Pittsburgh Lynx have waived Danny Fortson. |
| 1959-06-20 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have promoted Mike Lieberthal to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Lynx have designated Danny Fortson for assignment. |
| 1957-09-29 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. |
| 1957-08-06 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have designated Danny Fortson for assignment. |
| 1957-07-03 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have acquired Danny Fortson from the waiver wire. |
| 1957-06-28 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rocco Strawberry to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Vernon Hedgpath to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Carm DeMazza to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have designated Danny Fortson for assignment. |
| 1954-08-15 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. |
| 1954-07-09 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Augie Lawson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. |
| 1954-06-13 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Augie Lawson to the minors. |
| 1953-09-10 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Augie Lawson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. |
| 1953-08-15 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Beau Bock to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Bob Hehl to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Augie Lawson to the minors. |
| 1953-06-18 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Derrin Doyle to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. |
| 1953-06-05 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rufus Trosky to the minors. |
| 1953-05-23 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Hardy Merril to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. |
| 1953-05-20 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Hardy Merril to the minors. |
| 1953-05-13 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Hardy Merril to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Boomer Brunansky to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. |
| 1953-04-27 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Danny Fortson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Hardy Merril to the minors. |
| 1953-04-04 | The Detroit Tigers have renamed Danny Foreman to Danny Fortson. |
| 1953-04-04 | The Detroit Tigers have acquired Danny Foreman from the waiver wire. The Detroit Tigers have waived Danny White. |
| 1953-04-03 | The Boston Barracudas have waived Danny Foreman. |