Howie Fitzgerald
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Howard Chumney Fitzgerald (May 16, 1902 – February 26, 1959) was an American professional baseball outfielder. Born in Eagle Lake, Texas,[1] he batted and threw left-handed.[2]
Biography
Fitzgerald's professional baseball career spanned 1922–1933, most of it in the minor leagues.[3] He played in the major-leagues for two teams: the Chicago Cubs in 1922 and 1924 and the Boston Red Sox in 1926.[2]
In a three-season major-league career, Fitzgerald posted a .257 batting average (36-for-140) with 14 runs batted in (RBIs) in 48 games.[2] He did not hit a home run.[2] Defensively, he appeared primarily as a left fielder, making 21 of his 34 starts there.[2]
Fitzgerald died in 1959 in an automobile accident in Matthews, Texas,Template:Efn at age 56.[4]
In 2005, Fitzgerald was selected to the Texas League Hall of Fame.[5] He played nine seasons in the Texas League, primarily with the Wichita Falls Spudders.[3]
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