finalyear debutyear statvalue finalteam width birth_date alt finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1959 1948 .260 19 217 542 cleveland indians 200 21 may 1924 ed fitz gerald september 15 ed fitz gerald.png batting average home runs runs batted in hits pittsburgh pirates ed fitz gerald right ed fitz gerald in 1948 santa ynez , california april 19 right catcher ed fitz gerald

ed fitz gerald

edward raymond fitz gerald -lrb- born may 21 , 1924 in santa ynez , california -rrb- is a retired american professional baseball player and coach .
a former catcher , he appeared in 807 games played in major league baseball over 12 seasons -lrb- -- -rrb- for the pittsburgh pirates , washington senators and cleveland indians .
he attended saint mary 's college of california and served in the united states army in the european theater of operations in world war ii before beginning his professional career in 1946 .
fitz gerald threw and batted right-handed , stood tall and weighed during his playing days .
used primarily in a backup role throughout his career , he exceeded 100 games played as a rookie with the 1948 pirates -lrb- 102 games -rrb- , and again with the 1954 senators -lrb- 115 -rrb- .
he ended his career with a .260 batting average , 82 doubles , ten triples , 19 home runs , 217 runs batted in and 542 hits .
while with the pirates , fitz gerald caught cliff chambers ' no-hitter on may 6 , .
as a washington senator , he also broke up chicago white sox pitcher billy pierce 's bid for a perfect game on june 27 , by doubling with two out in the ninth , the ball landing just inches inside the first-base line .
following his retirement as an active player , fitz gerald coached in the american league from -- for the indians , kansas city athletics and minnesota twins , and briefly managed the fresno giants of the class a california league .
