finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate image article_title debutteam name throws
1933 26 november 1989 ely , iowa right oakland , california 1921 september 11 .316 31 485 first baseman / second baseman / manager chicago white sox batting average home runs runs batted in april 13 lew fonseca.jpg lew fonseca
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lew fonseca

lewis albert fonseca -lrb- january 21 , 1899 -- november 26 , 1989 -rrb- was an american first and second baseman in major league baseball for the cincinnati reds , philadelphia phillies , cleveland indians , and chicago white sox over a 12-year career .
while not a power hitter , he hit for average and was a good contact hitter for most of his career .
he topped the .300 mark six times , with his best season coming in with the indians , when he hit .369 to win the american league batting title , after coming off a season in which he broke his leg .
his success was short-lived , however , as he broke his arm in , and a torn ligament in his leg prematurely ended his playing career .
fonseca is perhaps best known as one of the first men to use film in analyzing baseball games and finding flaws in players .
it is said that his interest with cameras began while shooting `` slide , kelly , slide '' in 1927 .
as manager of the chicago white sox , he used film extensively .
after retiring from playing the game , he was director of promotions for both leagues .
fonseca worked on world series highlight films from their inception in 1943 through 1969 , as an editor and director , and narrated the world series films from 1949 - '53 and 1955 - '58 -lrb- jack brickhouse narrated the 1954 world series film . -rrb-
television sportscaster bob costas wrote of fonseca 's narration : '' vocal stylings were somewhat less than mellifluous , but still endlessly entertaining . ''
fonseca was batting coach for the chicago cubs for many years , until quite late in life .
his daughter carolynn was a talented actress who worked mostly out of rome , italy .
fonseca died in ely , iowa at age 90 , one month after the loma prieta earthquake hit near his birthplace of oakland , california .
