Carmelo
Fons
 
Nickname: Fonzie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 15, 1983 in Venezuela
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2008   
All-Star Selections 2008    2011    2012    2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 PA FF   3 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 8 8 7 6 6
2005 21 PA FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 8 8 7 6 7
2006 22 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 9 8 8 8 7 8
2007 23 VIR FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 9 8 8 8 8 8
2008 24 VIR FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 8 8 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 8 8 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 9 10 9 9
2010 26 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 10 9 9
2011 27 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8 10 9 9
2012 28 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 10 9 9
2013 29 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 10 9 9
2014 30 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 10 9 9
2015 31 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 10 9 9
2016 32 VIR FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 10 9 9
2017 33 ON FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 10 9 9
2018 34 ON FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 9 9 9
2019 35 ON FF $ 300,000   8 8 9 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 9 8 8
2020 36 ON FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 5 8 8 8
2021 37 ON FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 9 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 20 A   138 499 65 133 16 0 6 47 10 3 96 55 .267 .385 .335 .720 74.0  
2005 21 PA FF 16 53 5 16 2 0 1 4 3 1 7 3 .302 .383 .396 .780 8.6 1.9
    AAA   43 149 19 42 3 0 1 9 4 9 26 22 .282 .389 .322 .711 19.0  
    AA   60 210 33 67 7 0 3 26 6 3 45 17 .319 .439 .395 .834 39.6  
    A   18 70 12 30 3 0 0 9 2 2 12 5 .429 .512 .471 .984 15.6  
2006 22 PA FF 152 544 68 156 19 4 6 54 32 14 72 62 .287 .374 .369 .743 80.4 19.2
2007 23 VIR FF 143 513 62 136 16 3 4 56 8 5 67 37 .265 .349 .331 .680 63.3 9.6
2008 24 VIR FF 151 558 80 208 21 5 7 75 24 13 67 42 .373 .443 .466 .909 104.3 29.9
2009 25 VIR FF 155 551 91 172 23 0 12 66 36 8 69 22 .312 .388 .419 .808 88.3 19.8
2010 26 VIR FF 154 559 80 165 15 2 18 62 26 10 74 19 .295 .380 .426 .806 89.4 25.0
2011 27 VIR FF 154 576 71 182 19 0 13 59 8 8 56 23 .316 .376 .417 .792 85.6 24.0
2012 28 VIR FF 152 499 63 162 23 1 7 59 4 2 53 22 .325 .392 .417 .809 77.0 21.4
2013 29 VIR FF 154 542 75 180 16 1 12 71 18 7 60 27 .332 .398 .432 .830 88.1 22.3
2014 30 VIR FF 148 513 65 170 14 0 7 62 13 5 65 25 .331 .408 .400 .807 86.2 23.1
2015 31 VIR FF 159 574 79 184 18 2 18 76 0 0 66 24 .321 .390 .453 .843 94.1 26.5
2016 32 VIR FF 157 557 66 163 27 1 8 64 5 0 65 32 .293 .370 .388 .758 81.5 19.2
2017 33 ON FF 148 398 52 117 10 1 12 54 7 5 41 18 .294 .362 .415 .777 57.2 15.6
2018 34 ON FF 144 352 62 135 10 0 13 65 11 10 43 19 .384 .451 .523 .974 72.7 19.4
2019 35 ON FF 144 381 54 116 7 1 7 48 8 7 38 12 .304 .371 .383 .755 53.3 11.6
2020 36 ON FF 145 424 42 127 10 0 4 53 11 7 31 19 .300 .353 .351 .705 49.3 7.9
2021 37 ON FF 149 407 50 124 4 0 7 43 9 6 29 34 .305 .349 .366 .715 50.2 9.4
17 Years Sim 2425 8001 1065 2513 254 21 156 971 223 108 903 440 .314 .385 .410 .795 1229.5 305.7
1 Years AAA 43 149 19 42 3 0 1 9 4 9 26 22 .282 .386 .322 .709 19.0  
1 Years AA 60 210 33 67 7 0 3 26 6 3 45 17 .319 .448 .395 .843 39.6  
2 Years A 156 569 77 163 19 0 6 56 12 5 108 60 .286 .397 .351 .749 89.6  
4 Years Minors 259 928 129 272 29 0 10 91 22 17 179 99 .293 .407 .357 .764 148.2  
162 Game Average 534 71 167 16 1 10 64 14 7 60 29 .314 .385 .410 .795 82.1  
Career Highs 159 576 91 208 27 5 18 76 36 14 74 62 .384 .451 .523 .974 104.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5862 762 1820 196 16 116 698 173 75 574 330 .310 .374 .409 .783 885.1
vs LH   2139 303 693 58 5 40 273 50 33 329 110 .324 .414 .412 .826 371.0
Home 1211 3924 505 1210 137 9 76 467 111 51 433 216 .308 .378 .406 .784 601.8
Away 1214 4077 560 1303 117 12 80 504 112 57 470 224 .320 .392 .413 .805 654.3
RISP   1793 0 587 59 6 36 774 0 0 286 101 .327 .412 .427 .840 325.0
Pinch Hitting   409 44 121 9 2 6 52 8 3 47 24 .296 .371 .372 .743 58.0
Close/Late   1092 113 351 26 5 17 129 0 0 159 53 .321 .408 .401 .810 182.8
Mar/Apr 353 1202 160 366 34 4 22 146 34 15 148 57 .304 .382 .394 .776 184.7
May 383 1253 158 369 38 3 22 152 24 18 127 79 .294 .363 .382 .745 172.0
June 413 1348 190 440 42 7 27 159 44 19 137 74 .326 .392 .428 .820 219.7
July 388 1283 181 436 45 5 25 171 40 19 146 78 .340 .409 .441 .850 223.5
August 413 1315 155 413 36 1 26 161 31 18 151 71 .314 .384 .402 .786 204.0
Sep/Oct 475 1600 221 489 59 1 34 182 50 19 194 81 .306 .381 .408 .788 252.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 21 PA FF 3B 16 16 133.0 10 35 2 5 .957 3.05   0.5
2006 22 PA FF 3B 150 145 1251.7 82 294 20 21 .949 2.70   4.0
2007 23 VIR FF 3B 101 95 848.7 71 204 8 25 .972 2.92   3.2
    SS 40 40 352.0 54 130 6 24 .968 4.70   1.3
2008 24 VIR FF 3B 149 138 1232.0 89 320 15 18 .965 2.99   5.2
2009 25 VIR FF 3B 153 135 1235.3 110 289 20 27 .952 2.91   3.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2010 26 VIR FF 3B 149 144 1297.3 111 318 16 24 .964 2.98   5.0
2011 27 VIR FF 3B 150 140 1275.7 89 303 14 31 .966 2.77   5.2
2012 28 VIR FF 3B 138 116 1098.7 77 281 20 24 .947 2.93   5.2
2013 29 VIR FF 3B 144 131 1204.0 81 262 17 18 .953 2.56   3.5
2014 30 VIR FF 3B 145 136 1215.0 75 269 17 25 .953 2.55   4.0
2015 31 VIR FF 3B 151 143 1287.0 78 296 19 25 .952 2.62   4.8
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
2016 32 VIR FF 3B 153 143 1297.3 91 318 12 32 .971 2.84   6.8
2017 33 ON FF 3B 104 80 764.7 65 187 12 20 .955 2.97   3.4
    CF 5 5 46.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.2
2018 34 ON FF 3B 112 72 730.3 41 151 10 20 .950 2.37   2.3
2019 35 ON FF 3B 103 75 728.3 46 181 11 18 .954 2.81   1.8
2020 36 ON FF 1B 72 68 602.3 640 44 6 51 .991 10.22   1.2
    CF 22 22 194.3 49 0 1 0 .980 2.27   0.3
    3B 23 8 104.0 7 25 0 2 1.000 2.77   0.3
2021 37 ON FF 1B 94 68 642.0 689 36 6 52 .992 10.16   1.3
    3B 26 22 188.3 12 39 6 1 .895 2.44   0.2
    RF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  3B 1967 1739 15891.3 1135 3772 219 336 .957 2.78   58.8
  1B 166 136 1244.3 1329 80 12 103 .992 10.19   2.5
  SS 41 40 354.0 55 131 6 24 .969 4.73   1.3
  CF 28 28 249.3 64 1 1 0 .985 2.35   0.5
  RF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
Career Totals   2203 1943 17742.3 2584 3984 238 463 .965 3.33   63.2
Career Highs   154 145 1297.3 702 334 20 53 .991 8.39    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 28 VIR FF 6 25 1 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .320 .308 .480 .788
2016 32 VIR FF 11 47 5 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 .234 .280 .319 .599
2019 35 ON FF 10 19 3 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 .316 .350 .526 .876
Career Post-Season Batting 27 91 9 25 3 0 3 14 1 0 4 5 .275 .302 .407 .709
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-1-.373
2009-8-.312
2010-10-.295
2011-3-.316
2012-3-.325
2013-1-.332
2014-2-.331
2015-4-.321
CAR-19-.314
On-Base Pct
2008-1-.443
2009-5-.388
2010-7-.380
2011-6-.376
2012-6-.392
2013-3-.398
2014-2-.408
2015-2-.390
2016-10-.370
CAR-23-.385
OPS
2008-8-.909
2013-10-.830
2015-10-.843
XR
2008-8-104.3
2015-9-94.1
CAR-37-1229.5
Games
2015-2-159
CAR-27-2425
At-Bats
CAR-38-8001
Hits
2008-1-208
2009-10-172
2011-5-182
2013-6-180
2014-10-170
2015-1-184
2016-10-163
CAR-21-2513
Total Bases
CAR-48-3277
Singles
2008-1-175
2009-4-137
2010-4-130
2011-2-150
2012-7-131
2013-1-151
2014-2-149
2015-1-146
2016-7-127
CAR-12-2082
Stolen Bases
2009-8-36
Caught Stealing
2008-8-13
Walks
2006-8-72
CAR-39-903
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pennsylvania in 2004
Injured on 4/27/2005 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/2005, off Christopher Bailes (Ten)
Hit first career homerun on 10/1/2005, off Kenneth Eshleman (Fla)
Traded from Pennsylvania to Virginia on 3/1/2007 (Going to Pen: P L. Stang. Going to Vir: 3B C. Fons, P B. Titsworth, RF J. Manning)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2008, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2008, hitting .489 with 4 HR, 22 RBI
Injured on 9/24/2008 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Mays Award at Third Base in 2008
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 4/20/2009
Drove in 7 runs against New York on 9/1/2009
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against D.C. on 8/29/2010
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2011, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 7/28/2011
Named Virginia Cannons MVP for the 2011 season
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/2012, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Named Virginia Cannons MVP for the 2012 season
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/20/2013, hitting .419 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/13/2014 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pennsylvania on 9/7/2014
Named to the FFL 15th Anniversary Team
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2016, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 9/18/2017, off Helmut Bast (ME)
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2018, hitting .492 with 3 HR, 15 RBI