Professional baseball player, manager, and coach. Fitzpatrick played Minor League Baseball from 1924 to 1946 with several teams in multiple leagues, including lengthy stints with the Oklahoma City Indians from 1924-1930 in the Western League and from 1936-38 and 1938 in the Texas League. Primarily a catcher, he also played the outfield from 1927-29 and again in 1937 and 1941. Known as a contact hitter who was difficult to strikeout, Fitzpatrick recorded batting averages above .300 several times, including batting .367 in 1926, .336 in 1928, .310 in 1930, and back-to-back years with a .306 average from 1932-33. He became a player-manager in the minor leagues in 1936 and continued to lead clubs from the dugout after his playing career ended in 1946, the year he led the Newport News Dodgers to the Piedmont League championship. By 1953, he joined the major league coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates and worked with the club through 1955. In 1956, he managed Pittsburgh's Eastern League affiliate in Williamsport. Fitzpatrick then coached for the Milwaukee Braves in 1958 and 1959 before returning to the minors to manage teams in the Yankees, Cubs, and Angels systems until 1966.
Professional baseball player, manager, and coach. Fitzpatrick played Minor League Baseball from 1924 to 1946 with several teams in multiple leagues, including lengthy stints with the Oklahoma City Indians from 1924-1930 in the Western League and from 1936-38 and 1938 in the Texas League. Primarily a catcher, he also played the outfield from 1927-29 and again in 1937 and 1941. Known as a contact hitter who was difficult to strikeout, Fitzpatrick recorded batting averages above .300 several times, including batting .367 in 1926, .336 in 1928, .310 in 1930, and back-to-back years with a .306 average from 1932-33. He became a player-manager in the minor leagues in 1936 and continued to lead clubs from the dugout after his playing career ended in 1946, the year he led the Newport News Dodgers to the Piedmont League championship. By 1953, he joined the major league coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates and worked with the club through 1955. In 1956, he managed Pittsburgh's Eastern League affiliate in Williamsport. Fitzpatrick then coached for the Milwaukee Braves in 1958 and 1959 before returning to the minors to manage teams in the Yankees, Cubs, and Angels systems until 1966.
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