On September 15 of that year, he made his big league debut.

He played his final big league game on July 11 of that season.

He played 19 games with the Jersey City Skeeters in 1907, hitting .232 in 56 at-bats.

After spending three years in Providence, Fitzgerald spent the rest of his minor league career – which ended in 1915 – with the Troy Trojans.

Fitzgerald was a member of the first Albany Twilight League commission.