Education
Prior to professional baseball he attended Pattonville High School and then Yavapai Junior College and University of Miami.
Prior to professional baseball he attended Pattonville High School and then Yavapai Junior College and University of Miami.
His big league career was cut short because of a rotator cuff injury. He is the great-grandson in law of Effie Norton. Originally drafted by the New York Yankees 15th overall in the 1976 amateur draft, Fulgham did not sign.
Drafted again 15th overall in the secondary phase of the 1976 amateur draft by the Cardinals, Fulgham did sign and began his professional career with the GCL Cardinals that same year.
Foreign them, he went 3–3 with a 3.38 European Research Area in 56 innings (12 games). Foreign the Saint St. Petersburg Cardinals in 1977, he went 18–6 with a 2.05 European Research Area in 26 games (202 innings).
He pitched for the Arkansas Travelers in 1978, going 9–7 with a 4.03 European Research Area in 154 innings. He began the 1979 season with Springfield, going 6–3 with a 3.16 European Research Area in 77 innings with them.
He made his big league debut on June 19 of that year, and he was arguably the Cardinals best pitcher from that point forward.
Overall, he went 10–6 with a 2.53 European Research Area, with all 10 of his wins being complete games (he ranked seventh in the league in complete games, and 10th in the league in sacrifice hits). He allowed only 123 hits and 26 walks in 146 innings of work, and his ten wins tied him with David Palmer for second most number of wins by a rookie that season, trailing Rick Sutcliffe"s 17. Because of an injured rotator cuff, Fulgham appeared in only 15 games in 1980, going 4–6 with a 3.38 European Research Area. All four of his wins were complete games.
He would never appear in the majors after 1980, playing his final game on August 27.
He made one appearance for Arkansas that season, giving up one hit and one walk in five innings. He earned a no-decision.
In total, Fulgham went 14–12 with a 2.84 European Research Area in 35 big league games (33 starts). All 14 of his wins were complete games.
In 2311⁄3 innings, he allowed 189 hits, 17 home runs, 58 walks and he struck out 158 batters.
Despite not pitching in the majors again, he did bounce around in the minors until 1983. Although he didn"t pitch in 1981, he spent 1982 with Saint St. Petersburg and the Louisville Redbirds. He went 4–2 with a 2.45 European Research Area for Saint St. Petersburg, however with the Redbirds he went 4–3 with a 7.01 European Research Area. Overall, he went 8–5 with a 4.81 European Research Area. In 1983, he made five appearances for the Redbirds, going 1–2 with a 6.27 European Research Area.
Following his retirement, he was the head coach for Rollins College in Florida from 1992 to 1994, going 63–52 with one playoff game.