Fitzke was a three-sport athlete in college, competing in baseball and football for the University of Wyoming and later the University of Idaho; he also played basketball for Idaho.
Fitzke played college baseball at Wyoming, where he batted .372 in 1921; he later played for Idaho. Fitzke went on to play minor league baseball for parts of 10 seasons during 1924–1943. He pitched in 168 minor league games, compiling a 41–48 win–loss record. He best season, statistically, was in 1926 with the Scranton Miners when he was 16–8 with a 2.74 earned run average (ERA). Listed at 5 feet 11.5 inches (1.816 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.
Fitzke appeared in one major league game, with the 1924 Cleveland Indians. On September 1, 1924, Fitzke pitched in relief in the first game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns. He entered the game to pitch in the bottom of the fourth inning, with the Browns leading, 6–2. In four innings of work, he faced 19 batters, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks, while striking out one batter (Browns shortstop Norm McMillan). Fitzke batted once during the game; he was called out on strikes in the sixth inning while facing Browns reliever Ray Kolp. Fitzke was removed in the top of the eighth inning when Glenn Myatt entered the game as a pinch hitter. Cleveland used pitcher Bub Kuhn to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning, taking the loss in what was also Kuhn's only major league appearance. Fitzke's earned run average (ERA) for his one major league appearance was 4.50.

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