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Les Fleming
Leslie Harvey Fleming (Moe)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School St. Mary's University

Debut April 22, 1939
Final Game June 9, 1949
Born August 7, 1915 in Singleton, TX
Died March 5, 1980 in Cleveland, TX

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 23 DET AL   8   16    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
 1941 25 CLE AL   2    8    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .375   67    3   0           0   0
 1942 26 CLE AL 156  548   71  160  27  4  14   82   6  8 106  57  .292  .412  .432  144  237   2           6  13 MVP-25
 1945 29 CLE AL  42  140   18   46  10  2   3   22   0  0  11   5  .329  .382  .493  157   69   1           1   3
 1946 30 CLE AL  99  306   40   85  17  5   8   42   1  0  50  42  .278  .383  .444  137  136   0           2   8
 1947 31 CLE AL 103  281   39   68  14  2   4   43   0  0  53  42  .242  .362  .349  101   98   3           0   6
 1949 33 PIT NL  24   31    0    8   0  2   0    7   0      6   2  .258  .395  .387  109   12   0           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      434 1330  168  369  69 15  29  199   7  8 226 152  .277  .386  .417  130  555   6   0   0  10  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        496   63  138  26  6  11   74   3  3  84  57  .277  .386  .417  130  207   2   0   0   4  12
 Career High    156  548   71  160  27  5  14   82   6  8 106  57  .292  .412  .444  144  237   3   0   0   6  13

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 23 DET AL   16   17    0   0.0   120| .000  .295| .000  .371| .000  .436| .000  .807|-100  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1941 25 CLE AL    8    6    1   4.5   102| .250  .269| .250  .345| .375  .397| .625  .742|  67  .473  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1942 26 CLE AL  662  411   95   6.2    89| .292  .258| .412  .332| .432  .362| .844  .693| 144  .679  38.0   3.9  42%
 1945 29 CLE AL  153   98   26   7.1    85| .329  .257| .382  .328| .493  .349| .875  .678| 157  .753   9.7   1.0   0%
 1946 30 CLE AL  358  229   52   6.1    91| .278  .256| .383  .330| .444  .369| .827  .699| 137  .666  16.5   1.7 100%
 1947 31 CLE AL  337  222   36   4.3    94| .242  .259| .362  .338| .349  .372| .711  .711| 101  .516   2.6   0.3   0%
 1949 33 PIT NL   38   23    5   5.8   106| .258  .273| .395  .347| .387  .408| .782  .755| 109  .608   0.5   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1572 1006  215   5.7    91| .277  .259| .386  .333| .417  .367| .803  .700| 130  .644  61.9   6.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 23 DET AL  OF    3      6    0    0    0 1.000  .968  2.00  2.33                1    0    2
 1941 25 CLE AL  1B    2     20    1    0    3 1.000  .991 10.50  9.65            
 1942 26 CLE AL  1B  156   1503   90   12  152  .993  .989 10.21  6.41            
 1945 29 CLE AL  OF   33     59    2    4    2  .938  .978  1.85  2.27                0    0   33
                 1B    5     32    4    1    2  .973  .989  7.20  9.82            
 1946 30 CLE AL  1B   80    607   62   11   60  .984  .989  8.36  9.24            
                 OF    1      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  1.00  2.20                0    0    1
 1947 31 CLE AL  1B   77    662   63    8   78  .989  .990  9.42  9.34            
 1949 33 PIT NL  1B    5     43    0    0    4 1.000  .991  8.60  8.98            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 25 CLE AL  1B    2     20    1    0    3 1.000  .991 10.50  9.65            
 1942 26 CLE AL  1B  156   1503   90   12  152  .993  .989 10.21  6.41            
 1945 29 CLE AL  1B    5     32    4    1    2  .973  .989  7.20  9.82            
 1946 30 CLE AL  1B   80    607   62   11   60  .984  .989  8.36  9.24            
 1947 31 CLE AL  1B   77    662   63    8   78  .989  .990  9.42  9.34            
 1949 33 PIT NL  1B    5     43    0    0    4 1.000  .991  8.60  8.98            

 1939 23 DET AL  OF    3      6    0    0    0 1.000  .968  2.00  2.33                1    0    2
 1945 29 CLE AL  OF   33     59    2    4    2  .938  .978  1.85  2.27                0    0   33
 1946 30 CLE AL  OF    1      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  1.00  2.20                0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  325   2867  220   32  299  .990  .989  9.50  7.91            
                 OF   37     66    2    5    2  .932  .977  1.84  2.27                1    0   36
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       362   2933  222   37  301  .988  .989  8.72  7.34

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-25-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

On-base %
1942 AL-.412-4

OPS
1942 AL-.845-7

Games
1942 AL-156-1

Home Runs
1942 AL-14-9

RBI
1942 AL-82-10

Bases on Balls
1942 AL-106-3

Strikeouts
1942 AL-57-10

Adjusted OPS+
1942 AL-144-7

Runs Created
1942 AL-95-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1942 AL-38-4

Batting Wins
1942 AL-3.9-4

Times on Base
1942 AL-272-3

Offensive Win%
1942 AL-.679-10

Hit By Pitch
1942 AL-6-2

Power/Speed Number
1942 AL-8.4-10

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1326) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
May 9, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Detroit Tigers.
December, 1940: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Nashville (Southern Association) for Mickey Rocco, Bob Boken, and cash.
December 4, 1947: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Elbie Fletcher.
June 24, 1954: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Buzz Clarkson to the Dallas (Texas) for Ben Taylor, Ed Knoblauch (minors), Howard Anderson (minors), and $20,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-AL-25-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	On-base % 1942 AL-.412-4	OPS 1942 AL-.845-7	Games 1942 AL-156-1	Home Runs 1942 AL-14-9	RBI 1942 AL-82-10
Bases on Balls 1942 AL-106-3	Strikeouts 1942 AL-57-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1942 AL-144-7	Runs Created 1942 AL-95-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1942 AL-38-4	Batting Wins 1942 AL-3.9-4
Times on Base 1942 AL-272-3	Offensive Win% 1942 AL-.679-10	Hit By Pitch 1942 AL-6-2	Power/Speed Number 1942 AL-8.4-10