Elbie Fletcher

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 18, 1916 in Milton, MA us

Died: March 9, 1994 in Milton, MA

Buried: Milton Cemetery, Milton, MA

High School: Milton HS (Milton, MA)

Debut: September 16, 1934 (Age 18-182d, 7,776th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 33-198d)
vs. NYG 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Elburt Preston Fletcher

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.4

4879

1323

.271

723

RBI

616

OBP

.384

SLG

.390

OPS

.774

OPS+

117

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 79 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 15 tying, 28 go ahead

2 Tms
PIT	60
BSN	19

Platoon
vs RHP	61
vs LHP	18

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	33

Outs
0	31
1	28
2	20

8 Opps
NYG	24
BRO	14
STL	13
CHC	12
BSN	6
PHI	4
CIN	4
PIT	2

54 Pitchers
Carl Hubbell	4
Hal Schumacher	3
Cliff Melton	3
Tex Carleton	3
Luke Hamlin	3
Claude Passeau	3
Mort Cooper	3
Mace Brown	2
Nate Andrews	2
Bill McGee	2
Bill Lohrman	2
Lon Warneke	2
Freddie Fitzsimmons	2
Si Johnson	2
Vance Page	2
Harry Gumbert	2
Hank Behrman	2
Ernie White	1
Russ Bauers	1
Lou Tost	1
Joe Bowman	1
Jess Dobernic	1
Don Newcombe	1
Johnny McCarthy	1
Rube Melton	1
Ira Hutchinson	1
Ralph Branca	1
Johnnie Wittig	1
Jim Tobin	1
Johnny Podgajny	1
Johnny Vander Meer	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Max Lanier	1
Whit Wyatt	1
Emil Kush	1
Larry Jansen	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Joe Hatten	1
Manny Salvo	1
Earl Whitehill	1
Bucky Walters	1
Dizzy Dean	1
Dave Koslo	1
Kent Peterson	1
Roy Joiner	1
Syl Johnson	1
Ace Adams	1
Monk Dubiel	1
Howie Krist	1
Curt Davis	1
Nick Strincevich	1
Paul Erickson	1
Bob Bowman	1
Red Lynn	1

8 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	28
Polo Grounds (NYC)	15
Braves Fld (BOS)	10
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	9
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2

Where Hit
9	57
89	2
8	1
7	1
78	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	75
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	15
12-	6
123	5
1-3	5
-2-	4
--3	2

137 RBI
RISP	22
0 on	42
1 on	21
2 on	11
3 on	5
Any on	37

Inning
1	9
2	10
3	8
4	12
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	4
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	27
4-6	30
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	6
+1	10
Tied	22
-1	16
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	9

Ahead	24
Tied	22
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	79

OrderPos
5th	33
2nd	12
3rd	12
6th	12
4th	6
7th	2
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	23
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1935-09-09 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	Tex Carleton	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	0.085	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1937-07-31	BSN	@	PIT	Joe Bowman	behind 1-2	t 3	2	123	4	7	3	0.359	77%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; R. Warstler Scores; V. DiMaggio Scores; G. Moore Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1938-06-04	BSN	@	STL	Bill McGee	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	3	0.087	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1938-07-09	BSN	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---	1	6	3	0.052	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1938-07-23	BSN	@	PIT	Russ Bauers	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	1	1	3	0.117	46%		Home Run
6	6	4	1	1938-08-12	BSN		BRO	Luke Hamlin	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.115	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	5	1	1938-09-07	BSN	@	NYG	Johnnie Wittig	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.108	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	6	1	1938-10-01	BSN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	behind 3-13	t 9	0	---	1	6	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1939-07-02 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Lon Warneke	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	123	4	5	3	0.189	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Vaughan Scores; J. Rizzo Scores; C. Klein Scores
10	10	2	1	1939-07-18	PIT	@	PHI	Syl Johnson	behind 1-5	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	0.056	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	1939-07-19	PIT	@	NYG	Johnny McCarthy	ahead 7-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	0.015	98%		Home Run
12	12	4	1	1939-07-20	PIT	@	NYG	Red Lynn	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	12-	3	5	3	0.152	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Bell Scores; C. Klein Scores
13	13	5	1	1939-08-05	PIT		NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	5	3	0.142	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	6	1	1939-08-17	PIT		STL	Curt Davis	behind 1-4	b 9	2	---	1	5	3	0.010	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	7	1	1939-08-20 (2)	PIT		CHC	Earl Whitehill	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	1--	2	5	3	0.096	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rizzo Scores
16	16	8	1	1939-08-24	PIT	@	NYG	Manny Salvo	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	3	0.162	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rizzo Scores
17	17	9	1	1939-08-26 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 0-4	t 7	0	1--	2	5	3	0.097	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rizzo Scores
18	18	10	1	1939-09-02	PIT	@	STL	Bob Bowman	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	5	3	0.215	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rizzo Scores/unER
19	19	11	1	1939-09-04 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Vance Page	tied 2-2	t 8	1	123	4	5	3	0.281	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Waner Scores; P. Waner Scores; A. Vaughan Scores
20	20	12	1	1939-09-27 (2)	PIT		CHC	Vance Page	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	0.231	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1940-05-05	PIT		BSN	Nick Strincevich	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.115	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1940-05-12	PIT	@	CHC	Dizzy Dean	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	--3	2	4	3	0.117	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Vaughan Scores
23	23	3	1	1940-05-14	PIT	@	NYG	Cliff Melton	behind 1-2	t 6	0	123	4	4	3	0.264	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Handley Scores; B. Elliott Scores; A. Vaughan Scores
24	24	4	1	1940-06-02 (2)	PIT		NYG	Harry Gumbert	behind 1-7	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	0.023	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	1940-06-08	PIT		PHI	Si Johnson	behind 4-5	b 5	1	---	1	5	3	0.162	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	6	1	1940-06-10	PIT		BRO	Luke Hamlin	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.090	33%		Home Run
27	27	7	1	1940-06-15	PIT	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.106	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	1940-06-21	PIT	@	BRO	Freddie Fitzsimmons	behind 0-4	t 4	1	1--	2	5	3	0.118	25%		Home Run; M. Van Robays Scores
29	29	9	1	1940-06-22	PIT	@	BRO	Tex Carleton	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	0.122	62%		Home Run
30	30	10	2	1940-06-22	PIT	@	BRO	Tex Carleton	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	1--	2	5	3	0.165	86%		Home Run; A. Vaughan Scores/unER
31	31	11	1	1940-06-28	PIT		STL	Bill McGee	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	5	3	0.141	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	12	1	1940-07-06 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Ira Hutchinson	ahead 8-5	t 5	1	---	1	5	3	0.064	89%		Home Run
33	33	13	1	1940-08-22 (2)	PIT		NYG	Cliff Melton	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	12-	3	3	3	0.173	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores; B. Elliott Scores
34	34	14	1	1940-08-23	PIT		NYG	Roy Joiner	ahead 4-3	b 2	1	1--	2	3	3	0.156	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores
35	35	15	1	1940-08-24	PIT		NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	1-3	3	3	3	0.107	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores; B. Elliott Scores
36	36	16	1	1940-09-15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	3
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1941-04-27	PIT	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	0.177	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores
38	38	2	1	1941-05-04	PIT	@	BRO	Luke Hamlin	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	5	3	0.276	78%		Home Run; S. Martin Scores/unER; A. Vaughan Scores/unER; E. Fletcher Scores/unER
39	39	3	1	1941-05-16	PIT		BRO	Mace Brown	tied 2-2	b 11	0	---	1	6	3	0.368	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
40	40	4	1	1941-06-17	PIT		NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.062	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	5	1	1941-06-19	PIT		NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	0.140	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1941-07-06 (1)	PIT		CHC	Claude Passeau	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.108	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	7	2	1941-07-06 (1)	PIT		CHC	Claude Passeau	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	0.108	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	8	1	1941-07-12	PIT	@	PHI	Johnny Podgajny	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	2	3	3
45	45	9	1	1941-07-21	PIT	@	BRO	Mace Brown	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	1--	2	4	3	0.163	84%		Home Run; B. Elliott Scores
46	46	10	1	1941-08-31	PIT	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	behind 1-3	t 6	2	-2-	2	5	3	0.263	44%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Martin Scores
47	47	11	1	1941-09-25	PIT		STL	Ernie White	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	1--	2	6	3	0.183	91%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF); V. DiMaggio Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1942-06-19	PIT	@	BSN	Lou Tost	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.141	64%		Home Run
49	49	2	1	1942-06-28 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Ace Adams	tied 7-7	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0.393	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	3	1	1942-06-30	PIT	@	STL	Mort Cooper	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.106	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	4	1	1942-07-03	PIT	@	STL	Lon Warneke	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.106	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
52	52	5	1	1942-07-11	PIT		PHI	Rube Melton	behind 4-5	b 4	1	123	4	3	3	0.316	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Wilkie Scores; P. Coscarart Scores; J. Barrett Scores
53	53	6	1	1942-08-23 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Mort Cooper	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	0.257	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	7	1	1942-08-27	PIT		BSN	Jim Tobin	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	0.051	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1943-06-02	PIT		BSN	Nate Andrews	behind 0-2	b 9	0	1--	2	5	3	0.459	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Barrett Scores
56	56	2	1	1943-06-05	PIT		NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 0-5	b 7	2	---	1	5	3	0.018	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	3	1	1943-06-13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Howie Krist	behind 2-4	t 7	1	1--	2	5	3	0.285	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores
58	58	4	1	1943-06-20 (1)	PIT		CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	behind 2-4	b 8	1	1-3	3	5	3	0.596	86%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Russell Scores; T. O'Brien Scores
59	59	5	1	1943-07-08	PIT	@	BRO	Freddie Fitzsimmons	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	3	0.268	76%		Home Run; J. Russell Scores; B. Elliott Scores
60	60	6	1	1943-08-08 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Mort Cooper	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	3
61	61	7	1	1943-08-17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	Nate Andrews	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	6	3	0.137	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Van Robays Scores; B. Elliott Scores
62	62	8	1	1943-08-20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Cliff Melton	behind 3-7	t 9	1	---	1	6	3	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	9	1	1943-09-29	PIT		BRO	Whit Wyatt	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.149	51%		Home Run
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1946-06-04 (2)	PIT		BRO	Joe Hatten	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	0.164	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	2	1	1946-06-22	PIT	@	BSN	Si Johnson	behind 1-3	t 9	0	1--	2	7	3	0.362	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Kiner Scores/unER
66	66	3	1	1946-08-02 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Dave Koslo	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	1-3	3	2	3	0.075	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Lopez Scores; B. Cox Scores
67	67	4	1	1946-08-20	PIT		BRO	Hank Behrman	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	12-	3	2	3	0.052	98%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); N. Strincevich Scores; J. Brown Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1947-08-30	PIT	@	CHC	Paul Erickson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	3	0.109	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1949-05-28	BSN	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 0-6	t 5	0	1--	2	2	3	0.053	11%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
70	70	2	1	1949-06-23	BSN	@	CHC	Emil Kush	ahead 4-1	t 2	1	---	1	2	3	0.068	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	3	1	1949-06-30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Hank Behrman	tied 0-0	t 5	2	12-	3	2	3	0.326	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Voiselle Scores; E. Stanky Scores
72	72	4	1	1949-07-06	BSN		BRO	Ralph Branca	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	3	0.156	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
73	73	5	1	1949-07-16	BSN		CHC	Monk Dubiel	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	1	2	3	0.038	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	6	1	1949-07-19	BSN		STL	Max Lanier	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	3	2	3	0.239	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Livingston Scores; E. Stanky Scores
75	75	7	1	1949-07-28	BSN	@	CIN	Jess Dobernic	ahead 9-1	t 9	1	--3	2	6	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Sauer Scores
76	76	8	1	1949-08-11	BSN	@	NYG	Kirby Higbe	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	3	0.133	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	9	1	1949-08-18	BSN		NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	-2-	2	2	3	0.087	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
78	78	10	1	1949-08-27	BSN		CIN	Kent Peterson	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	3	0.107	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	11	1	1949-08-31	BSN		CHC	Johnny Schmitz	behind 1-2	b 7	2	-2-	2	2	3	0.441	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sain Scores

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