Bill Fleming

Leslie Fletchard Fleming

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 31, 1913 in Rowland, CA
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox 1940-1946

Final Game: July 19, 1946
Died: June 4, 2006 in Reno, NV
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, NV
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1936	22	SFG-min	C	12	11	.522	5.70	28						202.0	254	172	128		91							1.708	11.3		4.1			MSK · WA
1937	23	VAN,MIS	B,AA	11	6	.647	5.44	23	15					137.1	180	103	83		37							1.580	11.8		2.4			VAN,MIS · WINT,PCL
1938	24	BLH,HOL	B,AA	20	11	.645	1.87	40	0					269.0	216	81	56		82							1.108	7.2		2.7			BLH,HOL · WINT,PCL
1939	25	HOL	AA	12	16	.429	4.00	46	28					234.0	213	132	104		105							1.359	8.2		4.0			HOL · PCL
1940	26	HOL	AA	17	12	.586	2.77	35	26					231.0	193	85	71		82							1.190	7.5		3.2			HOL · PCL
1940	26	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	4.86	10	6	2	1	0	0	46.1	53	27	25	4	20	24	2	0	2	206	93	1.576	10.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.20
1941	27	BOS-min	AA	6	6	.500	4.15	20	13	6	4	1		89.0	85	46	41		40	62	1	0	1			1.404	8.6		4.0	6.3	1.55	LOU · AA
1941	27	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.92	16	1	9	0	0	1	41.1	32	21	18	4	24	20	0	0	2	180	107	1.355	7.0	0.9	5.2	4.4	0.83
1942	28	CHC	NL	5	6	.455	3.01	33	14	7	4	2	2	134.1	117	51	45	9	63	59	3	0	3	581	106	1.340	7.8	0.6	4.2	4.0	0.94
1943	29	MLW	AA	8	6	.571	3.51	21	15	5	8	1		123.0	134	52	48		61	67	1	0	4			1.585	9.8		4.5	4.9	1.10	MLW · AA
1943	29	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	6.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	32.1	41	24	23	2	12	12	3	0	0	150	52	1.639	11.4	0.6	3.3	3.3	1.00
1944	30	CHC	NL	9	10	.474	3.13	39	18	10	9	1	0	158.1	163	74	55	6	62	42	1	0	4	688	112	1.421	9.3	0.3	3.5	2.4	0.68
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	32	CHC-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.17	15	13		6	2		88.0	86	33	31		33	57	1	0	2			1.352	8.8		3.4	5.8	1.73	LOS · PCL
1946	32	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	14	1	5	0	0	0	29.1	37	23	20	2	12	10	1	0	0	141	55	1.670	11.4	0.6	3.7	3.1	0.83
1947	33	CHC-min	AAA	11	6	.647	4.19	26	21		4	2		131.0	120	63	61		65	42	2	0	1			1.412	8.2		4.5	2.9	0.65	LOS · PCL
1948	34	CHC-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.54	52			0	0		119.0	134	80	60		59	44	2	0	6			1.622	10.1		4.5	3.3	0.75	POR,LOS · PCL
1949	35	POR	AAA	6	8	.429	3.90	45	10		4	2		145.1	158	84	63		61	56	3	0	3			1.507	9.8		3.8	3.5	0.92	POR · PCL
1950	36	POR	AAA	8	5	.615	3.63	52	1		0	0		114.0	105	59	46		54	30	4	11	2			1.395	8.3		4.3	2.4	0.56	POR · PCL
1951	37	POR	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	24	0		0	0		42.0	44	35	28		20	14	0	0	3			1.524	9.4		4.3	3.0	0.70	POR · PCL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1953	39	POR	Opn	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0		5.0	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0			1.400	7.2	0.0	5.4	3.6	0.67	POR · PCL
6 Yrs				16	21	.432	3.79	123	40	37	14	3	3	442.0	443	220	186	27	193	167	10	0	11	1946	94	1.439	9.0	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.87
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.432	3.79	51	17	15	6	1	1	184	185	92	78	11	81	70	4	0	5	812	94	1.439	9.0	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.87

CHC (4 yrs)				14	18	.438	3.63	97	33	26	13	3	2	354.1	358	172	143	19	149	123	8	0	7	1560	93	1.431	9.1	0.5	3.8	3.1	0.83
BOS (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	4.41	26	7	11	1	0	1	87.2	85	48	43	8	44	44	2	0	4	386	99	1.471	8.7	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00

NL (4 yrs)				14	18	.438	3.63	97	33	26	13	3	2	354.1	358	172	143	19	149	123	8	0	7	1560	93	1.431	9.1	0.5	3.8	3.1	0.83
AL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	4.41	26	7	11	1	0	1	87.2	85	48	43	8	44	44	2	0	4	386	99	1.471	8.7	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1940	26	BOS	AL	46.1	10	6	27	5.24	4.92	-0.20	0.00	103.6	5.31	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	5	.500	.500	$
1941	27	BOS	AL	41.1	16	1	21	4.57	4.64	-0.11	0.00	101.2	4.80	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.505	.501	$
1942	28	CHC	NL	134.1	33	14	51	3.42	3.91	-0.14	0.00	95.9	3.88	8	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.0	19	.529	.506	$
1943	29	CHC	NL	32.1	11	0	24	6.68	4.17	-0.12	0.00	97.4	4.18	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.413	.494	$
1944	30	CHC	NL	158.1	39	18	74	4.21	4.18	-0.21	0.00	97.2	4.27	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.3	16	.503	.501	$

1946	32	CHC	NL	29.1	14	1	23	7.06	3.88	-0.10	0.00	97.5	3.88	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.421	.493	$
6 Seasons				442.0	123	40	220	4.48	4.20	-0.16	0.00	97.9	4.28	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.3	2.5	31	.493	.499	$

CHC (4 yrs)				354.1	97	33	172	4.37	4.05	-0.16	0.00	96.7	4.08	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	1.8	21	.490	.499	$
BOS (2 yrs)				87.2	26	7	48	4.93	4.79	-0.16	0.00	102.4	5.07	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.7	10	.503	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1940	26	BOS	AL	207	1.9%	11.6%	9.7%	3.4%	13%	75%
1941	27	BOS	AL	180	2.2%	11.1%	13.3%			71%
1942	28	CHC	NL	581	1.6%	10.2%	10.8%	1.7%	9%	76%
1943	29	CHC	NL	150	1.3%	8.0%	8.0%			79%
1944	30	CHC	NL	688	0.9%	6.1%	9.0%	3.2%	14%	81%

1946	32	CHC	NL	140	1.4%	7.1%	8.6%			79%
6 Yrs				1946	1.4%	8.6%	9.9%	2.0%	9%	77%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	26	1	2	.333	4.86	10	6	2	1	0	0	46.1	53	27	25	4	20	24	2	2	206	93	1.576	10.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.20	93
1941	27	2	3	.400	4.41	26	7	11	1	0	1	87.2	85	48	43	8	44	44	2	4	386	99	1.471	8.7	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00	99
1942	28	7	9	.438	3.57	59	21	18	5	2	3	222.0	202	99	88	17	107	103	5	7	967	102	1.392	8.2	0.7	4.3	4.2	0.96	102
1943	29	7	10	.412	3.93	70	21	22	5	2	3	254.1	243	123	111	19	119	115	8	7	1117	92	1.423	8.6	0.7	4.2	4.1	0.97	92
1944	30	16	20	.444	3.62	109	39	32	14	3	3	412.2	406	197	166	25	181	157	9	11	1805	99	1.422	8.9	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.87	99
1945	31	16	20	.444	3.62	109	39	32	14	3	3	412.2	406	197	166	25	181	157	9	11	1805	99	1.422	8.9	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.87	99
1946	32	16	21	.432	3.79	123	40	37	14	3	3	442.0	443	220	186	27	193	167	10	11	1946	94	1.439	9.0	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.87	94

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1940	26	2	3	.400	4.40	47.0	52	26	23	4	20	24	2	1.532	10.0	3.8	4.6	1.20	0.8	10
1941	27	2	2	.500	3.68	44.0	32	20	18	4	24	21	0	1.273	6.5	4.9	4.3	0.88	0.8	16
1942	28	7	7	.500	3.80	135.0	135	63	57	10	73	59	3	1.541	9.0	4.9	3.9	0.81	0.7	33
1943	29	1	2	.333	7.59	32.0	46	30	27	2	13	12	3	1.844	12.9	3.7	3.4	0.92	0.6	11
1944	30	10	7	.588	3.50	157.0	176	68	61	6	67	42	1	1.548	10.1	3.8	2.4	0.63	0.3	39

1946	32	1	2	.333	6.97	31.0	41	27	24	2	13	10	1	1.742	11.9	3.8	2.9	0.77	0.6	14
6 Yrs		23	23	.500	4.24	446.0	482	234	210	28	210	168	10	1.552	9.7		3.4	0.80	0.6	123

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