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Les Fleming
Leslie Harvey Fleming (Moe)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 7, 1915 in Singleton, TX
School: St. Mary's University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1939
Final Game: June 9, 1949
Died: March 5, 1980 in Cleveland, TX
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 23 DET AL 8 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 /O
1941 25 CLE AL 2 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 67 3 0 0 0 /3
1942 26 CLE AL 156 662 548 71 160 27 4 14 82 6 8 106 57 .292 .412 .432 .845 144 237 13 6 2 *3 MVP-25
1945 29 CLE AL 42 153 140 18 46 10 2 3 22 0 0 11 5 .329 .382 .493 .874 157 69 3 1 1 O/3
1946 30 CLE AL 99 358 306 40 85 17 5 8 42 1 0 50 42 .278 .383 .444 .827 137 136 8 2 0 3/O
1947 31 CLE AL 103 337 281 39 68 14 2 4 43 0 0 53 42 .242 .362 .349 .711 101 98 6 0 3 3
1949 33 PIT NL 24 38 31 0 8 0 2 0 7 0 6 2 .258 .395 .387 .782 109 12 0 1 0 /3
7 Seasons 434 1572 1330 168 369 69 15 29 199 7 8 226 152 .277 .386 .417 .804 130 555 31 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 587 496 63 138 26 6 11 74 3 84 57 .277 .386 .417 .804 130 207 12 4 2
CLE (5 yrs) 402 1518 1283 168 361 69 13 29 191 7 8 220 146 .281 .390 .423 .813 133 543 30 9 6
PIT (1 yr) 24 38 31 0 8 0 2 0 7 0 6 2 .258 .395 .387 .782 109 12 0 1 0
DET (1 yr) 8 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 410 1534 1299 168 361 69 13 29 192 7 8 220 150 .278 .386 .418 .804 130 543 31 9 6
NL (1 yr) 24 38 31 0 8 0 2 0 7 0 6 2 .258 .395 .387 .782 109 12 0 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 DET AL 23 OF 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 2.33 1-0-2
1941 CLE AL 25 1B 2 21 20 1 0 3 1.000 10.50 .990 9.65
1942 CLE AL 26 1B 156 1605 1503 90 12 152 .993 10.21 .989 6.41 MVP-25
1945 CLE AL 29 OF 33 65 59 2 4 2 .938 1.85 .978 2.27 0-0-33
1945 CLE AL 29 1B 5 37 32 4 1 2 .973 7.20 .989 9.82
1946 CLE AL 30 1B 80 680 607 62 11 60 .984 8.36 .989 9.24
1946 CLE AL 30 OF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 1.000 2.20 0-0-1
1947 CLE AL 31 1B 77 733 662 63 8 78 .989 9.42 .990 9.34
1949 PIT NL 33 1B 5 43 43 0 0 4 1.000 8.60 .991 8.98
6 Seasons 1B 325 3119 2867 220 32 299 .990 9.50 .989 7.91
3 Seasons OF 37 73 66 2 5 2 .932 1.84 .978 2.27 1-0-36
7 Seasons TOT 362 3192 2933 222 37 301 .988 8.72 .977 7.34 1-0-36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-25-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1942 AL--.412--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL--.845--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL--156--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL--14--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL--82--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--106--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL--57--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1942 AL--144--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 AL--95--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1942 AL--38--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--3.9--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 AL--272--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 AL--.679--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL--6--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 AL--8.4--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny McCarthy (960)
  2. Ross Gload (959)
  3. Phil Weintraub (955)
  4. Nippy Jones (953)
  5. Steve Cox (951)
  6. Frank Brower (951)
  7. Randall Simon (948)
  8. Jose Morales (947)
  9. Glenn Adams (947)
  10. Ryan Garko (947)
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  1. Dick Kryhoski (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lyle Mouton (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Brower (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nippy Jones (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny McCarthy (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 9, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Detroit Tigers.

December, 1940: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to Nashville (Southern Association) for Bob Boken, Mickey Rocco 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 Dallas (Texas) for Ed Knoblauch (minors), Howard Anderson (minors), Ben Taylor and $20,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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