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Elbie Fletcher
Elburt Preston Fletcher
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 18, 1916 in Milton, MA
High School: Milton (Milton, MA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1934
Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: March 9, 1994 in Milton, MA
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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
1934 18 BSN NL 8 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 2 0 0 0 /3
1935 19 BSN NL 39 157 148 12 35 7 1 1 9 1 7 13 .236 .271 .318 .589 63 47 3 0 2 3
1937 21 BSN NL 148 605 539 56 133 22 4 1 38 3 56 64 .247 .321 .308 .629 78 166 14 3 7 *3
1938 22 BSN NL 147 596 529 71 144 24 7 6 48 5 60 40 .272 .351 .378 .729 109 200 13 4 3 *3
1939 23 TOT NL 137 555 476 63 138 25 4 12 77 4 67 33 .290 .381 .435 .816 122 207 12 3 9 *3 MVP-25
1939 23 BSN NL 35 126 106 14 26 2 0 0 6 1 19 5 .245 .365 .264 .629 77 28 1 1 0 3
1939 23 PIT NL 102 429 370 49 112 23 4 12 71 3 48 28 .303 .386 .484 .869 134 179 11 2 9 3
1940 24 PIT NL 147 641 510 94 139 22 7 16 104 5 119 54 .273 .418 .437 .856 137 223 12 9 3 *3 MVP-19
1941 25 PIT NL 151 642 521 95 150 29 13 11 74 5 118 54 .288 .421 .457 .878 147 238 5 2 1 *3 MVP-14
1942 26 PIT NL 145 623 506 86 146 22 5 7 57 0 105 60 .289 .417 .393 .810 135 199 4 6 6 *3
1943 27 PIT NL 154 647 544 91 154 24 5 9 70 1 95 49 .283 .395 .395 .791 126 215 12 6 2 *3 AS,MVP-21
1946 30 PIT NL 148 651 532 72 136 25 8 4 66 4 111 37 .256 .384 .355 .739 109 189 7 0 8 *3
1947 31 PIT NL 69 187 157 22 38 9 1 1 22 2 29 24 .242 .364 .331 .695 83 52 5 1 0 3
1949 33 BSN NL 122 518 413 57 108 19 3 11 51 1 84 65 .262 .396 .402 .798 119 166 10 8 13 *3
12 Seasons 1415 5826 4879 723 1323 228 58 79 616 32 851 495 .271 .384 .390 .774 117 1904 97 42 54
162 Game Avg. 162 667 559 83 151 26 7 9 71 4 97 57 .271 .384 .390 .774 117 218 11 5 6
PIT (7 yrs) 916 3820 3140 509 875 154 43 60 464 20 625 306 .279 .403 .412 .815 129 1295 56 26 29
BSN (6 yrs) 499 2006 1739 214 448 74 15 19 152 12 226 189 .258 .348 .350 .699 97 609 41 16 25

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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 Awards
1934 BSN NL 18 1B 1 8 7 0 1 1 .875 7.00 .988 9.70
1935 BSN NL 19 1B 39 381 353 27 1 22 .997 9.74 .989 9.61
1937 BSN NL 21 1B 148 1707 1587 108 12 117 .993 11.45 .989 6.76
1938 BSN NL 22 1B 146 1565 1424 126 15 108 .990 10.62 .992 6.85
1939 TOT NL 23 1B 132 1422 1345 64 13 131 .991 10.67 .989 9.93 MVP-25
1939 BSN NL 23 1B 31 348 335 8 5 34 .986 11.06 .989 10.02
1939 PIT NL 23 1B 101 1074 1010 56 8 97 .993 10.55 .989 9.90
1940 PIT NL 24 1B 147 1627 1512 104 11 128 .993 10.99 .990 6.80 MVP-19
1941 PIT NL 25 1B 151 1576 1444 118 14 113 .991 10.34 .989 6.62 MVP-14
1942 PIT NL 26 1B 144 1509 1379 118 12 104 .992 10.40 .989 6.94
1943 PIT NL 27 1B 154 1655 1541 108 6 141 .996 10.71 .992 6.49 AS,MVP-21
1946 PIT NL 30 1B 147 1470 1356 106 8 97 .995 9.95 .991 6.80
1947 PIT NL 31 1B 50 354 324 25 5 28 .986 6.98 .991 9.24
1949 BSN NL 33 1B 121 1045 965 71 9 96 .991 8.56 .991 8.26
12 Seasons 1B 1380 14319 13237 975 107 1086 .993 10.30 .990 7.36
12 Seasons TOT 1380 14319 13237 975 107 1086 .993 10.30 .983 7.36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1943 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (25, 1%)
1940 NL (19, 5%)
1941 NL (14, 7%)
1943 NL (21, 2%)
0.15 Career Shares (795th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1940 NL  .418 (1st)
1941 NL  .421 (1st)
1942 NL  .417 (1st)
1943 NL  .395 (4th)
1946 NL  .384 (8th)
1949 NL  .396 (9th)
Career  .384 (141st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 NL  .457 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1940 NL  .856 (10th)
1941 NL  .878 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  151 (8th)
1943 NL  154 (4th)
1946 NL  148 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1940 NL  641 (8th)
1941 NL  642 (7th)
1946 NL  651 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1940 NL  94 (7th)
1941 NL  95 (4th)
1942 NL  86 (9th)
1943 NL  91 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1941 NL  13 (2nd)
1946 NL  8 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 NL  104 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL  67 (10th)
1940 NL  119 (1st)
1941 NL  118 (1st)
1942 NL  105 (2nd)
1943 NL  95 (2nd)
1946 NL  111 (2nd)
1949 NL  84 (8th)
Career  851 (192nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 NL  64 (9th)
1942 NL  60 (6th)
1949 NL  65 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1940 NL  137 (8th)
1941 NL  147 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1940 NL  91 (10th)
1941 NL  100 (7th)
1942 NL  82 (10th)
1943 NL  84 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  34 (3rd)
1941 NL  39 (3rd)
1942 NL  30 (8th)
1943 NL  23 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  3.4 (3rd)
1941 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1942 NL  3.2 (8th)
1943 NL  2.5 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  53 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1940 NL  267 (4th)
1941 NL  270 (2nd)
1942 NL  257 (4th)
1943 NL  255 (4th)
1946 NL  247 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 NL  .728 (6th)
1942 NL  .695 (10th)
1943 NL  .655 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 NL  4 (8th)
1940 NL  9 (1st)
1942 NL  6 (4th)
1943 NL  6 (2nd)
1949 NL  8 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  13 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 NL  6.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1937 NL  427 (7th)
1946 NL  411 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1934 NL  born 1916-03-18 (2nd)
1935 NL  born 1916-03-18 (2nd)
1937 NL  born 1916-03-18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Mike Hargrove (900)
  6. Elmer Valo (896)
  7. Terry Moore (894)
  8. Dick Hoblitzel (893)
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  10. John Titus (890)
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  1. Jim Field (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Charlie Grimm (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Konetchy (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Cavarretta (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Phil Cavarretta (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Cavarretta (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Cavarretta (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roy White (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Vernon (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Hargrove (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1934 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1939: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Schuster and cash.

December 4, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Les Fleming.

May 8, 1948: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

May 21, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

May 20, 1949: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.

December 27, 1949: Released by the Boston Braves.

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