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Scott Fletcher

Scott Brian Fletcher

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 30, 1958 in Fort Walton Beach, FL
High School: Wadsworth (Wadsworth, OH)
Schools: Georgia Southern University, University of Toledo
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 6, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1981
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Rangers/RedSox/Brewers/Tigers/... 1981-1995
Agents: Richie Bry [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1995
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:05AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #790. Gee Walker… #791. Ramon Hernandez… #792. Duke Farrell… #793. SCOTT FLETCHER… #794. Sam Mertes… #795. Phil Nevin… #796. Bake McBride… 

Standard Batting

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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
1981 22 CHC NL 19 48 46 6 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .217 .250 .304 .554 55 14 0 0 0 0 0 4/65
1982 23 CHC NL 11 28 24 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 6
1983 24 CHW AL 114 302 262 42 62 16 5 3 31 5 1 29 22 .237 .315 .370 .685 86 97 8 2 7 2 0 64/5
1984 25 CHW AL 149 521 456 46 114 13 3 3 35 10 4 46 46 .250 .328 .311 .640 75 142 5 8 9 2 2 *64/5
1985 26 CHW AL 119 348 301 38 77 8 1 2 31 5 5 35 47 .256 .332 .309 .641 75 93 9 0 11 1 0 564
1986 27 TEX AL 147 594 530 82 159 34 5 3 50 12 11 47 59 .300 .360 .400 .760 105 212 10 4 10 3 0 *654 MVP-17
1987 28 TEX AL 156 668 588 82 169 28 4 5 63 13 12 61 66 .287 .358 .374 .732 95 220 14 5 12 2 3 *6
1988 29 TEX AL 140 609 515 59 142 19 4 0 47 8 5 62 34 .276 .364 .328 .692 95 169 13 12 15 5 1 *6
1989 30 TOT AL 142 629 546 77 138 25 2 1 43 2 1 64 60 .253 .332 .311 .643 83 170 12 3 11 5 1 64/D
1989 30 TEX AL 83 358 314 47 75 14 1 0 22 1 0 38 41 .239 .323 .290 .613 73 91 8 2 2 2 1 6/D
1989 30 CHW AL 59 271 232 30 63 11 1 1 21 1 1 26 19 .272 .344 .341 .684 97 79 4 1 9 3 0 4/6
1990 31 CHW AL 151 573 509 54 123 18 3 4 56 1 3 45 63 .242 .304 .312 .617 75 159 10 3 11 5 3 *4
1991 32 CHW AL 90 277 248 14 51 10 1 1 28 0 2 17 26 .206 .262 .266 .528 49 66 3 3 6 3 0 4/5
1992 33 MIL AL 123 433 386 53 106 18 3 3 51 17 10 30 33 .275 .335 .360 .695 97 139 4 7 6 4 1 46/5
1993 34 BOS AL 121 531 480 81 137 31 5 5 45 16 3 37 35 .285 .341 .402 .743 95 193 12 5 6 3 1 *4/65
1994 35 BOS AL 63 206 185 31 42 9 1 3 11 8 1 16 14 .227 .296 .335 .631 60 62 7 2 3 0 1 4
1995 36 DET AL 67 209 182 19 42 10 1 1 17 1 0 19 27 .231 .312 .313 .625 64 57 2 3 4 1 0 4/63
15 Seasons 1612 5976 5258 688 1376 243 38 34 510 99 58 514 541 .262 .332 .342 .674 85 1797 109 57 111 36 13
162 Game Avg. 162 601 528 69 138 24 4 3 51 10 6 52 54 .262 .332 .342 .674 85 181 11 6 11 4 1
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
CHW (6 yrs) 682 2292 2008 224 490 76 14 14 202 22 16 198 223 .244 .315 .317 .632 76 636 39 17 53 16 5
TEX (4 yrs) 526 2229 1947 270 545 95 14 8 182 34 28 208 200 .280 .354 .355 .710 94 692 45 23 39 12 5
BOS (2 yrs) 184 737 665 112 179 40 6 8 56 24 4 53 49 .269 .328 .383 .712 85 255 19 7 9 3 2
CHC (2 yrs) 30 76 70 10 14 4 0 0 2 1 0 6 9 .200 .263 .257 .520 46 18 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 67 209 182 19 42 10 1 1 17 1 0 19 27 .231 .312 .313 .625 64 57 2 3 4 1 0
MIL (1 yr) 123 433 386 53 106 18 3 3 51 17 10 30 33 .275 .335 .360 .695 97 139 4 7 6 4 1
AL (13 yrs) 1582 5900 5188 678 1362 239 38 34 508 98 58 508 532 .263 .333 .343 .676 85 1779 109 57 111 36 13
NL (2 yrs) 30 76 70 10 14 4 0 0 2 1 0 6 9 .200 .263 .257 .520 46 18 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 22 CHC NL 48 -3 0 1 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 4/65
1982 23 CHC NL 28 -2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 6
1983 24 CHW AL 302 -4 2 4 0 17 5 9 33 3.4 16 1.6 1.8 $ 64/5
1984 25 CHW AL 521 -16 1 2 1 14 8 16 26 2.6 12 1.3 1.3 $ *64/5
1985 26 CHW AL 348 -5 0 -1 -1 5 2 11 11 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $165,000 564
1986 27 TEX AL 594 8 -1 0 1 10 8 19 45 4.5 35 3.6 0.9 $282,500 *654 MVP-17
1987 28 TEX AL 668 3 1 0 0 -1 9 20 32 3.2 33 3.3 -0.1 $475,000 *6
1988 29 TEX AL 609 -4 0 0 0 11 8 18 33 3.3 22 2.3 1.0 $575,000 *6
1989 30 TEX AL 358 -10 1 -1 0 -6 5 11 0 -0.1 6 0.6 -0.7 $1,200,000 6/D
1989 30 CHW AL 271 1 1 -2 1 0 2 8 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ 4/6
1990 31 CHW AL 573 -15 0 -2 0 12 2 20 17 1.5 5 0.5 1.0 $1,000,000 *4
1991 32 CHW AL 277 -18 -2 -1 -1 2 1 9 -10 -1.1 -12 -1.2 0.1 $1,300,000 4/5
1992 33 MIL AL 433 3 -1 2 1 8 2 15 31 3.1 22 2.3 0.8 $300,000 46/5
1993 34 BOS AL 531 -3 5 5 -2 20 1 17 44 4.4 23 2.3 2.1 $825,000 *4/65
1994 35 BOS AL 206 -11 1 1 0 8 0 7 6 0.7 -2 -0.2 0.9 $500,000 4
1995 36 DET AL 209 -10 -1 0 1 -3 1 7 -5 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $250,000 4/63
15 Seasons 5976 -86 7 8 1 100 54 190 274 27.2 174 17.8 9.4 $6,872,500
CHW (6 yrs) 2292 -57 2 0 0 50 20 73 88 8.6 38 3.9 4.7 $2,465,000
TEX (4 yrs) 2229 -3 1 -1 1 15 30 68 110 10.9 96 9.8 1.1 $2,532,500
BOS (2 yrs) 737 -14 6 6 -2 29 1 24 50 5.1 21 2.1 3.0 $1,325,000
CHC (2 yrs) 76 -5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 209 -10 -1 0 1 -3 1 7 -5 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $250,000
MIL (1 yr) 433 3 -1 2 1 8 2 15 31 3.1 22 2.3 0.8 $300,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 24 CHW AL ALCS BAL L 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 CHC NL 22 2B 13 72 31 39 2 10 .972 -1 5.38 .982 5.54
1981 CHC NL 22 SS 4 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0 1.50 .960 5.12
1981 CHC NL 22 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .950 2.80
1982 CHC NL 23 SS 11 34 11 23 0 3 1.000 2 3.09 .967 5.02
1983 CHW AL 24 SS 100 396 107 275 14 52 .965 15 3.82 .963 4.72
1983 CHW AL 24 2B 12 45 18 26 1 12 .978 1 3.67 .981 5.32
1983 CHW AL 24 3B 7 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1 1.14 .956 3.04
1984 CHW AL 25 SS 134 590 193 381 16 75 .973 11 4.28 .962 4.72
1984 CHW AL 25 2B 28 98 39 56 3 13 .969 3 3.39 .980 5.21
1984 CHW AL 25 3B 3 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.33 .950 2.73
1985 CHW AL 26 3B 55 106 29 70 7 7 .934 -2 1.80 .953 2.82
1985 CHW AL 26 SS 44 140 56 83 1 18 .993 3 3.16 .964 4.60
1985 CHW AL 26 2B 37 93 38 55 0 11 1.000 4 2.51 .982 5.24
1986 TEX AL 27 SS 136 565 196 354 15 86 .973 10 4.04 .967 4.49 MVP-17
1986 TEX AL 27 3B 12 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 2 1.25 .948 2.71 MVP-17
1986 TEX AL 27 2B 11 40 15 24 1 5 .975 -2 3.55 .981 5.05 MVP-17
1987 TEX AL 28 SS 155 685 249 413 23 98 .966 -1 4.27 .970 4.54
1988 TEX AL 29 SS 139 640 215 414 11 90 .983 11 4.53 .971 4.65
1989 TOT AL 30 SS 89 85 83 757.1 349 133 201 15 50 .957 -8 -12 3.97 3.75 .971 90.34 4.74
1989 TEX AL 30 SS 81 79 77 698.0 327 124 190 13 45 .960 -6 -10 4.05 3.88 .971 90.34 4.74
1989 TEX AL 30 DH 1 1
1989 CHW AL 30 2B 53 53 51 463.2 269 108 161 0 38 1.000 2 5 5.22 5.08 .981 82.83 5.18
1989 CHW AL 30 SS 8 6 6 59.1 22 9 11 2 5 .909 -2 -34 3.03 2.50 .971 90.28 4.74
1990 CHW AL 31 2B 151 750 305 436 9 115 .988 12 4.91 .984 5.18
1991 CHW AL 32 2B 86 371 177 191 3 49 .992 2 4.28 .981 5.18
1991 CHW AL 32 3B 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .955 2.80
1992 MIL AL 33 2B 106 530 207 319 4 70 .992 8 4.96 .983 5.23
1992 MIL AL 33 SS 22 97 29 63 5 14 .948 1 4.18 .969 4.69
1992 MIL AL 33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1993 BOS AL 34 2B 116 599 217 371 11 68 .982 21 5.07 .981 5.11
1993 BOS AL 34 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.65
1993 BOS AL 34 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.70
1993 BOS AL 34 DH 1 1
1994 BOS AL 35 2B 53 282 118 163 1 41 .996 8 5.30 .981 5.06
1995 DET AL 36 2B 63 270 109 161 0 49 1.000 -2 4.29 .981 5.06
1995 DET AL 36 SS 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.33 .970 4.67
1995 DET AL 36 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .995 9.50
12 Seasons SS 839 85 83 757.1 3504 1191 2212 101 486 .971 43 68 3.97 4.06 .967 90.34 4.64
12 Seasons 2B 729 53 51 463.2 3419 1382 2002 35 481 .990 56 145 5.22 4.64 .982 82.83 5.17
8 Seasons 3B 84 138 39 91 8 10 .942 1 1.55 .953 2.82
1 Season 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .995 9.50
15 Seasons TOT 1653 138 134 1221.0 7063 2614 4305 144 977 .980 101 99 4.44 4.19 .974 87.48 4.78
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  1.8 (2nd)
1993 AL  2.1 (2nd)
Career  9.4 (83rd)

Singles s c a p y
1987 AL  132 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1988 AL  12 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  11 (7th)
1987 AL  12 (7th)
1988 AL  15 (4th)
1990 AL  11 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1987 AL  12 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1988 AL  15.1 (7th)
1993 AL  13.7 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1987 AL  23 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 AL  17 (2nd)
1993 AL  21 (2nd)
Career  101 (46th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1990 AL  151 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1990 AL  305 (3rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1990 AL  436 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1987 AL  155 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1987 AL  249 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1987 AL  413 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1987 AL  23 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1990 AL  12 (3rd)
1992 AL  8 (2nd)
1993 AL  21 (1st)
1994 AL  8 (2nd)
Career  56 (17th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1992 AL  5.53 (3rd)
1993 AL  5.39 (3rd)
Career  5.22 (13th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1992 AL  4.96 (4th)
1993 AL  5.07 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1991 AL  .992 (2nd)
1992 AL  .992 (3rd)
1993 AL  .982 (4th)
Career  .990 (7th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  15 (1st)
1984 AL  11 (4th)
1986 AL  10 (4th)
1988 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  43 (40th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1983 AL  5.10 (1st)
Career  3.97 (50th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  .973 (4th)
1986 AL  .973 (4th)
1988 AL  .983 (2nd)
Career  .971 (65th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jose Vizcaino (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Vizcaino (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198526Chicago White Sox$165,0001985 USA Today survey
198627Texas Rangers$282,5001986 USA Today survey
198728Texas Rangers$475,000Proofing corrections
198829Texas Rangers$575,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198930Texas Rangers$1,200,0001989 USA Today survey
199031Chicago White Sox$1,000,000USA Today
199132Chicago White Sox$1,300,000*
199233Chicago White Sox$400,000
33Milwaukee Brewers$300,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199334Boston Red Sox$825,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $175,000 earned bonus
199435Boston Red Sox$500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199536Detroit Tigers$250,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,272,500
Disputed Salaries
*1991 - $1,700,000 - 1994 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $400,000 buyout
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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