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Elbie
Fletcher		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 18, 1916 in Usa, MA, MILTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1939    1940    1944   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 18 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 4 3 6 7 7 8 10 10 8 9 9
1935 19 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 6 8 7 8 10 10 9 9 9
1936 20 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 6 8 7 8 10 10 9 9 9
1937 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 10 10 7 8 7
1938 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 10 7 7 7
1939 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 9 7 7 7
1940 24 SDP NL $ 3,878,571   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 9 8 8 10 9 6 7 7
1941 25 SDP NL $ 3,878,571   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 9 8 7 10 9 6 7 7
1942 26 SDP NL $ 3,878,571   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 9 8 7 9 9 6 7 7
1943 27 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 9 8 7 9 9 6 7 7
1944 28 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 9 8 7 9 9 7 7 7
1945 29 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 10 9 7 7 7
1946 30 TAM AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 10 9 6 7 7
1947 31 TAM AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 10 9 6 7 6
1948 32 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 10 9 6 7 6
1949 33 SEM AL     7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 10 9 6 7 7
1950 34 BRK NL $ 6,300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 6 8 8 4 5 5
1951 35 BRK NL $ 6,300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 6 3 4 4
1952 36 BRK NL $ 6,300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 7 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 18 NYA AL 19 60 8 17 3 0 0 6 1 0 12 6 .283 .411 .333 .744 9.1 1.5
    AAA   116 444 86 121 24 2 9 56 13 11 111 28 .273 .418 .396 .814 80.9  
1935 19 NYA AL 45 132 19 29 3 1 3 18 0 1 33 8 .220 .376 .326 .702 16.3 1.6
    AAA   106 392 78 128 36 2 7 66 15 8 86 23 .327 .448 .482 .930 83.6  
1936 20 NYA AL 71 219 38 60 11 3 7 35 0 1 32 10 .274 .368 .447 .815 34.6 6.3
    AAA   78 254 56 86 22 1 7 48 4 9 65 9 .339 .473 .516 .989 58.8  
1937 21 SDP NL 79 271 52 77 14 1 7 17 3 3 45 25 .284 .392 .421 .813 46.6 8.3
    AAA   81 320 56 89 15 5 11 42 8 10 57 23 .278 .387 .459 .847 56.3  
1938 22 SDP NL 153 516 78 144 25 5 6 62 1 1 87 66 .279 .382 .382 .763 77.4 12.2
1939 23 SDP NL 131 436 91 146 32 7 7 52 1 2 79 54 .335 .435 .489 .923 88.1 21.5
1940 24 SDP NL 140 494 78 150 18 3 11 55 0 0 69 64 .304 .392 .419 .811 82.8 18.2
1941 25 SDP NL 135 480 93 138 23 4 8 57 1 0 77 83 .288 .387 .402 .789 75.9 15.4
1942 26 SDP NL 120 400 82 116 25 5 10 49 0 0 61 52 .290 .382 .453 .835 68.4 12.8
1943 27 SDP NL 139 418 61 119 20 5 10 69 0 0 69 54 .285 .391 .428 .819 68.4 13.1
1944 28 SDP NL 147 511 83 137 22 5 15 58 0 0 78 81 .268 .363 .419 .782 75.2 14.6
1945 29 SDP NL 136 388 74 113 23 3 13 77 0 0 74 40 .291 .403 .466 .870 74.3 14.4
1946 30 SDP NL 72 235 39 57 14 3 7 35 0 0 44 39 .243 .362 .417 .779 35.9 5.6
  TAM AL 54 145 24 42 10 2 6 21 0 0 34 21 .290 .420 .510 .930 30.8 6.6
  TOT   126 380 63 99 24 5 13 56 0 0 78 60 .261 .384 .453 .837 66.7 12.2
1947 31 TAM AL 103 204 48 60 9 0 10 46 0 0 41 32 .294 .404 .485 .889 42.7 9.4
1948 32 SDP NL 129 372 83 105 24 5 10 55 1 0 71 49 .282 .398 .454 .853 66.4 14.2
1949 33 SDP NL 56 162 25 37 7 1 0 12 0 0 34 28 .228 .360 .284 .644 18.1 1.6
  SEM AL 51 65 7 16 6 0 1 9 0 0 10 8 .246 .347 .385 .731 8.1 1.0
  TOT   107 227 32 53 13 1 1 21 0 0 44 36 .233 .357 .313 .669 26.3 2.6
1950 34 BRK NL 151 513 72 120 23 6 10 77 0 0 99 79 .234 .358 .361 .718 72.2 10.0
1951 35 BRK NL 86 237 27 60 9 1 2 26 0 0 37 52 .253 .356 .325 .681 30.9 3.9
1952 36 AAA   123 369 33 72 8 0 10 33 6 4 69 79 .195 .322 .298 .620 41.9  
18 Years Sim 2017 6258 1082 1743 321 60 143 836 8 8 1086 851 .279 .385 .418 .803 1022.2 192.0
5 Years AAA 504 1779 309 496 105 10 44 245 46 42 388 162 .279 .408 .423 .831 321.5  
162 Game Average 502 86 139 25 4 11 67 0 0 87 68 .279 .385 .418 .803 82.1  
Career Highs 153 516 93 150 32 7 15 77 3 3 99 83 .335 .435 .489 .923 88.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5141 921 1491 262 50 123 730 7 7 916 649 .290 .397 .432 .830 905.8
vs LH   1117 161 252 59 10 20 106 1 1 170 202 .226 .328 .350 .678 137.8
Home 999 3053 509 823 139 21 63 391 7 4 541 419 .270 .380 .391 .770 482.5
Away 1018 3205 573 920 182 39 80 445 1 4 545 432 .287 .391 .443 .834 561.1
RISP   1588 0 434 81 21 29 651 0 0 290 243 .273 .379 .406 .784 261.2
Pinch Hitting   345 66 104 18 5 12 96 0 0 45 47 .301 .379 .487 .866 62.1
Close/Late   758 148 193 41 6 20 102 0 0 140 108 .255 .369 .404 .773 120.9
Mar/Apr 324 1015 184 266 48 9 26 133 0 3 189 132 .262 .377 .404 .781 164.3
May 333 1076 171 313 51 10 26 136 1 1 190 162 .291 .398 .429 .827 188.8
June 312 1031 183 257 56 6 16 124 2 0 171 169 .249 .357 .362 .719 143.3
July 308 983 166 278 47 5 23 133 0 0 167 132 .283 .387 .411 .798 162.8
August 366 1097 197 305 58 10 21 148 2 1 193 135 .278 .387 .407 .793 180.0
Sep/Oct 374 1056 181 324 61 20 31 162 3 3 176 121 .307 .405 .491 .896 204.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1934 18 NYA AL 1B 17 17 141.3 183 14 0 20 1.000 12.55 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1935 19 NYA AL 1B 40 35 310.0 403 32 0 45 1.000 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 20 NYA AL 1B 55 52 474.3 627 49 9 66 .987 12.83 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 5 1 16.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 21 SDP NL 1B 78 72 619.3 878 75 6 72 .994 13.85 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1938 22 SDP NL 3B 84 78 701.3 40 185 5 24 .978 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 57 47 441.3 582 49 4 60 .994 12.87 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 23 SDP NL 1B 117 106 969.0 1369 76 7 116 .995 13.42 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    3B 10 0 25.0 0 8 1 3 .889 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1940 24 SDP NL 1B 131 113 1033.7 1452 84 11 146 .993 13.37 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    3B 5 0 12.3 2 2 1 1 .800 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 25 SDP NL 1B 123 113 1014.3 1388 103 17 135 .989 13.23 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    3B 4 3 28.0 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1942 26 SDP NL 1B 108 94 840.0 1125 74 12 116 .990 12.85 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 27 SDP NL 1B 115 104 940.0 1240 88 8 115 .994 12.71 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    3B 15 0 22.7 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1944 28 SDP NL 1B 100 99 868.3 1079 81 3 101 .997 12.02 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 35 35 291.0 43 2 9 0 .833 1.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 10 2 33.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 29 SDP NL 1B 103 98 868.0 1141 84 12 101 .990 12.70 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    3B 22 0 53.0 5 26 0 3 1.000 5.26 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1946 30 SDP NL 1B 38 37 348.1 478 32 6 41 .988 13.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 26 16 161.8 11 48 2 4 .967 3.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 3 3 27.4 10 15 0 4 1.000 8.21 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  TAM AL 1B 28 28 222.6 305 20 4 27 .988 13.14 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 20 12 103.5 7 31 1 2 .974 3.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 2 2 17.6 6 9 0 2 1.000 7.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   1B 66 65 570.7 783 52 10 68 .988 13.17   0.7
      3B 46 28 265.3 18 79 3 6 .970 3.29   0.8
      2B 5 5 45.0 16 24 0 6 1.000 8.00   0.3
1947 31 TAM AL 3B 42 8 134.7 6 42 2 4 .960 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 11 11 103.3 134 11 0 16 1.000 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 11 11 94.0 18 40 4 14 .935 5.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 9 8 75.0 29 27 2 9 .966 6.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1948 32 SDP NL 1B 95 82 758.0 937 61 6 90 .994 11.85 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 19 3 62.0 7 9 0 1 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1949 33 SDP NL 1B 37 23 307.9 395 37 3 33 .993 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 7 0 30.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SEM AL 1B 33 20 116.4 150 14 1 12 .994 12.68 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 7 0 11.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 70 43 424.3 545 51 4 45 .993 12.64   0.9
      3B 14 0 41.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.1
1950 34 BRK NL 1B 117 115 1001.0 1343 110 19 147 .987 13.06 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 31 28 240.7 15 71 1 6 .989 3.22 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1951 35 BRK NL 3B 70 62 536.3 27 159 4 18 .979 3.12 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 11 2 33.0 50 5 0 7 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1414 1268 11410.0 15259 1099 128 1466 .992 12.90 0 0 .000 0 22.5
  3B 383 213 2183.6 127 615 18 67 .976 3.06 0 0 .000 0 7.3
  RF 36 35 292.3 43 2 9 0 .833 1.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 14 13 120.0 45 51 2 15 .980 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 11 11 94.0 18 40 4 14 .935 5.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1859 1541 14108.9 15494 1807 161 1562 .991 11.04 0 0 .000 1 30.9
Career Highs   148 143 1241.7 1454 234 20 153 1.000 13.68 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 23 SDP NL 5 23 4 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .435 .480 .609 1.089
1940 24 SDP NL 10 29 7 14 3 0 2 6 0 0 3 3 .483 .531 .793 1.324
1941 25 SDP NL 8 32 6 11 2 1 0 6 0 1 3 2 .344 .400 .469 .869
1942 26 SDP NL 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .750 .800 1.000 1.800
1946 30 TAM AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1947 31 TAM AL 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 37 97 18 40 7 1 3 18 0 1 10 10 .412 .467 .598 1.065
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1939-4-.335
1940-10-.304
 On-Base Pct
1939-1-.435
1940-5-.392
 Slugging Pct
1939-4-.489
 OPS
1939-3-.923
 XR
1939-8-88.1
1940-10-82.8
 Runs
1939-4-91
1941-6-93
Doubles
1939-10-32
 Triples
1939-6-7
1948-9-5
1950-5-6
 Walks
1938-5-87
1939-4-79
1940-9-69
1941-9-77
 Strikeouts
1941-6-83
1944-7-81
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jerry Turner (910)
  2. Carl Yastrzemski (909)
  3. Bobby Estalella (906)
  4. Bobby Brown (882)
  5. Ed Stevens (880)
  6. Les Fleming (880)
  7. Frank McCormick (875)
  8. Clint Hurdle (874)
  9. Elmer Valo (872)
  10. Gene Hasson (868)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1934
Injured on 5/2/1934 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/23/1934 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/2/1934, off Rip Sewell (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/29/1935, off Johnny Broaca (MON)
Injured on 5/18/1936 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 2/13/1937 (Going to NYA: P Carl Hubbell, 1B Ripper Collins, SS Bill Cissell. Going to SDP: 1B Elbie Fletcher)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1937, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,878,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,878,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 9/23/1941
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,878,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/18/1942 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
7/31/1942: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 8/13/1945
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/21/1946
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1946 (Going to SDP: 1B Mickey Rocco. Going to TAM: 1B Elbie Fletcher, RF Sam Chapman, CF Guy Curtright)
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 2/1/1948 (Going to SDP: C Phil Masi, 3B Elbie Fletcher. Going to TAM: P Ray Scarborough)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/1/1948
Injured on 5/24/1949 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Seattle on 7/1/1949 (Going to SDP: 2B Eddie Lake. Going to SEM: 3B Elbie Fletcher, SS Benny Mccoy)
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1949
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/15/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $6,300,000 per year
 
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