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Les
Fleming		  
Nickname: Moe
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 7, 1915 in Usa, TX, SINGLETON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 23 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1940 24 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1941 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1942 26 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
1943 27 TAM AL $ 2,907,143   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1944 28 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1945 29 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 8
1946 30 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 10 10 7 7 7
1947 31 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1948 32 BOS AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1949 33 BOS AL $ 5,190,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 9 7 7 7
1950 34 BOS AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,190,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
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
1939 23 SLC NL 27 92 10 21 3 1 0 6 1 1 9 11 .228 .304 .283 .587 7.7 0.5
    AAA   109 401 76 130 27 2 17 68 8 6 85 46 .324 .442 .529 .971 90.4  
1940 24 SLC NL 131 443 80 127 19 8 5 65 5 1 78 56 .287 .394 .400 .793 70.4 15.2
    AAA   26 92 17 32 4 0 3 11 4 0 24 5 .348 .483 .489 .972 22.8  
1941 25 SLC NL 157 540 87 160 34 7 10 82 9 4 87 48 .296 .393 .441 .834 93.4 18.7
1942 26 SLC NL 154 530 84 145 23 7 7 66 11 5 92 69 .274 .380 .383 .763 80.5 15.4
1943 27 STL NL 78 273 45 80 18 2 6 36 7 3 42 32 .293 .388 .440 .828 45.5 9.5
  TAM AL 79 288 49 106 14 3 5 32 7 4 55 25 .368 .471 .490 .961 62.6 13.6
  TOT   157 561 94 186 32 5 11 68 14 7 97 57 .332 .431 .465 .897 108.1 23.1
1944 28 TAM AL 154 531 100 150 27 2 10 86 16 8 126 62 .282 .418 .397 .815 97.1 16.9
1945 29 TAM AL 152 533 86 154 28 1 8 85 19 9 114 55 .289 .414 .390 .804 91.8 18.0
1946 30 TAM AL 152 530 114 161 28 5 12 97 22 5 118 63 .304 .433 .443 .876 105.2 22.3
1947 31 TAM AL 153 584 110 167 33 8 9 91 20 6 109 81 .286 .396 .416 .812 104.4 22.1
1948 32 TAM AL 53 206 45 68 9 1 9 35 7 3 40 32 .330 .436 .515 .951 45.4 8.7
  BOS AL 103 339 63 98 27 1 11 82 11 4 72 46 .289 .411 .472 .883 67.0 12.7
  TOT   156 545 108 166 36 2 20 117 18 7 112 78 .305 .420 .488 .908 112.4 21.4
1949 33 BOS AL 144 520 110 153 23 4 11 83 20 6 110 60 .294 .413 .417 .830 97.4 14.7
1950 34 BOS AL 88 256 42 56 10 3 6 32 6 3 40 37 .219 .323 .352 .675 30.8 2.4
    AAA   31 110 19 37 5 1 2 20 5 0 17 16 .336 .425 .455 .880 21.7  
12 Years Sim 1625 5665 1025 1646 296 53 109 878 161 62 1092 677 .291 .404 .419 .824 999.2 190.6
3 Years AAA 166 603 112 199 36 3 22 99 17 6 126 67 .330 .447 .509 .956 134.9  
162 Game Average 564 102 164 29 5 10 87 16 6 108 67 .291 .404 .419 .824 99.6  
Career Highs 157 584 114 186 36 8 20 117 22 9 126 81 .332 .433 .488 .908 112.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3948 749 1205 217 36 91 666 119 50 783 448 .305 .419 .448 .866 763.5
vs LH   1717 276 441 79 17 18 212 42 12 309 229 .257 .371 .354 .725 250.3
Home 816 2808 515 831 147 27 57 443 78 40 532 324 .296 .407 .428 .835 508.3
Away 809 2857 510 815 149 26 52 435 83 22 560 353 .285 .402 .410 .812 505.5
RISP   1568 0 475 78 18 29 715 0 0 341 196 .303 .418 .431 .849 302.7
Pinch Hitting   74 11 23 3 2 1 13 2 1 16 7 .311 .433 .446 .879 14.8
Close/Late   697 128 199 33 6 12 93 0 0 130 73 .286 .397 .402 .799 117.7
Mar/Apr 251 881 163 259 43 3 17 132 28 8 181 105 .294 .412 .407 .820 160.9
May 318 1109 200 319 63 9 21 155 32 8 175 136 .288 .383 .417 .801 184.8
June 277 954 155 255 41 8 17 154 25 9 187 121 .267 .388 .381 .769 154.9
July 268 937 177 274 59 13 16 147 23 13 186 113 .292 .409 .434 .843 171.6
August 256 877 162 284 46 16 16 146 22 17 173 94 .324 .434 .468 .902 176.2
Sep/Oct 255 907 168 255 44 4 22 144 31 7 190 108 .281 .405 .411 .817 165.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 23 SLC NL RF 24 24 205.3 56 0 2 0 .966 2.45   0.5
    1B 4 0 8.3 12 0 1 2 .923 12.97   0.0
1940 24 SLC NL 1B 125 121 1073.7 1420 127 16 157 .990 12.97   2.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 25 SLC NL 1B 149 148 1316.7 1668 132 12 163 .993 12.30   4.5
    RF 6 0 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1942 26 SLC NL 1B 150 146 1302.3 1664 113 9 173 .995 12.28   2.4
1943 27 STL NL RF 39 37 322.7 92 2 0 1 1.000 2.62   1.2
    1B 37 36 308.4 406 31 0 39 1.000 12.75   0.3
  TAM AL RF 39 38 353.3 101 3 0 1 1.000 2.65   0.9
    1B 38 37 337.6 445 33 1 42 .998 12.74   1.3
  TOT   RF 78 75 676.0 193 5 0 2 1.000 2.64   2.1
      1B 75 73 646.0 851 64 1 81 .999 12.75   1.5
1944 28 TAM AL RF 150 147 1333.0 302 14 0 3 1.000 2.13   4.6
1945 29 TAM AL RF 149 147 1327.3 319 4 4 2 .988 2.19   4.0
1946 30 TAM AL RF 150 147 1307.0 284 7 1 2 .997 2.00   1.5
1947 31 TAM AL RF 153 151 1367.3 313 10 0 3 1.000 2.13   1.8
1948 32 TAM AL RF 31 28 277.2 62 2 0 1 1.000 2.08   0.2
    1B 21 21 201.1 254 24 1 22 .996 12.44   0.6
  BOS AL RF 60 53 461.2 103 4 0 1 1.000 2.09   1.6
    1B 41 40 334.6 423 41 1 36 .998 12.48   0.3
  TOT   RF 91 81 738.4 165 6 0 2 1.000 2.08   1.9
      1B 62 61 535.7 677 65 2 58 .997 12.47   0.9
1949 33 BOS AL 1B 116 113 1001.0 1290 103 5 132 .996 12.52   2.7
    RF 30 26 245.0 61 5 0 2 1.000 2.42   1.0
1950 34 BOS AL 1B 40 35 324.7 417 37 4 37 .991 12.59   0.8
    RF 27 26 237.3 47 2 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.9
  RF 859 824 7453.7 1743 53 7 16 .996 2.17   18.2
  1B 721 697 6208.3 7999 641 50 803 .994 12.53   14.8
Career Totals   1580 1521 13662.1 9742 694 57 819 .995 6.87   33.0
Career Highs   155 151 1367.3 1671 132 16 173 1.000 12.94    
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
1944 28 TAM AL 14 52 7 22 4 1 0 3 0 0 11 5 .423 .524 .538 1.062
1945 29 TAM AL 10 33 6 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 8 1 .212 .366 .303 .669
1946 30 TAM AL 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 .167 .375 .167 .542
1947 31 TAM AL 7 21 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 2 .238 .419 .238 .657
1948 32 BOS AL 9 32 12 12 2 1 1 10 1 0 8 7 .375 .500 .594 1.094
Career Post-Season Batting 44 150 29 48 6 2 2 21 2 0 39 16 .320 .455 .427 .882
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.
On-Base Pct
1940-4-.394
1941-6-.393
1944-5-.418
1945-5-.414
1946-2-.433
1947-8-.396
1948-7-.420
1949-8-.413
CAR-11-.404
 OPS
1941-10-.834
1946-7-.876
1948-9-.908
 XR
1941-3-93.4
1946-7-105.2
1947-5-104.4
1948-5-112.4
 Games
1941-2-157
1942-7-154
1948-6-156
 At-Bats
1947-8-584
 Runs
1940-9-80
1944-10-100
1946-5-114
1947-6-110
1948-7-108
Total Bases
1941-9-238
 Doubles
1941-7-34
1947-10-33
1948-8-36
 Triples
1940-3-8
1941-10-7
1942-4-7
1947-3-8
 RBIs
1947-10-91
1948-4-117
 Stolen Bases
1941-5-9
1942-10-11
1944-6-16
1945-6-19
1946-5-22
1947-6-20
1948-8-18
1949-6-20
 Caught Stealing
1941-9-4
1942-8-5
1943-10-4
1944-7-8
1945-5-9
1946-8-5
1947-9-6
1948-9-7
1949-9-6
Walks
1940-5-78
1941-4-87
1942-3-92
1944-3-126
1945-3-114
1946-4-118
1947-2-109
1948-6-112
1949-4-110
CAR-50-1092
 Strikeouts
1942-10-69
1947-6-81
1948-9-78
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Dusty Cooke (914)
  4. Jerry White (910)
  5. Lenny Green (910)
  6. Irv Noren (903)
  7. Barney McCosky (903)
  8. Bruce Campbell (903)
  9. Ken Landreaux (893)
  10. Jackie Robinson (892)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1939
Had first career hit on 5/1/1939, off Joe Beggs (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1940, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 9/6/1941
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,907,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1943 (Going to STL: 3B Connie Ryan, 2B Babe Barna, P Junior Thompson, P Ed Klieman. Going to TAM: 1B Les Fleming, P Ken Heintzelman, P Sam Nahem, RF Enos Slaughter)
7/31/1943: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 3/3/1944 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 10/13/1944
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/20/1946
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 8/8/1947
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 4/8/1948
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (A) on 6/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Billy Pierce, CF Clyde Vollmer, RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Newt Kimball. Going to BOS: 2B Jackie Robinson, RF Les Fleming, C Walker Cooper, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $5,190,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Injured on 8/7/1949 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (A) on 7/31/1950 (Going to NYA: RF Les Fleming. Going to BOS: 3B Leo Thomas)
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1950
 
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