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Elbie Fletcher

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Full Name: Elburt Preston Fletcher Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: September 16, 1934
Birthdate: March 18, 1916 Final Game: October 2, 1949
Birthplace: Milton, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: March 9, 1994
Deathplace: Milton, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Elbie Fletcher (Elburt Preston Fletcher) was born on March 18, 1916 in Milton, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1934 for the Boston Braves. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 1 home run and 9 RBI. Fletcher played for the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Elbie Fletcher's best season was 1940, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 104 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1934 BOS N 8 4 4 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
1935 BOS N 39 148 12 35 1 9 .236 .271 .318 7 1 7 13 0 2 1 0 3
1937 BOS N 148 539 56 133 1 38 .247 .321 .308 22 4 56 64 3 7 3 0 14
1938 BOS N 147 529 71 144 6 48 .272 .351 .378 24 7 60 40 4 3 5 0 13
1939 PIT N 102 370 49 112 12 71 .303 .386 .484 23 4 48 28 2 9 3 0 11
1939 BOS N 35 106 14 26 0 6 .245 .365 .264 2 0 19 5 1 0 1 0 1
1939 TOT N 137 476 63 138 12 77 .290 .381 .435 25 4 67 33 3 9 4 0 12
1940 PIT N 147 510 94 139 16 104 .273 .418 .437 22 7 119 54 9 3 5 0 12
1941 PIT N 151 521 95 150 11 74 .288 .421 .457 29 13 118 54 2 1 5 0 5
1942 PIT N 145 506 86 146 7 57 .289 .417 .393 22 5 105 60 6 6 0 0 4
1943 PIT N 154 544 91 154 9 70 .283 .395 .395 24 5 95 49 6 2 1 0 12
1946 PIT N 148 532 72 136 4 66 .256 .384 .355 25 8 111 37 0 8 4 0 7
1947 PIT N 69 157 22 38 1 22 .242 .364 .331 9 1 29 24 1 0 2 0 5
1949 BOS N 122 413 57 108 11 51 .262 .396 .402 19 3 84 65 8 13 1 0 10
Total 1415 4879 723 1323 79 616 .271 .384 .390 228 58 851 495 42 54 32 0 97

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1934 BOS N 1B 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1935 BOS N 1B 39 0 0 353 27 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 .997
1937 BOS N 1B 148 0 0 1587 108 12 117 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1938 BOS N 1B 146 0 0 1424 126 15 108 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1939 PIT N 1B 101 0 0 1010 56 8 97 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1939 BOS N 1B 31 0 0 335 8 5 34 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1939 TOT N 1B 132 0 0 1345 64 13 131 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1940 PIT N 1B 147 0 0 1512 104 11 128 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1941 PIT N 1B 151 0 0 1444 118 14 113 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1942 PIT N 1B 144 0 0 1379 118 12 104 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1943 PIT N 1B 154 0 0 1541 108 6 141 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1946 PIT N 1B 147 0 0 1356 106 8 97 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1947 PIT N 1B 50 0 0 324 25 5 28 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1949 BOS N 1B 121 0 0 965 71 9 96 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total 1B 1380 0 0 13237 975 107 1086 0 0 0 0 0 .993

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1934).
  • Traded by Boston Bees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bill Schuster and cash (June 15, 1939).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Les Fleming (December 4, 1947).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (May 8, 1948).
  • Signed by New York Giants (May 21, 1948).
  • Sold by New York Giants to Boston Braves (May 20, 1949).
  • Released by Boston Braves (December 27, 1949).

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