Les Fleming
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Les Fleming (Leslie Harvey Fleming) was born on August 7, 1915 in Singleton, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1939 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 14 home runs and 82 RBI. Fleming played for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Les Fleming's best season was 1942, when he hit for a .292 average and knocked in 82 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .250
| .375
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 156
| 548
| 71
| 160
| 14
| 82
| .292
| .412
| .432
| 27
| 4
| 106
| 57
| 6
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 13
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 140
| 18
| 46
| 3
| 22
| .329
| .382
| .493
| 10
| 2
| 11
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 99
| 306
| 40
| 85
| 8
| 42
| .278
| .383
| .444
| 17
| 5
| 50
| 42
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 103
| 281
| 39
| 68
| 4
| 43
| .242
| .362
| .349
| 14
| 2
| 53
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1949
| PIT
| N
| 24
| 31
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 7
| .258
| .395
| .387
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 24
| 31
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 7
| .258
| .395
| .387
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 410
| 1299
| 168
| 361
| 29
| 192
| .278
| .386
| .418
| 69
| 13
| 220
| 150
| 9
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 31
|
| Total
|
|
| 434
| 1330
| 168
| 369
| 29
| 199
| .277
| .386
| .417
| 69
| 15
| 226
| 152
| 10
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| DET
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 1503
| 90
| 12
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 607
| 62
| 11
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 662
| 63
| 8
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1949
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 325
| 0
| 0
| 2867
| 220
| 32
| 299
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns (May 9, 1939).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Nashville (Southern Association) in exchange for Mickey Rocco, Bob Boken and cash (December, 1940).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Elbie Fletcher (December 4, 1947).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Buzz Clarkson to Dallas (Texas) in exchange for Ben Taylor, Ed Knoblauch, Howard Anderson and $20000 (@June 24, 1954).
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