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Elbie Fletcher
Elburt Preston Fletcher

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 16, 1934
Final Game October 2, 1949
Born March 18, 1916 in Milton, MA
Died March 9, 1994 in Milton, MA

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 18 BSN NL   8    4    4    2   0  0   0    0   1      0   2  .500  .500  .500  177    2   0           0   0
 1935 19 BSN NL  39  148   12   35   7  1   1    9   1      7  13  .236  .271  .318   63   47   2           0   3
 1937 21 BSN NL 148  539   56  133  22  4   1   38   3     56  64  .247  .321  .308   78  166   7           3  14
 1938 22 BSN NL 147  529   71  144  24  7   6   48   5     60  40  .272  .351  .378  109  200   3           4  13
 1939 23 TOT NL 137  476   63  138  25  4  12   77   4     67  33  .290  .381  .435  122  207   9           3  12 MVP-25
         BSN NL  35  106   14   26   2  0   0    6   1     19   5  .245  .365  .264   77   28   0           1   1
         PIT NL 102  370   49  112  23  4  12   71   3     48  28  .303  .386  .484  134  179   9           2  11
 1940 24 PIT NL 147  510   94  139  22  7  16  104   5    119  54  .273  .418  .437  137  223   3           9  12 MVP-19
 1941 25 PIT NL 151  521   95  150  29 13  11   74   5    118  54  .288  .421  .457  147  238   1           2   5 MVP-14
 1942 26 PIT NL 145  506   86  146  22  5   7   57   0    105  60  .289  .417  .393  135  199   6           6   4
 1943 27 PIT NL 154  544   91  154  24  5   9   70   1     95  49  .283  .395  .395  126  215   2           6  12 MVP-21,AS
 1946 30 PIT NL 148  532   72  136  25  8   4   66   4    111  37  .256  .384  .355  109  189   8           0   7
 1947 31 PIT NL  69  157   22   38   9  1   1   22   2     29  24  .242  .364  .331   83   52   0           1   5
 1949 33 BSN NL 122  413   57  108  19  3  11   51   1     84  65  .262  .396  .402  119  166  13           8  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1415 4879  723 1323 228 58  79  616  32  0 851 495  .271  .384  .390  117 1904  54   0   0  42  97
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   83  151  26  7   9   71   4  0  97  57  .271  .384  .390  117  218   6   0   0   5  11
 Career High    154  544   95  154  29 13  16  104   5  0 119  65  .290  .421  .457  147  238  13   0   0   9  14

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 18 BSN NL    4    2    1  13.3    98| .500  .278| .500  .332| .500  .396|1.000  .728| 177  .869   0.4   0.0     
 1935 19 BSN NL  157  118   13   2.9    97| .236  .275| .271  .330| .318  .393| .589  .722|  63  .300  -7.4  -0.7     
 1937 21 BSN NL  605  427   53   3.3    93| .247  .269| .321  .329| .308  .381| .629  .710|  78  .362 -12.8  -1.3     
 1938 22 BSN NL  596  401   69   4.6    90| .272  .262| .351  .325| .378  .373| .729  .698| 109  .522   9.1   0.9     
 1939 23 TOT NL  555  359   79   5.9   101| .290  .276| .381  .341| .435  .395| .816  .737| 122  .613  16.8   1.6     
         BSN NL  126   81   10   3.3    97| .245  .272| .365  .336| .264  .388| .629  .724|  77  .355  -2.0  -0.2     
         PIT NL  429  278   69   6.6   102| .303  .278| .386  .343| .484  .397| .870  .740| 134  .664  18.9   1.8     
 1940 24 PIT NL  641  386   91   6.4    97| .273  .270| .418  .335| .437  .389| .855  .724| 137  .665  33.8   3.4     
 1941 25 PIT NL  642  377  100   7.1    94| .288  .266| .421  .336| .457  .374| .878  .711| 147  .728  39.3   4.0     
 1942 26 PIT NL  623  370   82   6.0    89| .289  .259| .417  .332| .393  .360| .810  .692| 135  .695  29.6   3.2     
 1943 27 PIT NL  647  404   84   5.6    92| .283  .268| .395  .337| .395  .364| .790  .701| 126  .655  23.2   2.5     
 1946 30 PIT NL  651  411   73   4.8    94| .256  .265| .384  .341| .355  .371| .739  .711| 109  .574  11.7   1.2     
 1947 31 PIT NL  187  124   19   4.1   108| .242  .278| .364  .353| .331  .411| .695  .765|  83  .440  -2.5  -0.2     
 1949 33 BSN NL  518  328   64   5.2   100| .262  .264| .396  .337| .402  .396| .798  .733| 119  .560  16.4   1.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5826 3707  728   5.3    95| .271  .267| .384  .335| .390  .379| .774  .714| 117  .595 157.8  16.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1934 18 BSN NL  1B    1      7    0    1    1  .875  .986  7.00  9.70            
 1935 19 BSN NL  1B   39    353   27    1   22  .997  .989  9.74  9.61            
 1937 21 BSN NL  1B  148   1587  108   12  117  .993  .989 11.45  6.76            
 1938 22 BSN NL  1B  146   1424  126   15  108  .990  .992 10.62  6.85            
 1939 23 TOT NL  1B  132   1345   64   13  131  .991  .989 10.67  9.93            
         BSN NL  1B   31    335    8    5   34  .986  .989 11.06 10.02            
         PIT NL  1B  101   1010   56    8   97  .993  .989 10.55  9.90            
 1940 24 PIT NL  1B  147   1512  104   11  128  .993  .990 10.99  6.80            
 1941 25 PIT NL  1B  151   1444  118   14  113  .991  .989 10.34  6.62            
 1942 26 PIT NL  1B  144   1379  118   12  104  .992  .989 10.40  6.94            
 1943 27 PIT NL  1B  154   1541  108    6  141  .996  .992 10.71  6.49             AS
 1946 30 PIT NL  1B  147   1356  106    8   97  .995  .991  9.95  6.80            
 1947 31 PIT NL  1B   50    324   25    5   28  .986  .991  6.98  9.24            
 1949 33 BSN NL  1B  121    965   71    9   96  .991  .991  8.56  8.26            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1934 18 BSN NL  1B    1      7    0    1    1  .875  .986  7.00  9.70            
 1935 19 BSN NL  1B   39    353   27    1   22  .997  .989  9.74  9.61            
 1937 21 BSN NL  1B  148   1587  108   12  117  .993  .989 11.45  6.76            
 1938 22 BSN NL  1B  146   1424  126   15  108  .990  .992 10.62  6.85            
 1939 23 TOT NL  1B  132   1345   64   13  131  .991  .989 10.67  9.93            
         BSN NL  1B   31    335    8    5   34  .986  .989 11.06 10.02            
         PIT NL  1B  101   1010   56    8   97  .993  .989 10.55  9.90            
 1940 24 PIT NL  1B  147   1512  104   11  128  .993  .990 10.99  6.80            
 1941 25 PIT NL  1B  151   1444  118   14  113  .991  .989 10.34  6.62            
 1942 26 PIT NL  1B  144   1379  118   12  104  .992  .989 10.40  6.94            
 1943 27 PIT NL  1B  154   1541  108    6  141  .996  .992 10.71  6.49            
 1946 30 PIT NL  1B  147   1356  106    8   97  .995  .991  9.95  6.80            
 1947 31 PIT NL  1B   50    324   25    5   28  .986  .991  6.98  9.24            
 1949 33 BSN NL  1B  121    965   71    9   96  .991  .991  8.56  8.26            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B 1380  13237  975  107 1086  .993  .990 10.30  7.36            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1380  13237  975  107 1086  .993  .990 10.30  7.36

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   PIT NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1943 (1B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-NL-25-0.01
1940-NL-19-0.05
1941-NL-14-0.07
1943-NL-21-0.02
Car-788-0.15 shares

On-base %
1940 NL-.418-1
1941 NL-.421-1
1942 NL-.417-1
1943 NL-.395-4
1946 NL-.384-8
1949 NL-.396-9

Slugging %
1941 NL-.457-10

OPS
1940 NL-.856-10
1941 NL-.878-7

Games
1941 NL-151-8
1943 NL-154-4
1946 NL-148-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 NL-641-8
1941 NL-642-7
1946 NL-651-3

Runs
1940 NL-94-7
1941 NL-95-4
1942 NL-86-9
1943 NL-91-6

Triples
1941 NL-13-2
1946 NL-8-5

RBI
1940 NL-104-4

Bases on Balls
1939 NL-67-10
1940 NL-119-1
1941 NL-118-1
1942 NL-105-2
1943 NL-95-2
1946 NL-111-2
1949 NL-84-8

Strikeouts
1937 NL-64-9
1942 NL-60-6
1949 NL-65-8

Adjusted OPS+
1940 NL-137-8
1941 NL-147-5

Runs Created
1940 NL-91-10
1941 NL-100-7
1942 NL-82-10
1943 NL-84-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1940 NL-34-3
1941 NL-39-3
1942 NL-30-8
1943 NL-23-8

Batting Wins
1940 NL-3.4-3
1941 NL-4.0-3
1942 NL-3.2-8
1943 NL-2.5-8

Extra-Base Hits
1941 NL-53-7

Times on Base
1940 NL-267-4
1941 NL-270-2
1942 NL-257-4
1943 NL-255-4
1946 NL-247-5

Offensive Win%
1941 NL-.728-6
1942 NL-.695-10
1943 NL-.655-10

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-4-8
1940 NL-9-1
1942 NL-6-4
1943 NL-6-2
1949 NL-8-2

Sac. Hits
1949 NL-13-4

Power/Speed Number
1941 NL-6.9-8

Outs
1937 NL-427-7
1946 NL-411-7

Youngest Player
1934 NL-18-2
1935 NL-19-2
1937 NL-21-7

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1934 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.
June 15, 1939: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Schuster and cash.
December 4, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Les Fleming.
May 8, 1948: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
May 21, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.
May 20, 1949: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.
December 27, 1949: Released by the Boston Braves.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1943 (1B)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1939-NL-25-0.01 1940-NL-19-0.05 1941-NL-14-0.07 1943-NL-21-0.02 Car-788-0.15 shares	On-base % 1940 NL-.418-1 1941 NL-.421-1 1942 NL-.417-1 1943 NL-.395-4 1946 NL-.384-8 1949 NL-.396-9	Slugging % 1941 NL-.457-10	OPS 1940 NL-.856-10 1941 NL-.878-7	Games 1941 NL-151-8 1943 NL-154-4 1946 NL-148-6
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1940 NL-641-8 1941 NL-642-7 1946 NL-651-3	Runs 1940 NL-94-7 1941 NL-95-4 1942 NL-86-9 1943 NL-91-6	Triples 1941 NL-13-2 1946 NL-8-5	RBI 1940 NL-104-4	Bases on Balls 1939 NL-67-10 1940 NL-119-1 1941 NL-118-1 1942 NL-105-2 1943 NL-95-2 1946 NL-111-2 1949 NL-84-8	Strikeouts 1937 NL-64-9 1942 NL-60-6 1949 NL-65-8
Adjusted OPS+ 1940 NL-137-8 1941 NL-147-5	Runs Created 1940 NL-91-10 1941 NL-100-7 1942 NL-82-10 1943 NL-84-8	Adjusted Batting Runs 1940 NL-34-3 1941 NL-39-3 1942 NL-30-8 1943 NL-23-8	Batting Wins 1940 NL-3.4-3 1941 NL-4.0-3 1942 NL-3.2-8 1943 NL-2.5-8	Extra-Base Hits 1941 NL-53-7	Times on Base 1940 NL-267-4 1941 NL-270-2 1942 NL-257-4 1943 NL-255-4 1946 NL-247-5
Offensive Win% 1941 NL-.728-6 1942 NL-.695-10 1943 NL-.655-10	Hit By Pitch 1938 NL-4-8 1940 NL-9-1 1942 NL-6-4 1943 NL-6-2 1949 NL-8-2	Sac. Hits 1949 NL-13-4	Power/Speed Number 1941 NL-6.9-8	Outs 1937 NL-427-7 1946 NL-411-7	Youngest Player 1934 NL-18-2 1935 NL-19-2 1937 NL-21-7