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Elbie Fletcher

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 18, 1916 in Milton, MA us

Died: March 9, 1994 in Milton, MA

Buried: Milton Cemetery, Milton, MA

High School: Milton HS (Milton, MA)

Debut: September 16, 1934 (Age 18-182d, 7,776th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 33-198d)
vs. NYG 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Elburt Preston Fletcher

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.4

4879

1323

.271

723

RBI

616

OBP

.384

SLG

.390

OPS

.774

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	13	0	0	13	0
2	2	Apr 20	BSN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
4	4	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	3
5	5	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 24	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
7	7	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
8	8	Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
9	9	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
10	10	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
12	12	May 2	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
13	13	May 5	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	CG	54	13.0	20	0	0	20	1
14	14	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
15	15	May 7	BSN		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
16	16	May 8	BSN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
17	17	May 10	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
18	18	May 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
19	19	May 12	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
20	20	May 13	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	1	14	4
21	21	May 14	BSN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
22	22	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
23	23	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	32 (8)	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	33	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,12-16	CG	44	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
26	34	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
27	35	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	47	10.0	9	0	1	10	1
28	36	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	37	Jun 1	BSN		CIN	L,4-9	GS	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
30	38	Jun 2	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	CG	45	11.0	11	0	0	11	1
31	39	Jun 3	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Boston Bees to Pittsburgh Pirates
32	53	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
33	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
34	55	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
35	56	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	3
36	57	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
37	58	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	59	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
39	60	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
40	61	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
41	62	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
42	63	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
43	64	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
44	65	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
45	66	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	5	3	0	8	1
46	67	Jul 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	68	Jul 9 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	69	Jul 12	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
49	70	Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
50	71	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
51	72	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
52	73	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
53	74	Jul 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
54	75	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
55	76	Jul 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
56	77	Jul 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
57	78	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	79	Jul 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
59	80	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
60	81	Jul 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
61	82	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	10	1	1	12	0
62	83	Jul 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	84	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
64	85	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	20	0	0	20	0
65	86	Jul 28	PIT		BSN	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
66	87	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
67	88	Jul 30	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	89	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
69	90	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
70	91	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
71	92	Aug 4	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	17	0	0	17	4
72	93	Aug 5	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	94	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	95	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,6-0	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
75	96	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
76	97	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
77	98	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
78	99	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	2	12	2
79	100	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	13	0	0	13	0
80	101	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	102	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
82	103	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
83	104	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
84	105	Aug 18	PIT		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
85	106	Aug 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
86	107	Aug 20 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
87	108	Aug 20 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	9	1	0	10	1
88	109	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
89	110	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
90	111	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
91	112	Aug 24	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
92	113	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
93	114	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	2
94	115	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
95	116	Aug 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
96	117	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
97	118	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	119	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
99	120	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-14	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
100	121	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
101	122	Sep 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
102	123	Sep 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	124	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	125	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
105	126	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	CG	53	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
106	127	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
107	128	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
108	129	Sep 10 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
109	130	Sep 10 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
110	131	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
111	132	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	133	Sep 13 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
113	134	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
114	135	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
115	136	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
116	137	Sep 16	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	138	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
118	139	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
119	140	Sep 18	PIT		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	141	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
121	142	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
122	143	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	4
123	144	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
124	145	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
125	146	Sep 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
126	147	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
127	148	Sep 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
128	149	Sep 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
129	150	Sep 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
130	151	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
131	152	Oct 1 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
132	153	Oct 1 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
							132gm		1159.0	1345	64	13	1422	131