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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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
2	2	Apr 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
5	5	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
6	6	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	9	2	1	12	1
9	9	May 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
11	11	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
12	12	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
13	13	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
14	14	May 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
15	15	May 9 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
16	16	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	33	7.2	10	0	0	10	2
17	17	May 14	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
18	18	May 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	11	0	0	11	0
19	19	May 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	20	May 16 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
21	21	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
22	22	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	12	0	0	12	1
23	23	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
24	24	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-10	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	1
25	27 (2)	May 26	PIT		BRO	W,17-4	GS	23	5.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	28	May 27	PIT		BRO	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
27	29	May 28	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
28	30	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
29	31	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
30	32	May 30 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
31	33	May 31 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
32	34	May 31 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	35	Jun 1	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	14.0	10	2	0	12	2
34	36	Jun 2	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
35	37	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
36	38	Jun 4	PIT		NYG	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
37	39	Jun 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
38	40	Jun 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,18-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
39	41	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
40	42	Jun 7	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
41	43	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 10	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
43	45	Jun 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
44	46	Jun 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
45	47	Jun 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	T,4-4	CG	56	12.0	12	4	0	16	1
46	48	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
47	49	Jun 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
48	50	Jun 17	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	51	Jun 18	PIT		CIN	L,0-1	CG	51	14.0	14	0	0	14	4
50	52	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
51	53	Jun 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	2	16	1
52	54	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
53	55	Jun 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
54	56	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	57	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	58	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
57	59	Jun 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
58	60	Jun 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	61	Jun 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	62	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
61	63	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	T,3-3	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	64	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	65	Jul 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	66	Jul 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
65	67	Jul 3	PIT	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	13	2	0	15	0
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-13	GS	30	6.0	5	1	0	6	1
68	70	Jul 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
69	71	Jul 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
70	72	Jul 8	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	12	3	0	15	2
71	73	Jul 9	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	8	0	0	8	2
72	74	Jul 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-23	GS	44	5.0	4	0	0	4	1
73	75	Jul 11 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
74	76	Jul 11 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
75	77	Jul 15	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
76	78	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	79	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	80	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
79	81	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
80	82	Jul 18 susp	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
81	83	Jul 20	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
82	84	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
83	85	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
84	86	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	87	Jul 23	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
86	88	Jul 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
87	89	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
88	90	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
89	91	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,6-10	CG	48	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
90	92	Jul 27	PIT		NYG	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	4
91	93	Jul 28	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
92	94	Jul 30	PIT		NYG	L,7-13	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
93	95	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	96	Aug 1 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	3
95	97	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
96	98	Aug 2	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	99	Aug 3	PIT		BSN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
98	100	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
99	101	Aug 6	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
100	102	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
101	103	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
102	104	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
103	105	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
104	106	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
105	107	Aug 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	108	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
107	109	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
108	110	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
109	111	Aug 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
110	112	Aug 16	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
111	113	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
112	114	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
113	115	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
114	116	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
115	117	Aug 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
116	118	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
117	119	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
118	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
119	121	Aug 22 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
120	122	Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
121	123	Aug 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	34	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
122	124	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
123	125	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
124	126	Aug 27	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
125	127	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
126	128	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
127	129	Aug 29 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
128	130	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
129	131	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
130	132	Aug 31	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	133	Sep 1	PIT		STL	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
132	134	Sep 3	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
133	135	Sep 4	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
134	136	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	4	1	0	5	3
135	137	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	138	Sep 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
137	139	Sep 8	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
138	140	Sep 10 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
139	141	Sep 10 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
140	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
141	143	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	2
142	144	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
143	145	Sep 17	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
144	146	Sep 19 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
145	147	Sep 19 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
146	148	Sep 22	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	4	0	15	0
147	149	Sep 23	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	150	Sep 25	PIT		NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
149	151	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
150	152	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
151	153	Sep 28 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
152	154	Sep 28 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
153	155	Sep 29	PIT		BRO	L,7-14	CG	52	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
154	156	Oct 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
							154gm		1359.0	1541	108	6	1655	141