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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
2	2	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
3	3	Apr 23	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
4	4	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
5	5	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG	52	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
6	6	Apr 26	PIT		STL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
7	7	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	9	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 5	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	11	4	0	15	0
12	12	May 6	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	CG	57	12.0	18	1	0	19	0
13	13	May 7	PIT		BSN	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
14	14	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
15	15	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,6-17	CG	58	9.0	10	1	2	13	2
16	16	May 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
17	17	May 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	18	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	19	May 14	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
20	20	May 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	14	0	1	15	0
21	21	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	CG	48	8.0	4	0	1	5	1
22	22	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	15	1	0	16	1
23	23	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	12	2	0	14	3
24	24	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
25	25	May 25	PIT		CHC	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	26	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
27	27	May 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
28	28	May 27 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
29	29	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
30	30	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	31	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
32	32	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
33	33	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
34	34	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
35	35	Jun 6	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
36	36	Jun 7	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
37	37	Jun 8	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
39	39	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
40	40	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
41	41	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
42	42	Jun 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
43	43	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
45	45	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
47	47	Jun 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	48	Jun 19	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
49	49	Jun 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
50	50	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
51	51	Jun 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
52	52	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
53	53	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	54	13.0	10	1	0	11	1
54	54	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
55	55	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	9	3	0	12	2
56	56	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
57	57	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
58	58	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
59	59	Jun 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	60	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	1
61	61	Jul 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
62	62	Jul 3	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
63	63	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	64	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
65	66 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-8	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	3
66	67	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	3
67	68	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
68	69	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
69	70	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
70	71	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	72	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
72	73	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	74	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
74	75	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
75	76	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
76	77	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
77	78	Jul 19	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
78	79	Jul 20	PIT		BSN	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
79	80	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
80	81	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,16-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	3
81	82	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	83	Jul 25	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
83	84	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
84	85	Jul 27	PIT	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
85	86	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
86	87	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
87	88	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	7	1	0	8	0
88	89	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	90	Aug 1 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
90	91	Aug 1 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
91	92	Aug 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
92	93	Aug 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
93	94	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
94	95	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	96	Aug 6	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
96	97	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		STL	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
97	98	Aug 7 (2)	PIT		STL	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
98	99	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
99	100	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
100	101	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
101	102	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
102	103	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	18	1	0	19	1
103	104	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1
104	106 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
105	113 (6)	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	56	12.0	9	0	0	9	3
106	114	Aug 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	16	0	0	16	4
107	115	Aug 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
108	116	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
109	117	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
110	118	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
111	119	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
112	121 (1)	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	122	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		STL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
114	123	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5	CG	50	11.0	12	2	1	15	0
115	124	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
116	125	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
117	126	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	18	0	0	18	1
118	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
119	128	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	129	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,16-14	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
121	130	Sep 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	131	Sep 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
123	132	Sep 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	2
124	133	Sep 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
125	134	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
126	135	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
127	136	Sep 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
128	137	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
129	138	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
130	139	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
131	140	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
132	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
133	142	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
134	143	Sep 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	144	Sep 19 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
136	145	Sep 19 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
137	146	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
138	147	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	1
139	148	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
140	149	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
141	150	Sep 23	PIT		CIN	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
142	151	Sep 25 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	11	1	0	12	0
143	152	Sep 25 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS	0		10	0	0	10	0
144	153	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
145	154	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	2
146	155	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
147	156	Sep 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
							147gm		1293.0	1512	104	11	1627	128