Bill Fleming (MLB)

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Full Name: Leslie Fletchard Fleming	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: August 21, 1940
Birthdate: July 31, 1913	Final Game: July 19, 1946
Birthplace: Rowland, California	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: June 4, 2006
Deathplace: Reno, Nevada
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 31, 1913 in Rowland, California, Bill Fleming (Leslie Fletchard Fleming) played for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Fleming broke into the bigs on August 21, 1940 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.01 ERA in 134.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Fleming's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1944, when he posted a 3.13 ERA. However, others believe that it was 1942, when he posted a 3.01 ERA and struck out 59 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1940	BOS	A	10	6	1	2	4.86	24	27	25	1	0	0	46.1	53	4	20	0	2	2
1941	BOS	A	16	1	1	1	3.92	20	21	18	0	0	1	41.1	32	4	24	0	2	0
1942	CHI	N	33	14	5	6	3.01	59	51	45	4	2	2	134.1	117	9	63	0	3	3
1943	CHI	N	11	0	0	1	6.40	12	24	23	0	0	0	32.1	41	2	12	0	0	3
1944	CHI	N	39	18	9	10	3.13	42	74	55	9	1	0	158.1	163	6	62	0	4	1
1946	CHI	N	14	1	0	1	6.14	10	23	20	0	0	0	29.1	37	2	12	0	0	1
Total	NL		97	33	14	18	3.63	123	172	143	13	3	2	354.1	358	19	149	0	7	8
Total	AL		26	7	2	3	4.41	44	48	43	1	0	1	87.2	85	8	44	0	4	2
Total			123	40	16	21	3.79	167	220	186	14	3	3	442	443	27	193	0	11	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1940	BOS	A	P	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	BOS	A	P	16	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CHI	N	P	33	0	0	5	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1943	CHI	N	P	11	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	CHI	N	P	39	0	0	8	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1946	CHI	N	P	14	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	123	0	0	19	95	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1940	BOS	A	10	13	1	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
1941	BOS	A	16	9	1	2	0	1	.222	.300	.333	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1942	CHI	N	33	39	2	2	0	0	.051	.051	.051	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	2
1943	CHI	N	11	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1944	CHI	N	40	53	4	9	0	6	.170	.185	.208	2	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	1
1946	CHI	N	14	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		98	103	6	11	0	6	.107	.115	.126	2	0	1	19	0	5	0	0	4
Total	AL		26	22	2	2	0	1	.091	.167	.136	1	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
Total			124	125	8	13	0	7	.104	.125	.128	3	0	3	23	0	7	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Hollywood (PCL) to Boston Red Sox (August 12, 1940).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs (December 22, 1941).

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