Elbie Fletcher
1934–1949 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,415G
.271AVG
.384OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
1,323H
79HR
616RBI
32SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 4,879 | 4,878 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 495 | 493 |
| Batting · RBI | 616 | 619 |
| Batting · Triples | 58 | 59 |
| Batting · Walks | 851 | 852 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,415 | 5,826 | 4,879 | 723 | 1,323 | 228 | 58 | 79 | 616 | 851 | 495 | 32 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1,904 | .271 | .384 | .390 | .774 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1942-06-13 to 1942-07-01
44longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1939-05-30 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1940-06-04 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1940-06-20 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 695 | 2853 | 636 | 33 | 293 | 419 | 218 | .268 | .370 | .390 |
| Away | 720 | 2973 | 687 | 46 | 326 | 433 | 275 | .274 | .377 | .391 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 83 | 333 | 78 | 1 | 40 | 55 | 29 | .282 | .399 | .350 |
| May | 195 | 811 | 188 | 6 | 77 | 125 | 68 | .281 | .386 | .369 |
| June | 243 | 1008 | 227 | 22 | 107 | 163 | 94 | .273 | .387 | .421 |
| July | 284 | 1163 | 268 | 19 | 148 | 179 | 106 | .279 | .384 | .424 |
| August | 292 | 1228 | 269 | 22 | 145 | 175 | 102 | .262 | .362 | .409 |
| September | 309 | 1248 | 280 | 8 | 97 | 153 | 92 | .259 | .347 | .341 |
| October | 9 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .394 | .429 | .485 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 208 | 832 | 207 | 24 | 108 | 129 | 81 | .299 | .404 | .479 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 208 | 862 | 182 | 14 | 90 | 136 | 89 | .258 | .369 | .390 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 207 | 866 | 196 | 13 | 74 | 148 | 76 | .277 | .397 | .406 |
| cincinnati-reds | 203 | 826 | 163 | 4 | 81 | 106 | 71 | .232 | .326 | .305 |
| chicago-cubs | 201 | 833 | 188 | 12 | 89 | 110 | 50 | .266 | .358 | .371 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 194 | 797 | 194 | 4 | 96 | 94 | 65 | .280 | .361 | .383 |
| boston-braves | 123 | 515 | 119 | 6 | 59 | 93 | 27 | .287 | .412 | .414 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 71 | 295 | 74 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 34 | .290 | .373 | .384 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Boston Braves | 8 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1935 | Boston Braves | 39 | 148 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .236 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Braves | 148 | 539 | 133 | 1 | 40 | 3 | .247 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Braves | 147 | 529 | 144 | 6 | 48 | 5 | .272 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates | 137 | 476 | 138 | 12 | 77 | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 147 | 510 | 139 | 16 | 100 | 5 | .273 | – | – |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 520 | 150 | 11 | 74 | 5 | .288 | – | – |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 506 | 146 | 7 | 57 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1943 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 545 | 154 | 9 | 75 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 531 | 136 | 4 | 66 | 4 | .256 | – | – |
| 1947 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 157 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 2 | .242 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 122 | 413 | 108 | 11 | 51 | 1 | .262 | – | – |