Elmer Flick
1898–1910 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
1,484G
.313AVG
.389OBP
.445SLG
More career statistics
1,752H
48HR
756RBI
330SB
10Rare feats
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 | 5,597 | 5,593 |
| Batting · Doubles | 268 | 266 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 99 | 106 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,414 | 6,424 |
| Batting · Runs | 950 | 953 |
| Batting · RBI | 756 | 667 |
| Batting · Triples | 164 | 168 |
| Batting · Walks | 597 | 608 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,484 | 6,414 | 5,597 | 950 | 1,752 | 268 | 164 | 48 | 756 | 597 | 0 | 330 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 2,492 | .313 | .389 | .445 | .834 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1900-04-21 to 1900-05-18
42longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1898-06-20 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1898-10-15 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1906-06-12 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 777 | 3304 | 928 | 18 | 361 | 318 | 220 | .325 | .377 | .451 |
| Away | 707 | 3120 | 824 | 30 | 306 | 290 | 203 | .301 | .357 | .442 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 88 | 389 | 106 | 5 | 36 | 37 | 23 | .315 | .368 | .449 |
| May | 240 | 1053 | 285 | 12 | 126 | 109 | 84 | .317 | .374 | .460 |
| June | 251 | 1104 | 312 | 10 | 119 | 113 | 60 | .326 | .385 | .487 |
| July | 287 | 1245 | 330 | 4 | 122 | 126 | 79 | .304 | .366 | .422 |
| August | 277 | 1197 | 323 | 8 | 103 | 90 | 83 | .301 | .345 | .425 |
| September | 285 | 1206 | 344 | 8 | 137 | 110 | 80 | .329 | .376 | .461 |
| October | 56 | 230 | 52 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 14 | .265 | .326 | .357 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 152 | 673 | 173 | 1 | 39 | 68 | 38 | .299 | .358 | .413 |
| detroit-tigers | 142 | 610 | 162 | 3 | 32 | 76 | 26 | .315 | .390 | .444 |
| chicago-white-sox | 136 | 593 | 165 | 0 | 58 | 37 | 58 | .304 | .341 | .421 |
| boston-red-sox | 133 | 558 | 152 | 6 | 46 | 49 | 43 | .306 | .360 | .475 |
| st-louis-browns | 127 | 545 | 152 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 23 | .320 | .371 | .402 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 123 | 531 | 123 | 2 | 35 | 49 | 57 | .265 | .324 | .353 |
| new-york-yankees | 111 | 465 | 114 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 43 | .281 | .323 | .437 |
| boston-braves | 66 | 290 | 73 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 20 | .291 | .359 | .454 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 134 | 452 | 137 | 8 | 81 | 23 | .303 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 127 | 486 | 166 | 2 | 98 | 31 | .342 | – | – |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 138 | 545 | 200 | 11 | 113 | 34 | .367 | – | – |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | 138 | 541 | 180 | 8 | 88 | 30 | .333 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 121 | 459 | 137 | 2 | 64 | 24 | .298 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 523 | 155 | 2 | 51 | 24 | .296 | – | – |
| 1904 | Cleveland Guardians | 150 | 578 | 177 | 6 | 56 | 38 | .306 | – | – |
| 1905 | Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 501 | 154 | 4 | 30 | 35 | .307 | – | – |
| 1906 | Cleveland Guardians | 157 | 624 | 194 | 1 | 26 | 39 | .311 | – | – |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 546 | 167 | 3 | 38 | 41 | .306 | – | – |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 35 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 67 | 235 | 59 | – | 14 | 9 | .251 | – | – |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 24 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .265 | – | – |