Les Fleming
1939–1949 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates
434G
.277AVG
.386OBP
.417SLG
More career statistics
369H
29HR
199RBI
7SB
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 · Caught stealing | 8 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 152 | 154 |
| Batting · Runs | 168 | 167 |
| Batting · RBI | 199 | 200 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 434 | 1,572 | 1,330 | 168 | 369 | 69 | 15 | 29 | 199 | 226 | 152 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 555 | .277 | .386 | .417 | .803 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1942-09-24 to 1945-08-18
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1942-06-28 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1942-05-16 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1947-09-10 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 208 | 711 | 159 | 10 | 80 | 119 | 69 | .270 | .391 | .406 |
| Away | 226 | 861 | 210 | 19 | 120 | 107 | 85 | .283 | .368 | .426 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 157 | 37 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 14 | .276 | .369 | .388 |
| May | 75 | 230 | 55 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 20 | .281 | .352 | .434 |
| June | 84 | 325 | 84 | 7 | 43 | 54 | 33 | .311 | .425 | .456 |
| July | 56 | 194 | 41 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 23 | .258 | .392 | .421 |
| August | 76 | 262 | 58 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 28 | .254 | .347 | .338 |
| September | 100 | 404 | 94 | 8 | 48 | 57 | 36 | .274 | .374 | .440 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 62 | 239 | 59 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 18 | .289 | .385 | .456 |
| detroit-tigers | 62 | 218 | 48 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 27 | .262 | .376 | .432 |
| boston-red-sox | 60 | 237 | 53 | 3 | 21 | 38 | 22 | .269 | .384 | .371 |
| chicago-white-sox | 59 | 225 | 49 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 28 | .255 | .351 | .380 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 59 | 225 | 57 | 3 | 29 | 34 | 17 | .303 | .404 | .426 |
| st-louis-browns | 53 | 202 | 49 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 21 | .280 | .361 | .400 |
| new-york-yankees | 53 | 186 | 46 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 17 | .291 | .392 | .475 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .750 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Detroit Tigers | 8 | 16 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Cleveland Guardians | 2 | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 156 | 548 | 160 | 14 | 83 | 6 | .292 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 140 | 46 | 3 | 22 | – | .329 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 99 | 306 | 85 | 8 | 42 | 1 | .278 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 103 | 281 | 68 | 4 | 43 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 31 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .258 | – | – |