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Fletcher
 
Nickname: Fletch
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 5, 1885 in Usa, IL, COLLINSVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1909 24 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 2 2 9 8 8
1910 25 BRO NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 2 2 8 8 8
1911 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
1912 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 9 9 9
1913 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 9 9 9
1914 29 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
1915 30 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
1916 31 BOS AL $ 942,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
1917 32 BOS AL $ 942,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
1918 33 BOS AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 1 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1909 24 BRO NL 59 218 19 51 7 2 0 14 9 9 7 32 .234 .285 .284 .570 15.0 1.4
    AAA   51 213 21 57 12 1 4 19 7 5 17 37 .268 .322 .390 .711 25.9  
1910 25 BRO NL 146 547 53 142 18 5 1 32 29 19 28 100 .260 .321 .316 .637 53.4 10.2
1911 26 BRO NL 49 147 20 45 5 0 1 21 7 5 10 20 .306 .354 .361 .715 17.6 2.8
  PIT NL 37 155 22 50 8 2 0 17 8 6 8 20 .323 .361 .400 .761 20.5 3.5
  TOT   86 302 42 95 13 2 1 38 15 11 18 40 .315 .358 .381 .739 38.1 6.3
1912 27 PIT NL 146 581 81 172 30 11 3 80 27 22 31 83 .296 .341 .401 .742 68.3 10.5
1913 28 PIT NL 140 541 55 139 24 12 1 85 29 22 19 70 .257 .289 .351 .640 50.9 5.3
1914 29 PIT NL 27 87 13 28 4 2 0 8 6 2 5 7 .322 .355 .414 .769 13.1 2.9
1915 30 PIT NL 46 119 13 22 3 3 0 10 3 2 5 11 .185 .242 .261 .503 7.1 0.0
1916 31 BOS AL 26 82 11 25 4 2 0 10 3 1 0 9 .305 .326 .402 .728 9.8 2.1
1917 32 BOS AL 29 92 8 31 7 1 0 15 3 3 8 8 .337 .392 .435 .827 14.0 3.2
1918 33 AAA   130 536 58 141 35 2 2 44 14 12 35 55 .263 .308 .347 .655 53.8  
9 Years Sim 705 2569 295 705 110 40 6 292 124 91 121 360 .274 .320 .355 .676 269.6 41.8
2 Years AAA 181 749 79 198 47 3 6 63 21 17 52 92 .264 .321 .359 .680 79.7  
162 Game Average 590 67 162 25 9 1 67 28 20 27 82 .274 .320 .355 .676 61.9  
Career Highs 146 581 81 172 30 12 3 85 29 22 31 100 .337 .392 .435 .827 68.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1799 195 472 82 28 4 217 72 56 66 266 .262 .297 .346 .643 163.0
vs LH   770 100 233 28 12 2 75 52 35 55 94 .303 .371 .378 .749 96.3
Home 358 1289 157 364 56 25 2 160 68 45 59 177 .282 .325 .369 .694 138.8
Away 347 1280 138 341 54 15 4 132 56 46 62 183 .266 .316 .341 .657 120.5
RISP   702 0 201 27 9 2 270 0 0 49 102 .286 .332 .359 .691 81.7
Pinch Hitting   43 6 12 3 1 1 10 3 0 1 5 .279 .326 .465 .791 6.0
Close/Late   346 43 103 17 4 3 42 0 1 20 45 .298 .349 .396 .745 43.4
Mar/Apr 71 273 31 72 9 1 1 23 16 9 9 35 .264 .306 .315 .621 23.2
May 126 443 49 121 23 6 0 46 17 16 21 61 .273 .317 .352 .669 43.0
June 108 371 47 109 14 6 0 50 21 15 16 59 .294 .331 .364 .695 40.1
July 122 424 50 120 14 10 1 63 21 10 30 65 .283 .347 .370 .718 51.0
August 130 485 49 119 19 6 2 53 17 25 20 67 .245 .287 .322 .608 35.5
Sep/Oct 148 573 69 164 31 11 2 57 32 16 25 73 .286 .330 .389 .719 66.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1909 24 BRO NL 2B 41 41 363.7 93 132 14 27 .941 5.57   1.3
    SS 14 14 116.3 21 52 2 8 .973 5.65   0.7
1910 25 BRO NL SS 145 144 1282.7 222 552 44 90 .946 5.43   4.5
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1911 26 BRO NL 3B 21 21 160.0 13 40 1 2 .981 2.98   1.0
    SS 22 19 149.3 24 66 3 9 .968 5.43   0.7
  PIT NL 3B 16 15 168.0 13 41 2 2 .964 2.89   0.4
    SS 17 14 156.7 25 69 4 10 .959 5.40   1.2
  TOT   3B 37 36 328.0 26 81 3 4 .973 2.94   1.3
      SS 39 33 306.0 49 135 7 19 .963 5.41   1.9
1912 27 PIT NL 3B 143 143 1273.3 94 305 17 20 .959 2.82   2.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1913 28 PIT NL 3B 139 137 1238.3 76 307 30 16 .927 2.78   4.0
1914 29 PIT NL 3B 16 13 114.0 12 29 4 2 .911 3.24   0.5
    2B 7 6 59.7 9 22 1 6 .969 4.68   0.2
    SS 1 0 5.7 2 6 0 2 1.000 12.72   0.1
1915 30 PIT NL SS 16 15 131.7 31 83 3 15 .974 7.79   1.6
    2B 8 8 71.0 18 24 3 3 .933 5.32   0.3
    3B 6 4 39.0 2 16 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.3
1916 31 BOS AL 3B 16 11 109.3 2 29 1 2 .969 2.55   0.6
    2B 8 7 68.0 16 31 1 6 .979 6.22   0.4
    SS 2 2 19.0 5 11 2 2 .889 7.58   0.2
1917 32 BOS AL 2B 21 18 178.7 34 67 7 11 .935 5.09   0.6
    SS 3 3 28.0 6 9 1 0 .938 4.82   0.1
    3B 3 2 22.0 2 5 1 2 .875 2.86   0.1
  3B 360 346 3124.0 214 772 56 46 .946 2.84   9.4
  SS 221 211 1892.3 336 848 59 136 .953 5.63   9.1
  2B 86 80 742.0 170 276 26 53 .945 5.41   2.7
Career Totals   667 637 5758.3 720 1896 141 235 .949 4.09   21.1
Career Highs   146 144 1283.7 222 552 44 90 .967 6.48    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1912-10-30
Triples
1913-7-12
RBIs
1913-5-85
Caught Stealing
1910-10-19
1912-10-22
Strikeouts
1910-3-100
1912-6-83
1913-8-70
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 69th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1901
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/6/1904 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1906: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1906 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1909
Had first career hit on 6/12/1909, off George Mullin (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/1910, off Weldon Henley (CHN)
Traded from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1911 (Going to BRO: P Walter Johnson. Going to PIT: P Ray Collins, P George Mcquillan, SS Art Fletcher, SS Bobby Byrne)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 4/29/1912
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/10/1914 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 8/19/1915
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/27/1916 to a 2-year deal worth $942,000 per year
7/16/1917: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $400,000 per year, for 2 years