League Leaders Who Led?
Elbie Fletcher

Elbie Fletcher

1934–1949  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  6'0", 180 lb  ·  b. 1916 Milton, MA

Career 1,415 G · 1,323 H · 79 HR · 616 RBI · .271 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
1 best in baseball 4 league only
13 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1940 Best season

Spanning 1940–1942, peaking at 2 titles in 1940.

Led in On-Base Percentage for 3 straight seasons (1940–1942) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 400th League titles 5
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 872nd Top-5 finishes 13

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
On-Base Percentage 3 1st 3 yrs (1940–1942) 1940 NL .419 1941 NL .421 1942 NL .417
Walks 2 1st 2 yrs (1940–1941) 1940 119 1941 NL 118 1942 #2 1943 #2 1946 #2
Triples — #2 — 1941 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1942 1 OBP .417
1941 2 OBP .421 BB 118
1940 2 OBP .419 BB 119

Batting

12 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 BSN NL 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1935 BSN NL 39 148 12 35 7 1 1 9 7 13 1 .237 .271 .318 .589
1937 BSN NL 148 539 56 133 22 4 1 38 56 64 3 .247 .321 .308 .629
1938 BSN NL 147 529 71 144 24 7 6 48 60 40 5 .272 .351 .378 .729
1939 PIT +1 NL 137 476 63 138 25 4 12 77 67 33 4 .290 .381 .435 .816
1940 PIT NL 147 510 94 139 22 7 16 104 119 54 5 .273 .419 .437 .856
1941 PIT NL 151 521 95 150 29 13 11 74 118 54 5 .288 .421 .457 .878
1942 PIT NL 145 506 86 146 22 5 7 57 105 60 0 .289 .417 .393 .810
1943 PIT NL 154 544 91 154 24 5 9 70 95 49 1 .283 .395 .395 .791
1946 PIT NL 148 532 72 136 25 8 4 66 111 37 4 .256 .384 .355 .739
1947 PIT NL 69 157 22 38 9 1 1 22 29 24 2 .242 .364 .331 .695
1949 BSN NL 122 413 57 108 19 3 11 51 84 65 1 .262 .396 .402 .798
Career — — 1,415 4,879 723 1,323 228 58 79 616 851 495 32 .271 .384 .390 .774

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
1B 1,380 13,237 975 107 1,086 .993