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American baseball player (1913-2006)
Baseball player
Leslie Fletchard "Bill" Fleming
(July 31, 1913 ? June 4, 2006) was an American
professional baseball
pitcher
. A
right-hander
, the native of
Rowland Heights, California
, stood 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg), and attended
Saint Mary's College of California
. His professional career lasted for 16 seasons between 1936 and 1953, missing the 1945 campaign because of service in the United States Army during World War II.
[1]
Fleming won 128 games in
minor league baseball
and appeared in all or parts of six
Major League
seasons for the
Boston Red Sox
(1940?41) and
Chicago Cubs
(1942?44, 1946). In his MLB career, Fleming posted a 16?21
win?loss record
with a 3.79
earned run average
and 167
strikeouts
in 123
games pitched
(40 as a
starter
).
[2]
Fleming died in
Reno, Nevada
on June 4, 2006, at the age of 92.
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