Hilly Flitcraft
Appearance
Hilly Flitcraft | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Woodstown, New Jersey | August 21, 1923|
Died: April 2, 2003 Boulder, Colorado | (aged 79)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
August 31, 1942, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 17, 1942, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 8.10 |
Strikeouts | 1 |
Games played | 3 |
Teams | |
Hildreth Milton "Hilly" Flitcraft (August 21, 1923 – April 2, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Flitcraft played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1942 season. In 3 career games, he had a 0–0 record with an 8.10 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed.
Following the 1942 season, Flitcraft voluntarily retired from baseball in order to tend to the family dairy farm during World War II.[1]
Flitcraft was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, and died in Boulder, Colorado.[1]
References
- ^ a b Hilly Flitcraft at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jim Sweetman, Retrieved July 5, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet