Baseball player
| Hilly Flitcraft | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1923-08-21)August 21, 1923 Woodstown, New Jersey | |
| Died: April 2, 2003(2003-04-02) (aged 79) Boulder, Colorado | |
| Batted: LeftThrew: 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 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| 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. He, however, took himself off the retirement list in 1945 and took part in training among farm team members due to the war travel restrictions. While playing for Wilmington, the 1945 season was his best as a pro baller as he was selected in the all-star team.
Flitcraft was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, and died in Boulder, Colorado.
Hildreth Milton Flitcraft is referenced in Allen Woods' 2017 Formulas of the Moral Law as a seemingly random or stand-in name. The reference is found in footnote 7, and is used within the context of a maxim: “Make a false promise on a Tuesday to a person named Hildreth Milton Flitcraft”.
References
- ^ Hilly Flitcraft at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jim Sweetman, Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ admin. "Hilly Flitcraft – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- Wood, Allen (2017). Formulas of the Moral Law. Indiana: Cambridge University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-108-41317-6.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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- People from Woodstown, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Salem County, New Jersey
- Philadelphia Phillies players
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