{"id":10415,"date":"2016-06-18T09:11:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10415"},"modified":"2016-06-17T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T02:37:39","slug":"85-scott-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/85-scott-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"#85 – Scott Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fletcher\"<\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Scott Fletcher<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong>\u00a085<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0SS\/2B<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01983-1985, 1989-1991<\/p>\n

Scott Fletcher first joined the White Sox on January 25, 1983 when he was acquired from the crosstown Cubs, along with Randy Martz, Pat Tabler, and Dick Tidrow, in exchange for Warren Brusstar and Steve Trout.\u00a0 He split time at shortstop with Jerry Dybzinski for the 1983 squad, who ran away and hid with the Western Division title, their first post-season appearance since the 1959 World Series.\u00a0 Fletcher appeared in 114 games, hitting only .237.\u00a0 During the ALCS against the Orioles, he went hitless in 7 at bats across 3 games.<\/p>\n

Fletcher became the primary shortstop in 1984 and saw his numbers improve.\u00a0 His average jumped up to .250 while appearing in 149 games.\u00a0 Despite the improvement, his job became less secure over the offseason, as the White Sox acquired a young shortstop named Ozzie Guillen.\u00a0 When Guillen was named the starting shortstop for 1985 during spring training, Fletcher reacted poorly.\u00a0 “Taking nothing away from the way Ozzie can play,” Fletcher said,\u00a0“he hasn`t been that great to take the job away from me. He hasn`t just put it on fire and clearly won it.”\u00a0 Despite the reduced playing time, Fletcher once again improved his numbers, with this average rising to .256 in only 301 at bats.<\/p>\n

Following the 1985 season, Fletcher, along with Ed Correa and Jose Mota, was traded to the Rangers for Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson.\u00a0 He returned at the trade deadline in 1989, when he, along with Wilson Alvarez and Sammy Sosa, were acquired from the Rangers for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique.\u00a0 With his former nemesis Ozzie Guillen entrenched at shortstop, Fletcher became the team’s starting second baseman.\u00a0 He hit .272 for the White Sox after the trade, despite constant criticism from the fans who were angry at the loss of Baines.<\/p>\n

1990 was the final season for the White Sox at Comiskey Park, and Scott Fletcher again manned second base for the suddenly contending team.\u00a0 Ironically, Fletcher put up his worst numbers since 1983, the last time the team contended for a division title.\u00a0 Across the street in the new Comiskey Park, Fletcher again saw diminished playing time as Joey Cora established himself as the everyday second baseman.\u00a0 Appearing in only 90 games, his lowest total since getting cups of coffee with the Cubs in the early 80s, Fletcher’s average dropped to .206.\u00a0 Following the season, he became a free agent.<\/p>\n

Fletcher’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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BA<\/span><\/th>\nAt Bats<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRBI<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nDoubles<\/span><\/th>\nTriples<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nSB<\/span><\/th>\nGIDP<\/span><\/th>\nErrors<\/span><\/th>\nGames<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0.389<\/span><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.244<\/span><\/td>\n2008<\/span><\/td>\n224<\/span><\/td>\n490<\/span><\/td>\n202<\/span><\/td>\n198<\/span><\/td>\n223<\/span><\/td>\n76<\/span><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/td>\n39<\/span><\/td>\n57<\/span><\/td>\n682<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n