Elmer Flick: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1963

Born: January 11, 1876

Debut: April 26, 1898 (Phillies)

Sometime between 1898-1900: Broke Napoleon Lajoie’s hand in a fight

1901: Jumped to A’s

1901: Phillies won an injunction against Flick. He could not play in Pennsylvania, so he signed with Cleveland.

1902: Signed by Cleveland Bronchos (later Naps and Indians)

1905: Won batting title (.308)

1907: Tigers tried to trade Ty Cobb for Flick, but the Indians (Naps) refused

1910: Stomach problems forced his retirement

1938: Received 0.4% of HOF vote and dropped off ballot

1963: Elected to Hall of Fame (Vet Committee)

1971: Died

Accomplishments:

1905 Batting Champion

.313

48 HR

756 RBI

950 runs

1752 hits

164 triples

330 steals

.389 OBP

.834 OPS

Hit .300: 9x

Hit .367 (1900)

Led league in games (157): 1906

Led league in AB (624): 1906

Led league in runs (98): 1906

100+ Runs: 2x

200 hits (1900)

30+ doubles: 4x

10+ triples: 11x

15+ triples: 7x

22 triples (1906)

Led league in triples: 3x

11 home runs (1900)

110 RBI (lead league): 1900

Led league in SB: 2x

20+ SB: 11x

30+ SB: 7x

41 steals (1907)

.400+ OBP: 3x

.500 SLG: 2x

Led league .462 Slugging (1905)

Led league in OPS (.845): 1905