Bill Fleming

{{Short description|American baseball player (1913–2006)}}

{{For|the sports journalist|Bill Flemming}}

{{other people||William Fleming (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Fleming

|position=Pitcher

|image=Bill_Fleming.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|7|31}}

|birth_place=Rowland Heights, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2006|6|4|1913|7|31}}

|death_place=Reno, Nevada, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 21

|debutyear=1940

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 19

|finalyear=1946

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=16–21

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.79

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=167

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1940}}–{{mlby|1941}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1942}}–{{mlby|1944}}, {{mlby|1946}})

}}

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 {{convert|6|ft|2}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}, 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.{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime - Bill Fleming |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/fleming_bill.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |accessdate=August 27, 2018}}

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).{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ad2fc332|title=Bill Fleming {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research|website=sabr.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-09}}

Fleming died in Reno, Nevada on June 4, 2006, at the age of 92.