Hilly Flitcraft
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.
| Hilly Flitcraft | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 21, 1923 Woodstown, New Jersey | |
| Died: April 2, 2003 (aged 79) Boulder, Colorado | |
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 | |
Following the 1942 season, Flitcraft voluntarily retired from baseball in order to tend to the family dairy farm during World War II.
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”.