BIOGRAPHY
David Fletcher was born May 31, 1994, in Orange, California. He is a shortstop in the MLB.
The Angels promoted Fletcher to the Major Leagues on June 12, 2018. Fletcher played the remainder of the season in multiple positions, hitting .275/.316/.363 with one home run and 25 RBIs in 284 at-bats in 80 games.
In 2019 he batted .290/.350/.384. He swung at the lowest percentage of pitches inside the strike zone (48.7%) and made contact with the highest percentage of pitches he swung at (91.1%), the highest percentage of pitches he swung at in the strike zone (96.1%), as well as the highest percentage of pitches he swung at outside the strike zone (82.6%), of all major leaguers.
In 2020, Fletcher finished the season batting .319/.376/.425 with 3 home runs and 18 RBIs in 49 games.
In the first week of the 2022 season, Fletcher went 1-for-13 (.077) with an RBI. On April 12, he was placed on the 10-day injured list due to a left hip strain that originated during spring training and failed to fully heal before the start of the regular season. Fletcher met with a specialist in Philadelphia and received cortisone injections in an attempt to heal the injury without surgery. He returned on April 29 but continued to struggle at the plate, posting a season .158 batting average through May 7. On May 8, Fletcher was placed on the 15-day injured list as his hip injury had failed to heal. Fletcher returned to Philadelphia for evaluation and it was determined he would need surgery. He underwent the surgery on May 10 with a recovery timetable of approximately two months and an expectation that he would return before the end of the season. Fletcher returned to the Angels lineup on July 28, going 1-for-3 with a double in his first game back. In his first 15 games since returning from the surgery, he went 19-for-53 (.359) with two home runs and 10 RBIs. On September 10, Fletcher exited a game against the Houston Astros after receiving a contusion on his right hand. X-rays showed no bone breakage and he was considered day-to-day. On September 17, Fletcher was placed on the 10-day injured list. He returned to the Angels lineup on September 29, going 1-for-4 against the Oakland Athletics. Fletcher finished the season batting .255 with two home runs and 17 RBIs in 61 games.
