Hildreth Milton "Hilly" Flitcraft (August 21, 1923 – April 2, 2003) was a

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. Flitcraft played for the

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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. Following the 1942 season, Flitcraft voluntarily retired from baseball in order to tend to the family dairy farm during

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. Flitcraft was born in

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. 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

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: “Make a false promise on a Tuesday to a person named Hildreth Milton Flitcraft”.

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