Walter Fisher

Walter William Fisher
previously listed as Charles Fisher

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown

• Debut June 15, 1889
• Final Game June 15, 1889
• Born April 17, 1867 in Baltimore, MD USA
• Died May 26, 1921 in Baltimore, MD USA

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Biographical Information

Walter Fisher played one game in the majors, for the Louisville Colonels, a team that went 27-111 on the season in the American Association, against the Baltimore Orioles on June 15, 1889. Two other players appeared in their lone major league game for Louisville that day: Mike Gaule and John Traffley. All three were members of the Orioles' reserve team and were added to Louisville's roster for the game. He went 1 for 2 in the game, giving him a lifetime .500 average.

For the longest time, he was wrongly listed as Charles Fisher because one of the few facts known about him was that the ballplayer had earlier played for Cumberland, MD, along with Gaule, and that Fisher had married Georgie White in 1887. The Cumberland Times listed the groom's name as Charles, but that proved wrong, as the actual marriage certificate, which was only dug up by researcher Justin McKinney in the 2020s had his full name of Walter William Fisher, which also coincides with the name given in other sources for the Baltimore reserve player. Later articles also identified the Cumberland player as Walter Fisher, making it clear this was indeed the major league player. With this information, it was possible to track down his other vital statistics.

Further Reading

• "Walter Fisher Found", in Bill Carle, ed.: Biographical Research Committee Report, SABR, May/June 2023, p. 1.