Bill Fischer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: October 11, 1930 in Wausau, WI us

Died: October 30, 2018 in Council Bluffs, IA

Debut: April 21, 1956 (Age 25-193d, 11,343rd in major league history)
vs. KCA 0.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: May 22, 1964 (Age 33-224d)
vs. BAL 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: William Charles Fischer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

4.34

281

831.1

313

WHIP

1.379

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,5-9	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	11 (9)	Apr 27	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	14 (2)	Apr 30 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-4		7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19 (4)	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	23 (3)	May 9 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	25 (1)	May 11	DET		WSA	L,4-9	GS	20	4.1	4	1	0	5	0	P
7	28 (2)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	29	May 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	38 (8)	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39	May 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	44	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,3-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	45	May 31	DET		KCA	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	52 (6)	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	56 (3)	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,2-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	57	Jun 11 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-7		6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	63 (5)	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,12-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	67 (3)	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,15-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	68	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	70 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-11	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	76 (3)	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,11-8	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	81 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	92 (10)	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	97 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14		22	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Kansas City Athletics
27	103	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-12		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	111 (7)	Aug 8 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	116 (4)	Aug 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	117	Aug 14	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
31	118	Aug 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	119	Aug 16	KCA	@	MIN	W,12-7	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	121 (1)	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	123 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	124	Aug 22	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	125	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,5-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	127 (1)	Aug 25	KCA		NYY	L,0-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	131 (3)	Aug 29	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	135 (3)	Sep 1	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	137 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	KCA		LAA	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	140 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-12		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							41gm		67.1	7	9	0	16	0