Bill Fischer (MLB)

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Full Name: William Charles Fischer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 21, 1956
Birthdate: October 11, 1930	Final Game: May 22, 1964
Birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on October 11, 1930 in Wausau, Wisconsin, Bill Fischer (William Charles Fischer) played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 9 year career. Fischer broke into the bigs on April 21, 1956 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.48 ERA in 124 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Fischer's best season was 1963, when he posted a 3.57 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1956	CHI	A	3	0	0	0	21.60	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.2	6	0	1	0	0	0
1957	CHI	A	33	11	7	8	3.48	48	50	48	3	1	1	124	139	1	35	6	5	3
1958	WAS	A	3	3	0	3	3.86	10	9	9	0	0	0	21	24	1	5	1	0	1
1958	DET	A	22	0	2	4	7.63	16	34	26	0	0	2	30.2	46	6	13	2	3	0
1958	CHI	A	17	3	2	3	6.69	16	28	27	0	0	0	36.1	43	6	13	1	1	0
1958	TOT	A	42	6	4	10	6.34	42	71	62	0	0	2	88	113	13	31	4	4	1
1959	WAS	A	34	29	9	11	4.28	62	98	89	6	1	0	187.1	211	16	43	2	2	4
1960	WAS	A	20	7	3	5	4.91	31	45	42	1	0	0	77	85	7	17	2	2	0
1960	DET	A	20	6	5	3	3.44	24	23	21	1	0	0	55	50	6	18	3	1	0
1960	TOT	A	40	13	8	8	4.30	55	68	63	2	0	0	132	135	13	35	5	3	0
1961	KC	A	15	0	1	0	3.86	12	9	9	0	0	2	21	26	2	6	0	1	0
1961	DET	A	26	1	3	2	5.01	18	28	26	0	0	3	46.2	54	10	17	2	2	0
1961	TOT	A	41	1	4	2	4.66	30	37	35	0	0	5	67.2	80	12	23	2	3	0
1962	KC	A	34	16	4	12	3.95	38	61	56	5	0	2	127.2	150	16	8	2	2	1
1963	KC	A	45	2	9	6	3.57	34	44	38	0	0	3	95.2	86	13	29	5	1	3
1964	MIN	A	9	0	0	1	7.36	2	6	6	0	0	0	7.1	16	2	5	3	0	0
Total			281	78	45	58	4.34	313	439	401	16	2	13	831.1	936	86	210	29	20	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1956	CHI	A	P	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	A	P	33	11	124	6	20	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	.963
1958	WAS	A	P	3	3	21	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1958	DET	A	P	22	0	30.2	0	8	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1.000
1958	CHI	A	P	17	3	36.1	1	11	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1.000
1958	TOT	A	P	42	6	88	4	23	0	2	0	1	5	7	1	1.000
1959	WAS	A	P	34	29	187.1	21	48	1	2	0	5	13	4	1	.986
1960	WAS	A	P	20	7	77	5	18	0	3	0	1	3	0	1	1.000
1960	DET	A	P	20	6	55	3	10	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1960	TOT	A	P	40	13	132	8	28	0	4	0	1	7	0	1	1.000
1961	KC	A	P	15	0	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1961	DET	A	P	26	1	46.1	6	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1961	TOT	A	P	41	1	67.1	7	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1962	KC	A	P	34	16	127.2	15	16	0	1	0	2	6	0	1	1.000
1963	KC	A	P	45	2	95.2	3	14	1	1	0	1	9	0	2	.944
1964	MIN	A	P	9	0	7.1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.000
Total			P	281	78	829.1	65	161	3	10	0	11	47	17	6	.987

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1956	CHI	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CHI	A	33	40	1	6	0	5	.150	.146	.150	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	1
1958	WAS	A	3	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1958	DET	A	22	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	CHI	A	17	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1958	TOT	A	42	13	0	2	0	1	.154	.267	.231	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1
1959	WAS	A	34	54	2	7	0	3	.130	.172	.130	0	0	2	13	1	7	0	0	0
1960	WAS	A	20	19	2	3	1	1	.158	.238	.316	0	0	2	6	0	2	0	0	0
1960	DET	A	20	11	2	4	0	1	.364	.500	.455	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
1960	TOT	A	40	30	4	7	1	2	.233	.343	.367	1	0	5	6	0	4	0	0	0
1961	KC	A	15	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1961	DET	A	26	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	TOT	A	41	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1962	KC	A	34	38	1	4	0	1	.105	.105	.132	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1
1963	KC	A	45	15	0	1	0	0	.067	.263	.067	0	0	3	6	1	3	0	0	0
1964	MIN	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			281	199	8	27	1	12	.136	.191	.166	3	0	12	46	2	21	0	0	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1948).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke and Dick Duffy to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Marv Grissom and Hal Brown (October 10, 1951).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Tito Francona to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ray Boone and Bob Shaw (June 15, 1958).
Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Detroit Tigers (September 11, 1958).
Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Tom Morgan (July 22, 1960).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ozzie Virgil to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Gerry Staley and Reno Bertoia (August 2, 1961).
Selected by Minnesota Twins from Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1963).
Released by Minnesota Twins (January 21, 1965).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 26, 1965).
Released by Chicago White Sox (September 25, 1968).

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