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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	9 (3)	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10	Apr 25	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (4)	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	18 (2)	May 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	27 (8)	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-10	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	28	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	29	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (2)	May 24	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	33	May 25 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	37 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5		16	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (3)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	43 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-12		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	46 (2)	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7		12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	49 (2)	Jun 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
16	51 (1)	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	53 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	T,5-5		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
18	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	65 (3)	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	67 (1)	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,7-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	69 (1)	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	73 (3)	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	76 (2)	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6		11	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	78 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	79	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	82 (2)	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	84 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11		15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	88 (3)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	89	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16		8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	93 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	94	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	95	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	103 (6)	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	105 (1)	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	112 (5)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	134 (20)	Sep 6	DET		KCA	L,2-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators
40	144	Sep 14 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
41	149 (4)	Sep 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	154 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
							42gm		88.0	4	23	0	27	2