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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-33 / in Starts: 0-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 10

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	37	5	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	7	6	6	0	1	2	0	13.50	8.48	18	4	6	0	0	7	25			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.272	2.06	-0.40%	-4.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
2	38	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	4-4		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.80	6.48	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.18	0.01%	0.46	4b --- 0 out d5	4b 3 out d5
3	39	10	Apr 25	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	W(1-1)	0	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	4.81	14	11	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.62	0.396	2.74	0.40%	1.85	9t --- 0 out d3	12t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	40	15	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	4-5		10	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.73	4.48	10	7	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	-0.155	1.39	-0.13%	-1.02	4b 12- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d3
5	41	18	May 11(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.85	4.24	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.040	.50	0.04%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
6	42	27	May 18(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-10	GS-2		6	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.75	4.11	11	2	2	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.194	2.04	-0.21%	-2.65	1b start a 4	2b -23 2 out a2
7	43	28	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.89	4.84	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.07	-0.01%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
8	44	29	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.48	4.46	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.34	0.02%	0.46	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
9	45	32	May 24	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	6-GF	W(2-1)	2	4.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.66	4.75	15	8	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.208	2.07	0.13%	0.85	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
10	46	33	May 25(1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	7-8		0	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.56	4.73	10	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.028	.39	-0.02%	-0.07	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
11	47	37	May 30(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	3-7		4	4.1	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.00	4.73	16	5	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.066	2.14	-0.06%	-0.03	3b 12- 0 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	48	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.97	4.72	9	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	7b --- 0 out d12	8b end d13
13	49	43	Jun 5(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-12	5-6		1	1.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.64	4.62	10	4	2	1	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.39	-0.143	.80	-0.18%	-4.14	5b 12- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d7
14	50	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	5-7	HL(2-2)	1	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.06	4.50	12	2	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	-0.022	2.62	-0.02%	-0.08	5b --- 0 out a1	7b 123 1 out a2
15	51	49	Jun 10(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	8-9	H(2)	2	0.2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5.94	4.64	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	-0.059	2.63	-0.03%	-0.11	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b 12- 0 out a2
16	52	51	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS-2	L(2-3)	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.62	4.51	12	4	3	1	0	5	28			0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.277	.69	-0.13%	-3.08	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
17	53	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	T,5-5	9-9	BS(1)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.69	4.81	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.321	1.31	-0.12%	-0.56	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
18	54	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	9-GF		8	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.99	4.83	8	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.50	9t --- 0 out d12	9t end d15
19	55	65	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	7-GF	W(3-3)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.47	4.63	12	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.142	1.20	0.13%	1.50	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 3
20	56	67	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,7-10	8-GF	L(3-4)	1	2.0	5	5	5	0	1	2	0	7.23	5.10	11	4	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.465	2.05	-0.37%	-4.00	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	57	69	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.06	5.04	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
22	58	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.90	4.98	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.014	.21	0.01%	1.44	7b 12- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
23	59	76	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	7-9	BL(3-5)	5	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.94	4.88	11	4	3	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	4.25	-0.166	3.11	-0.07%	-0.03	7b 123 1 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out tie
24	60	78	Jul 13(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.80	4.82	3	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.32	0.312	3.04	0.11%	0.81	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
25	61	79	Jul 13(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.72	0.163	4.48	0.07%	0.73	9b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
26	62	82	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.61	4.76	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.027	.63	0.02%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	63	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	5-7	L(3-6)	1	2.2	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	7.14	4.95	15	2	3	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.09	-0.311	.92	-0.08%	-2.44	5b 123 1 out tie	7b 3 out d4
28	64	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	6-6		3	0.2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.05	4.98	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.021	.04	-0.01%	-2.94	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 12- 2 out d9
29	65	89	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16	8-9		0	1.1	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	7.55	5.46	8	2	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.52	8t --- 0 out d10	9t 1-- 1 out d13
30	66	93	Jul 27(1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.41	5.40	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.017	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
31	67	94	Jul 27(2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.28	5.35	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
32	68	95	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	W(4-6)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.02	5.27	9	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	0.244	.03	0.00%	1.00	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
33	69	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	11-GF(11)	L(4-7)	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	7.36	5.37	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.459	.01	0.00%	-2.50	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	70	103	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,1-6	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.24	5.37	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
35	71	105	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,3-9	7-GF		3	3.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	7.04	5.11	12	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
36	72	106	Aug 10(1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.93	5.07	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.45	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.85	8t 1-3 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
37	73	112	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	8-8		3	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.82	5.07	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.330	.03	0.00%	-1.54	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d2
38	74	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12	6-7		0	1.1	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	7.23	5.08	9	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-3.21	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 1-3 1 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	75	134	Sep 6	DET		KCA	L,2-6	7-7		21	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.12	5.01	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators
40	76	144	Sep 14(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	L(4-8)	7	7.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.93	4.85	28	13	8	1	0	5	49			1	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	1	.81	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
41	77	149	Sep 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-9)	6	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	1	6.64	4.60	24	6	4	1	0	6	55			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
42	78	154	Sep 26(2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-10)	4	8.0	12	3	3	2	4	1	0	6.34	4.53	34	10	6	0	0	12	48			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.38	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							8-33		W-L:4-10,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.2	88.0	113	71	62	31	42	13	1	6.34	4.53	393	1.76		5%	0%	101	39	22	36%	5	7	1	345	11	3	4	12	4	5	1.12	-1.950	.87	-0.92%	-22.96

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