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

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1948	17	-2.6	Wisconsin Rapids	WISL	D	CHW	14	3	.824	2.63	4.04	19			16	2		147.0	131	66	43		47		118	0	2	4		1.211	8.0		2.9	7.2	2.51
1949	18	-5.1	Hot Springs	CSTL	C	CHW	16	15	.516	3.89	5.87	34			19	0		227.0	272	148	98		94		140	11	0	6		1.612	10.8		3.7	5.6	1.49
1950	19	-2.8	Waterloo	IIIL	B	CHW	11	7	.611	4.12	4.93	25			13	1		177.0	155	97	81	9	93		138	6	2	3		1.401	7.9	0.5	4.7	7.0	1.48
1951	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	CHW	8	16	.333	5.29	6.14	40			25	1		189.0	203	129	111	12	109		109	9	1	15		1.651	9.7	0.6	5.2	5.2	1.00
1951	20	-4.3	Colorado Springs	WL	A	CHW	3	6	.333	8.17	8.72	16			1	0		65.0	82	63	59	4	46		46	4	1	10		1.969	11.4	0.6	6.4	6.4	1.00
1951	20	-1.9	Waterloo	IIIL	B	CHW	5	10	.333	3.77	4.79	24			24	1		124.0	121	66	52	8	63		63	5	0	5		1.484	8.8	0.6	4.6	4.6	1.00

1954	23	-3.0	Memphis	SOUA	AA	CHW	14	12	.538	3.86	4.74	35	28		11	2		203.0	207	107	87	12	73		92	2	0	8		1.379	9.2	0.5	3.2	4.1	1.26
1955	24	-1.0	Memphis	SOUA	AA	CHW	5	15	.250	4.85	5.43	34	28		10	1		204.0	213	123	110	13	82	3	73	7	0	8		1.446	9.4	0.6	3.6	3.2	0.89
1956	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Opn-AAA		11	11	.500	4.02	4.25	29	23		7	2		161.0	193	76	72	5	40		64	4	1	3		1.447	10.8	0.3	2.2	3.6	1.60
1956	25	-3.2	Vancouver	PCL	Opn	BAL	6	8	.429	4.64	5.01	16	14		4	0		97.0	125	54	50	4	26		40	3	0	2		1.557	11.6	0.4	2.4	3.7	1.54
1956	25	-3.1	Toronto	IL	AAA		5	3	.625	3.09	3.09	13	9		3	2		64.0	68	22	22	1	14		24	1	1	1		1.281	9.6	0.1	2.0	3.4	1.71
1956	25	-3.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	0		21.60	21.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	4.200	32.4	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
1957	26	-2.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	7	8	.467	3.48	3.63	33	11	7	3	1	1	124.0	139	50	48	1	35	6	48	3	0	5	525	1.403	10.1	0.1	2.5	3.5	1.37
1958	27		3 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-DET-WSH	4	10	.286	6.34	7.26	42	6	18	0	0	2	88.0	113	71	62	13	31	4	42	1	0	4	393	1.636	11.6	1.3	3.2	4.3	1.35
1958	27	-1.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	3	.400	6.69	6.94	17	3	5	0	0	0	36.1	43	28	27	6	13	1	16	0	0	1	161	1.541	10.7	1.5	3.2	4.0	1.23
1958	27	-1.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	4	.333	7.63	9.98	22	0	13	0	0	2	30.2	46	34	26	6	13	2	16	0	0	3	146	1.924	13.5	1.8	3.8	4.7	1.23
1958	27	-1.3	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	0	3	.000	3.86	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	24	9	9	1	5	1	10	1	0	0	86	1.381	10.3	0.4	2.1	4.3	2.00
1959	28	-0.2	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	9	11	.450	4.28	4.71	34	29	5	6	1	0	187.1	211	98	89	16	43	2	62	4	1	2	814	1.356	10.1	0.8	2.1	3.0	1.44
1960	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-WSH	8	8	.500	4.30	4.64	40	13	11	2	0	0	132.0	135	68	63	13	35	5	55	0	0	3	553	1.288	9.2	0.9	2.4	3.8	1.57
1960	29	1.1	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	3	5	.375	4.91	5.26	20	7	4	1	0	0	77.0	85	45	42	7	17	2	31	0	0	2	325	1.325	9.9	0.8	2.0	3.6	1.82
1960	29	1.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	3	.625	3.44	3.76	20	6	7	1	0	0	55.0	50	23	21	6	18	3	24	0	0	1	228	1.236	8.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.33
1961	30		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-KCA	4	2	.667	4.66	4.92	41	1	23	0	0	5	67.2	80	37	35	11	23	2	30	0	0	3	294	1.522	10.6	1.5	3.1	4.0	1.30
1961	30	2.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	5.01	5.40	26	1	13	0	0	3	46.2	54	28	26	10	17	2	18	0	0	2	205	1.521	10.4	1.9	3.3	3.5	1.06
1961	30	2.2	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	15	0	10	0	0	2	21.0	26	9	9	1	6	0	12	0	0	1	89	1.524	11.1	0.4	2.6	5.1	2.00
1962	31	5.0	Portland	PCL	AAA	KCA	2	2	.500	1.00	2.00	13	0		0	0		36.0	23	8	4	0	7	1	26	0	1	0		0.833	5.8	0.0	1.8	6.5	3.71
1962	31	3.3	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	4	12	.250	3.95	4.30	34	16	6	5	0	2	127.2	150	61	56	16	8	2	38	1	0	2	533	1.238	10.6	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.75
1963	32	4.3	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	9	6	.600	3.57	4.14	45	2	22	0	0	3	95.2	86	44	38	13	29	5	34	3	1	1	398	1.202	8.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	1.17
1964	33	5.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	7.36	7.36	9	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	16	6	6	2	5	3	2	0	0	0	41	2.864	19.6	2.5	6.1	2.5	0.40
1965	34	8.9	Indianapolis	PCL	AAA	CHW	11	10	.524	3.37	4.20	30	21		9	2		163.0	158	76	61	22	18	4	91	1	0	1		1.080	8.7	1.2	1.0	5.0	5.06
1966	35	9.4	Indianapolis	PCL	AAA	CHW	11	6	.647	2.35	2.73	37	16		6	1		165.0	144	50	43	13	23	10	110	0	0	4		1.012	7.9	0.7	1.3	6.0	4.78
1966	35	14.2	White Sox	FLIL	WRk	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0		3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1967	36	10.5	Indianapolis	PCL	AAA	CHW	12	4	.750	2.36	3.58	24	13		8	2		118.0	123	47	31	8	12	2	55	1	1	1		1.144	9.4	0.6	0.9	4.2	4.58
1968	37	11.3	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	CHW	8	9	.471	3.11	3.69	24	19		4	0		139.0	137	57	48	13	15	6	56	2	0	2		1.094	8.9	0.8	1.0	3.6	3.73
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		45	58	.437	4.34	4.75	281	78	95	16	2	13	831.1	936	439	401	85	210	29	313	12	2	20	3563	1.379	10.1	0.9	2.3	3.4	1.49
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		123	110	.528	3.68	4.59	344	148		128	14		1929.0	1959	984	789	107	613	26	1072	43	8	55		1.333	9.1		2.9	5.0	1.75
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0		3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Levels (19 Seasons)							168	168	.500	3.88	4.63	626	227	95	144	16	13	2763.1	2898	1423	1190	192	823	55	1385	55	10	75	3563	1.347	9.4		2.7	4.5	1.68

Opn (1 season)					Minors		6	8	.429	4.64	5.01	16	14		4	0		97.0	125	54	50	4	26		40	3	0	2		1.557	11.6	0.4	2.4	3.7	1.54
AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		49	34	.590	2.75	3.42	141	78		30	7		685.0	653	260	209	57	89	23	362	5	3	9		1.083	8.6	0.7	1.2	4.8	4.07
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		19	27	.413	4.36	5.09	69	56		21	3		407.0	420	230	197	25	155	3	165	9	0	16		1.413	9.3	0.6	3.4	3.6	1.06
A (1 season)					Minors		3	6	.333	8.17	8.72	16			1	0		65.0	82	63	59	4	46		46	4	1	10		1.969	11.4	0.6	6.4	6.4	1.00
B (2 seasons)					Minors		16	17	.485	3.98	4.87	49			37	2		301.0	276	163	133	17	156		201	11	2	8		1.435	8.3	0.5	4.7	6.0	1.29
C (1 season)					Minors		16	15	.516	3.89	5.87	34			19	0		227.0	272	148	98		94		140	11	0	6		1.612	10.8		3.7	5.6	1.49
D (1 season)					Minors		14	3	.824	2.63	4.04	19			16	2		147.0	131	66	43		47		118	0	2	4		1.211	8.0		2.9	7.2	2.51