Bill Fischer
William Charles Fischer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 11, 1930 in Wausau, WI
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Final Game: May 22, 1964
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 25 CHW AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 26 CHW AL 33 44 40 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .150 .146 .150 .296 -19 6 1 0 3 1 0 1
1958 27 TOT AL 42 17 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .154 .267 .231 .497 39 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1958 27 CHW AL 17 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 27 DET AL 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 27 WSH AL 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 28 WSH AL 34 65 54 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .130 .172 .130 .302 -15 7 0 1 7 1 0 1
1960 29 TOT AL 40 39 30 4 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 .233 .343 .367 .710 91 11 0 0 4 0 0 1
1960 29 WSH AL 20 23 19 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .158 .238 .316 .554 48 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 29 DET AL 20 16 11 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .364 .500 .455 .955 158 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1961 30 TOT AL 41 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 30 DET AL 26 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 30 KCA AL 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 31 KCA AL 34 39 38 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .132 .237 -38 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1963 32 KCA AL 45 22 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .067 .263 .067 .330 -4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1
1964 33 MIN AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 281 236 199 8 27 3 0 1 12 0 0 12 46 .136 .191 .166 .357 -2 33 3 2 21 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 136 115 5 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 7 27 .136 .191 .166 .357 -2 19 2 1 12 1 0
MIN (4 yrs) 66 94 78 4 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 20 .141 .200 .179 .379 5 14 0 1 9 1 0
KCA (3 yrs) 94 64 55 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .091 .153 .109 .262 -28 6 1 1 5 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 68 26 19 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .211 .348 .263 .611 66 5 1 0 3 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 53 52 47 1 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 .149 .146 .170 .316 -14 8 1 0 4 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1957 26 CHW AL 44 39 1 0.7 100 .182 .150 .264 .146 .337 .150 .399 .296 .735 -19 .033 -6.7 -0.7 .171 .000 .000
1958 27 TOT AL 17 14 0 0.0 97 .182 .154 .261 .267 .330 .231 .396 .497 .726 39 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .417 .231 .077
1958 27 CHW AL 8 7 0 0.0 97 .167 .143 .260 .143 .329 .286 .396 .429 .725 16 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .143 .143
1958 27 DET AL 3 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .270 .500 .340 .000 .410 .500 .750 47 .000 0.0 0.0 .500 1.000 .000
1958 27 WSH AL 6 4 0 0.0 96 .250 .200 .259 .333 .328 .200 .394 .533 .721 53 .000 -0.3 0.0 .500 .200 .000
1959 28 WSH AL 65 55 2 1.0 98 .167 .130 .260 .172 .332 .130 .398 .302 .730 -15 .060 -8.7 -0.9 .213 .037 .000
1960 29 TOT AL 39 27 5 5.0 103 .261 .233 .265 .343 .339 .367 .406 .710 .745 91 .548 -0.3 -0.1 .696 .300 .133 .0
1960 29 WSH AL 23 18 2 3.0 102 .167 .158 .265 .238 .338 .316 .405 .554 .743 48 .322 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .263 .158 .0
1960 29 DET AL 16 9 3 9.0 104 .364 .364 .267 .500 .341 .455 .408 .955 .749 158 .780 1.2 0.1 1.143 .364 .091
1961 30 TOT AL 10 10 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .267 .000 .343 .000 .415 .000 .758 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1961 30 DET AL 7 7 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .267 .000 .343 .000 .416 .000 .759 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1961 30 KCA AL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .265 .000 .340 .000 .412 .000 .753 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 31 KCA AL 39 36 0 0.0 106 .133 .105 .268 .105 .341 .132 .417 .237 .758 -38 .000 -7.6 -0.8 .143 .026 .026
1963 32 KCA AL 22 17 1 1.6 99 .111 .067 .262 .263 .329 .067 .405 .330 .734 -4 .145 -2.1 -0.2 .357 .200 .000
9 Seasons 236 198 9 1.2 101 .169 .136 .264 .191 .336 .166 .404 .357 .740 -2 .087 -29.0 -3.1 .269 .090 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 136 114 5 1.2 101 .169 .136 .264 .191 .336 .166 .404 .357 .740 -2 .087 -29.0 -3.1 .269 .090 .030
WSH (4 yrs) 94 77 4 1.4 99 .172 .141 .261 .200 .333 .179 .399 .379 .732 5 .108 -10.5 -1.1 .299 .103 .038 .0
KCA (3 yrs) 64 56 1 0.5 104 .125 .091 .266 .153 .337 .109 .413 .262 .750 -28 .017 -10.2 -1.1 .196 .073 .018
DET (3 yrs) 26 19 3 4.2 105 .235 .211 .267 .348 .342 .263 .411 .611 .753 66 .472 -0.8 -0.1 .563 .263 .053
CHW (3 yrs) 52 46 1 0.6 100 .179 .149 .264 .146 .335 .170 .398 .316 .734 -14 .025 -7.5 -0.8 .195 .021 .021

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 26 CHW AL 44 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 8.0 1.15 75%
1958 27 TOT AL 17 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 5.9% 50% 1.00 6.5 13.0 4.50 65%
1958 27 CHW AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 7.0 7.0 75%
1958 27 DET AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 33%
1958 27 WSH AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 0.50 67%
1959 28 WSH AL 65 0.0% 20.0% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 6.50 4.2 18.0 1.33 65%
1960 29 TOT AL 39 2.6% 15.4% 12.8% 5.1% 29% 1.20 5.0 30.0 15.0 4.50 59%
1960 29 WSH AL 23 4.4% 26.1% 8.7% 4.4% 33% 3.00 3.2 19.0 19.0 3.33 52%
1960 29 DET AL 16 0.0% 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 25% 0.00 11.0 8.00 69%
1961 30 TOT AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.33 60%
1961 30 DET AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 1.50 71%
1961 30 KCA AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 33%
1962 31 KCA AL 39 0.0% 20.5% 0.0% 2.6% 25% 4.8 38.0 0.93 77%
1963 32 KCA AL 22 0.0% 27.3% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 1.75 41%
9 Seasons 236 0.4% 19.5% 5.1% 1.7% 15% 3.83 4.3 199.0 16.6 1.55 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 26 CHW AL 2 0 17% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 27 TOT AL 1 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 27 CHW AL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 DET AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 WSH AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1959 28 WSH AL 2 0 20% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 29 TOT AL 0 0 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 29 WSH AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 DET AL 0 0 29% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 30 TOT AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 30 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 30 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 31 KCA AL 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 32 KCA AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 6 0 18% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 36% 5 4 1 2 2 0 4 1 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 26 CHW AL 44 23% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 10 1 10% 11 3 27% 34 5 15% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
1958 27 TOT AL 17 35% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 18 2 11% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1958 27 CHW AL 8 38% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 2 20% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1958 27 DET AL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 WSH AL 6 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 WSH AL 65 15% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 11 0 0% 12 6 50% 43 5 12% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0
1960 29 TOT AL 39 23% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 6 4 67% 14 1 7% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1960 29 WSH AL 23 26% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1960 29 DET AL 16 19% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1961 30 TOT AL 10 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1961 30 DET AL 7 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 30 KCA AL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 31 KCA AL 39 31% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 7 2 29% 22 2 9% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1963 32 KCA AL 22 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 6 2 33% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 236 23% 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 26 21 81% 48 3 6% 50 19 38% 150 15 10% 12 5 42% 13 5 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 26 36 44 40 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .150 .146 .150 .296 -19 6 1 0 3 1 0
1958 27 78 61 53 1 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 .151 .179 .170 .348 -4 9 2 0 5 1 0
1959 28 112 126 107 3 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 23 .140 .175 .150 .325 -10 16 2 1 12 2 0
1960 29 152 165 137 7 22 2 0 1 11 0 0 9 29 .161 .215 .197 .412 13 27 2 1 16 2 0
1961 30 193 175 146 7 22 2 0 1 11 0 0 9 32 .151 .203 .185 .387 7 27 2 1 17 2 0
1962 31 227 214 184 8 26 3 0 1 12 0 0 9 40 .141 .184 .174 .358 -2 32 3 1 18 2 0
1963 32 272 236 199 8 27 3 0 1 12 0 0 12 46 .136 .191 .166 .357 -2 33 3 2 21 2 0
1964 33 281 236 199 8 27 3 0 1 12 0 0 12 46 .136 .191 .166 .357 -2 33 3 2 21 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 26 35 43 42 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 33
1958 27 44 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 .154 .267 .231 .497 1 42
1959 28 36 64 59 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 3 14 .169 .219 .169 .388 2 34
1960 29 42 39 33 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 6 6 .273 .385 .394 .779 5 40
1961 30 41 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
1962 31 34 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1963 32 45 24 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .125 .417 .125 .542 1 45
7 Seasons 277 232 210 8 23 2 0 1 12 0 17 47 .110 .185 .133 .319 10 269
162 Game Avg. 162 136 123 5 13 1 0 1 7 0 10 27 .110 .185 .133 .319 6 269

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