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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 CHW AL 25 P 3 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.33 .900 2.16 0.83
1957 CHW AL 26 P 33 11 124.0 27 6 20 1 0 .963 1.89 0.79 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 TOT AL 27 P 42 6 88.0 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.76 0.64 .959 1.96 0.82
1958 CHW AL 27 P 17 3 36.1 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.97 0.71 .958 1.96 0.82
1958 DET AL 27 P 22 0 30.2 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.36 .962 1.97 0.82
1958 WSH AL 27 P 3 3 21.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 3.00 2.33 .957 1.97 0.83
1959 WSH AL 28 P 34 29 187.1 70 21 48 1 2 .986 3.31 2.03 .953 2.05 0.85
1960 TOT AL 29 P 40 13 132.0 36 8 28 0 4 1.000 2.45 0.90 .967 1.96 0.78
1960 WSH AL 29 P 20 7 77.0 23 5 18 0 3 1.000 2.69 1.15 .965 1.96 0.78
1960 DET AL 29 P 20 6 55.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.13 0.65 .969 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 30 P 41 1 67.1 16 7 9 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.39 .956 2.05 0.83
1961 DET AL 30 P 26 1 46.1 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.42 .955 2.04 0.83
1961 KCA AL 30 P 15 0 21.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.33 .960 2.06 0.83
1962 KCA AL 31 P 34 16 127.2 31 15 16 0 1 1.000 2.19 0.91 .955 2.08 0.79
1963 KCA AL 32 P 45 2 95.2 18 3 14 1 1 .944 1.60 0.38 .956 1.99 0.79
1964 MIN AL 33 P 9 0 7.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.68 0.33 .967 1.84 0.72
9 Seasons P 281 78 831.0 229 65 161 3 10 .987 2.45 0.80 .958 2.01 0.81
9 Seasons TOT 281 78 831.0 229 65 161 3 10 .987 2.45 0.80 .945 2.01 0.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 CHW AL 25 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 26 33 11 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 27 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 27 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 27 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 28 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 29 20 7 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 29 20 6 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 30 26 1 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 30 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 31 34 16 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 32 45 2 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 33 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 281 78 281 281 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 CHW AL 25 12 75% 8% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 CHW AL 26 535 84% 33% 24 92% 0 6 1 5 21 20 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 DET AL 27 156 81% 27% 10 90% 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 CHW AL 27 166 83% 34% 14 79% 0 1 1 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1958 WSH AL 27 89 82% 27% 6 67% 1 3 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1959 WSH AL 28 839 87% 33% 53 98% 1 19 4 11 47 36 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 83%
1960 DET AL 29 238 82% 30% 12 92% 0 3 1 2 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1960 WSH AL 29 333 86% 33% 19 89% 0 5 0 4 17 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 4 75%
1961 DET AL 30 212 83% 33% 6 83% 0 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 KCA AL 30 89 79% 28% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 KCA AL 31 523 91% 32% 14 100% 0 13 1 10 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1963 KCA AL 32 411 84% 28% 15 93% 0 4 0 4 16 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1964 MIN AL 33 44 84% 23% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3647 85% 31% 182 92% 2 62 9 46 163 134 11 3 1 1 1 1 10 6 8 2 36 86%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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