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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1956 25 CHW AL 0 0 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 19 4.200 32.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1957 26 CHW AL 7 8 .467 3.48 33 11 7 3 1 1 124.0 139 50 48 1 35 6 48 3 0 5 525 108 1.403 10.1 0.1 2.5 3.5 1.37
1958 27 TOT AL 4 10 .286 6.34 42 6 18 0 0 2 88.0 113 71 62 13 31 4 42 1 0 4 393 60 1.636 11.6 1.3 3.2 4.3 1.35
1958 27 CHW AL 2 3 .400 6.69 17 3 5 0 0 0 36.1 43 28 27 6 13 1 16 0 0 1 161 55 1.541 10.7 1.5 3.2 4.0 1.23
1958 27 DET AL 2 4 .333 7.63 22 0 13 0 0 2 30.2 46 34 26 6 13 2 16 0 0 3 146 53 1.924 13.5 1.8 3.8 4.7 1.23
1958 27 WSH AL 0 3 .000 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 24 9 9 1 5 1 10 1 0 0 86 99 1.381 10.3 0.4 2.1 4.3 2.00
1959 28 WSH AL 9 11 .450 4.28 34 29 5 6 1 0 187.1 211 98 89 16 43 2 62 4 1 2 814 92 1.356 10.1 0.8 2.1 3.0 1.44
1960 29 TOT AL 8 8 .500 4.30 40 13 11 2 0 0 132.0 135 68 63 13 35 5 55 0 0 3 553 92 1.288 9.2 0.9 2.4 3.8 1.57
1960 29 WSH AL 3 5 .375 4.91 20 7 4 1 0 0 77.0 85 45 42 7 17 2 31 0 0 2 325 80 1.325 9.9 0.8 2.0 3.6 1.82
1960 29 DET AL 5 3 .625 3.44 20 6 7 1 0 0 55.0 50 23 21 6 18 3 24 0 0 1 228 116 1.236 8.2 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.33
1961 30 TOT AL 4 2 .667 4.66 41 1 23 0 0 5 67.2 80 37 35 12 23 2 30 0 0 3 294 88 1.522 10.6 1.6 3.1 4.0 1.30
1961 30 DET AL 3 2 .600 5.01 26 1 13 0 0 3 46.2 54 28 26 10 17 2 18 0 0 2 205 82 1.521 10.4 1.9 3.3 3.5 1.06
1961 30 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 3.86 15 0 10 0 0 2 21.0 26 9 9 2 6 0 12 0 0 1 89 107 1.524 11.1 0.9 2.6 5.1 2.00
1962 31 KCA AL 4 12 .250 3.95 34 16 6 5 0 2 127.2 150 61 56 16 8 2 38 1 0 2 533 107 1.238 10.6 1.1 0.6 2.7 4.75
1963 32 KCA AL 9 6 .600 3.57 45 2 22 0 0 3 95.2 86 44 38 13 29 5 34 3 1 1 398 110 1.202 8.1 1.2 2.7 3.2 1.17
1964 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 7.36 9 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 16 6 6 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 41 49 2.864 19.6 2.5 6.1 2.5 0.40
9 Seasons 45 58 .437 4.34 281 78 95 16 2 13 831.1 936 439 401 86 210 29 313 12 2 20 3563 91 1.379 10.1 0.9 2.3 3.4 1.49
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .437 4.34 53 15 18 3 0 2 157 177 83 76 16 40 5 59 2 0 4 675 91 1.379 10.1 0.9 2.3 3.4 1.49
MIN (4 yrs) 12 20 .375 4.49 66 39 11 7 1 0 292.2 336 158 146 26 70 8 105 5 1 4 1266 87 1.387 10.3 0.8 2.2 3.2 1.50
KCA (3 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.79 94 18 38 5 0 7 244.1 262 114 103 31 43 7 84 4 1 4 1020 108 1.248 9.7 1.1 1.6 3.1 1.95
DET (3 yrs) 10 9 .526 4.96 68 7 33 1 0 5 132.1 150 85 73 22 48 7 58 0 0 6 579 81 1.496 10.2 1.5 3.3 3.9 1.21
CHW (3 yrs) 9 11 .450 4.39 53 14 13 3 1 1 162.0 188 82 79 7 49 7 66 3 0 6 698 85 1.463 10.4 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.35

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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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--2.066--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL--5--8th

                           

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Dick Duffy (minors), Jerry Dahlke and Marv Rotblatt to Seattle (PCL) for Hal Brown and Marv Grissom.

Before 1954 Season: Sent from Seattle (PCL) to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tito Francona to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Boone and Bob Shaw.

September 11, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers.

July 22, 1960: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Morgan.

August 2, 1961: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ozzie Virgil to the Kansas City Athletics for Reno Bertoia and Jerry Staley.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

January 21, 1965: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 26, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

September 25, 1968: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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