Hank Fischer

Henry William Fischer (Bulldog)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 11, 1940 in Yonkers, NY
High School: Roosevelt HS (Yonkers, NY)
School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
Signed
by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Reds 1962-1967

Final Game: August 8, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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
1962 22 MLN NL 2 3 .400 5.30 29 0 18 0 0 4 37.1 43 27 22 4 20 1 29 0 0 3 173 72 1.688 10.4 1.0 4.8 7.0 1.45
1963 23 MLN NL 4 3 .571 4.96 31 6 1 1 0 0 74.1 74 46 41 8 28 4 72 5 0 2 323 65 1.372 9.0 1.0 3.4 8.7 2.57
1964 24 MLN NL 11 10 .524 4.01 37 28 4 9 5 2 168.1 177 95 75 17 39 5 99 3 1 8 719 88 1.283 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.3 2.54
1965 25 MLN NL 8 9 .471 3.89 31 19 0 2 0 0 122.2 126 61 53 18 39 5 79 3 0 4 518 90 1.345 9.2 1.3 2.9 5.8 2.03
1966 26 TOT MLB 4 12 .250 4.53 31 22 2 1 0 0 117.1 143 66 59 10 40 2 72 5 0 6 520 85 1.560 11.0 0.8 3.1 5.5 1.80
1966 26 TOT NL 2 9 .182 5.11 25 17 2 0 0 0 86.1 108 54 49 6 29 1 46 4 0 5 385 75 1.587 11.3 0.6 3.0 4.8 1.59
1966 26 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.91 14 8 2 0 0 0 48.1 55 23 21 3 14 1 22 1 0 1 205 95 1.428 10.2 0.6 2.6 4.1 1.57
1966 26 CIN NL 0 6 .000 6.63 11 9 0 0 0 0 38.0 53 31 28 3 15 0 24 3 0 4 180 60 1.789 12.6 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60
1966 26 BOS AL 2 3 .400 2.90 6 5 0 1 0 0 31.0 35 12 10 4 11 1 26 1 0 1 135 133 1.484 10.2 1.2 3.2 7.5 2.36
1967 27 BOS AL 1 2 .333 2.36 9 2 2 1 0 1 26.2 24 15 7 3 8 0 18 1 0 1 114 151 1.200 8.1 1.0 2.7 6.1 2.25
6 Yrs 30 39 .435 4.23 168 77 27 14 5 7 546.2 587 310 257 60 174 17 369 17 1 24 2367 85 1.392 9.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 2.12
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .435 4.23 47 21 7 4 1 2 152 163 86 71 17 48 5 102 5 0 7 657 85 1.392 9.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 2.12
ATL (5 yrs) 27 28 .491 4.23 142 61 25 12 5 6 451.0 475 252 212 50 140 16 301 12 1 18 1938 83 1.364 9.5 1.0 2.8 6.0 2.15
BOS (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 2.65 15 7 2 2 0 1 57.2 59 27 17 7 19 1 44 2 0 2 249 141 1.353 9.2 1.1 3.0 6.9 2.32
CIN (1 yr) 0 6 .000 6.63 11 9 0 0 0 0 38.0 53 31 28 3 15 0 24 3 0 4 180 60 1.789 12.6 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60
NL (5 yrs) 27 34 .443 4.42 153 70 25 12 5 6 489.0 528 283 240 53 155 16 325 15 1 22 2118 81 1.397 9.7 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.10
AL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 2.65 15 7 2 2 0 1 57.2 59 27 17 7 19 1 44 2 0 2 249 141 1.353 9.2 1.1 3.0 6.9 2.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1962 22 MLN NL 37.1 29 0 27 6.51 4.66 0.15 -0.19 97.8 4.22 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .466 .494 $
1963 23 MLN NL 74.1 31 6 46 5.57 3.75 0.23 -0.05 101.1 3.50 -18 -2.0 1.1 -0.2 -1.4 -10 .437 .488 $
1964 24 MLN NL 168.1 37 28 95 5.08 3.89 -0.09 0.05 100.9 4.07 -21 -2.2 1.4 -0.1 -0.8 -2 .440 .486 $
1965 25 MLN NL 122.2 31 19 61 4.48 3.97 0.21 0.03 101.2 3.84 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 0.0 4 .469 .494 $
1966 26 ATL NL 48.1 14 8 23 4.28 3.84 -0.08 0.03 103.6 4.10 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.2 4 .487 .499 $17,000
1966 26 CIN NL 38.0 11 9 31 7.34 4.01 -0.37 0.04 109.5 4.84 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.8 -7 .398 .493 $
1966 26 BOS AL 31.0 6 5 12 3.48 3.73 0.15 0.05 110.8 4.03 2 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.5 4 .547 .502 $
1967 27 BOS AL 26.2 9 2 15 5.06 3.59 0.23 -0.04 102.1 3.39 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .442 .497 $18,500
6 Seasons 546.2 168 77 310 5.10 3.92 0.05 0.01 102.2 3.97 -72 -7.7 1.1 -0.5 -3.4 -14 .454 .494 $35,500
ATL (5 yrs) 451.0 142 61 252 5.03 3.95 0.07 0.00 101.1 3.93 -59 -6.3 1.1 -0.5 -2.7 -9 .456 .492 $17,000
BOS (2 yrs) 57.2 15 7 27 4.21 3.66 0.19 0.01 106.7 3.73 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .484 .499 $18,500
CIN (1 yr) 38.0 11 9 31 7.34 4.01 -0.37 0.04 109.5 4.84 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.8 -7 .398 .493 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1962 22 MLN NL 29 170 146 27 43 3 0 4 2 3 20 29 .295 .377 .397 .775 .342 58 2 0 5 1 1 2
1963 23 MLN NL 31 290 282 46 74 9 5 8 5 2 28 72 .262 .333 .415 .748 .317 117 7 5 2 6 4 4
1964 24 MLN NL 37 717 665 95 177 23 3 17 5 4 39 99 .266 .308 .386 .695 .290 257 13 3 7 3 5 12
1965 25 MLN NL 31 482 466 61 126 14 2 18 6 6 39 79 .270 .329 .425 .754 .290 198 8 3 7 3 5 6
1966 26 ATL NL 14 203 186 23 55 5 3 3 3 5 14 22 .296 .343 .403 .746 .317 75 5 1 1 3 1 2
1966 26 BOS AL 6 134 122 12 35 5 0 4 3 1 11 26 .287 .351 .426 .777 .337 52 5 1 1 0 1 2
1966 26 CIN NL 11 180 159 31 53 8 2 3 4 2 15 24 .333 .397 .465 .862 .373 74 2 3 0 2 0 0
1966 26 TOT NL 25 383 345 54 108 13 5 6 7 7 29 46 .313 .368 .432 .800 .342 149 7 4 1 5 1 2
1966 26 TOT MLB 31 517 467 66 143 18 5 10 10 8 40 72 .306 .364 .430 .794 .341 201 12 5 2 5 2 4
1967 27 BOS AL 9 114 105 15 24 3 2 3 2 0 8 18 .229 .289 .381 .670 .250 40 2 1 0 0 0 4
6 Yrs 168 2290 2131 310 587 70 17 60 30 23 174 369 .275 .332 .409 .741 .306 871 44 17 23 18 17 32
162 Game Avg. 47 636 591 86 163 19 5 17 8 6 48 102 .275 .332 .409 .741 .306 242 12 5 6 5 5 9
MLB Averages .249 .312 .375 .687 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 22 MLN NL -7.2 -0.7 182 -0.2 2.9 -3.1 1.03 -0.1 -0.1 -10.3 -1.0 1.01 -5.0 6 3 19
1963 23 MLN NL -13.8 -1.4 300 -2.0 3.9 -5.9 .90 -0.3 -1.9 -11.5 -1.2 0.90 -4.3 5 5 14
1964 24 MLN NL -12.8 -1.3 740 -0.7 12.0 -12.7 1.01 -0.7 0.0 -14.6 -1.5 1.01 -8.9 3 3 3
1965 25 MLN NL -5.4 -0.6 506 -1.0 9.2 -10.2 1.16 -0.9 0.1 -8.6 -0.9 1.16 -10.0 4 3 5
1966 26 TOT MLB -7.8 -0.8 545 -2.3 8.6 -10.9 1.02 -1.0 -1.3 -16.4 -1.5 1.02 -11.9 2 1 5
1966 26 TOT NL -10.6 -1.1 405 -2.5 6.2 -8.7 1.04 -0.8 -1.7 -19.4 -1.9 1.04 -10.3 2 0 5
1966 26 ATL NL -0.7 -0.1 214 -0.7 3.4 -4.0 .97 -0.1 -0.6 -4.3 -0.4 0.97 -1.7 2 0 3
1966 26 CIN NL -10.0 -1.0 191 -1.8 2.8 -4.7 1.12 -0.6 -1.0 -15.1 -1.4 1.12 -8.6 0 0 2
1966 26 BOS AL 2.8 0.3 140 0.2 2.4 -2.2 .98 -0.3 0.4 3.0 0.3 0.97 -1.6 0 1 0
1967 27 BOS AL 0.5 0.1 117 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 .93 0.0 -0.4 -2.4 -0.3 0.93 -1.0 2 2 3
6 Yrs -46.5 -4.7 2390 -6.5 38.3 -44.7 1.03 -3.1 -3.2 -63.9 -6.5 1.03 -41.1 22 17 49

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 23 MLN NL 31 6 3 0 3 2 0 5 1 .833 0 2 1 0 1 17% 46.5 72 31 18 5 5 1 8.6 8.4 5.9
1964 24 MLN NL 37 28 11 10 7 2 1 15 13 .536 2 5 9 5 13 46% 50.8 85 22 24 12 14 7 4.7 5.0 5.5
1965 25 MLN NL 31 19 7 9 3 0 1 8 11 .421 0 3 2 0 8 42% 49.8 72 25 16 5 8 8 3.2 2.6 5.4
1966 26 TOT MLB 31 22 4 12 6 0 4 8 14 .364 0 2 1 0 10 45% 0.0 69 26 24 3 10 8 3.4 3.1 4.7
1966 26 TOT NL 25 17 2 9 6 0 4 6 11 .353 0 2 0 0 8 47% 44.2 61 26 21 2 8 5 3.8 3.2 4.4
1966 26 ATL NL 14 8 2 3 3 0 2 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 5 63% 48.8 61 28 7 0 2 4 3.0 3.5 5.2
1966 26 CIN NL 11 9 0 6 3 0 2 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 40.2 59 26 14 2 6 1 4.5 2.9 3.7
1966 26 BOS AL 6 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 2 40% 51.8 69 28 3 1 2 3 2.1 2.6 5.8
1967 27 BOS AL 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 57.5 67 48 2 2 0 2 5.5 5.8 7.0
5 Yrs 139 77 26 32 19 4 6 37 40 .481 2 12 14 5 33 43% 49 85 22 84 27 37 26 4.3 4.1 5.3
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.0 4.0 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 22 MLN NL 29 29 18 2 3 5 4 1 80% 5 0 24 12 50% 8 1.032 6 3 19 7 4 18 11 18 10 10 11 4 3.9
1963 23 MLN NL 31 25 1 1 3 3 0 3 0% 4 1 17 6 35% 4 .904 5 5 14 4 2 18 10 14 12 10 14 5 4.6
1964 24 MLN NL 37 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 3 50% 6 1.010 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 3 3 2 4.3
1965 25 MLN NL 31 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 7 50% 3 1.160 4 3 5 4 0 8 7 5 5 3 5 0 4.8
1966 26 TOT MLB 31 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 1.023 2 1 5 0 1 7 5 3 5 3 5 0 4.7
1966 26 TOT NL 25 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 1.038 2 0 5 0 1 6 4 3 4 3 4 0 4.5
1966 26 ATL NL 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 6 .969 2 0 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 3.5
1966 26 CIN NL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1.116 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.5
1966 26 BOS AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 .979 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 27 BOS AL 9 7 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 .927 2 2 3 1 3 3 1 6 4 2 4 1 5.4
6 Yrs 168 91 27 4 7 11 7 4 64% 13 2 73 32 44% 1.029 22 17 49 18 13 58 37 52 39 31 42 12 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 22 MLN NL 173 63% 2.4% 17.1% 11.8% 4.1% 16% 1.03 67% 43 2 5%
1963 23 MLN NL 323 57% 2.8% 24.8% 9.7% 7.6% 30% 1.33 72% 55 7 13%
1964 24 MLN NL 719 56% 2.4% 13.8% 5.4% 6.0% 24% 0.88 77% 124 13 10%
1965 25 MLN NL 518 50% 3.7% 16.4% 8.1% 7.1% 27% 1.00 77% 92 8 9%
1966 26 TOT MLB 520 59% 1.9% 13.9% 7.7% 6.4% 23% 0.89 75% 113 12 11%
1966 26 TOT NL 385 60% 1.6% 12.0% 7.6% 6.3% 22% 0.78 78% 81 7 9%
1966 26 ATL NL 205 58% 1.5% 10.8% 6.9% 5.4% 20% 0.81 81% 35 5 14%
1966 26 CIN NL 180 62% 1.7% 13.3% 8.3% 7.2% 25% 0.75 74% 46 2 4%
1966 26 BOS AL 135 58% 3.0% 19.4% 8.2% 6.7% 26% 1.37 69% 32 5 16%
1967 27 BOS AL 114 53% 2.6% 15.8% 7.0% 7.0% 33% 0.94 74% 18 2 11%
6 Yrs 2367 56% 2.6% 16.1% 7.6% 6.4% 25% 0.96 75% 445 44 10%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 15.4% 8.1% 6.3% 28% 1.09 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 22 MLN NL 170 43 4 1 7 4 0 2 2 12 6 2 50% 2 3 0 82 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1963 23 MLN NL 290 74 8 1 11 4 3 4 3 21 11 5 52% 4 2 0 99 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 33
1964 24 MLN NL 717 177 17 0 7 8 9 5 12 28 21 3 75% 12 8 2 273 5 4 56% 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 2
1965 25 MLN NL 482 126 18 1 14 5 11 9 7 34 20 4 59% 6 4 1 172 6 6 50% 5 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 10 36
1966 26 TOT MLB 517 143 10 0 14 4 6 3 7 46 24 6 52% 4 6 1 185 10 8 56% 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
1966 26 TOT NL 383 108 6 0 13 2 4 2 4 33 20 2 61% 2 5 1 126 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
1966 26 ATL NL 203 55 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 17 10 2 59% 2 1 0 58 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1966 26 CIN NL 180 53 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 16 10 0 63% 0 4 1 68 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1966 26 BOS AL 134 35 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 13 4 4 31% 2 1 0 59 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1967 27 BOS AL 114 24 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 6 5 0 83% 4 1 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 2290 587 60 3 56 27 30 24 33 147 87 20 59% 32 24 4 845 30 23 57% 27 19 2 2 1 2 3 1 52 77
MLB Averages 50% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 22 2 3 .400 5.30 29 0 18 0 0 4 37.1 43 27 22 4 20 1 29 0 0 3 173 72 1.688 10.4 1.0 4.8 7.0 1.45 72
1963 23 6 6 .500 5.08 60 6 19 1 0 4 111.2 117 73 63 12 48 5 101 5 0 5 496 68 1.478 9.4 1.0 3.9 8.1 2.10 68
1964 24 17 16 .515 4.44 97 34 23 10 5 6 280.0 294 168 138 29 87 10 200 8 1 13 1215 79 1.361 9.5 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.30 79
1965 25 25 25 .500 4.27 128 53 23 12 5 6 402.2 420 229 191 47 126 15 279 11 1 17 1733 82 1.356 9.4 1.1 2.8 6.2 2.21 82
1966 26 29 37 .439 4.33 159 75 25 13 5 6 520.0 563 295 250 57 166 17 351 16 1 23 2253 83 1.402 9.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 2.11 83
1967 27 30 39 .435 4.23 168 77 27 14 5 7 546.2 587 310 257 60 174 17 369 17 1 24 2367 85 1.392 9.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 2.12 85

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 22 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 43 24 22 4 20 28 0 1.703 10.5 4.9 6.8 1.40 1.0 29
1963 23 2 5 .286 6.39 69.0 81 54 49 9 31 67 5 1.623 10.6 4.0 8.7 2.16 1.2 31
1964 24 8 10 .444 4.58 163.0 186 92 83 18 41 96 3 1.393 10.3 2.3 5.3 2.34 1.0 37
1965 25 5 7 .417 4.62 113.0 131 64 58 19 41 73 3 1.522 10.4 3.3 5.8 1.78 1.5 31
1966 26 5 7 .417 4.91 110.0 145 67 60 10 41 68 5 1.691 11.9 3.4 5.6 1.66 0.8 31
1967 27 1 1 .500 2.67 27.0 25 9 8 3 8 18 1 1.222 8.3 2.7 6.0 2.25 1.0 9
6 Yrs 22 33 .400 4.86 519.0 611 310 280 63 182 350 17 1.528 10.6 6.1 1.92 1.1 168

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL  5 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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