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Hank Fischer
Henry William Fischer (Bulldog)

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

Born: January 11, 1940 in Yonkers, NY
High School: Roosevelt (Yonkers, NY)
School: Seton Hall University
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Final Game: August 8, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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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
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	71	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	84	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	74	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	94	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	59	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	149	1.200	8.1	1.0	2.7	6.1	2.25
6 Seasons				30	39	.435	4.23	168	77	27	14	5	7	546.2	587	310	257	60	174	17	369	17	1	24	2367	84	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	84	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	139	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	59	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	80	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	139	1.353	9.2	1.1	3.0	6.9	2.32

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1962	22	MLN	NL	29	172	147	27	43	2	0	4	2	3	20	29	.293	.375	.388	.763	.339	57	2	0	4	1	1
1963	23	MLN	NL	31	323	282	46	74	9	5	8	5	2	28	72	.262	.333	.415	.748	.317	117	7	5	2	6	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
1965	25	MLN	NL	31	518	466	61	126	14	2	18	6	6	39	79	.270	.329	.425	.754	.290	198	8	3	7	3	5
1966	26	TOT	MLB	31	519	467	66	143	18	5	10	10	8	40	72	.306	.364	.430	.794	.341	201	12	5	2	5	2
1966	26	ATL	NL	14	205	186	23	55	5	3	3	3	5	14	22	.296	.343	.403	.746	.317	75	5	1	1	3	1
1966	26	BOS	AL	6	135	122	12	35	5	0	4	3	1	11	26	.287	.351	.426	.777	.337	52	5	1	1	0	1
1966	26	CIN	NL	11	179	159	31	53	8	2	3	4	2	15	24	.333	.397	.465	.862	.373	74	2	3	0	2	0
1966	26	TOT	NL	25	384	345	54	108	13	5	6	7	7	29	46	.313	.368	.432	.800	.342	149	7	4	1	5	1
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
6 Seasons				168	2363	2132	310	587	69	17	60	30	23	174	369	.275	.332	.408	.740	.306	870	44	17	22	18	17
162 Game Avg.				47	656	592	86	163	19	5	17	8	6	48	102	.275	.332	.408	.740	.306	241	12	5	6	5	5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1963	23	MLN	NL	31	6	3	0	3	2	0	5	1	.833	0	2	1	0	1	17%	47	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	1	5	9	5	13	46%	51	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%	50	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%	46	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	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%	49	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	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%	52	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%	58	67	48	2	2	0	2	5.5	5.8	7.0
5 Seasons				139	77	26	32	19	4	6	37	40	.481	1	12	14	5	33	43%	49	85	22	84	27	37	26	4.3	4.1	5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	22	MLN	NL	29	29	18	2	3	5	4	1	80%	5	0	22	10	45%	9	1.114	6	4	16	6	4	17	10	17	10	10	10	4	3.9
1963	23	MLN	NL	31	25	1	1	3	3	0	3	0%	4	1	17	6	35%	4	0.927	5	6	13	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	1.026	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	1.156	4	3	4	4	0	7	7	4	5	3	5	0	4.8
1966	26	TOT	MLB	31	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	4	40%		1.026	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%		1.039	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	0.983	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	1.098	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	0.989	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	1.001	3	2	2	1	3	3	1	6	4	2	4	1	5.4
6 Seasons				168	91	27	4	7	11	7	4	64%	13	2	71	30	42%		1.046	23	19	43	17	13	56	36	50	39	31	41	12	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	22	MLN	NL	173	38%	2.3%	16.9%	11.6%	3.5%	14%	0.97	67%	39	2	5%
1963	23	MLN	NL	323	43%	2.5%	22.3%	8.7%	6.8%	30%	1.33	64%	55	7	13%
1964	24	MLN	NL	719	44%	2.4%	13.8%	5.4%	6.0%	24%	0.88	77%	124	13	10%
1965	25	MLN	NL	518	49%	3.5%	15.3%	7.5%	6.6%	27%	1.00	72%	92	8	9%
1966	26	TOT	MLB	520	41%	1.9%	13.9%	7.7%	6.4%	23%	0.89	75%	112	12	11%
1966	26	TOT	NL	385	40%	1.6%	12.0%	7.6%	6.3%	22%	0.77	78%	80	7	9%
1966	26	ATL	NL	205	42%	1.5%	10.7%	6.8%	5.4%	20%	0.79	80%	34	5	15%
1966	26	CIN	NL	180	38%	1.7%	13.4%	8.4%	7.3%	25%	0.75	75%	46	2	4%
1966	26	BOS	AL	135	42%	3.0%	19.3%	8.2%	6.7%	26%	1.37	68%	32	5	16%
1967	27	BOS	AL	114	47%	2.6%	15.8%	7.0%	7.0%	33%	0.94	74%	18	2	11%
6 Seasons				2367	44%	2.5%	15.6%	7.4%	6.2%	25%	0.96	73%	440	44	10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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	159	43			4	0	6	3	0	2	1	11	5	2	45%	2	3	0	76	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14
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	1	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	2	0	15	2
1965	25	MLN	NL	480	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	5	1	10	38
1966	26	TOT	MLB	503	143			10	0	12	4	6	3	7	44	24	6	55%	4	6	1	183	10	8	56%	9	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	14	17
1966	26	TOT	NL	369	108			6	0	11	2	4	2	4	31	20	2	65%	2	5	1	124	7	7	50%	7	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	13	16
1966	26	ATL	NL	189	55			3	0	3	1	2	1	2	15	10	2	67%	2	1	0	56	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	16
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	1	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 Seasons				2263	587			60	2	53	26	30	24	32	144	86	20	60%	32	24	4	837	30	23	57%	27	19	2	2	1	2	11	1	52	104
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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	71	1.688	10.4	1.0	4.8	7.0	1.45	71
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	67	1.478	9.4	1.0	3.9	8.1	2.10	67
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	82	1.402	9.7	1.0	2.9	6.1	2.11	82
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	84	1.392	9.7	1.0	2.9	6.1	2.12	84

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5.75	36.0	44	26	23	4	20	28	0	1.778	11.0	5.0	7.0	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	4.56	162.0	188	91	82	18	41	95	3	1.414	10.4	2.3	5.3	2.32	1.0	37
1965	25	5	7	.417	4.62	113.0	132	64	58	19	41	73	3	1.531	10.5	3.3	5.8	1.78	1.5	31
1966	26	5	7	.417	4.86	111.0	144	67	60	10	40	68	5	1.658	11.7	3.2	5.5	1.70	0.8	31
1967	27	1	1	.500	2.33	27.0	25	8	7	3	8	18	1	1.222	8.3	2.7	6.0	2.25	1.0	9
6 Seasons		22	33	.400	4.85	518.0	614	310	279	63	181	349	17	1.535	10.7		6.1	1.93	1.1	168

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL--5--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
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