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Brian Fisher

Brian Kevin Fisher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 18, 1962 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Hinkley HS (Aurora, CO)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1985
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pirates/Mariners/Astros 1985-1992
Agents: Steve Feldman [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1985 23 NYY AL 4 4 .500 2.38 55 0 23 0 0 14 98.1 77 32 26 4 29 3 85 0 0 3 391 170 1.078 7.0 0.4 2.7 7.8 2.93 RoY-6
1986 24 NYY AL 9 5 .643 4.93 62 0 26 0 0 6 96.2 105 61 53 14 37 2 67 1 0 2 424 83 1.469 9.8 1.3 3.4 6.2 1.81
1987 25 PIT NL 11 9 .550 4.52 37 26 1 6 3 0 185.1 185 99 93 27 72 7 117 4 3 3 792 91 1.387 9.0 1.3 3.5 5.7 1.63
1988 26 PIT NL 8 10 .444 4.61 33 22 3 1 1 1 146.1 157 78 75 13 57 4 66 5 4 0 645 74 1.462 9.7 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.16
1989 27 PIT NL 0 3 .000 7.94 9 3 3 0 0 1 17.0 25 17 15 2 10 3 8 0 0 1 88 43 2.059 13.2 1.1 5.3 4.2 0.80
1990 28 HOU NL 0 0 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 56 1.800 16.2 1.8 0.0 1.8
1992 30 SEA AL 4 3 .571 4.53 22 14 2 0 0 1 91.1 80 49 46 9 47 2 26 1 1 3 394 88 1.391 7.9 0.9 4.6 2.6 0.55
7 Yrs 36 34 .514 4.39 222 65 61 7 4 23 640.0 638 341 312 70 252 21 370 11 8 12 2758 89 1.391 9.0 1.0 3.5 5.2 1.47
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .514 4.39 53 15 14 2 1 5 152 151 81 74 17 60 5 88 3 2 3 653 89 1.391 9.0 1.0 3.5 5.2 1.47
PIT (3 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.72 79 51 7 7 4 2 348.2 367 194 183 42 139 14 191 9 7 4 1525 80 1.451 9.5 1.1 3.6 4.9 1.37
NYY (2 yrs) 13 9 .591 3.65 117 0 49 0 0 20 195.0 182 93 79 18 66 5 152 1 0 5 815 112 1.272 8.4 0.8 3.0 7.0 2.30
SEA (1 yr) 4 3 .571 4.53 22 14 2 0 0 1 91.1 80 49 46 9 47 2 26 1 1 3 394 88 1.391 7.9 0.9 4.6 2.6 0.55
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 56 1.800 16.2 1.8 0.0 1.8
NL (4 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.76 83 51 10 7 4 2 353.2 376 199 187 43 139 14 192 9 7 4 1549 79 1.456 9.6 1.1 3.5 4.9 1.38
AL (3 yrs) 17 12 .586 3.93 139 14 51 0 0 21 286.1 262 142 125 27 113 7 178 2 1 8 1209 103 1.310 8.2 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.58

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
1985 23 NYY AL 98.1 55 0 32 2.93 4.55 0.15 -0.35 96.9 3.92 11 1.1 1.8 0.3 2.3 21 .521 .507 $ RoY-6
1986 24 NYY AL 96.2 62 0 61 5.68 4.66 -0.02 -0.36 98.6 4.25 -15 -1.5 1.5 -0.6 -1.3 -5 .475 .490 $120,000
1987 25 PIT NL 185.1 37 26 99 4.81 4.54 0.41 0.12 102.1 4.33 -11 -1.1 .6 -0.1 0.3 10 .469 .493 $180,000
1988 26 PIT NL 146.1 33 22 78 4.80 3.79 0.19 0.06 98.9 3.61 -20 -2.2 1.5 -0.2 -1.1 -6 .434 .487 $255,000
1989 27 PIT NL 17.0 9 3 17 9.00 3.98 0.22 -0.11 95.0 3.47 -10 -1.1 .6 0.1 -0.9 -9 .381 .493 $404,000
1990 28 HOU NL 5.0 4 0 5 9.00 4.15 -0.34 -0.32 98.5 4.11 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .428 .498 $
1992 30 SEA AL 91.1 22 14 49 4.83 4.33 -0.30 0.09 99.4 4.70 -1 -0.1 2.2 -0.1 0.6 9 .494 .499 $
7 Seasons 640.0 222 65 341 4.80 4.34 0.14 -0.05 99.5 4.12 -50 -5.2 1.5 -0.4 -0.3 18 .476 .495 $959,000
PIT (3 yrs) 348.2 79 51 194 5.01 4.20 0.31 0.08 100.4 3.99 -42 -4.4 1.0 -0.2 -1.7 -5 .444 .491 $839,000
NYY (2 yrs) 195.0 117 0 93 4.29 4.60 0.06 -0.36 97.7 4.09 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.3 1.0 17 .497 .499 $120,000
SEA (1 yr) 91.1 22 14 49 4.83 4.33 -0.30 0.09 99.4 4.70 -1 -0.1 2.2 -0.1 0.6 9 .494 .499 $
HOU (1 yr) 5.0 4 0 5 9.00 4.15 -0.34 -0.32 98.5 4.11 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .428 .498 $

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
1985 23 NYY AL 55 391 357 32 77 8 1 4 17 2 29 85 .216 .273 .277 .551 .270 99 10 0 3 2 3 6
1986 24 NYY AL 62 424 379 61 105 13 3 14 7 3 37 67 .277 .341 .438 .779 .303 166 13 1 5 2 2 8
1987 25 PIT NL 37 792 705 99 185 39 9 27 30 15 72 117 .262 .332 .458 .790 .279 323 10 4 6 5 7 9
1988 26 PIT NL 33 645 567 78 157 33 6 13 27 4 57 66 .277 .345 .425 .770 .291 241 9 5 10 6 4 7
1989 27 PIT NL 9 88 76 17 25 9 0 2 7 0 10 8 .329 .402 .526 .929 .343 40 0 0 1 1 3 2
1990 28 HOU NL 4 24 22 5 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .409 .375 .636 1.011 .364 14 1 0 0 2 0 1
1992 30 SEA AL 22 394 342 49 80 20 0 9 6 3 47 26 .234 .326 .371 .697 .229 127 4 1 1 3 2 3
7 Yrs 222 2758 2448 341 638 122 20 70 94 27 252 370 .261 .330 .413 .742 .280 1010 47 11 26 21 21 36
162 Game Avg. 53 653 580 81 151 29 5 17 22 6 60 88 .261 .330 .413 .742 .280 239 11 3 6 5 5 9
MLB Averages .257 .324 .388 .711 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 23 NYY AL 17.2 1.7 406 2.2 9.5 -7.3 1.30 2.4 -0.8 23.1 2.4 1.30 25.6 30 15 10
1986 24 NYY AL -9.9 -1.0 437 -2.8 8.5 -11.3 1.24 -1.1 -1.2 -17.4 -1.7 1.24 -9.1 28 13 20
1987 25 PIT NL -6.7 -0.7 841 -0.7 13.0 -13.7 .91 -1.0 0.3 -3.1 -0.3 0.91 -8.9 0 4 7
1988 26 PIT NL -17.4 -1.8 683 -0.4 10.5 -10.8 .96 -2.0 1.6 -13.6 -1.4 0.96 -18.8 5 4 2
1989 27 PIT NL -8.9 -0.9 98 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 .81 -1.0 -0.4 -9.6 -1.0 0.81 -9.6 1 2 2
1990 28 HOU NL -2.0 -0.2 24 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .12 -0.3 -0.4 -2.9 -0.3 0.12 -3.1 0 0 4
1992 30 SEA AL -5.0 -0.5 405 -0.0 7.2 -7.2 1.07 0.2 -0.3 -1.5 -0.2 1.07 1.8 6 2 0
7 Yrs -32.8 -3.3 2894 -2.9 49.5 -52.4 1.04 -2.7 -0.1 -25.0 -2.5 1.04 -22.2 70 40 45

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
1987 25 PIT NL 37 26 11 9 6 1 1 14 12 .538 2 3 6 3 12 46% 50.7 85 22 22 11 3 11 4.7 4.9 6.4
1988 26 PIT NL 33 22 6 10 6 3 3 9 13 .409 1 3 1 1 7 32% 44.0 75 8 20 8 2 10 4.5 4.4 5.6 93 5 9 1 5 154
1989 27 PIT NL 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0% 35.7 52 26 2 1 0 2 2.7 2.6 2.6 58 2 1 0 0 81
1992 30 SEA AL 22 14 4 3 7 0 1 6 8 .429 3 2 0 0 8 57% 46.5 72 18 18 9 3 3 4.8 5.1 5.7 90 5 5 3 1 121
4 Yrs 101 65 21 24 20 4 5 29 36 .446 7 9 7 4 27 42% 47 85 8 62 29 8 26 4.5 4.8 5.8 89 12 15 4 6 154
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

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
1985 23 NYY AL 55 55 23 4 4 18 14 4 78% 26 6 59 16 27% 7 1.298 30 15 10 35 7 13 32 23 33 10 35 16 5.4
1986 24 NYY AL 62 62 26 9 5 15 6 9 40% 25 10 56 25 45% 8 1.236 28 13 20 37 5 20 36 26 36 14 44 15 4.7
1987 25 PIT NL 37 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 33% 7 .906 0 4 7 2 0 9 3 8 7 2 8 1 5.0
1988 26 PIT NL 33 11 3 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 0 0% 5 .961 5 4 2 3 4 4 5 6 10 0 10 1 6.3 28
1989 27 PIT NL 9 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 .806 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 0 3 0 4.7 24
1990 28 HOU NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 .119 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 3.8 22
1992 30 SEA AL 22 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 5 4 5 2 40% 7 1.067 6 2 0 5 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 2 4.1 23
7 Yrs 222 157 61 15 10 37 23 14 62% 61 22 133 46 35% 1.038 70 40 45 83 19 55 84 73 94 30 106 35 5.0 25

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%
1985 23 NYY AL 391 51% 1.0% 21.7% 7.4% 3.3% 17% 0.98 69% 83 10 12%
1986 24 NYY AL 424 58% 3.3% 15.8% 8.7% 7.1% 29% 0.86 71% 96 13 14%
1987 25 PIT NL 792 45% 3.4% 14.8% 9.1% 9.5% 41% 0.88 71% 123 10 8%
1988 26 PIT NL 645 49% 2.0% 10.2% 8.8% 8.1% 33% 0.69 0.88 77% 21% 7.1% 37% 100 9 9%
1989 27 PIT NL 88 47% 2.3% 9.1% 11.4% 12.5% 44% 0.81 1.26 76% 21% 6.1% 11% 16 0 0%
1990 28 HOU NL 24 42% 4.2% 4.2% 0.0% 8.3% 22% 1.00 1.80 92% 26% 11.1% 18% 9 1 11%
1992 30 SEA AL 394 48% 2.3% 6.6% 11.9% 7.4% 36% 0.41 0.51 79% 19% 5.0% 18% 59 4 7%
7 Yrs 2758 50% 2.5% 13.4% 9.1% 7.7% 33% 0.59 0.83 74% 20% 6.2% 28% 486 47 10%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 PIT NL 605 2232 3.69 1400 63% 25% 11% 29% 34% 75% 2% 47% 85% 53% 7% 40 20 22% 133 81 3 24% 8 16 40 0 0
1989 27 PIT NL 88 320 3.64 188 59% 26% 11% 27% 37% 74% 9% 44% 86% 49% 13% 11 5 19% 17 12 2 13% 2 3 0 0 0
1990 28 HOU NL 12 44 3.67 26 59% 27% 12% 19% 42% 73% 0% 43% 84% 58% 17% 2 2 25% 3 1 0 0% 0 0 12 0 0
1992 30 SEA AL 395 1441 3.65 871 60% 30% 6% 28% 37% 70% 1% 43% 92% 56% 6% 23 15 14% 57 32 3 54% 3 6 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 1100 4037 3.67 2485 62% 27% 9% 28% 36% 73% 2% 45% 87% 54% 7% 76 42 19% 210 126 8 31% 13 25 51 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1985 23 NYY AL 391 77 4 1 11 2 2 2 2 23 16 0 70% 6 3 0 158 17 2 89% 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 24 NYY AL 424 105 14 0 17 8 6 7 7 26 12 4 46% 8 2 1 183 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 25 PIT NL 792 185 27 1 9 18 9 10 17 39 20 5 51% 9 3 0 274 30 15 67% 28 14 1 0 1 1 1 0 13 0
1988 26 PIT NL 645 157 17 1 13 0 12 6 7 7 6 34 18 3 53% 7 0 0 243 27 4 87% 25 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1989 27 PIT NL 88 25 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 5 0 83% 2 1 3 43 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 28 HOU NL 24 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 60% 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 30 SEA AL 394 80 27 2 9 1 6 7 2 6 3 12 8 0 67% 3 3 0 139 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
7 Yrs 2758 638 45 4 70 3 56 41 29 33 37 145 82 13 57% 36 12 4 1053 94 27 78% 86 24 7 2 1 1 4 0 52 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1985 23 4 4 .500 2.38 55 0 23 0 0 14 98.1 77 32 26 4 29 3 85 0 0 3 391 170 1.078 7.0 0.4 2.7 7.8 2.93 170
1986 24 13 9 .591 3.65 117 0 49 0 0 20 195.0 182 93 79 18 66 5 152 1 0 5 815 112 1.272 8.4 0.8 3.0 7.0 2.30 112
1987 25 24 18 .571 4.07 154 26 50 6 3 20 380.1 367 192 172 45 138 12 269 5 3 8 1607 100 1.328 8.7 1.1 3.3 6.4 1.95 100
1988 26 32 28 .533 4.22 187 48 53 7 4 21 526.2 524 270 247 58 195 16 335 10 7 8 2252 92 1.365 9.0 1.0 3.3 5.7 1.72 92
1989 27 32 31 .508 4.34 196 51 56 7 4 22 543.2 549 287 262 60 205 19 343 10 7 9 2340 89 1.387 9.1 1.0 3.4 5.7 1.67 89
1990 28 32 31 .508 4.36 200 51 59 7 4 22 548.2 558 292 266 61 205 19 344 10 7 9 2364 89 1.391 9.2 1.0 3.4 5.6 1.68 89
1991 29 32 31 .508 4.36 200 51 59 7 4 22 548.2 558 292 266 61 205 19 344 10 7 9 2364 89 1.391 9.2 1.0 3.4 5.6 1.68 89
1992 30 36 34 .514 4.39 222 65 61 7 4 23 640.0 638 341 312 70 252 21 370 11 8 12 2758 89 1.391 9.0 1.0 3.5 5.2 1.47 89

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
1985 23 7 3 .700 2.68 94.0 79 31 28 4 30 81 0 1.160 7.6 2.9 7.8 2.70 0.4 55
1986 24 4 6 .400 5.32 93.0 107 61 55 14 38 64 1 1.559 10.4 3.7 6.2 1.68 1.4 62
1987 25 8 11 .421 4.60 178.0 183 101 91 27 71 112 4 1.427 9.3 3.6 5.7 1.58 1.4 37
1988 26 5 10 .333 5.76 136.0 170 97 87 14 62 61 5 1.706 11.3 4.1 4.0 0.98 0.9 33
1989 27 0 1 .000 9.00 17.0 27 19 17 2 11 8 0 2.235 14.3 5.8 4.2 0.73 1.1 9
1990 28 0 0 5.63 8.0 0 6 5 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 4
1992 30 3 6 .333 5.17 87.0 83 56 50 9 49 25 1 1.517 8.6 5.1 2.6 0.51 0.9 22
7 Yrs 27 37 .422 4.89 613.0 649 371 333 70 261 353 11 1.485 9.5 5.2 1.35 1.0 222

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1986 AL  62 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1985 AL  14 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 NL  6 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  27 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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