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Jack Fisher

John Howard Fisher (Fat Jack)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 4, 1939 in Frostburg, MD
High School: Academy of Richmond County (Augusta, GA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1959
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles/Giants/WhiteSox/Reds 1959-1969

Final Game: September 26, 1969
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:05PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1033. Joe Haynes… #1034. Hank O'Day… #1035. Mark Gardner… #1036. JACK FISHER… #1037. Jeremy Bonderman… #1038. Al Hollingsworth… #1039. Jakie May… 

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 Awards
1959 20 BAL AL 1 6 .143 3.05 27 7 10 1 1 2 88.2 76 36 30 7 38 1 52 1 1 0 375 125 1.286 7.7 0.7 3.9 5.3 1.37
1960 21 BAL AL 12 11 .522 3.41 40 20 14 8 3 2 197.2 174 87 75 13 78 4 99 2 0 2 824 111 1.275 7.9 0.6 3.6 4.5 1.27
1961 22 BAL AL 10 13 .435 3.90 36 25 7 10 1 1 196.0 205 104 85 17 75 3 118 4 0 10 853 99 1.429 9.4 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.57
1962 23 BAL AL 7 9 .438 5.09 32 25 3 4 0 1 152.0 173 101 86 23 56 3 81 2 0 7 674 73 1.507 10.2 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.45
1963 24 SFG NL 6 10 .375 4.58 36 12 9 2 0 1 116.0 132 77 59 12 38 3 57 5 1 2 517 70 1.466 10.2 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.50
1964 25 NYM NL 10 17 .370 4.23 40 34 3 8 1 0 227.2 256 124 107 23 56 0 115 10 0 5 985 84 1.370 10.1 0.9 2.2 4.5 2.05
1965 26 NYM NL 8 24 .250 3.94 43 36 4 10 0 1 253.2 252 121 111 22 68 6 116 4 1 6 1054 89 1.261 8.9 0.8 2.4 4.1 1.71
1966 27 NYM NL 11 14 .440 3.68 38 33 4 10 2 0 230.0 229 108 94 26 54 2 127 8 0 12 960 98 1.230 9.0 1.0 2.1 5.0 2.35
1967 28 NYM NL 9 18 .333 4.70 39 30 3 7 1 0 220.1 251 121 115 21 64 10 117 4 1 5 958 72 1.430 10.3 0.9 2.6 4.8 1.83
1968 29 CHW AL 8 13 .381 2.99 35 28 1 2 0 0 180.2 176 68 60 14 48 4 80 7 0 4 750 107 1.240 8.8 0.7 2.4 4.0 1.67
1969 30 CIN NL 4 4 .500 5.50 34 15 7 0 0 1 113.0 137 77 69 15 30 3 55 5 0 3 502 69 1.478 10.9 1.2 2.4 4.4 1.83
11 Seasons 86 139 .382 4.06 400 265 65 62 9 9 1975.2 2061 1024 891 193 605 39 1017 52 4 56 8452 88 1.349 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.68
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .382 4.06 41 27 7 6 1 1 202 211 105 91 20 62 4 104 5 0 6 864 88 1.349 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.68
NYM (4 yrs) 38 73 .342 4.12 160 133 14 35 4 1 931.2 988 474 427 92 242 18 475 26 2 28 3957 85 1.320 9.5 0.9 2.3 4.6 1.96
BAL (4 yrs) 30 39 .435 3.92 135 77 34 23 5 6 634.1 628 328 276 60 247 11 350 9 1 19 2726 97 1.379 8.9 0.9 3.5 5.0 1.42
SFG (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.58 36 12 9 2 0 1 116.0 132 77 59 12 38 3 57 5 1 2 517 70 1.466 10.2 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.50
CIN (1 yr) 4 4 .500 5.50 34 15 7 0 0 1 113.0 137 77 69 15 30 3 55 5 0 3 502 69 1.478 10.9 1.2 2.4 4.4 1.83
CHW (1 yr) 8 13 .381 2.99 35 28 1 2 0 0 180.2 176 68 60 14 48 4 80 7 0 4 750 107 1.240 8.8 0.7 2.4 4.0 1.67
NL (6 yrs) NL 48 87 .356 4.30 230 160 30 37 4 3 1160.2 1257 628 555 119 310 24 587 36 3 33 4976 82 1.350 9.7 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.89
AL (5 yrs) AL 38 52 .422 3.71 170 105 35 25 5 6 815.0 804 396 336 74 295 15 430 16 1 23 3476 99 1.348 8.9 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.46

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1959 20 BAL AL 88.2 7 36 50 0 .8 14 1.1 $
1960 21 BAL AL 197.2 20 87 104 7 1.2 17 1.8 $
1961 22 BAL AL 196.0 25 104 107 8 1.1 3 0.3 $
1962 23 BAL AL 152.0 25 101 80 3 .8 -21 -2.2 $
1963 24 SFG NL 116.0 12 77 61 -3 .9 -16 -2.1 $
1964 25 NYM NL 227.2 34 124 132 -7 1.0 8 0.8 $
1965 26 NYM NL 253.2 36 121 143 -2 1.1 22 2.5 $
1966 27 NYM NL 230.0 33 108 134 -6 1.1 26 3.0 $
1967 28 NYM NL 220.1 30 121 124 -6 1.1 3 0.3 $
1968 29 CHW AL 180.2 28 68 83 4 1.0 15 1.8 $
1969 30 CIN NL 113.0 15 77 63 -1 .8 -14 -1.6 $
11 Seasons 1975.2 265 1024 1081 -3 1.0 57 5.7 $
NYM (4 yrs) 931.2 133 474 533 -21 1.1 59 6.6 $
BAL (4 yrs) 634.1 77 328 341 18 1.0 13 1.0 $
SFG (1 yr) 116.0 12 77 61 -3 .9 -16 -2.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 113.0 15 77 63 -1 .8 -14 -1.6 $
CHW (1 yr) 180.2 28 68 83 4 1.0 15 1.8 $

Standard Batting

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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
1959 20 BAL AL 27 24 23 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .130 .167 .174 .341 -5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
1960 21 BAL AL 40 70 60 7 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 6 25 .183 .258 .250 .508 39 15 1 0 4 0 0 1
1961 22 BAL AL 36 71 56 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 25 .089 .164 .089 .253 -29 5 1 1 10 0 0 1
1962 23 BAL AL 33 58 49 9 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 17 .102 .200 .102 .302 -13 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1963 24 SFG NL 36 35 29 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 .103 .212 .172 .385 13 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 25 NYM NL 40 85 76 5 12 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 24 .158 .205 .171 .376 9 13 2 0 2 2 0 1
1965 26 NYM NL 43 85 78 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 22 .154 .185 .179 .365 5 14 3 1 4 0 0 1
1966 27 NYM NL 38 80 67 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 .090 .176 .119 .295 -15 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
1967 28 NYM NL 39 79 70 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 23 .100 .137 .114 .251 -26 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
1968 29 CHW AL 35 59 53 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .113 .130 .132 .262 -22 7 1 0 5 0 0 1
1969 30 CIN NL 34 36 33 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .121 .121 .121 .242 -33 4 1 0 3 0 0 1
11 Seasons 401 682 594 32 74 11 0 1 31 1 1 38 201 .125 .181 .148 .329 -6 88 10 3 45 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 276 240 13 30 4 0 0 13 0 0 15 81 .125 .181 .148 .329 -6 36 4 1 18 1 0
NYM (4 yrs) 160 329 291 12 37 6 0 0 13 0 1 17 95 .127 .177 .148 .325 -6 43 5 1 18 2 0
BAL (4 yrs) 136 223 188 18 24 2 0 1 10 1 0 16 75 .128 .204 .154 .358 -0 29 3 2 17 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 36 35 29 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 .103 .212 .172 .385 13 5 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 34 36 33 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .121 .121 .121 .242 -33 4 1 0 3 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 35 59 53 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .113 .130 .132 .262 -22 7 1 0 5 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 230 400 353 13 44 8 0 0 19 0 1 21 112 .125 .175 .147 .322 -7 52 6 1 23 2 0
AL (5 yrs) 171 282 241 19 30 3 0 1 12 1 0 17 89 .124 .188 .149 .338 -4 36 4 2 22 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 20 BAL AL 24 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1960 21 BAL AL 70 -5 0 -1 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1961 22 BAL AL 71 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1962 23 BAL AL 58 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1963 24 SFG NL 34 -3 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1964 25 NYM NL 85 -9 -1 1 0 0 7 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $16,000 1
1965 26 NYM NL 85 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $19,000 1
1966 27 NYM NL 80 -10 -1 -1 1 0 6 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1967 28 NYM NL 79 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $30,000 1
1968 29 CHW AL 59 -7 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $31,000 1
1969 30 CIN NL 36 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
11 Seasons 681 -82 -2 -1 1 0 55 23 -6 -1.9 -6 -0.6 -1.3 $96,000
NYM (4 yrs) 329 -39 -2 0 1 0 26 12 -2 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $65,000
BAL (4 yrs) 223 -27 0 -1 0 0 19 7 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $
SFG (1 yr) 34 -3 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 36 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 59 -7 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $31,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1959 BAL AL 20 P 27 88.2 14 2 11 1 0 .929 1.32 0.48 .955 2.05 2.03
1960 BAL AL 21 P 40 197.2 45 11 33 1 1 .978 2.00 1.10 .967 1.96 1.95
1961 BAL AL 22 P 36 196.0 32 8 22 2 1 .938 1.38 0.83 .954 2.05 2.02
1962 BAL AL 23 P 32 152.0 36 18 18 0 1 1.000 2.13 1.13 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 SFG NL 24 P 36 116.0 29 10 19 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.81 .951 2.06 2.06
1964 NYM NL 25 P 40 227.2 55 18 34 3 5 .945 2.06 1.30 .953 2.14 2.13
1965 NYM NL 26 P 43 253.2 77 27 49 1 4 .987 2.70 1.77 .956 2.08 2.08
1966 NYM NL 27 P 38 230.0 74 26 45 3 3 .959 2.78 1.87 .947 1.96 1.96
1967 NYM NL 28 P 39 220.1 59 15 43 1 1 .983 2.37 1.49 .960 2.00 2.00
1968 CHW AL 29 P 35 180.2 43 18 24 1 2 .977 2.09 1.20 .957 1.89 1.88
1969 CIN NL 30 P 34 113.0 20 4 14 2 0 .900 1.43 0.53 .958 1.95 1.94
11 Seasons P 400 1975.2 484 157 312 15 18 .969 2.14 1.17 .956 2.02 2.01
11 Seasons TOT 400 1975.2 484 157 312 15 18 .969 2.14 1.17 .956 2.02 2.01
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  7.922 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  23 (5th)
1966 NL  26 (7th)
1967 NL  21 (5th)
Career  193 (225th)

Hits s c a p y
1964 NL  256 (3rd)
1965 NL  252 (6th)
1966 NL  229 (10th)
1967 NL  251 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  0.592 (3rd)
1961 AL  0.781 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1964 NL  17 (5th)
1965 NL  24 (1st)
1966 NL  14 (8th)
1967 NL  18 (1st)
Career  139 (205th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  107 (1st)
1965 NL  111 (1st)
1966 NL  94 (9th)
1967 NL  115 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 AL  10 (1st)
1966 NL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 NL  10 (2nd)
1966 NL  8 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1960 AL  1.5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  10 (7th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1965 NL  27 (3rd)
1966 NL  26 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1966 NL  1.87 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1962 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1939-03-04 (6th)
1960 AL  born 1939-03-04 (9th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Camilo Pascual (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Slim Harriss (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Slim Harriss (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Slim Harriss (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Ray Culp (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196425New York Mets$16,00011/27/65 TSN
196526New York Mets$19,00011/27/65 TSN7/10/65 TSN: $18,000
196728New York Mets$30,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196829Chicago White Sox$31,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$96,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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