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Ray Fisher

Ray Lyle Fisher (Pick)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 4, 1887 in Middlebury, VT
High School: Middlebury HS (Middlebury, VT)
School: Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1910 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Highlanders/Reds 1910-1920

Final Game: October 2, 1920 (Age 32)
Died: November 3, 1982 in Ann Arbor, MI
Buried: Washtenong Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, MI
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 10:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #613. Dave Giusti… #614. Ron Kline… #615. Sam Jones… #616. RAY FISHER… #617. Rick Reed… #618. Tim Burke… #619. Mike Timlin… 

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
1910 22 NYY AL 5 3 .625 2.92 17 7 8 3 0 1 92.1 95 41 30 0 18 42 3 0 3 368 91 1.224 9.3 0.0 1.8 4.1 2.33
1911 23 NYY AL 10 11 .476 3.25 29 22 5 8 2 0 171.2 178 85 62 3 55 99 5 0 7 721 110 1.357 9.3 0.2 2.9 5.2 1.80
1912 24 NYY AL 2 8 .200 5.88 17 13 2 5 0 0 90.1 107 70 59 2 32 47 2 0 5 377 62 1.539 10.7 0.2 3.2 4.7 1.47
1913 25 NYY AL 12 16 .429 3.18 43 31 8 14 1 1 246.1 244 113 87 3 71 92 9 0 0 1008 94 1.279 8.9 0.1 2.6 3.4 1.30
1914 26 NYY AL 10 12 .455 2.28 29 26 2 17 2 1 209.0 177 65 53 2 61 86 4 1 10 799 121 1.139 7.6 0.1 2.6 3.7 1.41
1915 27 NYY AL 18 11 .621 2.11 30 28 2 20 4 0 247.2 219 82 58 7 62 97 5 0 2 968 139 1.135 8.0 0.3 2.3 3.5 1.56
1916 28 NYY AL 11 8 .579 3.17 31 21 7 9 1 2 179.0 191 81 63 4 51 56 4 0 1 726 92 1.352 9.6 0.2 2.6 2.8 1.10
1917 29 NYY AL 8 9 .471 2.19 23 18 3 12 3 0 144.0 126 49 35 3 43 64 2 1 0 563 123 1.174 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.0 1.49
1919 31 CIN NL 14 5 .737 2.17 26 20 3 12 5 1 174.1 141 55 42 4 38 41 1 1 1 682 129 1.027 7.3 0.2 2.0 2.1 1.08
1920 32 CIN NL 10 11 .476 2.73 33 21 8 10 1 1 201.0 189 86 61 5 50 56 8 0 1 846 112 1.189 8.5 0.2 2.2 2.5 1.12
10 Yrs 100 94 .515 2.82 278 207 48 110 19 7 1755.2 1667 727 550 33 481 680 43 3 30 7058 106 1.223 8.5 0.2 2.5 3.5 1.41
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .515 2.82 39 29 7 15 3 1 246 234 102 77 5 67 95 6 0 4 990 106 1.223 8.5 0.2 2.5 3.5 1.41
NYY (8 yrs) 76 78 .494 2.91 219 166 37 88 13 5 1380.1 1337 586 447 24 393 583 34 2 28 5530 103 1.253 8.7 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.48
CIN (2 yrs) 24 16 .600 2.47 59 41 11 22 6 2 375.1 330 141 103 9 88 97 9 1 2 1528 119 1.114 7.9 0.2 2.1 2.3 1.10
AL (8 yrs) 76 78 .494 2.91 219 166 37 88 13 5 1380.1 1337 586 447 24 393 583 34 2 28 5530 103 1.253 8.7 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.48
NL (2 yrs) 24 16 .600 2.47 59 41 11 22 6 2 375.1 330 141 103 9 88 97 9 1 2 1528 119 1.114 7.9 0.2 2.1 2.3 1.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1910 22 NYY AL 92.1 17 7 41 4.00 3.59 -0.03 0.00 105.0 3.80 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 6 .491 .499 $1,500
1911 23 NYY AL 171.2 29 22 85 4.46 4.63 -0.11 0.00 107.0 5.07 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.8 30 .541 .507
1912 24 NYY AL 90.1 17 13 70 6.97 4.48 -0.56 0.00 108.0 5.45 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -6 .416 .491
1913 25 NYY AL 246.1 43 31 113 4.13 4.00 -0.18 0.00 102.0 4.26 5 0.6 1.0 -0.2 2.9 26 .515 .504 $3,000
1914 26 NYY AL 209.0 29 26 65 2.80 3.69 0.11 0.00 101.0 3.61 21 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.7 37 .593 .517 $6,667
1915 27 NYY AL 247.2 30 28 82 2.98 3.99 0.14 0.00 100.0 3.85 25 3.0 1.0 -0.2 5.3 47 .601 .519 $6,333
1916 28 NYY AL 179.0 31 21 81 4.07 3.60 0.16 0.00 102.4 3.52 -10 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.4 4 .460 .492 $6,333
1917 29 NYY AL 144.0 23 18 49 3.06 3.55 -0.01 0.00 101.9 3.62 8 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.4 21 .546 .507 $6,333
1919 31 CIN NL 174.0 26 20 55 2.84 3.52 0.31 0.00 97.1 3.12 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 17 .528 .505
1920 32 CIN NL 202.2 33 21 86 3.82 3.96 0.16 0.00 97.2 3.69 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 12 .489 .498 $5,500
10 Seasons 1757.0 278 207 727 3.72 3.89 0.03 0.00 101.6 3.93 47 6.2 1.0 -1.5 21.9 193 .522 .504 $35,666
NYY (8 yrs) 1380.1 219 166 586 3.82 3.93 -0.02 0.00 102.8 4.07 45 5.8 1.0 -1.2 18.6 164 .527 .504 $30,166
CIN (2 yrs) 376.2 59 41 141 3.37 3.75 0.23 0.00 97.2 3.43 3 0.4 1.0 -0.3 3.3 29 .506 .501 $5,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1919 31 CIN NL WS W CHW 0 1 .000 2.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.174 8.2 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.174 8.2 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00

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
1910 22 NYY AL 17 30 29 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 .103 .103 .172 .276 -16 5 0 1 1
1911 23 NYY AL 29 64 59 5 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 15 .119 .148 .203 .351 -5 12 0 3 1
1912 24 NYY AL 17 34 31 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .065 .065 .065 .129 -64 2 0 3 1
1913 25 NYY AL 43 86 79 5 22 2 0 0 3 1 1 15 .278 .288 .304 .591 73 24 0 6 1
1914 26 NYY AL 29 71 65 2 9 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 11 .138 .152 .154 .305 -8 10 0 5 1
1915 27 NYY AL 30 93 83 5 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 20 .108 .169 .133 .301 -10 11 2 4 1
1916 28 NYY AL 31 68 62 5 11 3 0 0 2 1 5 12 .177 .250 .226 .476 42 14 1 1 1
1917 29 NYY AL 23 52 50 6 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 14 .180 .180 .280 .460 40 14 0 2 1
1919 31 CIN NL 26 65 59 11 16 1 0 0 5 1 4 7 .271 .317 .288 .606 84 17 0 2 1
1920 32 CIN NL 33 75 70 5 17 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 9 .243 .264 .257 .521 51 18 1 3 1
10 Yrs 278 638 587 45 105 14 1 2 27 5 1 18 124 .179 .209 .216 .425 25 127 4 30
162 Game Avg. 162 372 342 26 61 8 1 1 16 3 10 72 .179 .209 .216 .425 25 74 2 17
NYY (8 yrs) 219 498 458 29 72 12 1 2 19 3 1 13 108 .157 .186 .201 .387 13 92 3 25
CIN (2 yrs) 59 140 129 16 33 2 0 0 8 2 0 5 16 .256 .289 .271 .560 66 35 1 5
AL (8 yrs) 219 498 458 29 72 12 1 2 19 3 1 13 108 .157 .186 .201 .387 13 92 3 25
NL (2 yrs) 59 140 129 16 33 2 0 0 8 2 0 5 16 .256 .289 .271 .560 66 35 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1910 22 NYY AL 17 30 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $1,500 1
1911 23 NYY AL 29 64 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 1
1912 24 NYY AL 17 34 -8 0 0 0 3 -5 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .471 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 1
1913 25 NYY AL 43 86 -3 -0 0 0 7 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 -0.0 7 $3,000 1
1914 26 NYY AL 29 71 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $6,667 1
1915 27 NYY AL 30 93 -11 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.5 4 -1 -0.5 .484 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -1 $6,333 1
1916 28 NYY AL 31 68 -4 -0 0 0 5 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $6,333 1
1917 29 NYY AL 23 52 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 2 2 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 2 $6,333 1
1919 31 CIN NL 26 65 -1 -0 0 0 5 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .517 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 1
1920 32 CIN NL 33 75 -4 0 0 0 6 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $5,500 1
10 Seasons 278 638 -57 1 0 0 50 -5 -0.6 23 18 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 -0.1 18 $35,666
NYY (8 yrs) 219 498 -51 0 0 0 40 -11 -1.3 19 7 -1.3 .494 .499 -1.3 -0.0 7 $30,166
CIN (2 yrs) 59 140 -5 0 0 0 11 6 0.7 4 10 0.7 .511 .502 0.7 -0.0 10 $5,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1919 31 CIN NL WS CHW W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1910 NYY AL 22 P 17 92.1 42 2 37 3 0 .929 3.80 2.29 .942 3.28 3.28
1911 NYY AL 23 P 29 171.2 78 6 67 5 1 .936 3.83 2.52 .938 2.88 2.85
1912 NYY AL 24 P 17 90.1 48 6 38 4 0 .917 4.38 2.59 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 NYY AL 25 P 43 246.1 104 12 85 7 0 .933 3.54 2.26 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 NYY AL 26 P 29 209.0 89 8 77 4 4 .955 3.66 2.93 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 NYY AL 27 P 30 247.2 91 9 76 6 0 .934 3.09 2.83 .937 3.01 3.00
1916 NYY AL 28 P 31 21 9 179.0 60 6 51 3 1 .950 2.87 1.84 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 NYY AL 29 P 23 18 12 144.0 56 12 42 2 5 .964 3.38 2.35 .947 3.04 3.05
1919 CIN NL 31 P 26 20 12 174.1 78 8 68 2 2 .974 3.92 2.92 .960 2.93 2.93
1920 CIN NL 32 P 33 21 10 201.0 78 6 69 3 1 .962 3.36 2.27 .957 2.80 2.83
10 Seasons P 278 80 43 1755.2 724 75 610 39 14 .946 3.51 2.46 .944 2.97 2.96
10 Seasons TOT 278 80 43 1755.2 724 75 610 39 14 .946 3.51 2.46 .944 2.97 2.96
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1914 AL  4.7 (7th)
1915 AL  5.3 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 AL  2.28 (9th)
1915 AL  2.11 (5th)
1919 NL  2.17 (8th)
Career  2.82 (108th)

Wins s c a p y
1915 AL  18 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1919 NL  .737 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 AL  1.139 (10th)
1919 NL  1.027 (5th)
Career  1.223 (191st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 NL  7.279 (5th)
1920 NL  8.463 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 AL  2.253 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 AL  5.190 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 AL  43 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1910 AL  1 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1913 AL  31 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 AL  17 (9th)
1915 AL  20 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1911 AL  2 (9th)
1915 AL  4 (6th)
1919 NL  5 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  7 (1st)
1916 AL  4 (8th)
1917 AL  3 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1913 AL  244 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  0.086 (8th)
Career  0.169 (119th)

Losses s c a p y
1913 AL  16 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  87 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1914 AL  10 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  9 (10th)
1920 NL  8 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 AL  121 (7th)
1915 AL  139 (7th)
1919 NL  129 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  14 (8th)
1915 AL  22 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1914 AL  1.6 (8th)
1915 AL  2.4 (7th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1911 AL  3.83 (4th)
1919 NL  3.92 (2nd)
1920 NL  3.36 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1914 AL  2.93 (2nd)
1915 AL  2.83 (2nd)
1919 NL  2.92 (3rd)
Career  2.46 (54th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (669), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (562), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (504), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (435th), 21.3 career WAR/21.3 7yr-peak WAR/21.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  7. Dan Casey (940)
  8. Pol Perritt (937)
  9. Barney Pelty (932)
  10. Bill Duggleby (931)
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  8. Phil Douglas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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/Other Sources
191022New York Highlanders$1,500Celler Committee transcript 430
191325New York Yankees$3,000Celler Committee transcript 430
191426New York Yankees$6,667Celler Committee transcript 430Replaces earlier $4,000 contract for 1914
191527New York Yankees$6,333*Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsCeller Committee transcript 430:6667.00,
191628New York Yankees$6,333*Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsCeller Committee transcript 430:6667.00,
191729New York Yankees$6,333Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192032Cincinnati Reds$5,5002 Seymour at 373
Career to date (may be incomplete)$35,666
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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