#48 Bill Fischer, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Fischer
10/11/1930 31 USA,WI, 6"0 190
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Suffers Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1961 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 107 Days (795 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 153 Days (841 total Days) 4 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 9 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 9 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 65 4
| | Pitches: Knuckleball Fastball Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 44 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4.12 | 338.2 | 374 | 175 | 155 | 120 | 118 | 13 | 29.5 | 0 | 25 | 56.8 |
Projected | 44 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4.12 | 338.0 | 374 | 175 | 155 | 120 | 118 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 24 | 3 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.08 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 615 | 182 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 89 | 58 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .296 | .356 | .372 | .729 |
vs. RHB | 708 | 192 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 80 | 86 | 62 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .271 | .325 | .366 | .691 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 23 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4.46 | 175.2 | 198 | 93 | 87 | 61 | 60 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3.75 | 163.0 | 176 | 82 | 68 | 59 | 58 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.94 | 54.2 | 65 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 12 |
May | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 55.0 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 16 |
June | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.36 | 61.2 | 64 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 24 |
July | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.91 | 33.0 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 23 |
August | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.71 | 63.0 | 72 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 20 |
Sept./Oct. | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 | 71.1 | 86 | 45 | 38 | 24 | 23 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1957 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6.47 | 126.2 | 163 | 95 | 91 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1.55 | .317 | KC |
1958 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.81 | 56.2 | 61 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .279 | KC |
1959 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4.11 | 247.1 | 277 | 121 | 113 | 22 | 70 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 1.40 | .299 | KC |
1960 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3.95 | 312.1 | 352 | 164 | 137 | 17 | 80 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 1.38 | .300 | KC |
1961 | 44 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4.12 | 338.2 | 374 | 175 | 155 | 13 | 120 | 118 | 13 | 0 | 1.46 | .303 | KC,AL |
Total | 182 | 133 | 62 | 41 | 0 | 4.33 | 1081.2 | 1227 | 583 | 520 | 75 | 318 | 379 | 33 | 2 | 1.43 | .302 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1957, AAA | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4.12 | 78.2 | 83 | 40 | 36 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1.30 | .278 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1957 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .159 | .295 | KC |
1958 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | KC |
1959 | 33 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .092 | .094 | .186 | KC |
1960 | 40 | 113 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .195 | .195 | .390 | KC |
1961 | 44 | 118 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .218 | .229 | .447 | KC,AL |
Total | 182 | 374 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 134 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .168 | .174 | .341 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 44 | 44 | 17 | 89 | 3 | 108 | 2 | .981 | 338.2 | 2.87 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1957... Earned first career win on 5/10/1957... Had first career hit on 6/14/1957, off Connie Johnson (WS1)... Injured on 8/5/1958 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1959, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1960, going 5-0, 2.64... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1961, going 6-1, 2.13... Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1959 - 4.11 - 10th 1960 - 3.95 - 6th
| Wins 1959 - 18 - 6th 1960 - 20 - 4th
| IP 1960 - 312.1 - 5th
| SHO 1959 - 2 - 4th
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