#48 Bill Fischer, Reliever, 39 yrs, Kansas City Royals Saturday, 10/21/1969 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Fischer
10/11/1930 39 USA,WI, 6"0 195
Reliever 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Suffers Prone 1.0 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 $ 450,000 1969 12 Year(s), 107 Days (2171 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 153 Days (2217 total Days) 12 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 5 | 4 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
Talent | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 3 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 : 2 (Range), .988 (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 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 14.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 14.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
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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 | 13 | 5 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2.63 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .250 | .500 | .750 |
vs. RHB | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .324 | .179 | .502 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Road | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 9.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
June | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sept./Oct. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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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 |
1962 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4.41 | 269.2 | 302 | 143 | 132 | 8 | 71 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 1.38 | .306 | KC |
1963 | 41 | 41 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 4.30 | 312.0 | 353 | 165 | 149 | 20 | 69 | 125 | 11 | 3 | 1.35 | .302 | KC |
1964 | 43 | 43 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 4.30 | 322.2 | 376 | 168 | 154 | 18 | 94 | 158 | 10 | 0 | 1.46 | .324 | KC |
1965 | 45 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4.39 | 330.0 | 388 | 184 | 161 | 21 | 94 | 128 | 7 | 4 | 1.46 | .311 | KC |
1966 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.61 | 67.1 | 78 | 43 | 42 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .306 | CIN |
1967 | 69 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5.17 | 155.0 | 196 | 95 | 89 | 8 | 59 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1.65 | .322 | CIN |
1968 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3.12 | 26.0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .253 | CHA |
1969 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 14.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | .209 | CHA KC |
Total | 515 | 309 | 148 | 121 | 12 | 4.41 | 2578.2 | 2957 | 1397 | 1263 | 160 | 749 | 959 | 76 | 10 | 1.44 | .307 | |
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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 |
1964 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 17.1 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 25.1 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 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 |
1962 | 35 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .120 | .100 | .220 | KC |
1963 | 41 | 107 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .138 | .150 | .287 | KC |
1964 | 43 | 120 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .139 | .167 | .306 | KC |
1965 | 45 | 121 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .097 | .083 | .179 | KC |
1966 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1967 | 69 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .094 | .065 | .158 | CIN |
1968 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA |
1969 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA KC |
Total | 515 | 846 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 51 | 13 | 311 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .141 | .144 | .285 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.1 | 3.14 | | | | |
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Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1962... Injured on 9/26/1963 with a Spasms Back, out for 5 weeks... Hit first career homerun on 8/11/1964, off Bill Stafford (MIN)... Injured on 8/27/1964 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Won World Series with Kansas City in 1964... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/8/1966 to a 2-year deal worth $12,100,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/11/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year... Traded from Chicago (A) to Kansas City on 2/3/1969 (Going to CHA: C Derrick AAA. Going to KC: P Mel Nelson, P Bill Fischer, P Bill Kelso, P Joe Bonikowski, LF Ed Stroud)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1959 - 4.11 - 10th 1960 - 3.95 - 6th 1964 - 4.30 - 10th
| Wins 1959 - 18 - 6th 1960 - 20 - 4th 1961 - 20 - 6th 1964 - 20 - 8th 1965 - 21 - 6th
| Losses 1963 - 20 - 5th 1964 - 18 - 7th
| Saves 1966 - 6 - 10th
| IP 1960 - 312.1 - 5th 1961 - 338.2 - 6th 1964 - 322.2 - 6th 1965 - 330.0 - 8th
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SHO 1959 - 2 - 4th 1963 - 3 - 5th 1965 - 4 - 3rd
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