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Bill Fischer

Full name William Charles Fischer
Born October 11, 1930, Wausau, Wisconsin
Died October 30, 2018, Council Bluffs, Iowa
First Game: April 21, 1956; Final Game: May 22, 1964
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1956 CHI A                    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A    Daily Splits   33    40    1    6   0   0   0    5    0   0    8   0   3   1   0   3   1    0   0  .150  .146  .150   0.0 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A    Daily Splits   17     7    0    1   1   0   0    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .143  .143  .286   0.0 1958 CHI A
1958 DET A    Daily Splits   22     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .500  .000   0.0 1958 DET A
1958 WAS A    Daily Splits    3     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .333  .200   0.0 1958 WAS A
1958 TOT A                   42    13    0    2   1   0   0    1    2   0    2   0   2   0   0   1   1    0   0  .154  .267  .231   0.0 1958 TOT A
1959 WAS A    Daily Splits   34    54    2    7   0   0   0    3    2   0   13   1   7   1   0   2   0    0   0  .130  .172  .130   0.0 1959 WAS A
1960 WAS A    Daily Splits   20    19    2    3   0   0   1    1    2   0    6   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .158  .238  .316   0.0 1960 WAS A
1960 DET A    Daily Splits   20    11    2    4   1   0   0    1    3   0    0   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .364  .500  .455   0.0 1960 DET A
1960 TOT A                   40    30    4    7   1   0   1    2    5   0    6   0   4   0   0   0   0    0   0  .233  .343  .367   0.0 1960 TOT A
1961 DET A    Daily Splits   26     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1961 DET A
1961 KC  A    Daily Splits   15     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1961 KC  A
1961 TOT A                   41     9    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1961 TOT A
1962 KC  A    Daily Splits   34    38    1    4   1   0   0    1    0   0    8   0   1   0   0   1   1    0   0  .105  .105  .132   0.0 1962 KC  A
1963 KC  A    Daily Splits   45    15    0    1   0   0   0    0    3   0    6   1   3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .067  .263  .067   0.0 1963 KC  A
1964 MIN A                    9     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1964 MIN A
Total    ( 9 Years) Splits  281   199    8   27   3   0   1   12   12   0   46   2  21   2   0   7   3    0   0  .136  .191  .166   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1956 CHI A    Daily Splits    3   0   0   0   1   0    1.2    6    12   0    4    4    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  21.60     -  -0.1 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A    Daily Splits   33  11   3   1   7   1  124    139   525   1   50   48   35   6   48   7   3   5   3   0  21   5  24   9   7   8   3.48  3.82   0.3 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A    Daily Splits   17   3   0   0   5   0   36.1   43   161   6   28   27   13   1   16   4   1   1   0   0   2   2   3   2   2   3   6.69  3.33  -1.4 1958 CHI A
1958 DET A    Daily Splits   22   0   0   0  13   2   30.2   46   146   6   34   26   13   2   16   4   2   3   0   0   6   0   3   2   2   4   7.63     -  -2.5 1958 DET A
1958 WAS A    Daily Splits    3   3   0   0   0   0   21     24    86   1    9    9    5   1   10   4   1   0   1   0   3   1   6   2   0   3   3.86  0.67   0.1 1958 WAS A
1958 TOT A                   42   6   0   0  18   2   88    113   393  13   71   62   31   4   42  12   4   4   1   0  11   3  12   6   4  10   6.34  2.00  -3.8 1958 TOT A
1959 WAS A    Daily Splits   34  29   6   1   5   0  187.1  211   814  16   98   89   43   2   62  10   7   2   4   1  29   6  13  20   9  11   4.28  4.72  -0.5 1959 WAS A
1960 WAS A    Daily Splits   20   7   1   0   4   0   77     85   325   7   45   42   17   2   31   4   2   2   0   0  14   1  13   7   3   5   4.91  2.86  -0.5 1960 WAS A
1960 DET A    Daily Splits   20   6   1   0   7   0   55     50   228   6   23   21   18   3   24   2   3   1   0   0   7   0   5   5   5   3   3.44  5.00   0.7 1960 DET A
1960 TOT A                   40  13   2   0  11   0  132    135   553  13   68   63   35   5   55   6   5   3   0   0  21   1  18  12   8   8   4.30  3.85   0.2 1960 TOT A
1961 DET A    Daily Splits   26   1   0   0  13   3   46.2   54   205  10   28   26   17   2   18   3   0   2   0   0   5   1   4   2   3   2   5.01  4.00  -0.5 1961 DET A
1961 KC  A    Daily Splits   15   0   0   0  10   2   21     26    89   1    9    9    6   0   12   1   1   1   0   0   7   2   4   0   1   0   3.86     -   0.1 1961 KC  A
1961 TOT A                   41   1   0   0  23   5   67.2   80   294  11   37   35   23   2   30   4   1   3   0   0  12   3   8   2   4   2   4.66  4.00  -0.4 1961 TOT A
1962 KC  A    Daily Splits   34  16   5   0   6   2  127.2  150   533  16   61   56    8   2   38   7   5   2   1   0  24   7   7   6   4  12   3.95  3.19   0.2 1962 KC  A
1963 KC  A    Daily Splits   45   2   0   0  22   3   95.2   86   398  13   44   38   29   5   34   7   4   1   3   1  10   4  10   8   9   6   3.57  7.50   0.3 1963 KC  A
1964 MIN A    Daily Splits    9   0   0   0   2   0    7.1   16    41   2    6    6    5   3    2   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   7.36     -  -0.3 1964 MIN A
Total    ( 9 Years) Splits  281  78  16   2  95  13  831.1  936  3563  85  439  401  210  29  313  54  30  20  12   2 129  31  92  63  45  58   4.34  3.99  -4.1 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1956 CHI A Daily Splits   P    3    0    0     1.2     1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1957 CHI A Daily Splits   P   33   11    3   124       6   20    1    0   0    0    3    3    0  .963
1958 CHI A Daily Splits   P   17    3    0    36.1     1   11    0    1   0    1    0    2    1 1.000
1958 DET A Daily Splits   P   22    0    0    30.2     0    8    0    0   0    0    4    3    0 1.000
1958 WAS A Daily Splits   P    3    3    0    21       3    4    0    1   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
1958 TOT A                P   42    6    0    88       4   23    0    2   0    1    5    7    1 1.000
1959 WAS A Daily Splits   P   34   29    6   187.1    21   48    1    2   0    5   13    4    1  .986
1960 WAS A Daily Splits   P   20    7    1    77       5   18    0    3   0    1    4    0    1 1.000
1960 DET A Daily Splits   P   20    6    1    55       3   10    0    1   0    0    4    0    0 1.000
1960 TOT A                P   40   13    2   132       8   28    0    4   0    1    8    0    1 1.000
1961 DET A Daily Splits   P   26    1    0    46.1     6    5    0    0   0    0    3    0    0 1.000
1961 KC  A Daily Splits   P   15    0    0    21       1    4    0    0   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
1961 TOT A                P   41    1    0    67.1     7    9    0    0   0    0    4    1    0 1.000
1962 KC  A Daily Splits   P   34   16    5   127.2    15   16    0    1   0    3    6    0    1 1.000
1963 KC  A Daily Splits   P   45    2    0    95.2     3   14    1    1   0    1    9    0    1  .944
1964 MIN A Daily Splits   P    9    0    0     7.1     0    3    0    0   0    1    0    2    0 1.000
Total ( 9 Years) Splits   P  281   78   16   831      65  161    3   10   0   12   48   17    5  .987
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1979 CIN N  Coach                       4- 4  10- 5
1980 CIN N  Coach                       4- 9  10- 5
1981 CIN N  Coach                       4- 8  10- 4
1982 CIN N  Coach                       4- 5  10- 3
1983 CIN N  Coach                       4- 4  10- 2
1985 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 8  10- 6
1986 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 7  10-27
1987 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 6  10- 4
1988 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 4  10- 2
1989 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 3  10- 1
1990 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 9  10-10
1991 BOS A  Pitching                    4- 8  10- 6
2000 TB  A  Pitching                    4-12  10- 1
2001 TB  A  Pitching                    4- 3  10- 7
Total (14 Years) 

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1948).

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke and Richard Duffy to
Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Marv Grissom and Hal Brown (October 10, 1951).

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Tito Francona to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ray
Boone and Bob Shaw (June 15, 1958).

Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Detroit Tigers (September 11, 1958).

Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Tom Morgan (July 22,
1960).

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ozzie Virgil to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for
Gerry Staley and Reno Bertoia (August 2, 1961).

Selected by Minnesota Twins from Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1963).

Released by Minnesota Twins (January 21, 1965).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 26, 1965).

Released by Chicago White Sox (September 25, 1968).
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