#48 Bill Fischer, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Fischer
10/11/1930 29 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 4 / 6 (Popular) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Suffers Normal 3.0 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 $ 150,000 1960 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 107 Days (623 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 153 Days (669 total Days) 3 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 9 | 9 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 9 | 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 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3.95 | 312.1 | 352 | 164 | 137 | 80 | 103 | 9 | 22.5 | 0 | 22 | 55.0 |
Projected | 42 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3.95 | 330.0 | 373 | 174 | 145 | 85 | 109 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.92 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 547 | 148 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 73 | 78 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .271 | .322 | .373 | .695 |
vs. RHB | 690 | 204 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 80 | 86 | 36 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 | .330 | .393 | .722 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2.90 | 177.0 | 174 | 73 | 57 | 36 | 70 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5.32 | 135.1 | 178 | 91 | 80 | 44 | 33 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 8.2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.17 | 42.1 | 56 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 12 |
May | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.25 | 53.0 | 67 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 14 |
June | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.65 | 56.2 | 58 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 24 |
July | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 45.2 | 52 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 22 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.88 | 53.1 | 62 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 14 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.64 | 61.1 | 57 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 17 |
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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 |
Total | 138 | 89 | 42 | 26 | 0 | 4.42 | 743.0 | 853 | 408 | 365 | 62 | 198 | 261 | 20 | 2 | 1.41 | .301 | |
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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 |
Total | 138 | 256 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .144 | .148 | .293 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 18 | 71 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 1.000 | 312.1 | 2.56 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1959 - 4.11 - 10th
| Wins 1959 - 18 - 6th
| SHO 1959 - 2 - 4th
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