Bill Fischer
Chicago White Sox 1956–1958; Detroit Tigers 1958; Washington Senators 1958–1959; Detroit Tigers 1960; Washington Senators 1960; Detroit Tigers 1961; Kansas City Athletics 1961–1963; Minnesota Twins 1964
Percentile snapshot
1959 season — qualified pitchers
of 57 qualified 1959 pitchers (min 154 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1957 | 33 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .146 | .150 | .296 | -38.0 | -18.2 | .135 | 1.4 |
| 1958 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .231 | .497 | 42.3 | 34.6 | .247 | -1.8 |
| 1959 | 34 | 65 | 54 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .172 | .130 | .302 | -23.5 | -15.7 | .149 | 0.8 |
| 1960 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .343 | .367 | .710 | 95.4 | 91.4 | .334 | 1.1 |
| 1961 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.1 |
| 1962 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .132 | .237 | -60.6 | -38.1 | .106 | 1.4 |
| 1963 | 45 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .263 | .067 | .330 | 8.6 | -4.3 | .202 | 1.3 |
| 1964 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.60 | 4.200 | 10.80 | 1.91 | 46.3 | 19.1 | -0.3 |
| 1957 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 48 | 35 | 48 | 1 | 124.0 | 3.48 | 1.403 | 3.48 | 2.65 | 70.6 | 107.7 | 1.4 |
| 1958 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 62 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 88.0 | 6.34 | 1.636 | 4.30 | 4.50 | 118.4 | 59.9 | -1.8 |
| 1959 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 211 | 89 | 43 | 62 | 16 | 187.3 | 4.28 | 1.356 | 2.98 | 3.67 | 94.4 | 90.8 | 0.8 |
| 1960 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 63 | 35 | 55 | 13 | 132.0 | 4.30 | 1.288 | 3.75 | 3.65 | 91.7 | 92.6 | 1.1 |
| 1961 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 35 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 67.7 | 4.66 | 1.522 | 3.99 | 4.94 | 120.9 | 88.0 | 0.1 |
| 1962 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 56 | 8 | 38 | 16 | 127.7 | 3.95 | 1.238 | 2.68 | 3.76 | 89.9 | 105.9 | 1.4 |
| 1963 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 38 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 95.7 | 3.57 | 1.202 | 3.20 | 4.52 | 116.9 | 108.2 | 1.3 |
| 1964 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7.3 | 7.36 | 2.864 | 2.45 | 7.51 | 206.5 | 49.3 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-06-26 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1957-09-01 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959-04-30 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1958-05-24 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1960-09-11 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-09-11 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1962-08-26 | ATH @ MIN Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957-08-25 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1958-09-21 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957-09-11 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 11.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.