Bill Fischer
1956–1964 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators (1901-60)
281G
.136AVG
.191OBP
.166SLG
More career statistics
27H
1HR
12RBI
0SB
45–58W–L
831.1IP
313K
4.34ERA
78GS
13SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,563 | 3,565 |
| Pitching · p er | 401 | 402 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,494 | 2,493 |
| Pitching · p w | 210 | 211 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | 236 | 199 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | .136 | .191 | .166 | .357 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 831.3 | 281 | 78 | 16 | 45 | 58 | 13 | 936 | 439 | 401 | 85 | 210 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 1.379 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1960-08-23 to 1960-09-11
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1959-04-22 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1956-04-21 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1957-09-11 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 | .111 | .165 | .148 |
| Away | 135 | 133 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 27 | .153 | .165 | .178 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .158 | .200 |
| May | 50 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .152 | .163 | .182 |
| June | 61 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .069 | .147 | .172 |
| July | 53 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .061 | .100 | .091 |
| August | 57 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .162 | .163 | .162 |
| September | 39 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .173 | .228 | .192 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 45 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .139 | .159 | .167 |
| baltimore-orioles | 37 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .079 | .071 | .105 |
| cleveland-guardians | 32 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .185 | .243 | .185 |
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .200 | .154 |
| chicago-white-sox | 30 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .118 | .125 |
| detroit-tigers | 27 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .200 | .250 | .300 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .158 | .176 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 40 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .150 | 124 | 48 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 88 | 42 |
| 1959 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 34 | 54 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .130 | 187 | 62 |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | .233 | 132 | 55 |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics | 41 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 67 | 30 |
| 1962 |  Kansas City Athletics | 34 | 38 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .105 | 127 | 38 |
| 1963 | Kansas City Athletics | 45 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 95 | 34 |
| 1964 |  Minnesota Twins | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 |