William Fischer
1913–1917 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Whales, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
413G
.274AVG
.332OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
301H
10HR
115RBI
20SB
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 413 | 412 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,099 | 1,098 |
| Batting · Hits | 301 | 300 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 66 | 67 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,224 | 1,223 |
| Batting · RBI | 115 | 112 |
| Batting · Walks | 90 | 91 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | 1,224 | 1,099 | 109 | 301 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 115 | 90 | 66 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 411 | .274 | .332 | .374 | .706 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1915-06-13 to 1915-06-30
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1917-05-16 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1915-04-19 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1916-04-20 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 207 | 568 | 139 | 2 | 55 | 44 | 32 | .273 | .322 | .365 |
| Away | 205 | 655 | 161 | 8 | 57 | 47 | 35 | .274 | .318 | .381 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 120 | 36 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .327 | .358 | .455 |
| May | 51 | 145 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 13 | .228 | .317 | .331 |
| June | 67 | 193 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 13 | .279 | .321 | .407 |
| July | 89 | 299 | 68 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 16 | .253 | .291 | .331 |
| August | 76 | 238 | 62 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | .281 | .307 | .380 |
| September | 86 | 218 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 8 | .280 | .349 | .370 |
| October | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 55 | 178 | 49 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | .302 | .348 | .438 |
| new-york-giants | 50 | 134 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | .266 | .313 | .331 |
| cincinnati-reds | 47 | 141 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | .238 | .284 | .285 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 43 | 121 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .278 | .322 | .426 |
| boston-braves | 34 | 103 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .186 | .204 | .227 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 26 | 76 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .288 | .329 | .394 |
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .188 | .270 | .219 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .236 | .338 | .418 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 62 | 166 | 44 | 1 | 10 | – | .265 | – | – |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 105 | 27 | – | 9 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Chicago Whales | 105 | 292 | 95 | 4 | 49 | 5 | .325 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 107 | 291 | 64 | 2 | 18 | 3 | .220 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 244 | 70 | 3 | 26 | 11 | .287 | – | – |