Hank Fischer

Full Name: Henry William Fischer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 16, 1962
Birthdate: January 11, 1940	Final Game: August 8, 1967
Birthplace: Yonkers, New York	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 11, 1940 in Yonkers, New York, Hank Fischer (Henry William Fischer) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 6 year career. Fischer broke into the bigs on April 16, 1962 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 4.96 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hank Fischer's best season was 1964, when he posted a 4.01 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 99 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1962	MIL	N	29	0	2	3	5.30	29	27	22	0	0	4	37.1	43	4	20	1	3	0
1963	MIL	N	31	6	4	3	4.96	72	46	41	1	0	0	74.1	74	8	28	4	2	5
1964	MIL	N	37	28	11	10	4.01	99	95	75	9	5	2	168.1	177	17	39	5	8	3
1965	MIL	N	31	19	8	9	3.89	79	61	53	2	0	0	122.2	126	18	39	5	4	3
1966	CIN	N	11	9	0	6	6.63	24	31	28	0	0	0	38	53	3	15	0	4	3
1966	BOS	A	6	5	2	3	2.90	26	12	10	1	0	0	31	35	4	11	1	1	1
1966	ATL	N	14	8	2	3	3.91	22	23	21	0	0	0	48.1	55	3	14	1	1	1
1966	Total		31	22	4	12	4.53	72	66	59	1	0	0	117.1	143	10	40	2	6	5
1966	TOT	N	25	17	2	9	5.11	46	54	49	0	0	0	86.1	108	6	29	1	5	4
1967	BOS	A	9	2	1	2	2.36	18	15	7	1	0	1	26.2	24	3	8	0	1	1
Total	NL		153	70	27	34	4.42	325	283	240	12	5	6	489	528	53	155	16	22	15
Total	AL		15	7	3	5	2.65	44	27	17	2	0	1	57.2	59	7	19	1	2	2
Total			168	77	30	39	4.23	369	310	257	14	5	7	546.2	587	60	174	17	24	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	MIL	N	P	29	0	37.1	3	5	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
1963	MIL	N	P	31	6	74.1	4	9	1	0	5	2	0	.929
1964	MIL	N	P	37	28	168.1	14	23	2	2	5	4	1	.949
1965	MIL	N	P	31	19	122.2	10	11	3	1	6	6	2	.875
1966	CIN	N	P	11	9	38	0	5	0	1	4	2	0	1.000
1966	BOS	A	P	6	5	31	0	6	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1966	ATL	N	P	14	8	48.1	2	4	2	0	3	5	0	.750
1966	Total		P	31	22	117.1	2	15	2	1	10	8	0	.895
1966	TOT	N	P	25	17	86.1	2	9	2	1	7	7	0	.846
1967	BOS	A	P	9	2	26.2	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	168	77	546.2	34	67	8	4	30	23	3	.927

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1962	MIL	N	29	4	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	1	3	0	0
1963	MIL	N	31	19	0	2	0	.105	.150	.105	0	1	7	2	0
1964	MIL	N	38	52	5	8	3	.154	.214	.173	1	4	14	4	0
1965	MIL	N	32	37	3	4	1	.108	.132	.108	0	1	16	2	0
1966	CIN	N	11	11	1	1	1	.091	.091	.091	0	0	3	0	1
1966	BOS	A	6	9	0	2	0	.222	.300	.222	0	1	4	0	0
1966	ATL	N	14	13	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	2	1
1966	Total		31	33	1	3	1	.091	.118	.091	0	1	12	2	2
1966	TOT	N	25	24	1	1	1	.042	.042	.042	0	0	8	2	2
1967	BOS	A	9	7	0	1	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	4	1	0
Total	NL		155	136	10	15	5	.110	.154	.118	1	7	48	10	2
Total	AL		15	16	0	3	1	.188	.235	.188	0	1	8	1	0
Total			170	152	10	18	6	.118	.162	.125	1	8	56	11	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (1959).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Joey Jay (June 15, 1966).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Red Sox in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later (August 15, 1966); Cincinnati Reds received Dick Stigman and Rollie Sheldon (December 15, 1966).

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