Ron Nischwitz
[edit] Biography
Born on July 1, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio, Ron Nischwitz (Ronald Lee Nischwitz) played for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 4 year career. Nischwitz broke into the bigs on September 4, 1961 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.90 ERA in 64.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ron Nischwitz's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.90 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.56
| 8
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 13
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 48
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 3.90
| 28
| 30
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 64.2
| 73
| 5
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6.48
| 10
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16.2
| 17
| 3
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.78
| 12
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22.2
| 21
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 88
| 1
| 5
| 8
| 4.21
| 58
| 65
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 115.1
| 124
| 12
| 48
| 5
| 3
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1961
| DET
| A
| P
| 6
| 1
| 11.1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 64.2
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .938
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 16.2
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 22.2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 88
| 1
| 115.1
| 7
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .900
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 48
| 12
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .417
| .417
| .583
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 88
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .278
| .278
| .389
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1958).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Gordon Seyfried to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bubba Phillips (November 27, 1962).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers (1965).
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