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William Fischer

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Full Name: William Charles Fischer Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/174 First Game: June 9, 1913
Birthdate: March 2, 1891 Final Game: September 29, 1917
Birthplace: New York, New York MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: September 4, 1945
Deathplace: Richmond, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

William Fischer (William Charles Fischer) was born on March 2, 1891 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on June 9, 1913 for the Brooklyn Superbas. In 1913, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Fischer played for the Brooklyn Superbas, Chicago Whales, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that William Fischer's best season was 1915, when he hit for a .329 average and knocked in 50 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1913 BRO N 62 165 16 44 1 12 .267 .313 .388 9 4 10 5 1 2 0 0 0
1914 BRO N 43 105 12 27 0 8 .257 .310 .305 1 2 8 12 0 3 1 0 0
1915 CHI F 105 292 30 96 4 50 .329 .384 .449 15 4 24 19 2 11 5 0 0
1916 PIT N 42 113 11 29 1 6 .257 .323 .363 7 1 10 3 1 4 1 0 0
1916 CHI N 65 179 15 35 1 14 .196 .246 .285 9 2 11 8 1 5 2 0 0
1916 TOT N 107 292 26 64 2 20 .219 .276 .315 16 3 21 11 2 9 3 0 0
1917 PIT N 95 245 25 70 3 25 .286 .359 .376 9 2 27 19 1 4 11 0 0
Total NL 307 807 79 205 6 65 .254 .314 .347 35 11 66 47 4 18 15 0 0
Total FL 105 292 30 96 4 50 .329 .384 .449 15 4 24 19 2 11 5 0 0
Total 412 1099 109 301 10 115 .274 .332 .374 50 15 90 66 6 29 20 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1913 BRO N C 51 0 0 193 65 7 2 0 6 0 0 0 .974
1914 BRO N C 30 0 0 136 45 8 6 0 4 0 0 0 .958
1915 CHI F C 80 0 0 324 100 12 9 0 7 0 0 0 .972
1916 PIT N C 35 0 0 183 46 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 .974
1916 CHI N C 56 0 0 246 73 9 3 0 7 0 0 0 .973
1916 TOT N C 91 0 0 429 119 15 8 0 12 0 0 0 .973
1917 PIT N C 69 0 0 272 77 14 8 0 4 0 0 0 .961
1917 PIT N 1B 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 321 0 0 1354 406 56 33 0 33 0 0 0 .969

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Brooklyn Superbas from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 16, 1912).
  • Sold by Chicago Whales to Chicago Cubs with Mordecai Brown, Clem Clemens, Mickey Doolan, Max Flack, Claude Hendrix, Les Mann, George McConnell, Joe Tinker, Rollie Zeider, Charlie Pechous and Dutch Zwilling (February 10, 1916).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Frank Schulte to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Art Wilson and Otto Knabe (July 29, 1916).

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