Not Princess Leia’s real life dad / famous crooner…knuckleball reliever…premier
fireman of the early to mid sixties for the stingy White Sox pitching staff…Product of
University of Oklahoma….Started in the Giants organization, effective starter
in the minors but never really caught on in the City….Trade to Chicago made his
career….gets full time work interspersing relief and spot starts…has a career year
in 1965 garnering 15 wins, 24 saves, and appearing in 82 games then a major
league record….Starts 1966 even stronger but is shipped to Baltimore after 18
games…appears in 44 more games for the Orioles on route to the World Series…Does
not play in the WS but then again Baltimore only used four pitchers in a four
game sweep…After one more year in Baltimore he was traded to Cleveland for 1968…was
acquired by the Angels for 1969…Started a four year stint with the halos in a
bullpen by committee situation….Returned to the White Sox for the tail end of
1972 mostly pressed into a starter….Finished
the season with a 4-6 record his only sub .500 year…returned to the pale hose
the following season as part of pitching coach Johnny Sain’s vision of a three
man (mostly) knuckleballer rotation….Experiment failed and Fisher’s ERA went up
by a run per game….finished off the 1973 season and career by appearing in six
games with St Louis....had a career total of 85 wins and 70 losses.
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