Bill Fischer vs. Jim Kaat — Career Comparison

Bill Fischer
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Kaat
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

The numbers give Bill Fischer a clear advantage over Jim Kaat across the core pitching metrics. Bill Fischer led in home run suppression (HR9+ 358 vs 81), walk avoidance (BB%+ 256 vs 178), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 96). Jim Kaat held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 73 vs 66). Bill Fischer was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fischer and Jim Kaat

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.04
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.84
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.49
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
0.56
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.63
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.47
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.69
43.69
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.42
54.42
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.76
27.76
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.17
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.36
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.06
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
4.34
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1738
3.45
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13591
27
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4530.1
9
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936
10.13
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4620
9.18
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.93
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
0.78
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
2.27
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
2.15
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.23
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
3.39
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2461
4.89
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.629
0.629
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.25
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.24
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3563
38.57
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19023
37.79
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.03
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.2
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
4.75
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2038
4.05
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.18
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.16
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3341
36.17
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17645
35.05
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Bill Fischer and Jim Kaat

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.04
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.84
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2493
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13587
27
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4529
9
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.7
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
0.52
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.74
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
1.48
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.11
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.48
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2.11
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.45
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
2
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.69
98.69
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.73
94.73
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.76
27.76
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fischer and Jim Kaat

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
281
714.41
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1004
442.29
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
236
600
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1362
600
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
199
505.93
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1251
551.1
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.64
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
102.2
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
23
58.47
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
73.57
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.63
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
19.38
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.54
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.05
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.17
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
28.63
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
6.56
16.69
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.45
35.88
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
33
83.9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
147.14
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
41
104.24
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
133.04
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
20.34
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
51.54
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
30.51
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
46.7
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
48.31
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
91.19
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
9.16
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.39
31.45
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
3.08
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
27.75
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
116.95
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
367
161.67
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
53.39
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.98
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
3.08
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.63
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.17
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.64
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33