Bill Fischer vs. Craig Kimbrel — Career Comparison

Bill Fischer
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Craig Kimbrel
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Bill Fischer built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Kimbrel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Kimbrel led in strikeout rate (K%+ 144 vs 66), run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 111). Bill Fischer held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 358 vs 122). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Craig Kimbrel.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fischer and Craig Kimbrel

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
3.04
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.49
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.61
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.63
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.53
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.69
43.69
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4.82
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
4.34
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.58
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
936
10.13
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
5.39
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.93
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.82
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.27
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
3.79
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
3.39
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
14.04
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.629
0.629
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.981
1.981
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.77
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.44
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3563
38.57
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3306
36.21
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.03
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
7.19
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
4.75
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.88
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3341
36.17
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2897
31.73
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21

Fielding Stats for Bill Fischer and Craig Kimbrel

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
3.04
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
27
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831
9
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.7
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.74
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.48
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.92
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.45
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.88
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.69
98.69
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fischer and Craig Kimbrel

Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
281
714.41
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
851
255300
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
600
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
505.93
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.64
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.47
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.63
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.17
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
16.69
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
83.9
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
104.24
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.34
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.31
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
9.16
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
116.95
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
53.39
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.63
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA