Bill Fischer vs. Clyde King — Career Comparison

Bill Fischer
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clyde King
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Fischer built a career as a starting pitcher and Clyde King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clyde King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 4.34 and 1.413 for Bill Fischer. By the career numbers, Clyde King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fischer and Clyde King

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.04
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.63
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.49
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.58
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.63
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.45
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.69
43.69
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.14
56.14
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
4.34
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.14
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1488
27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
496
9
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
936
10.13
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
9.51
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.93
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.05
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.27
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.43
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.39
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
2.72
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.629
0.629
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.684
0.684
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.22
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3563
38.57
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2135
38.74
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.03
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.92
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
4.75
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
4.77
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3341
36.17
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1938
35.17
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Bill Fischer and Clyde King

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.04
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
27
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
831
9
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.7
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.74
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.48
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.45
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.69
98.69
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.83
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fischer and Clyde King

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
281
714.41
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
201
934.88
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
600
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
129
600
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
505.93
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
530.23
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.64
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60.47
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.47
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
11
51.16
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.63
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.65
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.65
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.17
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.3
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
16.69
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
2.7
12.55
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
83.9
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
16
74.42
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
104.24
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
19
88.37
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
20.34
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
41.86
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.26
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
48.31
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
65.12
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
9.16
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0.02
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.65
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.26
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
116.95
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
167.44
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
53.39
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
9
41.86
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.63
Clyde King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Clyde King
Career
Per 600 PA