Bill Fischer vs. Ken Patterson — Career Comparison

Bill Fischer
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Patterson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Fischer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Fischer led in home run suppression (HR9+ 358 vs 77), walk avoidance (BB%+ 256 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 79). Ken Patterson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 66). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bill Fischer.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fischer and Ken Patterson

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.04
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.35
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.49
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.63
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.69
43.69
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
4.34
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.88
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
317.2
9
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
936
10.13
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
8.22
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.93
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.08
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.27
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
4.7
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
3.39
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
5.18
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.629
0.629
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3563
38.57
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1372
38.87
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.03
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.76
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
4.75
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.31
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.79
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3341
36.17
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
33.15
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Bill Fischer and Ken Patterson

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.04
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.35
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
27
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
27
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831
9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
317.2
9
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.7
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.74
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.08
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.48
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.59
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.45
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.42
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.69
98.69
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.76
27.76
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fischer and Ken Patterson

Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
281
714.41
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
67200
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
600
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
505.93
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.64
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.63
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.17
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
16.69
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
83.9
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
104.24
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.34
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.31
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
9.16
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
116.95
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
53.39
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.63
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA