Hank Fischer

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1940)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{no footnotes|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hank Fischer

|position=Pitcher

|image=Hank Fischer.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1940|1|11}}

|birth_place=Yonkers, New York, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1962

|debutteam=Milwaukee Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 8

|finalyear=1967

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=30–39

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.23

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=369

|teams=

• Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves ({{baseball year|1962}}–{{baseball year|1966}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1966}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|1966}}–{{baseball year|1967}})

}}

Henry William Fischer (born January 11, 1940) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with three different teams between 1962 and 1967. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|2}} tall and {{convert|190|lb}}, he batted and threw right-handed.

Fischer was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent in 1959 out of the Seton Hall University. He entered the majors in 1962 with the Braves, playing for them for four full seasons in Milwaukee and a half-season in Atlanta, before joining the Cincinnati Reds (1966) and Boston Red Sox (1966–1967). With the 1964 Braves, he posted career-highs in wins (11), starts (28), complete games (9), and innings pitched (168{{fraction|1|3}}).

In a six-season career, Fischer posted a 30–39 record with 369 strikeouts and a 4.23 ERA in 168 appearances, including 77 starts, 14 complete games, five shutouts, seven saves, and 546{{fraction|2|3}} innings of work.