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Carlton Fisk

Full name Carlton Ernest Fisk
Born December 26, 1947, Bellows Falls, Vermont
First Game: September 18, 1969; Final Game: June 22, 1993
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 200
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2000
Named AL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1972)
Named AL Rookie Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1972)
Named catcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1972, 1977, 1983, 1985 and 1990)
Won AL Gold Glove as catcher (1972)
Named catcher on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1981, 1985 and 1988)
Ejections: 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1981 (1), 1985 (1), 1986 (1), 1990 (1), 1992 (1), 1993 (1). Total: 9
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1969 BOS A    Daily Splits    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.3 1969 BOS A
1971 BOS A    Daily Splits   14    48    7   15   2   1   2    6    1   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .313  .327  .521   0.1 1971 BOS A
1972 BOS A    Daily Splits  131   457   74  134  28   9  22   61   52   6   83   4   1   0   0  10  11    5   2  .293  .370  .538   5.1 1972 BOS A
1973 BOS A    Daily Splits  135   508   65  125  21   0  26   71   37   2   99  10   1   2   0   5  11    7   2  .246  .309  .441   1.9 1973 BOS A
1974 BOS A    Daily Splits   52   187   36   56  12   1  11   26   24   2   23   2   2   1   0   2   5    5   1  .299  .383  .551   2.3 1974 BOS A
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits   79   263   47   87  14   4  10   52   27   4   32   2   0   2   0   2   7    4   3  .331  .395  .529   2.4 1975 BOS A
1976 BOS A    Daily Splits  134   487   76  124  17   5  17   58   56   3   71   6   3   5   0   9  11   12   5  .255  .336  .415   3.3 1976 BOS A
1977 BOS A    Daily Splits  152   536  106  169  26   3  26  102   75   3   85   9   2  10   0   2   9    7   6  .315  .402  .521   4.6 1977 BOS A
1978 BOS A    Daily Splits  157   571   94  162  39   5  20   88   71   6   83   7   3   6   0   9  10    7   2  .284  .366  .475   3.9 1978 BOS A
1979 BOS A    Daily Splits   91   320   49   87  23   2  10   42   10   0   38   6   1   3   0   5   9    3   0  .272  .304  .450  -0.6 1979 BOS A
1980 BOS A    Daily Splits  131   478   73  138  25   3  18   62   36   6   62  13   0   3   0   8  12   11   5  .289  .353  .467   1.2 1980 BOS A
1981 CHI A    Daily Splits   96   338   44   89  12   0   7   45   38   3   37  12   1   5   0   8   9    3   2  .263  .354  .361   1.3 1981 CHI A
1982 CHI A    Daily Splits  135   476   66  127  17   3  14   65   46   7   60   6   4   4   0   9  12   17   2  .267  .336  .403   1.5 1982 CHI A
1983 CHI A    Daily Splits  138   488   85  141  26   4  26   86   46   3   88   6   2   3   0   3   8    9   6  .289  .355  .518   3.1 1983 CHI A
1984 CHI A    Daily Splits  102   359   54   83  20   1  21   43   26   4   60   5   1   4   0   2   7    6   0  .231  .289  .468  -0.2 1984 CHI A
1985 CHI A    Daily Splits  153   543   85  129  23   1  37  107   52  12   81  17   2   6   0  10   9   17   9  .238  .320  .488   2.1 1985 CHI A
1986 CHI A    Daily Splits  125   457   42  101  11   0  14   63   22   2   92   6   0   6   0   4  10    2   4  .221  .263  .337  -1.8 1986 CHI A
1987 CHI A    Daily Splits  135   454   68  116  22   1  23   71   39   8   72   8   1   6   0  13   9    1   4  .256  .321  .460   1.5 1987 CHI A
1988 CHI A    Daily Splits   76   253   37   70   8   1  19   50   37   9   40   5   1   2   0   2   6    0   0  .277  .377  .542   2.2 1988 CHI A
1989 CHI A    Daily Splits  103   375   47  110  25   2  13   68   36   8   60   3   0   5   0   4  15    1   0  .293  .356  .475   1.7 1989 CHI A
1990 CHI A    Daily Splits  137   452   65  129  21   0  18   65   61   8   73   7   0   1   0   7  12    7   2  .285  .378  .451   4.1 1990 CHI A
1991 CHI A    Daily Splits  134   460   42  111  25   0  18   74   32   4   86   7   0   2   0   6  19    1   2  .241  .299  .413   0.9 1991 CHI A
1992 CHI A    Daily Splits   62   188   12   43   4   1   3   21   23   5   38   1   0   2   0   4   2    3   0  .229  .313  .309  -0.4 1992 CHI A
1993 CHI A    Daily Splits   25    53    2   10   0   0   1    4    2   0   11   1   1   1   0   1   0    0   1  .189  .228  .245  -1.1 1993 CHI A
Total    (24 Years) Splits 2499  8756 1276 2356 421  47 376 1330  849 105 1386 143  26  79   0 125 204  128  58  .269  .341  .457  38.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits    3    12    4    5   1   0   0    2    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   0  .417  .417  .500 1975 BOS A
1983 CHI A    Daily Splits    4    17    0    3   1   0   0    0    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .176  .222  .235 1983 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    7    29    4    8   2   0   0    2    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   0  .276  .300  .345 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits    7    25    5    6   0   0   2    4    7   3    7   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .240  .406  .480 1975 BOS A
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1972 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1972 AL   
1973 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 AL   
1976 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 AL   
1977 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1977 AL   
1978 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1978 AL   
1980 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1980 AL   
1981 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1981 AL   
1982 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 AL   
1985 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 AL   
1991 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1991 AL   
Total    (10 Years) Splits   10    20    2    3   0   0   0    1    0   0    7   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .150  .143  .150 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 BOS A Daily Splits   C    1    1    1     9       2    0    0    0   0    1    0    0    0 1.000
1971 BOS A Daily Splits   C   14   12   12   115.1    72    6    2    1   0    1    4    5    0  .975
1972 BOS A Daily Splits   C  131  129  127  1143.1   846   72   15   10   0    8   56   36    2  .984
1973 BOS A Daily Splits   C  131  131  129  1155     739   50   14    8   0    3   51   32    2  .983
1973 BOS A               DH    3    2    2                                                          -
1974 BOS A Daily Splits   C   50   49   43   435     267   26    6    2   0    2   24   15    0  .980
1974 BOS A               DH    2    2    2                                                          -
1975 BOS A Daily Splits   C   71   70   56   578     347   30    8    2   0    0   34   20    1  .979
1975 BOS A               DH    6    5    5                                                          -
1976 BOS A Daily Splits   C  133  130  125  1167.2   649   73   12    9   0    7   90   50    0  .984
1976 BOS A               DH    1    1    1                                                          -
1977 BOS A Daily Splits   C  151  149  144  1316.1   779   69   11    7   0    4   60   50    2  .987
1978 BOS A Daily Splits   C  154  150  148  1355.2   733   90   17   13   0    7  103   49    1  .980
1978 BOS A               LF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1978 BOS A               DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1978 BOS A               OF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    0    0 
1979 BOS A Daily Splits  DH   42   42   42                                                          -
1979 BOS A                C   39   35   24   293.1   155    8    3    1   0    3   24    5    1  .982
1979 BOS A               OF    1    0    0     0.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1979 BOS A               LF    1    0    0     0.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1980 BOS A Daily Splits   C  115  112  104  1001.1   522   56   10    8   0    3   74   30    1  .983
1980 BOS A               LF    5    5    3    41      13    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1980 BOS A               DH    5    5    4                                                          -
1980 BOS A               OF    5    5    3    41      13    0    0    0   0                     1.000     5    0    0 
1980 BOS A               1B    3    1    1    10       8    0    1    0   0                      .889
1980 BOS A               3B    3    1    0    10       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1981 CHI A Daily Splits   C   92   89   76   767.2   470   44    5   10   0    2   64   30    2  .990
1981 CHI A               3B    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1981 CHI A               1B    1    1    1     9       7    2    1    4   0                      .900
1981 CHI A               LF    1    1    0     4       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1981 CHI A               OF    1    1    0     4       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    0    0 
1982 CHI A Daily Splits   C  133  129  108  1123     639   62    4    7   0   10   80   44    1  .994
1982 CHI A               1B    2    1    1     9       9    1    1    1   0                      .909
1983 CHI A Daily Splits   C  133  123  104  1077.2   709   46    7    5   0   11   77   31    3  .991
1983 CHI A               DH    2    1    1                                                          -
1984 CHI A Daily Splits   C   90   81   69   726     421   38    6    4   0    2   51   21    0  .987
1984 CHI A               DH    5    5    5                                                          -
1985 CHI A Daily Splits   C  130  120  108  1068.1   801   60   10   13   0   10   84   44    1  .989
1985 CHI A               DH   28   28   27                                                          -
1986 CHI A Daily Splits   C   71   65   57   563.1   389   39    4    3   1    8   56   23    0  .991
1986 CHI A               LF   31   29   24   260      66    6    4    0   0                      .947
1986 CHI A               OF   31   29   24   260      66    5    4    0   0                      .947    31    0    0 
1986 CHI A               DH   22   21   20                                                          -
1987 CHI A Daily Splits   C  122  102   95   939.1   550   57    6   15   0    7   69   32    1  .990
1987 CHI A               1B    9    6    3    53.1    44    9    1    7   0                      .981
1987 CHI A               DH    7    7    6                                                          -
1987 CHI A               LF    2    2    0    14       3    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1987 CHI A               OF    2    2    0    14       3    0    0    0   0                     1.000     2    0    0 
1988 CHI A Daily Splits   C   74   68   59   617.2   338   36    2    7   0    3   56   19    0  .995
1989 CHI A Daily Splits   C   90   85   77   739     419   37    3    1   0    9   57   26    0  .993
1989 CHI A               DH   13   13   13                                                          -
1990 CHI A Daily Splits   C  116  112   98   970     660   63    4   14   0   11   71   42    1  .994
1990 CHI A               DH   14   12   11                                                          -
1991 CHI A Daily Splits   C  106   91   64   794.1   535   55    4    5   0   11   54   37    0  .993
1991 CHI A               DH   13   12    8                                                          -
1991 CHI A               1B   12   12    3    94      90   10    2    8   0                      .980
1992 CHI A Daily Splits   C   54   51   33   429.2   252   26    2    2   0    4   41   20    0  .993
1992 CHI A               DH    2    1    1                                                          -
1993 CHI A Daily Splits   C   25   13    7   125.2    75    5    0    0   0    2   22    2    1 1.000
Total (24 Years) Splits   C 2226 2097 1868 18511.2 11369 1048  155  147   1  129 1302  663   20  .988
Total (16 Years)         DH  166  157  148                                                          -
Total ( 6 Years)         OF   41   38   27   325.2    84    5    4    0   0                      .957    41    0    0 
Total ( 6 Years)         LF   41   38   27   325.2    84    6    4    0   0                      .957
Total ( 5 Years)         1B   27   21    9   175.1   158   22    6   20   0                      .968
Total ( 2 Years)         3B    4    1    0    13       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1975 BOS A Daily Splits   C    3    3    3    27      15    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1983 CHI A Daily Splits   C    4    4    4    36      27    3    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   C    7    7    7    63      42    3    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1975 BOS A Daily Splits   C    7    7    7    65.1    37    3    2    1   0    0    9    2    0  .952
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1972 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     4.1     2    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1973 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     5       3    0    0    0   0    1    0    0    0 1.000
1976 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1977 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     5       6    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1978 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     5       4    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1980 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     4       5    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1981 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     6       4    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1982 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     4       2    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1985 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     5       2    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1991 AL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     5       5    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total (10 Years) Splits   C   10    7    0    47.1    34    1    0    0   0    1    5    1    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8- 1-1973     BOX  BOS A  Joe Brinkman        Fighting
 6- 7-1974     BOX  BOS A  Jim Odom            Call at HP
 8-10-1975     BOX  BOS A  Terry Cooney        Call at 2B
 9-15-1981     BOX  CHI A  George Maloney      Balls and strikes
 7-13-1985     BOX  CHI A  Dan Morrison        Balls and strikes
 7-22-1986     BOX  CHI A  Ken Kaiser          Balls and strikes
 8-23-1990     BOX  CHI A  Mark Johnson        Call at 2B (Bumped umpire)
 6-13-1992     BOX  CHI A  Dave Phillips       Balls and strikes
 5- 8-1993     BOX  CHI A  Larry Young         Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (January 28, 1967).

Granted free agency (February 12, 1981).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (March 18, 1981).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 8, 1986).

Granted free agency (January 22, 1988).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (February 9, 1988).

Granted free agency (November 4, 1991).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (December 11, 1991).

Granted free agency (December 19, 1992).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (February 5, 1993).

Released by Chicago White Sox (June 28, 1993).
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