Camden Sports - Wes Fisler

Wes Fisler, nicknamed Icicle, was July 5, 1841 in Camden, NJ. He came from a noted local family, his father, Dr. Lorenzo F. Fisler, served as mayor of the city of Camden at three different times.

In 1864 Wes Fisler batted cleanup and played catcher for a club simply known as "New Jersey", with a boxscore published in the May 26, 1864 edition of the Philadelphia Daily Age. The following year Wes Fisler played left field and led off for the Camden Club, with a box score appearing in the August 4, 1865 edition of the Philadelphia Daily Age. The following season he joined the Philadelphia Athletic Club, for whom he would play the next 11 seasons.

Wes Fisler had already played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics when he made his major leagueo debut at the age of 29 with the Philadelphia club of the National Association, the professional baseball league that evolved into the National League. Playing mostly first and second base, he was one of the better hitters in the league, although not one of the dominant players of his day. The event that staked Wes Fisler's claim to baseball immortality occurred during his final season, on opening day.

On April 22, 1876, the opening game of the National League's first ever season, the Boston Red Caps come out ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics by the score of 6 to 5. Athletics first baseman Wes Fisler of Camden NJ, scored the very first run in National League history.

After he retired from baseball, Wes Fisler returned to Camden NJ. He appears in the 1887-1891 Camden city directories as living at 511 Federal Street, and working in "gents furnishings" in Philadelphia. He later moved to Philadelphia, where he appears in the 1910 census. His final years were spent in Philadelphia, where he lived in a rooming house at 2134 Park Avenue. Weston Dickson Fisler passed away December 25, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA.

Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 29 ATH NA  28  147   43   41   8  2   0   16   6  3   3   2  .279  .293  .361   53                    
 1872 30 ATH NA  47  243   49   85  13  3   0   48   3  0   4   4  .350  .360  .428  104                    
 1873 31 ATH NA  44  218   44   75  11  4   1   42   2  1   2   2  .344  .350  .445   97                    
 1874 32 ATH NA  37  180   26   59  12  1   0   22   2  0   0   1  .328  .328  .406   73                    
 1875 33 ATH NA  58  268   54   74  13  3   0   31   1  4   4   4  .276  .287  .347   93                    
 1876 34 ATH NL  59  278   42   80  15  1   1   30          2   4  .288  .293  .360  100                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      273 1334  258  414  72 14   2  189  14  8  15  17  .310  .318  .390  520   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        792  153  246  43  8   1  112   8  5   9  10  .310  .318  .390  309   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     59  278   54   85  15  4   1   48   6  4   4   4  .350  .360  .445  104   0   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC   xR  xR27  xW   OWP    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+ psOPS  SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+----+
 1871 29 ATH NA  150  109   15                     | .279  .288| .293  .312| .361  .387| .654  .699|  87        66%
 1872 30 ATH NA  247  158   37                     | .350  .290| .360  .301| .428  .352| .788  .653| 141       100%
 1873 31 ATH NA  220  144   34                     | .344  .306| .350  .319| .445  .378| .795  .698| 127        66%
 1874 32 ATH NA  180  121   23                     | .328  .289| .328  .298| .406  .354| .733  .652| 124       100%
 1875 33 ATH NA  272  198   26                     | .276  .269| .287  .277| .347  .330| .634  .606| 109        20%
 1876 34 ATH NL  280  198   29                     | .288  .266| .293  .279| .360  .322| .653  .601| 117           
+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1349  928  166                     | .310  .283| .318  .295| .390  .350| .708  .645| 119           

* indicates the value is park adjusted

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RnF  lgRnF  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 1871 29 ATH NA  1B   26    240    1    7    9  .972  .929  9.27 10.21
                 2B    2      6    2    2    0  .800  .824  4.00  5.55
 1872 30 ATH NA  2B   47    117  140   32   13  .889  .822  5.47  5.30
 1873 31 ATH NA  2B   36     99  113   36   19  .855  .832  5.89  5.46
                 1B   10     72    2   13    3  .851  .928  7.40 10.20
 1874 32 ATH NA  1B   28    271   10   14   17  .953  .932 10.04 10.21
                 2B    9     12   29    6    2  .872  .805  4.56  5.19
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0  .000  .000  0.00  1.90    0    0    1
 1875 33 ATH NA  1B   46    450    6   20   25  .958  .936  9.91 10.28
                 OF   10      7    1    3    0  .727  .818  0.80  1.77    0    1    9
                 2B    5     10    9    1    0  .950  .837  3.80  5.56
 1876 34 ATH NL  OF   24     46    5    5    1  .911  .847  2.12  2.03    0   15    9
                 2B   21     45   65   22    7  .833  .864  5.24  5.56
                 1B   14    141    4    3    3  .980  .942 10.36 10.31
                 SS    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .866  3.00  4.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  124   1174   23   57   57  .955  .934  9.65 10.25
                 2B  120    289  358   99   41  .867  .831  5.39  5.40
                 OF   35     53    6    8    1  .881  .843  1.69  1.95    0   16   19
                 SS    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .866  3.00  4.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       280   1518  388  164   99  .921  .893  6.81  7.11

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Batting Average
1872-.350-9

On-base %
1872-.360-8

Slugging %
1872-.428-10
1873-.445-10

OPS
1872-.788-9

Runs
1871-43-10

Hits
1872-85-9

Doubles
1872-13-8
1876-15-9

RBI
1872-48-4

Adjusted OPS+
1872-141-9

Times on Base
1872-89-7