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Jack Fisher
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 195 of 1218 players
Fisher
John Howard Fisher
Born: March 4, 1939 at Frostburg, Md.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 225

Jack Fisher was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on November 9, 2015, January 22, 2016, June 15, 2016, August 23, 2020, August 12, 2021, and January 18, 2022.

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First Mets game: April 17, 1964
Last Mets game: September 27, 1967

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Michael Bagleone
I enjoyed Jack Fisher. I liked that his nickname was Fat Jack! Could you imagine the commercial possibilities for him today?

Gary Friend
August 18, 2001
Recently played golf with Jack in Savannah GA. Found him to be a likeable man and a good golfer. Going to visit him personally to have him autograph some baseballs

JUMPS
November 1, 2001
From 1964-1966 Jack was the closest thing the Mets had to a "stopper". Then Seaver came along in 1967. Whenever the Mets could score 3 or 4 runs Jack would keep it close for 7 or 8 innings. If you get the opportunity to visit "Fat Jacks" in Easton you will find him to be a very gracious person and the food is good.

Charles
January 31, 2002
Here's one thing about Fisher: he was not bad with the bat to the point that he'd be an "automatic" out. The only thing with that, though, is if Fisher had to do baserunning--it would invariably affect his pitching in the ensuing innings.

I remember going to a game with my aunt's boyfriend (who took me to a bunch of games at Shea and Yankee Stadium) during my childhood when Fisher pitched. He was doing REAL well on the hill (I forgot who they were playing--I wanna say the Braves, but I'm not sure); but at the bottom of the 4th or 5th inning, Jack reached first on a single. The next batter up singled; and when the ball was misplayed by the outfielder, Fisher took off--and, sliding hard--made third base safely. Unfortunately it was all for naught, as he died at third. My aunt's boyfriend was upset that he had to do all that running--saying that because of his weight, he was going to be "tired-out" when he took the mound.

Sure enough, taking the mound in the next inning, Fisher walked the first two batters, then got "lit-up."

Jon
February 3, 2002
I happened to visit "Fat Jack's" in Easton recently. He evidently is no longer an owner but is still friendly with the staff and stops by often. Among the stuff he has displayed there is an old contract calling for an $8,000 salary.

david
July 8, 2002
People tend to forget that after the '63 season, MLB, in all its charity, made a pool of players available to the Mets and Cost 45s almost as an apology for the sorry bunch of players available to them in the original expansion draft. The Mets got Fat Jack and a first baseman, Bill Haas, from the Dodgers who was tremendusly overhyped (a Dodger tradition back then that, for some reason, no other teams wised up to), and who never played a day in the Majors. I don't recall who Houston got but it wasn't much better

al venti
December 25, 2002
I think Jack is awesome. I rememeber his card in 1968. It said Jack once suffered 24 losses in one season. He is a trooper. I wish him the best.

Tony Hoffman
February 21, 2004
Jack Fisher started the first Mets game I ever attended; I went with my father for my birthday around July 15 of (probably) 1966. His opponent was Juan Marichal, who had beaten the Mets in something like 18 straight decisions and had never lost to them. The game turned into a bit of a slugfest--the Giants of those days had a formidable offense led by Mays, McCovey, Cepeda; also Jim Ray Hart, Jim Davenport and others. Though Fisher apparently didn't figure in the decision, the Mets held on to beat the Giants and hand Marichal his first loss against them ever. (If anyone has more details about this game, please let me know.)

Bob P
February 24, 2004
Tony, that game was on July 4, 1967. Fisher was the winner as the Mets beat Marichal for the first time, 8-7. There are a few more details if you look in the memory section for the 7/4/67 game on this site.

Feat Fan
February 28, 2004
"Fat Jack" was quite the competitor for the lowly Mets of the mid 60's. He was originally a Baltimore Oriole, having come up with a stellar crop of young arms (Pappas, Barber, McNally, Estrada) and went on to the San Francisco Giants before Flushing.

He ate up innings, usually posting 7 9 4 2 4 lines and dropping 5-3 decisions!

I remember a May 8, 1965 game vs Milwaukee when he bested Denver LeMaster 4-2 aided by two Rocky Swoboda home runs!

In '68, with the White Sox, finished the year with a fine ERA of 2.98 (year of the pitcher) despite his typical 8-13 mark. Wore number 22, my HS and Little League number.

KMT
March 6, 2005
Another Met before my time. I read his numbers and they aren't too bad for the product the Mets had on the field! Usually good for 230 innings, and he relieved in between starts as well! Can't figure out why he was thru at 30 years of age!

John O'Hare
July 16, 2008
I remember Jack Fisher as the Craig Swan of his day, a decent pitcher on a bad team.

I think that if anyone from the Mets is reading this, Jack should be brought to Shea to throw out the first pitch of the last game, just has he threw the first real pitch in the first game.

HenryFrenulum
February 27, 2020
I met Jack when he was in town for the last game at Shea. A nice, friendly man who seemed sad that the Wilpons didn’t seem to appreciate the 1960’s Mets. I told Jack that all of us old fans remembered him and his teammates fondly. He seemed to like that.








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