Indianapolis News,
January 14, 1904
John Fisher
Born: February 25, 1883
Died: October 22, 1967
Goto Baseball Reference for John Fisher 		p Majors:
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St. Louis
Position: p
First game: May 6, 1913
Last game: May 14, 1913
# of games: 3		 "Johnny Fisher was at the park yesterday, but in a St. Louis uniform. Yes, it is the same Johnny of Wabash College and Indianapolis A. A. fame."
(Indianapolis Star, May 19, 1913, pg. 10)

Known as the Pride of Noblesville.


After St. Louis played its first game in Indianapolis, on May 18, 1913, the Indianapolis Star noted "Johnny Fisher was at the park yesterday, but in a St. Louis uniform. Yes it is the same Johnny of Wabash College and Indianapolis A.A. fame" (May 19, 1913). Fisher, who had pitched in his final game for St. Louis a few days earlier, was at the end of a ten year minor league career that started in Indianapolis in 1904 under Bill Phillips, the manager for the Ferderal League Indianapolis club in 1913. Jack Ridgway started his first game for the Terriers on May 18, and Fisher was probably cut (or left the club) shortly after. He returned to his hometown of Noblesville on May 20 with his new wife, and ultimately accepted a position in Crane's pool room, his baseball career over (Nobleville Ledger, May 20, 1913 and July 1, 1913).

John L. Fisher was born in Noblesville, Indiana on February 25, 1883. He began his career at Wabash College, where his success led to his being signed by Indianapolis of the American Association in 1904 at the age of 20. In three seasons in Indianapolis, he compiled a record of 30-43. Beginning in 1907, he bounced around the minors for another seven years, playing for five clubs (Nashvile, Columbus, Indianapolis, Sioux City and Milwaukee) in 1907, East Liverpool (OH), in 1908, and Wheeling (WV) in 1909 (playing for Phillips again these last two seasons). While with Wheeling, he finished the season winning sixteen straight games, and then beat the National League Pittsburgh Pirates in an exhibition game for his seventeenth consecutive win. Following that season, he travelled to Cuba with a touring team.

It was reported at the end of the 1909 season that he would get a tryout with Pittsburgh the following spring. Instead, he was sold to Louisville before the season began. After a few starts with Louisville, he was sent to Mobile in the southern league. He continued his migration from there in the off-season, being traded from Mobile to Sioux City to Omaha to Dayton, with whom he statrted 1911. Dayton loaned him to East Liverpool in May, and he returned to Dayton in August when the Ohio-Pennsylvania League collapsed. Dayton released him in March 1912 with reports that his arm was hurt. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported in April that he signed to manage the Richmond (KY) club in the Blue Grass League, and in June it was reported he once again signed with East Liverpool.

Fisher's stint with St. Louis marked the end of his baseball career. He married Alma Barnhardt in April of 1913, and in 1919 he was reported to be running a "very profitable junk business" in East Liverpool (Noblesville Ledger, April 15, 1919). He died in East Liverpool on October 22, 1967; his obituary described him as a former ball player and retired businessman. He was survived by two sons and his widow Alma.