Fisher will be inducted in the College Baseball Hall of Fame this coming February.
Middlebury Hall of Famer and 1910 graduate Ray Fisher has been selected as part of 21 inductees into the Class of 2025 College Baseball Hall of Fame. Fisher, who will be inducted as a coach, was a standout pitcher for Middlebury from 1907-10 and had a stellar professional baseball career before transitioning to coaching duties for the University of Michigan.
Born in Middlebury, Vermont, Fisher arrived on campus in 1907 and immediately made an impact, striking out 18 batters in his first collegiate start against Colgate. The Panther accounted for all four of Middlebury’s victories that season, with three coming in shutout fashion.
After his sophomore year, Fisher signed a minor league contract with the Hartford Senators. As a rookie, he posted a .923 winning percentage, a record that stood for more than 50 years. Although he was no longer eligible to play collegiate baseball, Fisher returned to the Panthers as a coach in 1910, graduating alongside his teammates.
Fisher embarked on a 10-year major league career that began with the New York Highlanders in 1910. The right-hander achieved 100 career triumphs and a 2.82 career earned run average in over 1,700 innings on the mound. As a member of the Cincinnati Reds in 1919, Fisher posted a 14-5 record and helped the squad to the National League pennant and its first World Series Championship.
Retiring in 1921, Fisher accepted an offer from the University of Michigan to be its head baseball coach and re-integrated the squad in 1923. Over 38 seasons at the helm, the Wolverines tallied 661 wins, 15 Big Ten Titles, and defeated Texas for the program’s initial College World Series Championship in 1953. In 1970, the university renamed the baseball field after Fisher.
In addition to Middlebury’s Hall of Fame, the late Fisher is a member of the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Michigan Hall of Honor, and the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. The class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire on February 12, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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