Ike Fisher

alt=A black and white photograph of seventeen men sitting in three rows on the ground. Most are wearing dark coats with high white socks, but two are wearing dark baseball uniforms with a white "N" on the chests; some are wearing fielding gloves, and one is petting a dog. Fisher owned, managed, and played for the 1901 Nashville Baseball Club, champions of the Southern Association.

Isaac Newton "Ike" "Newt" Fisher (June 28, 1871 – February 28, 1947) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in . Fisher helped organize the Southern Association, a higher-level minor league, and led its Nashville Baseball Club to win the first two Southern Association pennants (1901 and 1902) as a player-manager.

Early life Fisher was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 28, 1871. His younger brother, Bob Fisher, played seven seasons in the National League from 1912 to 1919.

Career Fisher was a member of the Nashville Athletic Club. During the July 6, 1893, Southern League game between the Nashville Tigers and Memphis Fever Germs, he was recruited to temporarily take the place of injured outfielder Jack Keenan. He played center field and had four at-bats with no hits in his only game with the club.

Fisher began his professional career with the Southern League's Augusta Electricians in 1893, before joining the Atlanta Atlantas in 1894. In 1895, he played for the Chattanooga Warriors/Mobile Bluebirds. Fisher served as the team's owner and player-manager. Under his leadership from 1901 to 1905, Fisher sold the team and retired from baseball in 1905.

Fisher died in Chicago on February 28, 1947.