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Bill Fahey

William Roger Fahey

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 14, 1950 in Detroit, MI
High School: Redford Union HS (Redford, MI)
School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1971
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Tigers/Senators 1971-1983

Final Game: July 31, 1983
Relatives: Father of Brandon Fahey
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 WSA AL 21 C 2 2 2 17.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 0 0 5.29 5.00 .988 6.35 6.35 0 0 1 1 50% 39% 0
1972 TEX AL 22 C 39 36 33 317.0 264 236 26 2 4 .992 4 15 7.44 6.72 .985 6.48 6.46 1 6 20 16 44% 39% 2
1974 TEX AL 24 C 6 4 4 40.0 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 1 30 5.18 3.83 .983 5.90 5.87 0 0 0 1 100% 38% 0
1975 TEX AL 25 C 21 10 5 99.0 60 54 5 1 1 .983 -2 -24 5.36 2.81 .983 6.00 5.98 1 6 11 3 21% 38% 1
1976 TEX AL 26 C 38 23 19 228.1 146 126 19 1 3 .993 0 0 5.72 3.82 .981 5.75 5.77 3 6 23 11 32% 34% 0
1977 TEX AL 27 C 34 20 8 186.1 109 104 5 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 5.26 3.21 .986 6.01 5.97 0 4 18 4 18% 39% 0
1979 SDP NL 29 C 68 54 49 520.0 312 277 33 2 5 .994 3 7 5.37 4.56 .985 6.13 6.11 3 5 41 23 36% 34% 0
1980 SDP NL 30 C 85 66 43 579.0 351 309 34 8 6 .977 -1 -2 5.33 4.04 .983 6.09 6.10 3 14 63 28 31% 31% 1
1981 DET AL 31 C 27 19 16 177.1 107 96 9 2 3 .981 -1 -7 5.33 3.89 .987 5.51 5.49 1 4 13 7 35% 38% 0
1982 DET AL 32 C 28 17 12 163.2 101 85 16 0 2 1.000 2 15 5.55 3.61 .988 5.69 5.66 3 4 11 10 48% 36% 0
1983 DET AL 33 C 18 8 5 82.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 4.50 2.28 .986 5.70 5.66 1 4 1 0 0% 33% 0
11 Seasons C 366 259 196 2409.2 1525 1355 153 17 24 .989 3 1 5.63 4.12 .985 6.02 5.98 16 53 202 104 34% 35% 4
11 Seasons TOT 366 259 196 2409.2 1525 1355 153 17 24 .989 3 1 5.63 4.12 .985 6.02 5.98 16 53 202 104 34% 35% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1971 WSA AL 21 C 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 22 C 4 15 4
1974 TEX AL 24 C 1 30 1
1975 TEX AL 25 C -2 -24 -2
1976 TEX AL 26 C 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 27 C -2 -13 -2
1979 SDP NL 29 C 3 7 3
1980 SDP NL 30 C -1 -2 -1
1981 DET AL 31 C -1 -7 -1
1982 DET AL 32 C 2 15 2
1983 DET AL 33 C -1 -15 -1
11 Seasons C 3 1 3
11 Seasons TOT 3 1 3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 WSA AL 21 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 22 39 36 39 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 24 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 25 21 10 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 TEX AL 26 38 23 38 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 27 37 20 37 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 SDP NL 29 73 54 73 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 SDP NL 30 93 66 93 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1981 DET AL 31 27 19 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 DET AL 32 28 17 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 DET AL 33 19 8 19 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 383 259 383 366 0 366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1971 WSA AL 21 80 5.82 7.41 1 100% 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 22 1355 3.61 4.15 26 92% 0 0 235 20 1 3 210 26 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1974 TEX AL 24 183 4.95 6.53 5 80% 0 1 21 3 0 1 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1975 TEX AL 25 455 5.18 6.36 3 67% 0 0 54 1 0 1 52 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 26 1002 4.61 5.48 12 92% 0 0 126 7 1 3 115 19 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 4 75%
1977 TEX AL 27 772 3.19 3.53 11 100% 0 0 104 10 0 3 91 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 29 2182 3.48 3.95 25 100% 0 0 275 9 1 12 253 32 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 100%
1980 SDP NL 30 2449 3.84 4.13 36 97% 2 0 310 23 3 10 274 36 8 2 0 1 8 1 3 4 1 5 1 1 3 5 100%
1981 DET AL 31 721 2.84 3.10 5 100% 0 0 97 3 0 2 92 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
1982 DET AL 32 672 3.57 3.74 6 100% 0 0 84 3 0 2 79 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1983 DET AL 33 325 2.41 2.85 2 100% 0 0 39 1 0 1 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons 10196 3.70 4.18 132 95% 2 1 1353 80 6 38 1228 154 37 4 2 6 17 1 5 11 1 21 1 2 4 24 92%
MLB Averages 3.71 4.18 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1971 WSA AL 21 0 0 39 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.77 0.64
1972 TEX AL 22 1 6 512 20 16 16 44% 18 16 1 0 1 0 3 0 29 23 1.00 1.32
1974 TEX AL 24 0 0 87 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.79
1975 TEX AL 25 1 6 200 11 3 3 21% 11 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 30 4 0.97 1.57
1976 TEX AL 26 3 6 413 23 11 11 32% 22 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 10 1.54 1.39
1977 TEX AL 27 0 4 265 18 4 4 18% 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 1.46 1.43
1979 SDP NL 29 3 5 819 41 23 15 36% 39 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 61 23 1.54 1.41
1980 SDP NL 30 3 14 887 63 28 23 31% 56 26 7 2 0 0 1 0 93 29 1.22 1.33
1981 DET AL 31 1 4 269 13 7 7 35% 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 1.59 0.72
1982 DET AL 32 3 4 240 11 10 9 48% 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 24 10 1.27 0.89
1983 DET AL 33 1 4 120 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.45
11 Seasons 16 53 3851 202 104 90 34% 188 97 13 6 1 1 5 1 334 115 1.34 1.27
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 1.27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1972 AL  44.4 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1972 AL  4 (2nd)

                           

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