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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)
Schools: St. Clair County Community College (Port Huron, MI), 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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Tigers/Senators 1971-1983

Final Game: July 31, 1983 (Age 33)
Relatives: Father of Brandon Fahey
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 21 WSA AL 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1972 22 TEX AL 39 133 119 8 20 2 0 1 10 4 0 12 23 .168 .250 .210 .460 41 25 3 1 1 0 0 2
1974 24 TEX AL 6 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 47 4 0 0 1 0 0 /2
1975 25 TEX AL 21 39 37 3 11 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 10 .297 .316 .378 .694 97 14 1 0 1 0 0 2
1976 26 TEX AL 38 94 80 12 20 2 0 1 9 1 0 11 6 .250 .348 .313 .660 94 25 2 1 2 0 0 2
1977 27 TEX AL 37 72 68 3 15 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .221 .232 .279 .511 39 19 1 0 3 0 0 2
1979 29 SDP NL 73 236 209 14 60 8 1 3 19 1 1 21 17 .287 .348 .378 .726 105 79 4 0 3 3 5 2
1980 30 SDP NL 93 266 241 18 62 4 0 1 22 2 0 21 16 .257 .314 .286 .601 74 69 4 0 1 2 6 2
1981 31 DET AL 27 72 67 5 17 2 0 1 9 0 1 2 4 .254 .271 .328 .600 71 22 1 0 2 1 0 2
1982 32 DET AL 28 68 67 7 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 .149 .147 .179 .326 -11 12 0 0 0 1 0 2
1983 33 DET AL 19 27 22 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .273 .407 .318 .726 106 7 0 0 0 0 1 2
11 Yrs 383 1032 934 75 225 26 2 7 83 9 2 74 93 .241 .296 .296 .591 70 276 16 2 14 7 12
162 Game Avg. 162 437 395 32 95 11 1 3 35 4 1 31 39 .241 .296 .296 .591 70 117 7 1 6 3 5
TEX (6 yrs) 143 363 328 27 70 9 1 2 27 5 0 25 48 .213 .273 .265 .538 57 87 7 2 8 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 74 167 156 16 33 5 0 1 15 1 1 7 12 .212 .242 .263 .505 42 41 1 0 2 2 1
SDP (2 yrs) 166 502 450 32 122 12 1 4 41 3 1 42 33 .271 .330 .329 .659 88 148 8 0 4 5 11
AL (9 yrs) 217 530 484 43 103 14 1 3 42 6 1 32 60 .213 .263 .264 .528 52 128 8 2 10 2 1
NL (2 yrs) 166 502 450 32 122 12 1 4 41 3 1 42 33 .271 .330 .329 .659 88 148 8 0 4 5 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 21 WSA AL 2 8 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .387 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 /2
1972 22 TEX AL 39 133 -7 0 0 4 2 -0 -0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.0 0.7 1 2
1974 24 TEX AL 6 17 -1 -0 0 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 -0.1 0.2 -0 /2
1975 25 TEX AL 21 39 0 0 -0 -2 1 -1 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .496 .499 0.3 -0.1 3 2
1976 26 TEX AL 38 94 -0 1 -0 0 2 2 0.2 3 6 0.6 .506 .502 0.6 0.2 5 2
1977 27 TEX AL 37 72 -3 -0 0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 0.1 -0.0 1 2
1979 29 SDP NL 73 236 -0 -0 -0 3 4 6 0.6 8 13 1.4 .509 .504 1.0 0.7 10 2
1980 30 SDP NL 93 266 -9 1 -0 -1 4 -5 -0.6 9 4 0.4 .494 .497 0.4 0.3 5 2
1981 31 DET AL 27 72 -3 -1 0 -1 1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .486 .498 0.0 0.0 0 2
1982 32 DET AL 28 68 -10 1 0 2 1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .478 .496 -0.6 0.3 -5 2
1983 33 DET AL 19 27 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 2
11 Seasons 383 1032 -35 1 1 3 18 -12 -1.3 35 23 2.2 .497 .499 1.7 2.4 20
TEX (6 yrs) 143 363 -13 1 0 1 6 -5 -0.5 13 8 0.8 .497 .500 0.6 0.9 7
DET (3 yrs) 74 167 -12 -0 1 0 3 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.4 .487 .498 -0.4 0.4 -3
SDP (2 yrs) 166 502 -9 0 -0 2 8 1 0.1 17 18 1.8 .501 .500 1.5 1.1 16

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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.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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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