Billy Hatcher

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: October 4, 1960 in Williams, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 30th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Williams HS (Williams, AZ), the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Chicago Cubs in the 6th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ).

High School: Williams HS (Williams, AZ)

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 10, 1984 (Age 23-342d, 14,968th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 9, 1995 (Age 34-217d)
vs. CAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: William Augustus Hatcher

Nicknames: El Hatcho

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1990 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

4339

1146

.264

586

RBI

399

218

OBP

.312

SLG

.364

OPS

.676

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 54 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 21 go ahead

6 Tms
HOU	27
CIN	11
BOS	11
CHC	2
PHI	2
PIT	1

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	19

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	20

Outs
1	19
2	19
0	16

20 Opps
ATL	6
CHC	5
LAD	5
STL	4
SDP	4
CIN	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
MON	3
SFG	2
OAK	2
DET	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
HOU	1

51 Pitchers
Ricky Bones	2
Dennis Rasmussen	2
Tom Glavine	2
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Sergio Valdez	1
Pete Harnisch	1
Randy O'Neal	1
Ted Power	1
Bob Walk	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Drew Hall	1
Tim Leary	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Eric Plunk	1
José de Jesús	1
Ed Whitson	1
Dennis Powell	1
Jesse Orosco	1
Roger Pavlik	1
John Smiley	1
Mike Krukow	1
Gil Heredia	1
John Smoltz	1
Doug Drabek	1
Alejandro Peña	1
Joe Boever	1
Greg Maddux	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Todd Van Poppel	1
Fernando Valenzuela	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Craig Lefferts	1
David Wells	1
Mike Harkey	1
Tim Conroy	1
Russ Springer	1
Mike Bielecki	1
Ricky Horton	1
Calvin Schiraldi	1
Steve Cooke	1
Scott Erickson	1
Dave Haas	1
Norm Charlton	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Ron Darling	1
John Dopson	1
Kevin Gross	1
Kevin Appier	1
David Cone	1
Jeff Parrett	1
Wally Whitehurst	1

18 Parks
Astrodome (HOU)	8
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	36
78	4
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	19
2	10
3	8
1	6
4	4
5	4
7+	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	54

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	9
-2-	5
123	2
1-3	2
-23	1

80 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	35
1 on	14
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	19

Inning
1	5
2	3
3	5
4	8
5	6
6	9
7	7
8	5
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	23
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	17
-1	7
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	17
Tied	17
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	19
1-0	7
0-0	6
1-1	5
0-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	26
CF	25
RF	3

OrderPos
2nd	24
1st	19
8th	4
6th	3
9th	2
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-06-27	CHC		NYM	Ron Darling	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---		1	1	8	0.159	67%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-09-24	CHC		MON	John Dopson	behind 3-15	b 7	0	---		1	9	7	0.000	0%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1986-06-08	HOU	@	LAD	Fernando Valenzuela	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	---		1	2	8	0.134	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1986-08-05	HOU	@	LAD	Dennis Powell	ahead 6-2	t 9	2	123		4	8	8	0.010	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Davis Scores; K. Bass Scores; J. Cruz Scores
5	5	3	1	1986-08-31	HOU		PIT	Bob Walk	behind 1-3	b 3	2	---		1	1	8	0.114	38%		Home Run
6	6	4	1	1986-09-02	HOU	@	CHC	Greg Maddux	tied 7-7	t 18	1	---		1	9	8	0.381	82%		Home Run
7	7	5	1	1986-09-05	HOU		STL	Tim Conroy	tied 2-2	b 4	2	1--		2	1	8	0.250	78%		Home Run; J. Deshaies Scores
8	8	6	1	1986-09-16	HOU	@	CIN	Bill Gullickson	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---		1	1	8	0.121	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1987-04-15	HOU	@	LAD	Alejandro Peña	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	2	8	0.131	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	1987-04-19 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	Ted Power	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--		2	2	8	0.149	68%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
11	11	3	1	1987-04-27	HOU	@	NYM	David Cone	ahead 7-1	t 4	0	---		1	2	8	0.018	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1987-06-02	HOU	@	CHC	Drew Hall	behind 1-13	t 8	1	---		1	1	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1987-06-03	HOU	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 2-13	t 4	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	8	0.016	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores; M. Bailey Scores; D. Meads Scores
14	14	6	1	1987-06-20	HOU		LAD	Tim Leary	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	1	8	0.126	53%		Home Run
15	15	7	1	1987-06-21	HOU		LAD	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	---		1	1	8	0.057	91%		Home Run
16	16	8	1	1987-07-26	HOU	@	NYM	Jesse Orosco	tied 2-2	t 9	2	1-3		3	1	7	0.461	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Lopes Scores; G. Young Scores
17	17	9	1	1987-08-13	HOU	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 2-3	t 6	0	1--		2	2	9	0.273	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Young Scores
18	18	10	1	1987-08-17	HOU		ATL	Joe Boever	ahead 10-2	b 8	2	---		1	2	7	0.000	100%		Home Run
19	19	11	1	1987-08-24	HOU	@	STL	Ricky Horton	ahead 3-1	t 9	2	1--		2	2	7	0.068	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Young Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1988-04-09	HOU	@	CIN	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 1-2	t 5	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	7	0.287	61%		Home Run; G. Young Scores
21	21	2	1	1988-05-31	HOU		STL	Larry McWilliams	behind 2-6	b 5	0	-2-	7,(2-2) BCS+11B.FFX	2	2	7	0.113	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Young Scores
22	22	3	1	1988-06-01	HOU		STL	Randy O'Neal	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	0.118	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	1988-08-28	HOU		PIT	Doug Drabek	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	7	0.204	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
24	24	5	1	1988-09-11	HOU	@	SFG	Atlee Hammaker	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	6	7	0.125	59%		Home Run
25	25	6	1	1988-09-15	HOU	@	CIN	Norm Charlton	behind 2-6	t 6	1	1--		2	6	7	0.101	17%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Davis Scores
26	26	7	1	1988-09-29	HOU	@	ATL	John Smoltz	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	0.210	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1989-04-18	HOU	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	behind 2-4	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	7	0.368	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Ramírez Scores
28	28	2	1	1989-06-17	HOU	@	SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	7	0.165	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	3	1	1989-06-29	HOU	@	MON	Kevin Gross	behind 0-1	t 5	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	1	7	0.308	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ramírez Scores; M. Scott Scores
30	30	4	1	1989-08-20	PIT	@	ATL	Sergio Valdez	ahead 6-4	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	8	0.075	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1990-04-15	CIN	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0.101	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
32	32	2	1	1990-07-06	CIN	@	PHI	José de Jesús	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	0.123	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
33	33	3	1	1990-08-04	CIN		SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	7	0.195	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
34	34	4	1	1990-08-05	CIN		SDP	Calvin Schiraldi	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	0.053	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
35	35	5	1	1990-08-31	CIN	@	CHC	Mike Harkey	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	0.161	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1991-05-11	CIN	@	CHC	Mike Bielecki	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	7	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Hatcher Scores
37	37	2	1	1991-06-05	CIN		NYM	Wally Whitehurst	ahead 10-8	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	7	0.037	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Hatcher Scores
38	38	3	1	1991-06-30	CIN		HOU	Pete Harnisch	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	9,(3-2) FBFFBBFFX	1	2	7	0.107	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Hatcher Scores
39	39	4	1	1991-07-19	CIN	@	PIT	John Smiley	behind 0-7	t 8	2	1--	5,(1-2) SBCFX	2	2	7	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Quiñones Scores; B. Hatcher Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1992-04-26	CIN	@	SDP	Craig Lefferts	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	2	7	0.124	32%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); B. Hatcher Scores
41	41	2	1	1992-06-19	CIN	@	ATL	Charlie Leibrandt	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	7	0.172	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Hatcher Scores
42	42	3	1	1992-08-25	BOS		OAK	Jeff Parrett	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	1	7	0.135	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Hatcher Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1993-05-24	BOS	@	DET	Dave Haas	ahead 4-1	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.055	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	1993-05-28	BOS		TEX	Roger Pavlik	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-	5,(2-2) FBBSX	2	2	8	0.125	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Valentin Scores
45	45	3	1	1993-06-21	BOS		MIN	Scott Erickson	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	1	8	0.203	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Vaughn Scores; J. Valentin Scores
46	46	4	1	1993-06-25	BOS		DET	David Wells	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	8	0.196	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Fletcher Scores
47	47	5	1	1993-06-28	BOS		MIL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	8	0.095	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	1993-07-05	BOS	@	CAL	Russ Springer	tied 1-1	t 9	2	-2-	5,(3-1) FB.BBX	2	2	8	0.444	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Fletcher Scores
49	49	7	1	1993-07-08	BOS	@	OAK	Todd Van Poppel	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	8	0.116	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Peña Scores
50	50	8	1	1993-07-29	BOS	@	MIL	Ricky Bones	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.123	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Rivera Scores/unER
51	51	9	1	1993-08-20	BOS		CLE	Eric Plunk	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---	4,(0-2) .CFFX	1	2	8	0.145	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1994-04-12	BOS	@	KCR	Kevin Appier	ahead 6-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	0.028	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
53	53	2	1	1994-06-17	PHI	@	MON	Gil Heredia	behind 3-6	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	6	9	0.076	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54	54	3	1	1994-06-21	PHI	@	PIT	Steve Cooke	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.064	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)

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ATL	6
CHC	5
LAD	5
STL	4
SDP	4
CIN	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
MON	3
SFG	2
OAK	2
DET	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
HOU	1

ATL	6
CHC	5
LAD	5
STL	4
SDP	4
CIN	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
MON	3
SFG	2
OAK	2
DET	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
HOU	1

ATL	6
CHC	5
LAD	5
STL	4
SDP	4
CIN	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
MON	3
SFG	2
OAK	2
DET	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
HOU	1