Bill
Fahey
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 14, 1950 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 STL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 8
1972 22 STL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 8 9 9
1973 23 STL NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 3 9 9 9
1974 24 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 8 9 9
1975 25 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1976 26 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1977 27 PHN NL $ 1,342,857   8 8 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 8
1978 28 LAD NL $ 1,342,857   8 8 7 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 8
1979 29 LAD NL $ 1,342,857   8 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 7
1980 30 LAD NL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7
1981 31 LAD NL $ 5,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7
1982 32 LAD NL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7
1983 33 LAD NL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
1984 34 SEM AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1985 35 SEM AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 21 AA   31 114 10 31 4 0 2 14 0 0 15 9 .272 .357 .360 .716 15.4  
    A   106 394 46 121 14 0 7 36 0 2 71 24 .307 .413 .396 .809 67.5  
1972 22 AA   137 535 47 122 17 1 5 62 0 0 46 25 .228 .289 .292 .581 46.0  
1973 23 AAA   2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8  
    AA   135 531 54 156 24 3 4 58 2 1 35 18 .294 .337 .373 .710 64.6  
1974 24 STL NL 107 339 34 95 10 1 4 32 1 0 35 14 .280 .348 .351 .699 41.2 7.1
1975 25 STL NL 142 438 35 126 23 3 7 49 0 0 18 41 .288 .313 .402 .715 49.4 9.0
1976 26 STL NL 126 434 43 125 17 4 2 36 2 0 26 33 .288 .326 .359 .686 47.3 7.9
1977 27 PHN NL 146 512 54 134 19 1 7 72 1 0 39 49 .262 .312 .344 .656 51.5 6.7
1978 28 LAD NL 71 241 20 64 2 0 3 29 0 1 12 22 .266 .298 .311 .609 22.9 3.2
1979 29 LAD NL 116 417 53 119 13 2 12 61 0 0 30 34 .285 .334 .412 .747 53.9 13.1
1980 30 LAD NL 118 397 44 117 9 1 8 50 1 0 29 46 .295 .341 .383 .724 46.6 8.6
1981 31 LAD NL 137 500 48 145 8 1 8 54 0 0 41 51 .290 .343 .358 .701 57.5 14.3
1982 32 LAD NL 150 565 48 150 12 1 6 62 1 1 42 64 .265 .317 .322 .639 57.0 13.2
1983 33 LAD NL 104 362 31 108 10 3 7 49 1 0 29 55 .298 .351 .401 .752 49.0 7.5
1984 34 SEM AL 97 340 35 88 7 3 3 38 0 0 30 49 .259 .318 .324 .642 35.5 4.7
1985 35 SEM AL 140 470 63 128 11 2 10 53 1 0 36 62 .272 .324 .368 .692 54.7 9.3
12 Years Sim 1454 5015 508 1399 141 22 77 585 8 2 367 520 .279 .327 .362 .689 566.5 104.5
1 Years AAA 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8  
3 Years AA 303 1180 111 309 45 4 11 134 2 1 96 52 .262 .316 .335 .650 126.0  
1 Years A 106 394 46 121 14 0 7 36 0 2 71 24 .307 .412 .396 .808 67.5  
5 Years Minors 411 1582 157 430 59 4 18 172 2 3 167 76 .272 .340 .348 .688 192.6  
162 Game Average 558 56 155 15 2 8 65 0 0 40 57 .279 .327 .362 .689 63.1  
Career Highs 150 565 63 150 23 4 12 72 2 1 42 64 .298 .351 .412 .752 57.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4158 419 1189 116 17 63 484 7 1 316 419 .286 .335 .367 .703 511.8
vs LH   857 89 210 25 5 14 101 1 1 51 101 .245 .288 .335 .623 81.4
Home 736 2490 244 708 75 11 40 304 6 2 169 242 .284 .329 .371 .701 300.9
Away 718 2525 264 691 66 11 37 281 2 0 198 278 .274 .326 .352 .678 292.4
RISP   1230 0 365 41 5 25 501 0 0 120 118 .297 .353 .399 .752 175.5
Pinch Hitting   127 11 25 4 1 1 18 0 0 16 10 .197 .285 .268 .552 10.5
Close/Late   663 73 185 16 4 12 73 0 0 69 60 .279 .346 .370 .716 87.0
Mar/Apr 230 754 78 222 26 6 11 85 3 0 54 61 .294 .343 .389 .732 98.1
May 263 902 89 271 28 2 17 118 0 1 62 101 .300 .344 .392 .737 118.9
June 246 865 96 252 30 5 14 112 1 0 62 88 .291 .337 .386 .723 110.9
July 224 761 87 218 17 2 10 85 2 0 64 85 .286 .339 .353 .693 93.2
August 244 884 72 213 20 3 12 88 1 0 54 101 .241 .286 .311 .597 77.9
Sep/Oct 247 849 86 223 20 4 13 97 1 1 71 84 .263 .318 .342 .659 94.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 24 STL NL C 102 96 864.7 470 54 9 0 .983 5.45 93 32 .344 2 3.5
1975 25 STL NL C 109 107 945.0 399 44 7 0 .984 4.22 72 23 .319 3 3.6
    3B 25 0 50.0 4 10 1 0 .933 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 26 STL NL C 106 105 902.3 473 46 5 4 .990 5.18 92 31 .337 3 4.9
    3B 8 0 15.0 1 5 1 1 .857 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 PHN NL C 142 137 1227.0 565 77 5 1 .992 4.71 121 45 .372 1 6.9
1978 28 LAD NL C 68 63 570.0 340 32 0 1 1.000 5.87 48 24 .500 3 6.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 0 1 2 .857 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 29 LAD NL C 106 102 914.7 480 58 4 1 .993 5.29 77 30 .390 3 6.9
    3B 8 0 18.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 30 LAD NL C 100 94 849.0 466 52 8 4 .985 5.49 96 40 .417 1 4.8
    3B 10 2 49.7 2 21 0 2 1.000 4.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 4 3 35.0 10 9 0 4 1.000 4.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 31 LAD NL C 123 120 1071.0 464 57 8 2 .985 4.38 104 38 .365 3 4.8
    SS 2 2 16.7 6 6 2 2 .857 6.48 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 5 0 9.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 32 LAD NL C 119 114 1032.3 439 43 11 1 .978 4.20 109 27 .248 5 2.2
    1B 22 17 172.0 198 25 0 26 1.000 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 4 2 20.0 0 4 1 1 .800 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 33 LAD NL C 94 91 799.3 423 35 8 1 .983 5.16 78 23 .295 2 4.0
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 34 SEM AL C 58 58 516.3 277 29 1 0 .997 5.33 67 19 .284 1 1.5
    1B 8 7 62.0 78 5 1 9 .988 12.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 14 5 59.0 7 13 1 1 .952 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1985 35 SEM AL C 92 87 789.3 427 36 3 0 .994 5.28 87 26 .299 1 3.6
    3B 13 7 70.0 6 14 1 1 .952 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 9 4 46.0 46 4 0 7 1.000 9.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1219 1174 10481.0 5223 563 69 15 .988 4.97 1044 358 .343 28 52.7
  1B 54 28 308.0 357 35 2 47 .995 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  3B 87 16 292.7 22 72 5 6 .949 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  SS 6 5 51.7 16 15 2 6 .939 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1367 1223 11138.3 5619 685 78 74 .988 5.09 1044 358 .343 28 54.3
Career Highs   145 137 1227.0 637 82 12 28 .997 5.92 121 45 .500 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 29 LAD NL 11 36 2 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .278 .333 .389 .722
Career Post-Season Batting 11 36 2 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .278 .333 .389 .722
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1981-10-128
1982-10-131
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 71st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1971
Injured on 8/12/1971 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/10/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1974, off Bill Parsons (MIN)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 6/15/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles on 2/4/1978 (Going to LAD: 2B Tom Heintzelman, SS Chris Speier, C Bill Fahey. Going to PHN: C Tim Blackwell, SS U l Washington, SS Toby Harrah)
Injured on 3/5/1978 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/25/1978 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 8 weeks
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Miami on 7/24/1979
10/28/1979: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/8/1983 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/17/1984 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year