Billy Hatcher (baseball player)
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Hatcher with the Cincinnati Reds
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| Outfielder / Third Base Coach | |||
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Born: October 4, 1960 Williams, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1984, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
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| May 9, 1995, for the Texas Rangers | |||
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| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 54 | ||
| Hits | 1,146 | ||
| Runs batted in | 399 | ||
| Stolen bases | 218 | ||
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William Augustus Hatcher (born October 4, 1960) is a former left and center fielder in Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers, and former first base coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Hatcher is currently the third base coach for the Reds.
In 1979, Hatcher graduated from Williams High School in Williams, Arizona, where he had pitched an 11-inning no-hitter as a junior. Hatcher then played for Yavapai Community College in Prescott, Arizona, where he was a junior college All-America selection.
Hatcher was drafted by the Cubs in the sixth round of the January 1981 MLB draft. He rose quickly through the Cubs' minor league system, playing exactly one season at each minor league level before receiving a late-season call-up to the major league club in 1984. He split time between AAA and the Cubs during the 1985 season before being traded to the Astros along with Steve Engel for Jerry Mumphrey.
Hatcher would be the Astros' starting left fielder for the next 3½ seasons and is remembered by Astros fans for hitting one of the most dramatic post-season home runs ever in the 14th inning of Game 6 of the Astros' 1986 National League Championship Series vs the New York Mets' Jesse Orosco, temporarily saving the Astros from elimination.
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