{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bill Bathe |image=1987 Rob Broder Rookies Bill Bathe.jpg |position=Catcher |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|10|14}} |birth_place=Downey, California, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 12 |debutyear=1986 |debutteam=Oakland Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1990 |finalteam=San Francisco Giants |debut2league = NPB |debut2date=April 6 |debut2year=1991 |debut2team=Nippon Ham Fighters |final2league = NPB |final2date=August 29 |final2year=1992 |final2team=Nippon Ham Fighters |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.213 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=8 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=29 |stat2league = NPB |stat21label=Batting average |stat21value=.236 |stat22label=Home runs |stat22value=16 |stat23label=Runs batted in |stat23value=52 |teams= * Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1986}}) * San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1990}}) * Nippon Ham Fighters ({{npby|1991}}–{{npby|1992}}) }} '''William David Bathe''' {{small|[bayth]}} (born October 14, 1960) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics in {{Baseball year|1986}} and for the San Francisco Giants from {{Baseball year|1989}}–{{Baseball year|1990}}.
In his MLB career, Bathe had eight home runs, 29 runs batted in, and had a career batting average of .213.<ref>{{cite web| title =Bill Bathe Statistics| publisher =Baseball-Reference| url =https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bathebi01.shtml| accessdate =2008-01-02 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071215233959/http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bathebi01.shtml| archivedate= 15 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> He played for the Giants when they reached the 1989 World Series against Oakland. He also played for the Nippon Ham Fighters in {{Baseball year|1991}} and {{Baseball year|1992}}.
Bathe was the 5th player in the National League to hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat.<ref>{{Cite news | title =World Series records - baseball - Statistical Data Included | newspaper =Baseball Digest | date =October 2002 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_10_61/ai_90831543 | accessdate=2008-01-02 }} </ref> He is now a captain for the Tucson Fire Department and a paramedic.<ref>{{cite web | last =Bathe | first =Bill | title =Baseball and the Game of Life | work =Leisure and Sport Review | url =http://www.lasr.net/recreationarticles.php?Baseball+and+the+Game+of+Life&ID=365 | accessdate =2002-01-02 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110609041252/http://www.lasr.net/recreationarticles.php?Baseball+and+the+Game+of+Life&ID=365 | archive-date =2011-06-09 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
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