# Bill Fahey

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{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1950)}}
{{for|the Australian footballer|Bill Fahey (footballer)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bill Fahey
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=1986 San Francisco Giants Postcards Bill Fahey.jpg
|caption=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|6|14}}
|birth_place=[Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 26
|debutyear=1971
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 31
|finalyear=1983
|finalteam=Detroit Tigers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.241
|stat2label=[Home runs](/source/Home_runs)
|stat2value=7
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=83
|teams=
*[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) / [Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)) (1971–1972, 1974–1977)
*[San Diego Padres](/source/San_Diego_Padres) (1979–1980)
*[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) (1981–1983)
}}
'''William Roger Fahey''' (FAY-hee) (born June 14, 1950) is an American former [catcher](/source/catcher) in professional [baseball](/source/baseball) who played for the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) / [Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)) ({{mlby|1971}}–{{mlby|1972}}, {{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1977}}), [San Diego Padres](/source/San_Diego_Padres) ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1980}}) and [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1983}}). Fahey batted left-handed and threw right-handed. His son, [Brandon](/source/Brandon_Fahey), is an [infielder](/source/infielder) who played with the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Fahey - MLB, Minor League, College Baseball Statistics |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/20470/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=The Baseball Cube}}</ref>

==Biography==
Fahey played 11 seasons in the Major Leagues as a backup catcher. He shared duties with [Jim Sundberg](/source/Jim_Sundberg) in Texas, with [Gene Tenace](/source/Gene_Tenace) for San Diego and [Lance Parrish](/source/Lance_Parrish) in Detroit. His most productive season came in {{mlby|1979}} with the Padres, when he hit .287 with three [home run](/source/home_run)s and 19 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) in 73 [games](/source/games_played). The next season, he posted career-highs in games (93), [runs](/source/run_(baseball)) (18), [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) (62) and RBI (22). Fahey was a .241 hitter with seven home runs and 83 RBI in 383 career games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Fahey - MLB, Minor League Baseball Statistics |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/11247/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=The Baseball Cube}}</ref>

After his playing career ended, Fahey managed in the Detroit [farm system](/source/farm_system) and was a major league [coach](/source/coach_(baseball)) for the Tigers (1983) and [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) (1986–91), serving as an aide to [Roger Craig](/source/Roger_Craig_(baseball)) when Craig was the Tigers' pitching coach and then the Giants' manager. Fahey was nicknamed "Pooch".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/san-francisco-giants-1991-media-guide-c/page/n27/ |title=San Francisco Giants 1991 Media Guide |date=1991 |pages=27, 28}}</ref> The Giants fired Fahey after the 1991 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 1991 |title=Sherry and Fahey Are Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/03/sports/sports-people-baseball-sherry-and-fahey-are-out.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats |br=f/faheybi01 |fangraphs=1003897 |almanac=faheybi01}}

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Category:Burlington Senators players
Category:Denver Bears players
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Category:Evansville Triplets players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Major League Baseball third base coaches
Category:Pittsfield Senators players
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Category:San Francisco Giants coaches
Category:Spokane Indians players
Category:Texas Rangers players
Category:Tucson Toros players
Category:Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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