{{short description|American baseball player (born 1981)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Brandon Fahey | image = BrandonFahey.jpg | caption = Fahey with the Baltimore Orioles | position = Utility player | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|18}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Right |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = April 30 | debutyear = 2006 | debutteam = Baltimore Orioles |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = September 28 | finalyear = 2008 | finalteam = Baltimore Orioles |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .224 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 2 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 36 | teams = * Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2008}}) }} '''Brandon Wade Fahey''' (born January 18, 1981) is an American former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles from 2006 to 2008.
He played high school baseball for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas. While living at Duncanville, his father Bill Fahey played baseball for the San Francisco Giants of MLB.
==Career==
===College years=== Fahey went to Grayson County College winning the Junior College National Championship before transferring to the University of Texas, where he played baseball for a year. He hit .303 in 45 games as the Longhorns won the National Championship in 2002.
=== Baltimore Orioles === Fahey was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 12th round (346th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=12th Round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=2002&draft_round=12&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was previously selected by the San Diego Padres in the 17th round (532nd overall) of the 1999 MLB draft,<ref>{{Cite web |title=17th Round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1999&draft_round=17&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> and by the Orioles in the 32nd round (954th overall) of the 2000 MLB draft,<ref>{{Cite web |title=32nd Round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=2000&draft_round=32&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> but did not sign on both occasions. In {{mlby|2006}}, he was called up from the Orioles' Triple-A affiliate, the Ottawa Lynx, when regular second baseman Brian Roberts went on the disabled list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2006 |title=Black-and-blue O's lose Roberts to DL |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2427989 |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> On May 16, 2006, Fahey hit his first career home run off Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Curt Schilling.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2006 |title=Schilling, Red Sox blow lead, but rally to beat Orioles |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/260516101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514053911/https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/260516101 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>
On September 21, 2008, during the last game played at Yankee Stadium, Fahey entered the game as a pinch runner and remained in the game to play shortstop. He recorded the last ever error in the history of the original Yankee Stadium during the bottom of the seventh inning, allowing Xavier Nady to reach first base.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2008 |title=Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees Box Score, September 21, 2008 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200809210.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
=== Toronto Blue Jays === On January 26, 2009, Fahey signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 26, 2009|title=Lane, Fahey join Blue Jays|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/lane-fahey-join-blue-jays-1.862155?ref=rss|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=CBC.ca}}</ref>
==See also== *List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb=454994 |espn=6530 |br=f/faheybr01 |fangraphs=4746 |brm=fahey-001bra }}
{{2002 Texas Longhorns baseball}}
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