Billy Hatcher
Chicago Cubs 1984–1985; Houston Astros 1986–1989; Pittsburgh Pirates 1989; Cincinnati Reds 1990–1991; Boston Red Sox 1992; Cincinnati Reds 1992; Boston Red Sox 1993–1994; Philadelphia Phillies 1994; Texas Rangers 1995
Percentile snapshot
1993 season — qualified batters
of 150 qualified 1993 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | -62.6 | -13.3 | .104 | -0.2 |
| 1985 | 53 | 178 | 163 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .245 | .290 | .368 | .658 | 72.9 | 75.2 | .303 | -0.1 |
| 1986 | 127 | 453 | 419 | 55 | 108 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 52 | 38 | 14 | .258 | .302 | .356 | .658 | 84.3 | 84.3 | .304 | 0.5 |
| 1987 | 141 | 627 | 564 | 96 | 167 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 42 | 70 | 53 | 9 | .296 | .352 | .415 | .767 | 109.6 | 107.0 | .347 | 2.7 |
| 1988 | 145 | 591 | 530 | 79 | 142 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 37 | 56 | 32 | 13 | .268 | .321 | .370 | .691 | 102.4 | 102.1 | .318 | 1.5 |
| 1989 | 135 | 520 | 481 | 59 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 62 | 24 | 7 | .231 | .277 | .308 | .584 | 68.8 | 70.0 | .273 | -0.8 |
| 1990 | 139 | 545 | 504 | 68 | 139 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 30 | 10 | .276 | .327 | .381 | .708 | 91.9 | 91.7 | .324 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | 138 | 482 | 442 | 45 | 116 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 55 | 11 | 9 | .262 | .312 | .360 | .671 | 84.9 | 86.5 | .307 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 118 | 444 | 409 | 47 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 52 | 4 | 8 | .249 | .290 | .328 | .618 | 66.9 | 70.3 | .286 | -0.7 |
| 1993 | 136 | 562 | 508 | 71 | 146 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 28 | 46 | 14 | 7 | .287 | .336 | .400 | .735 | 91.9 | 92.7 | .333 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 87 | 327 | 298 | 39 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 6 | .245 | .283 | .336 | .618 | 55.5 | 58.1 | .278 | -1.0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .167 | .321 | -22.6 | -17.2 | .155 | -0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-07-05 | BOS @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-06-08 | HOU @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987-08-17 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1990-10-17 | ATH @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1990-08-21 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.