Bill Bathe

William David Bathe (born October 14, 1960 in Downey, California), [cite web
title =Bill Bathe Statistics
publisher =Baseball-Reference
url =http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bathebi01.shtml
accessdate =2008-01-02 ] is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for 3 years. He played for the Oakland Athletics in by|1986 and for the San Francisco Giants from by|1989–by|1990.

In his MLB career, Bathe had 8 home runs, 29 RBIs, and had a career batting average of .213. He played for the Giants when they reached the 1989 World Series against Oakland. He also played for the Nippon Ham Fighters in by|1991 and by|1992.

Bathe was the 5th player in the National League to ever to hit a home run in his very first at-bat in World Series history. [Citation
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] He is now a captain for the Tucson Fire Department and a paramedic. [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 ]

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