He split time between AAA and the Cubs during the 1985 season before being traded to the Astros along with Steve Engel for Jerry Mumphrey.

Hatcher had a memorable season in 1990 for the Reds when he stole 30 bases during their closely contested 1990 pennant run.

The best hitting performance of Hatcher's career was timely, coming during the 1990 World Series against the Oakland Athletics.

This mark broke a 62-year-old World Series record that was previously held by Babe Ruth (.625 in 1928), though it was achieved with the at-bat totals for only three games, as Hatcher was removed from Game 4 in the 1st inning after being hit on the hand by a Dave Stewart pitch and was taken to the hospital for precautionary x-rays.

In 2015, Billy Hatcher entered his tenth season as a Major League coach with the Reds organization.

Hatcher was named the first base coach for the Miami Marlins prior to the 2020 season, and remained in that position until 2021.

[7] Hatcher and his wife Karen have a son, Derek, who was Florida's 2004 Class A Player of the Year in football at Berkley Prep in Tampa, Florida and then played safety for the University of Richmond football team that won the 2008 NCAA FCS National Championship.

She had 11 career goals, six assists and 28 total points over 58 matches played during her three-year stint at Rocky Top.