Bruce Bochy

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: April 16, 1955 in Landes de Bussac, France fr

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL) and the Houston Astros in the 1st round (23rd) of the 1975 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL).

High School: Melbourne HS (Melbourne, FL)

School: Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL)

Debut: July 19, 1978 (Age 23-094d, 14,066th in major league history)
vs. NYM 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1987 (Age 32-171d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Bruce Douglas Bochy

Nicknames: Boch

Pronunciation: \BO-chee\

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Relatives: Father of Brett Bochy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

802

192

.239

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.388

OPS

.685

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-35 / in Starts: 14-22
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 143 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	100 (51-30-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 143 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	88 (43-29-15)

Most Driven In
J Cruz	1
A Howe	1
J Leonard	1
E Cabell	1
C Reynolds	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Reynolds	3
F Riccelli	1
Self	1
J Alou	1
R Landestoy	1
C CedeÃ±o	1
J GonzÃ¡lez	1
J Cruz	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	55	5 (4)	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	8	.71	0.010	1.29	0.01%	-0.05	C
2	56	7 (1)	Apr 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	8	4.02	-0.114	8.43	-0.14%	-0.65	PH C
3	57	10 (2)	Apr 15 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	8	.19	-0.024	.38	-0.03%	0.11	C
4	58	16 (5)	Apr 22	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	1.25	-0.020	2.40	-0.02%	-0.13	C
5	59	19 (2)	Apr 27	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	8	.72	-0.048	1.55	-0.06%	-0.41	C
6	60	21 (1)	Apr 30	HOU	@	STL	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	3.01	-0.071	6.57	-0.09%	-0.28	PH C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	61	22	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,6-7	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	8	1.25	0.057	2.76	0.08%	0.90	C
8	62	28 (5)	May 6 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	8	.58	0.004	1.57	0.01%	1.03	C
9	63	29	May 8	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.231	.481	8	1.81	-0.203	3.93	-0.27%	-1.44	C
10	64	31 (1)	May 10	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	8	1.87	-0.133	3.96	-0.17%	-0.60	C
11	65	32	May 11	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	7						C
12	66	34 (1)	May 12 (2)	HOU		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.257	.219	.476	8	1.51	-0.009	3.18	-0.01%	-0.05	C
13	67	37 (2)	May 16	HOU		SFG	L,4-8	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.282	.333	.615	8	1.08	0.094	2.61	0.14%	0.43	C
14	68	40 (2)	May 19	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.275	.324	.599	8	1.29	-0.031	2.55	-0.04%	-0.09	C
15	69	42 (1)	May 20 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.273	.317	.590	8	.76	-0.060	1.42	-0.07%	-0.51	C
16	70	46 (3)	May 25	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.310	.576	7	1.67	-0.040	3.38	-0.05%	-0.14	C
17	71	49 (2)	May 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.265	.304	.570	8	1.54	-0.056	3.37	-0.07%	-0.15	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	72	57 (7)	Jun 5	HOU		PHI	L,0-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.260	.298	.558	8	.02	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.14	C
19	73	58	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.286	.536	8	1.05	-0.057	2.58	-0.08%	-0.54	C
20	74	62 (3)	Jun 11	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.236	.269	.506	8	1.30	-0.180	3.27	-0.27%	-1.60	C
21	75	67 (4)	Jun 17	HOU	@	MON	L,3-19	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.241	.273	.514	8	.01	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.24	PH C
22	76	68	Jun 18	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	13-GF(18)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.233	.263	.496	8	1.74	-0.090	4.55	-0.14%	-0.30	C
23	77	69	Jun 19	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.254	.259	.513	8	.75	-0.031	2.02	-0.05%	-0.02	C
24	78	72 (2)	Jun 23	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.242	.246	.488	8	.80	-0.061	2.16	-0.10%	-0.44	C
25	79	73	Jun 24	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.246	.266	.512	7	.18	-0.022	.45	-0.03%	-0.88	C
26	80	75 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	HOU		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.247	.265	.511	8	1.66	-0.091	6.23	-0.20%	-1.16	C
27	81	76	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.247	.265	.511	7						C
28	82	77	Jun 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.247	.264	.511	7	.85	-0.067	2.37	-0.11%	-0.88	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	83	82 (4)	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.247	.264	.511	8						C
30	84	86 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.238	.253	.491	8	.64	-0.049	.74	-0.03%	-0.65	C
31	85	95 (8)	Jul 19 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.256	.506	8	1.12	0.011	2.45	0.01%	-0.13	C
32	86	98 (2)	Jul 21	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.250	.268	.518	8	1.71	-0.147	4.77	-0.25%	-1.41	C
33	87	103 (4)	Jul 26	HOU		LAD	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.250	.268	.518	8						C
34	88	104	Jul 27	HOU		LAD	L,7-11	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.258	.268	.527	5	.27	0.009	.71	0.01%	0.43	PH
35	89	105	Jul 28	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.261	.271	.531	8	.73	-0.039	2.12	-0.07%	-0.11	C
36	90	107 (1)	Jul 30	HOU		SFG	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.263	.273	.536	8	.68	-0.048	2.24	-0.09%	0.16	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	91	112 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.263	.272	.534	8	1.08	0.103	2.37	0.14%	1.37	C
38	92	114 (1)	Aug 7	HOU	@	LAD	L,8-10	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.252	.260	.513	8	1.74	-0.112	4.11	-0.16%	-1.13	C
39	93	116 (1)	Aug 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.262	.280	.542	8	2.06	0.007	4.67	0.01%	0.25	C
40	94	122 (5)	Aug 17	HOU		PHI	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.273	.291	.564	8	.76	0.060	1.76	0.08%	0.52	C
41	95	124 (1)	Aug 19	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.274	.292	.567	8	.70	-0.069	2.21	-0.13%	-0.81	C
42	96	126 (1)	Aug 21 susp	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.276	.294	.569	8	.65	-0.040	2.11	-0.08%	-0.82	C
43	97	128 (1)	Aug 24	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.269	.286	.555	8	1.12	-0.090	3.91	-0.19%	-0.82	C
44	98	133 (4)	Aug 29	HOU	@	MON	L,3-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.269	.286	.555	8						C
45	99	134	Aug 31	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	.262	.278	.541	7	.77	0.090	2.94	0.21%	0.53	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	100	135	Sep 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.264	.274	.538	8	1.14	-0.023	4.74	-0.06%	-0.29	C
47	101	136	Sep 2	HOU		NYM	L,4-5	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.273	.271	.545	8	1.52	0.089	6.38	0.22%	0.39	C
48	102	143 (6)	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.271	.269	.540	7	.17	-0.004	.82	-0.01%	-0.40	C
49	103	144	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.271	.269	.540	7						C
50	104	145	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.271	.269	.540	7						C
51	105	147 (1)	Sep 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.275	.267	.541	7	.52	-0.002	2.83	-0.01%	-0.03	C
52	106	148	Sep 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.275	.267	.541	7						C
53	107	151 (2)	Sep 19	HOU		ATL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.270	.554	8	.86	0.037	4.45	0.11%	0.47	C
54	108	153 (1)	Sep 21	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.285	.272	.557	7	3.41	0.249	24.44	1.07%	0.65	C
55	109	156 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.293	.276	.568	8	1.14	0.009	5.97	0.03%	0.16	C
56	110	160 (3)	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.294	.271	.565	7	1.08	0.031	.89	0.02%	0.06	C
							21-35		143	129	11	28	4	0	1	6	13	4	25	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	.217	.294	.271	.565		1.12	-1.172	3.28	-0.96%	-9.84

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