MLB Stats for Bruce Bochy

Bruce Bochy Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac

Bruce Bochy, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Saturday, April 16, 1955, in Landes De Bussac, France. Bochy was 23 years old when he broke into the major leagues on July 19, 1978, with the Houston Astros. Bruce Bochy stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"That's the thing about Bochy," said ESPN's Tim Kurkjian, who has worked the baseball beat for 35 years as a writer and broadcaster. "You talk to people who really know the game, and they always mention Bochy when it comes to the best managers today. Because everybody understands how good he is. It basically comes down to this: Nine other guys have three World Series wins, and they're all in the Hall. Bochy will be the 10th." - Bruce Jenkins in The San Francisco Chronicle (11/01/2014, 'Bruce Bochy stamps ticket to Cooperstown', Source)

Birth Name:	Bruce Douglas Bochy (Twitter: @BruceBochy)
Nickname:	Boch
Born On:	04-16-1955 (Aries)
Born In:	Landes De Bussac, France
Died On:	Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Melbourne High School (Melbourne, FL)
College:	Brevard Community College
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04	Weight:	210
First Game:	07-19-1978 (Age 23)
Last Game:	10-04-1987
Draft:	1975 : 1st Round (23rd)

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Bruce Bochy Pitching Stats

Bruce Bochy Bruce Bochy Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1978	23	Astros	54	154	8	41	8	0	3	0	15	11	4	35	0	2	0	8	.266	.311	.377
1979	24	Astros	56	129	11	28	4	0	1	0	6	13	4	25	0	0	1	5	.217	.294	.271
1980	25	Astros	22	22	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	7	0	0	1	0	.182	.357	.227
1982	27	Mets	17	49	4	15	4	0	2	0	8	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	.306	.358	.510
1983	28	Padres	23	42	2	9	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	0	2	0	2	.214	.205	.286
1984	29	Padres	37	92	10	21	5	1	4	0	15	3	0	21	1	1	0	2	.228	.250	.435
1985	30	Padres	48	112	16	30	2	0	6	0	13	6	1	30	2	0	0	1	.268	.305	.446
1986	31	Padres	63	127	16	32	9	0	8	0	22	14	3	23	1	0	0	3	.252	.326	.512
1987	32	Padres	38	75	8	12	3	0	2	0	11	11	1	21	0	1	0	3	.160	.264	.280
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
9 Years	358	802	75	192	37	2	26	0	93	67	14	177	4	6	2	25	.239	.298	.388
Bruce Bochy Hitting Stats

Bruce Bochy Bruce Bochy Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1978 Astros	C	53	45	1,180	311	5.9	303	268	35	8	5	3	47	21	.974	6.93
1979 Astros	C	55	36	1,065	234	4.3	227	198	29	7	4	4	36	18	.970	5.75
1980 Astros	1B	1	0	15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1980 Astros	C	10	2	88	20	2.0	20	19	1	0	0	1	4	0	1.000	6.14
1982 Mets	1B	1	0	3	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
1982 Mets	C	16	16	407	102	6.4	98	90	8	4	1	1	17	9	.961	6.50
1983 Padres	C	11	8	225	56	5.1	56	51	5	0	0	1	5	7	1.000	6.72
1984 Padres	C	36	20	688	161	4.5	159	147	12	2	2	0	23	7	.988	6.24
1985 Padres	C	46	28	809	161	3.5	159	148	11	2	2	2	35	10	.988	5.31
1986 Padres	C	48	30	856	226	4.7	224	202	22	2	3	2	34	15	.991	7.07
1987 Padres	C	23	18	472	106	4.6	102	95	7	4	0	0	19	1	.962	5.83
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
C Totals		298	203	5,790	1,377	4.6	1,348	1,218	130	29	17	14	220	88	.979	6.29
1B Totals		2	0	18	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
9 Years		300	203	5,808	1,379	4.6	1,350	1,220	130	29	17	14	220	88	.979	6.28
Bruce Bochy Fielding Stats

Bruce Bochy Bruce Bochy Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1978 Astros	0	0	.000	3	0	n/a	51.3	4.4	10.3	-	-	-
1979 Astros	0	0	.000	4	0	n/a	129.0	5.2	21.5	-	-	-
1980 Astros	0	0	.000	15	0	n/a	0.0	3.1	0.0	-	-	-
1982 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	24.5	8.2	6.1	-	-	-
1983 Padres	0	0	.000	12	0	n/a	0.0	4.7	14.0	-	-	-
1984 Padres	0	1	.000	1	0	n/a	23.0	4.4	6.1	-	-	-
1985 Padres	0	0	.000	8	0	n/a	18.7	3.7	8.6	-	-	-
1986 Padres	1	0	1.000	23	0	n/a	15.9	5.5	5.8	-	-	-
1987 Padres	0	1	.000	15	0	n/a	37.5	3.6	6.8	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
9 Years	1	2	.333	81	0	n/a	30.8	4.5	8.6	-	-	-
Bruce Bochy Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Bruce Bochy Bruce Bochy Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1978 Houston Astros	13	$21,000.00	-	-
1979 Houston Astros	13	$21,000.00	-	-
1980 Houston Astros	13	$30,000.00	-	-
1982 New York Mets	9	$52,000.00	-	-
1983 San Diego Padres	15	$75,000.00	-	-
1984 San Diego Padres	15	$95,000.00	-	Stats
1985 San Diego Padres	15	$115,000.00	-	-
1986 San Diego Padres	15	$125,000.00	-	-
1987 San Diego Padres	15	$135,000.00	-	-
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Bruce Bochy Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

When Bruce Bochy made his debut on July 19, 1978, he was the sixth Major League Baseball players born in France to appear in the show, joining Joe Woerlin (1895), Claude Gouzzie (1903), Paul Krichell (1911), Ed Gagnier (1914), and Duke Markell (1951).

When Bruce Bochy homered on July 1, 1985, it was the thirteenth Major League home run of his career, his first walk-off, his first extra inning blast, the first he ever hit versus Nolan Ryan, and, the first and only walk-off home run Nolan Ryan ever surrendered in his career!

Bruce Bochy hung up his tools of ignorance in 1987, worked his way through the minors (again), and joined the San Diego Padres coaching staff in 1993, serving as third base coach for Friars manager Jim Riggleman. On October 21, 1994, Bochy took over as skipper and became the first former Padres player to become a Padres manager.

Bruce Bochy was the first San Diego Padres skipper to win Manager of Year honors when he led the 1996 San Diego Padres to their first National League West title since 1984. Bochy won both the BBWAA Manager of Year and The Sporting News Manager of Year Award (which is voted upon by senior circuit managers).

Bruce Bochy took the San Diego Padres to the 1998 World Series and became the first foreign-born manager to reach a World Series. Twelve years later, Bruch Bochy took the San Francisco Giants to the 2010 World Series and became the first European-born manager to win a World Series.

Bruce Bochy was the fourth manager to win a World Series Championship at the helm of the Giants franchise, joining John McGraw (1905, 1921, 1922), Bill Terry (1933), and Leo Durocher (1954) who all won when the Giants were playing in New York, making Bruce the first to bring a ring to the franchise after relocating to San Francisco.

Bruce Bochy was the fifth manager to lead a team to three titles in a five year span (earning rings in 2010, 2012 and 2014), joining Connie Mack, Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre. Ten managers have won at least three World Series titles, the other nine are all enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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On September 13, 2014, Bruce Bochy's son, Brett Bochy, made his Major League debut and played for the 2014 San Francisco Giants, who where managed by dad [San Francisco Giants Managers]. The duo joined the following Major League managers who managed their son(s): Sandy Alomar (Roberto Alomar & Sandy Alomar, Jr.), Felipe Alou (Moises Alou), Buddy Bell (David Bell & Mike Bell), Yogi Berra (Dale Berra), Bob Boone (Aaron Boone & Bret Boone), Connie Mack (Earle Mack), Hal McRae (Brian McRae) and Cal Ripken, Sr. (Cal Ripken, Jr.).