John Boccabella
John Dominic Boccabella
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 29, 1941 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Marin Catholic (Kentfield, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1963
Final Game: September 19, 1974
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 22 CHC NL 24 81 74 7 14 4 1 1 5 0 1 6 21 .189 .247 .311 .558 56 23 2 0 0 1 0 3
1964 23 CHC NL 9 23 23 4 9 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 .391 .391 .565 .957 162 13 1 0 0 0 0 /37
1965 24 CHC NL 6 13 12 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .833 1.218 230 10 0 0 0 0 0 /37
1966 25 CHC NL 75 229 206 22 47 9 0 6 25 0 1 14 39 .228 .274 .359 .633 74 74 7 0 6 3 1 73/2
1967 26 CHC NL 25 40 35 0 6 1 1 0 8 0 0 3 7 .171 .250 .257 .507 43 9 1 1 0 1 1 /9732
1968 27 CHC NL 7 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .071 .176 .071 .248 -25 1 0 0 0 1 0 /27
1969 28 MON NL 40 94 86 4 9 2 0 1 6 1 0 6 30 .105 .170 .163 .333 -6 14 2 1 0 1 1 2
1970 29 MON NL 61 156 145 18 39 3 1 5 17 0 1 11 24 .269 .321 .407 .727 95 59 3 0 0 0 2 32/5
1971 30 MON NL 74 195 177 15 39 11 0 3 15 0 1 14 26 .220 .278 .333 .612 73 59 6 1 1 2 2 32/5
1972 31 MON NL 83 222 207 14 47 8 1 1 10 1 2 9 29 .227 .259 .290 .549 56 60 4 1 2 3 3 2/35
1973 32 MON NL 118 440 403 25 94 13 0 7 46 1 1 26 57 .233 .279 .318 .597 64 128 15 1 7 3 8 *2/3
1974 33 SFG NL 29 85 80 6 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 6 .138 .176 .175 .351 -3 14 2 0 0 1 2 2
12 Seasons 551 1595 1462 117 320 56 5 26 148 3 7 96 246 .219 .267 .317 .584 62 464 43 5 16 16 20
162 Game Avg. 162 469 430 34 94 16 1 8 44 1 2 28 72 .219 .267 .317 .584 62 136 13 1 5 5 6
CHC (6 yrs) 146 403 364 35 81 16 3 9 49 0 2 26 74 .223 .272 .357 .629 74 130 11 1 6 6 2
MON (5 yrs) 376 1107 1018 76 228 37 2 17 94 3 5 66 166 .224 .272 .314 .586 62 320 30 4 10 9 16
SFG (1 yr) 29 85 80 6 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 6 .138 .176 .175 .351 -3 14 2 0 0 1 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 22 CHC NL 81 64 5 2.1 94 .245 .189 .261 .247 .323 .311 .390 .558 .713 56 .243 -4.3 -0.5 .444 .189 .122 .0
1964 23 CHC NL 23 15 5 8.9 97 .450 .391 .268 .391 .326 .565 .398 .957 .724 162 .807 1.7 0.2 .867 .174 .174
1965 24 CHC NL 13 8 4 13.5 95 .250 .333 .260 .385 .324 .833 .394 1.218 .718 230 .897 1.9 0.2 1.375 .583 .500 .0
1966 25 CHC NL 229 176 19 2.9 97 .250 .228 .266 .274 .325 .359 .400 .633 .725 74 .335 -7.3 -0.8 .521 .194 .131 .0
1967 26 CHC NL 40 31 2 1.7 94 .207 .171 .264 .250 .327 .257 .387 .507 .714 43 .181 -2.6 -0.3 .433 .171 .086
1968 27 CHC NL 17 14 0 0.0 87 .077 .071 .260 .176 .319 .071 .366 .248 .685 -25 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .231 .143 .000
1969 28 MON NL 94 80 2 0.7 94 .143 .105 .259 .170 .330 .163 .384 .333 .714 -6 .034 -12.4 -1.3 .278 .140 .058 1.0
1970 29 MON NL 156 110 18 4.4 103 .293 .269 .266 .321 .338 .407 .406 .727 .744 95 .475 -1.8 -0.2 .627 .207 .138 .0
1971 30 MON NL 195 148 15 2.7 92 .240 .220 .260 .278 .326 .333 .380 .612 .706 73 .324 -6.2 -0.6 .503 .186 .113 .0
1972 31 MON NL 222 171 15 2.4 92 .256 .227 .258 .259 .326 .290 .381 .549 .707 56 .272 -12.4 -1.3 .416 .101 .063 1.0
1973 32 MON NL 440 335 33 2.7 99 .254 .233 .266 .279 .336 .318 .395 .597 .731 64 .294 -21.1 -2.2 .477 .149 .084 1.8
1974 33 SFG NL 85 72 2 0.8 99 .147 .138 .268 .176 .341 .175 .387 .351 .728 -3 .040 -11.4 -1.2 .254 .088 .038
12 Seasons 1595 1224 120 2.6 96 .244 .219 .263 .267 .330 .317 .391 .584 .722 62 .299 -78.0 -8.2 .471 .161 .098 5.4
162 Game Avg. 469 360 35 2.6 96 .244 .219 .263 .267 .330 .317 .391 .584 .722 62 .299 -78.0 -8.2 .471 .161 .098 2
CHC (6 yrs) 403 308 35 3.1 96 .251 .223 .264 .272 .324 .357 .395 .629 .720 74 .370 -12.8 -1.4 .524 .201 .135 .0
MON (5 yrs) 1107 844 83 2.7 97 .250 .224 .263 .272 .332 .314 .390 .586 .722 62 .297 -53.8 -5.6 .470 .153 .090 5.1
SFG (1 yr) 85 72 2 0.7 99 .147 .138 .268 .176 .341 .175 .387 .351 .728 -3 .040 -11.4 -1.2 .254 .088 .038

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 22 CHC NL 81 1.2% 25.9% 7.4% 7.4% 43% 3.50 3.5 74.0 14.8 1.50 65%
1964 23 CHC NL 23 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 13.0% 33% 7.7 3.8 1.60 87%
1965 24 CHC NL 13 15.4% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 50% 2.00 6.0 6.0 3.0 1.50 62%
1966 25 CHC NL 229 2.6% 17.0% 6.1% 6.6% 32% 2.79 5.3 34.3 8.2 1.46 72%
1967 26 CHC NL 40 0.0% 17.5% 7.5% 5.0% 33% 2.33 5.0 4.4 0.92 73%
1968 27 CHC NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.0 14.0 0.71 76%
1969 28 MON NL 94 1.1% 31.9% 6.4% 3.2% 33% 5.00 2.9 86.0 14.3 0.81 60%
1970 29 MON NL 156 3.2% 15.4% 7.1% 5.8% 23% 2.18 6.0 29.0 8.5 1.53 74%
1971 30 MON NL 195 1.5% 13.3% 7.2% 7.2% 36% 1.86 6.8 59.0 11.8 1.44 77%
1972 31 MON NL 222 0.5% 13.1% 4.1% 4.5% 21% 3.22 7.1 207.0 20.7 1.11 81%
1973 32 MON NL 440 1.6% 13.0% 5.9% 4.6% 21% 2.19 7.1 57.6 8.8 1.47 78%
1974 33 SFG NL 85 0.0% 7.1% 4.7% 3.5% 27% 1.50 13.3 16.0 0.75 88%
12 Seasons 1595 1.6% 15.4% 6.0% 5.5% 27% 2.56 5.9 56.2 9.9 1.28 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 22 CHC NL 2 0 32% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1964 23 CHC NL 0 0 44% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
1965 24 CHC NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 25 CHC NL 5 0 29% 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 38% 9 7 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1967 26 CHC NL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1968 27 CHC NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 MON NL 3 0 20% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1970 29 MON NL 5 0 29% 68 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 36% 9 7 1 2 1 1 3 0 3
1971 30 MON NL 4 0 24% 71 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 33% 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 1 3
1972 31 MON NL 0 1 23% 83 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 29% 8 5 3 1 1 0 8 6 2
1973 32 MON NL 8 2 16% 141 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 12 39% 18 11 6 2 2 0 8 2 5
1974 33 SFG NL 3 0 40% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
12 Seasons 32 3 23% 525 3 7 30% 3 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 10 31 33% 64 47 15 12 10 2 38 15 21
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 22 CHC NL 81 36% 14 1 0 0 0 0.13 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 7 2 29% 35 4 11% 4 3 75% 2 0 0% 0
1964 23 CHC NL 24 29% 9 3 1 0 0 0.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 0 0% 17 6 35% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1965 24 CHC NL 13 69% 4 2 1 0 1 1.80 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 9 2 22% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 CHC NL 227 29% 47 16 2 0 0 2.34 6 0 10 4 2 4 2 0 6 6 100% 63 7 11% 26 12 46% 172 19 11% 19 11 58% 13 3 23% 2
1967 26 CHC NL 40 68% 6 11 2 0 2 1.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 31 8 26% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1968 27 CHC NL 17 59% 1 2 0 0 0 2.80 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 14 1 7% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1969 28 MON NL 94 29% 9 9 1 0 1 1.19 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 10% 8 3 38% 71 6 8% 6 4 67% 6 1 17% 0
1970 29 MON NL 156 63% 39 8 2 1 2 1.53 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 21 3 14% 9 1 11% 88 12 14% 5 2 40% 10 2 20% 0
1971 30 MON NL 194 58% 39 5 0 0 0 1.15 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 38 6 16% 18 6 33% 124 15 12% 6 3 50% 7 2 29% 1
1972 31 MON NL 223 46% 47 3 0 0 1 3.89 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 39 4 10% 19 6 32% 128 9 7% 13 4 31% 21 8 38% 0
1973 32 MON NL 435 34% 94 1 0 0 0 0.48 7 1 24 3 3 3 3 0 7 7 100% 89 15 17% 47 22 47% 328 41 13% 32 15 47% 21 10 48% 7
1974 33 SFG NL 85 52% 11 4 0 0 0 0.98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 7 3 43% 45 5 11% 5 4 80% 3 1 33% 0
12 Seasons 1589 43% 320 65 9 1 7 1.73 26 1 53 12 13 14 11 0 16 16 100% 312 43 14% 149 57 38% 1062 128 12% 98 49 50% 90 30 33% 10
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 22 24 81 74 7 14 4 1 1 5 0 1 6 21 .189 .247 .311 .558 56 23 2 0 0 1 0
1964 23 33 104 97 11 23 6 2 1 11 0 1 6 24 .237 .279 .371 .650 81 36 3 0 0 1 0
1965 24 39 117 109 13 27 6 2 3 15 0 1 7 26 .248 .291 .422 .713 97 46 3 0 0 1 0
1966 25 114 346 315 35 74 15 2 9 40 0 2 21 65 .235 .279 .381 .660 82 120 10 0 6 4 1
1967 26 139 386 350 35 80 16 3 9 48 0 2 24 72 .229 .276 .369 .645 78 129 11 1 6 5 2
1968 27 146 403 364 35 81 16 3 9 49 0 2 26 74 .223 .272 .357 .629 74 130 11 1 6 6 2
1969 28 186 497 450 39 90 18 3 10 55 1 2 32 104 .200 .253 .320 .573 59 144 13 2 6 7 3
1970 29 247 653 595 57 129 21 4 15 72 1 3 43 128 .217 .269 .341 .610 68 203 16 2 6 7 5
1971 30 321 848 772 72 168 32 4 18 87 1 4 57 154 .218 .271 .339 .610 69 262 22 3 7 9 7
1972 31 404 1070 979 86 215 40 5 19 97 2 6 66 183 .220 .269 .329 .598 66 322 26 4 9 12 10
1973 32 522 1510 1382 111 309 53 5 26 143 3 7 92 240 .224 .272 .326 .597 66 450 41 5 16 15 18
1974 33 551 1595 1462 117 320 56 5 26 148 3 7 96 246 .219 .267 .317 .584 62 464 43 5 16 16 20

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 22 24 81 74 8 14 4 1 1 6 0 6 21 .189 .247 .311 .558 6 24
1964 23 9 23 23 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 9
1965 24 6 13 12 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 .333 .385 .833 1.218 4 6
1966 25 75 222 205 23 46 9 0 6 26 0 14 39 .224 .270 .356 .626 20 75
1967 26 25 42 36 0 7 1 1 0 10 0 4 7 .194 .286 .278 .563 3 25
1968 27 7 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .118 .000 .118 0 7
1969 28 40 96 87 5 10 2 0 1 7 1 7 30 .115 .188 .172 .360 3 40
1970 29 61 155 144 18 38 3 1 5 17 0 11 24 .264 .316 .403 .719 18 61
1971 30 74 195 178 17 40 11 0 3 17 0 14 26 .225 .282 .337 .619 17 74
1972 31 87 233 219 17 52 9 1 1 12 1 10 30 .237 .270 .301 .572 18 83
1973 32 118 429 400 26 91 13 0 7 47 1 25 57 .228 .273 .313 .585 34 118
1974 33 29 84 79 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 4 6 .127 .167 .165 .331 2 29
12 Seasons 555 1590 1471 125 312 55 4 26 157 3 98 247 .212 .261 .308 .569 130 551
162 Game Avg. 162 464 429 36 91 16 1 8 46 1 29 72 .212 .261 .308 .569 38 551

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame
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