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Bruce Bochte

Bruce Anton Bochte

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 12, 1950 in Pasadena, CA
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1974 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Athletics/Angels/Indians 1974-1986
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 35)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 11:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #923. Mark McLemore… #924. Dale Mitchell… #925. Greg Gagne… #926. BRUCE BOCHTE… #927. Lyn Lary… #928. Bill Melton… #929. Joe Start… 

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
1974 23 CAL AL 57 221 196 24 53 4 1 5 26 6 3 18 23 .270 .332 .378 .709 110 74 6 1 4 2 0 73/89
1975 24 CAL AL 107 428 375 41 107 19 3 3 48 3 4 45 43 .285 .362 .376 .738 117 141 6 2 3 3 5 3/D
1976 25 CAL AL 146 543 466 53 120 17 1 2 49 4 5 64 53 .258 .346 .311 .658 100 145 12 2 6 5 11 739/D
1977 26 TOT AL 137 552 492 64 148 23 1 7 51 6 4 47 42 .301 .358 .394 .753 109 194 20 0 8 5 3 738/D9
1977 26 CAL AL 25 108 100 12 29 4 0 2 8 3 2 7 4 .290 .336 .390 .726 102 39 3 0 1 0 0 8/D
1977 26 CLE AL 112 444 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 3 2 40 38 .304 .364 .395 .759 111 155 17 0 7 5 3 73/8D9
1978 27 SEA AL 140 560 486 58 128 25 3 11 51 3 4 60 47 .263 .342 .395 .737 108 192 12 1 7 6 3 7D8/93
1979 28 SEA AL 150 636 554 81 175 38 6 16 100 2 2 67 64 .316 .385 .493 .878 134 273 27 2 3 10 8 *3 AS
1980 29 SEA AL 148 603 520 62 156 34 4 13 78 2 3 72 81 .300 .381 .456 .836 128 237 16 0 4 7 13 *3D
1981 30 SEA AL 99 385 335 39 87 16 0 6 30 1 3 47 53 .260 .354 .361 .715 104 121 5 2 1 0 5 *37/D
1982 31 SEA AL 144 586 509 58 151 21 0 12 70 8 5 67 71 .297 .380 .409 .788 115 208 17 3 4 3 5 73D
1984 33 OAK AL 148 533 469 58 124 23 0 5 52 2 5 52 59 .264 .333 .345 .678 96 162 12 0 4 8 3 *3/D
1985 34 OAK AL 137 474 424 48 125 17 1 14 60 3 1 49 58 .295 .367 .439 .806 128 186 14 0 0 1 6 *3
1986 35 OAK AL 125 473 407 57 104 13 1 6 43 3 2 65 68 .256 .357 .337 .694 98 137 9 0 0 1 3 *3/D
12 Yrs 1538 5994 5233 643 1478 250 21 100 658 43 41 653 662 .282 .360 .396 .756 113 2070 156 13 44 51 65
162 Game Avg. 162 631 551 68 156 26 2 11 69 5 4 69 70 .282 .360 .396 .756 113 218 16 1 5 5 7
SEA (5 yrs) 681 2770 2404 298 697 134 13 58 329 16 17 313 316 .290 .370 .429 .799 119 1031 77 8 19 26 34
CAL (4 yrs) 335 1300 1137 130 309 44 5 12 131 16 14 134 123 .272 .348 .351 .699 108 399 27 5 14 10 16
OAK (3 yrs) 410 1480 1300 163 353 53 2 25 155 8 8 166 185 .272 .352 .373 .725 107 485 35 0 4 10 12
CLE (1 yr) 112 444 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 3 2 40 38 .304 .364 .395 .759 111 155 17 0 7 5 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 23 CAL AL 57 221 2 0 -0 2 -3 0 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.6 -0.1 6 73/89
1975 24 CAL AL 107 428 9 -2 0 -2 -6 -1 0.0 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 1.6 -0.8 15 3/D
1976 25 CAL AL 146 543 -1 -1 -0 -0 -8 -12 -1.1 18 6 0.5 .491 .492 0.6 -0.9 7 739/D
1977 26 CAL AL 25 108 3 0 0 -4 -0 -1 -0.1 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.6 -0.4 6 8/D
1977 26 CLE AL 112 444 7 0 -2 1 -6 2 0.3 14 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.5 -0.4 14 $28,000 73/8D9
1978 27 SEA AL 140 560 3 1 -0 -4 -8 -9 -0.9 18 9 0.8 .493 .494 1.3 -1.3 13 $126,000 7D8/93
1979 28 SEA AL 150 636 27 2 -3 -3 -9 14 1.6 21 34 3.4 .509 .508 3.8 -1.0 37 $126,000 *3 AS
1980 29 SEA AL 148 603 14 1 -2 3 -10 6 0.9 18 24 2.6 .504 .504 2.2 -0.5 22 $126,000 *3D
1981 30 SEA AL 99 385 4 -3 -0 -1 -6 -6 -0.6 12 5 0.5 .493 .496 0.6 -0.7 6 $126,000 *37/D
1982 31 SEA AL 144 586 9 1 -1 -2 -8 -2 -0.0 18 16 1.6 .499 .499 1.9 -0.9 18 73D
1984 33 OAK AL 148 533 -0 -1 1 -6 -8 -15 -1.4 16 2 0.1 .489 .490 0.8 -1.4 7 *3/D
1985 34 OAK AL 137 474 17 0 -1 1 -7 10 1.2 14 25 2.6 .508 .507 2.5 -0.5 24 $350,000 *3
1986 35 OAK AL 125 473 2 -0 -0 -2 -7 -8 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .494 .495 1.0 -0.8 9 $572,500 *3/D
12 Seasons 1538 5994 94 -4 -9 -17 -86 -21 -0.5 189 167 16.7 .498 .499 19.0 -9.7 184 $1,454,500
SEA (5 yrs) 681 2770 56 1 -7 -7 -41 2 1.0 87 89 8.9 .500 .500 9.8 -4.5 96 $504,000
CAL (4 yrs) 335 1300 12 -3 -0 -4 -18 -13 -1.0 42 29 2.8 .496 .498 3.4 -2.1 33
OAK (3 yrs) 410 1480 19 -1 -0 -7 -22 -12 -0.8 45 33 3.4 .497 .497 4.3 -2.7 41 $922,500
CLE (1 yr) 112 444 7 0 -2 1 -6 2 0.3 14 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.5 -0.4 14 $28,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CAL AL 23 OF 39 37 27 302.1 68 65 2 1 0 .985 2 9 1.99 1.72 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CAL AL 23 LF 32 30 23 247.1 58 56 1 1 0 .983 3 14 2.07 1.78 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 CAL AL 23 1B 24 18 17 174.0 194 183 7 4 16 .979 -0 -1 9.83 7.92 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 CAL AL 23 CF 5 4 3 32.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -56 0.56 0.40 .985 2.92 2.92
1974 CAL AL 23 RF 3 3 1 23.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 3.52 3.00 .976 2.19 2.17
1975 CAL AL 24 1B 105 101 90 898.1 913 850 51 12 90 .987 -2 -3 9.03 8.58 .990 9.84 9.81
1975 CAL AL 24 DH 1 1
1976 CAL AL 25 OF 86 75 57 684.1 167 162 3 2 1 .988 2 4 2.17 1.92 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 CAL AL 25 LF 72 59 46 545.1 136 133 0 3 0 .978 -1 -2 2.19 1.85 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 CAL AL 25 1B 59 53 52 484.2 533 489 39 5 37 .991 -3 -7 9.80 8.95 .992 9.85 9.89
1976 CAL AL 25 RF 18 16 11 139.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 3 27 2.07 1.78 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 CAL AL 25 DH 1 0
1977 TOT AL 26 OF 100 97 90 859.4 227 209 12 6 2 .974 0 0 2.31 2.21 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 TOT AL 26 CF 25 25 25 219.2 54 49 5 0 1 1.000 -5 -26 2.21 2.16 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 TOT AL 26 DH 2 1
1977 CAL AL 26 CF 24 24 24 211.2 53 48 5 0 1 1.000 -4 -21 2.25 2.21 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 CAL AL 26 OF 24 24 24 211.2 53 48 5 0 1 1.000 -4 -21 2.25 2.21 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CAL AL 26 DH 1 1
1977 CLE AL 26 OF 76 73 66 647.2 174 161 7 6 1 .966 4 7 2.33 2.21 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CLE AL 26 LF 74 72 65 635.2 171 159 6 6 1 .965 5 10 2.34 2.23 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 CLE AL 26 1B 36 34 30 294.2 301 277 21 3 17 .990 -3 -11 9.10 8.28 .990 10.02 9.95
1977 CLE AL 26 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -165 1.12 1.00 .980 2.81 2.80
1977 CLE AL 26 DH 1 0
1977 CLE AL 26 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .970 2.02 2.10
1978 SEA AL 27 OF 91 88 75 787.1 182 172 7 3 2 .984 -5 -7 2.05 1.97 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 SEA AL 27 LF 79 68 66 624.1 129 125 2 2 0 .984 -5 -9 1.83 1.61 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 SEA AL 27 DH 43 42
1978 SEA AL 27 CF 19 18 7 145.0 55 49 5 1 2 .982 1 6 3.35 2.84 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 SEA AL 27 RF 2 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 1.00 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1978 SEA AL 27 1B 1 1 1 8.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 0 30 9.00 8.00 .992 10.01 10.00
1979 SEA AL 28 1B 147 145 125 1245.2 1489 1361 114 14 140 .991 -3 -3 10.66 10.03 .992 10.08 9.96 AS
1980 SEA AL 29 1B 133 127 116 1125.0 1377 1273 98 6 143 .996 3 3 10.97 10.31 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 SEA AL 29 DH 12 12
1981 SEA AL 30 1B 82 73 67 677.1 798 745 49 4 70 .995 -0 -1 10.55 9.68 .993 10.06 10.03
1981 SEA AL 30 LF 14 13 8 114.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.50 1.36 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 SEA AL 30 OF 14 13 8 114.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.66 1.50 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 SEA AL 30 DH 1 0
1982 SEA AL 31 LF 99 99 57 806.2 169 162 5 2 1 .988 -1 -2 1.86 1.69 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 SEA AL 31 OF 99 99 57 806.2 168 161 5 2 1 .988 -1 -2 1.85 1.68 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 SEA AL 31 1B 34 29 27 268.1 289 267 21 1 38 .997 -0 -1 9.66 8.47 .992 9.85 9.81
1982 SEA AL 31 DH 12 9
1984 OAK AL 33 1B 144 130 106 1130.1 1122 1048 66 8 119 .993 -6 -6 8.87 7.74 .991 9.75 9.68
1984 OAK AL 33 DH 1 0
1985 OAK AL 34 1B 128 102 91 955.1 1012 942 60 10 83 .990 1 1 9.44 7.83 .991 9.76 9.67
1986 OAK AL 35 1B 115 107 98 949.2 1009 912 88 9 79 .991 -2 -3 9.48 8.70 .991 9.42 9.33
1986 OAK AL 35 DH 1 0
12 Seasons 1B 1008 920 820 8211.1 9045 8355 614 76 833 .992 -15 -2 9.83 8.90 .991 9.85 9.79
6 Seasons OF 429 409 314 3554.0 833 790 29 14 6 .983 -2 -1 2.07 1.91 .980 2.43 2.42
6 Seasons LF 370 341 265 2973.1 682 654 14 14 2 .979 0 0 2.02 1.81 .977 2.21 2.20
3 Seasons CF 49 47 35 396.2 111 99 11 1 3 .991 -6 -17 2.50 2.24 .984 2.89 2.87
4 Seasons RF 24 21 14 184.0 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 3 21 2.15 1.83 .979 2.21 2.21
12 Seasons TOT 1437 1329 1134 11765.1 9878 9145 643 90 839 .991 -17 -2 7.49 6.81 .990 7.61 7.59
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 AL  .316 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 AL  .380 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL  38 (8th)
1980 AL  34 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  11 (5th)
1980 AL  13 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 AL  20 (6th)
1979 AL  27 (1st)
Career  156 (242nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1977 AL  11.7 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 AL  4.1 (3rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1979 AL  1,361 (3rd)
1980 AL  1,273 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  147 (3rd)
1984 AL  144 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  1,361 (3rd)
1980 AL  1,273 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  114 (2nd)
1980 AL  98 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1975 AL  12 (4th)
1979 AL  14 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  140 (2nd)
1980 AL  143 (4th)
1981 AL  70 (5th)
1984 AL  119 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 AL  6 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1977 AL  12 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1979 AL  10.66 (2nd)
1980 AL  10.97 (2nd)
1981 AL  10.55 (5th)
Career  9.83 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  10.03 (4th)
1980 AL  10.31 (1st)
1981 AL  9.68 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1980 AL  .996 (4th)
1981 AL  .995 (3rd)
1984 AL  .993 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 AL  5 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  .988 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  3 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1536), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (995), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (133rd), 16.7 career WAR/13.9 7yr-peak WAR/15.3 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Orlando Merced (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Hargrove (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Johnson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Hargrove (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Johnson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Luderus (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197726Cleveland Indians$28,0001978 TSN Guide
197827Seattle Mariners$126,0001978 TSN Guide$105K/year plus $84K bonus
197928Seattle Mariners$126,0001978 TSN Guide$105K/year plus $84K bonus
198029Seattle Mariners$126,0001978 TSN Guide$105K/year plus $84K bonus
198130Seattle Mariners$126,0001978 TSN Guide$105K/year plus $84K bonus
198534Oakland Athletics$350,0001985 USA Today survey
198635Oakland Athletics$572,5001986 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,454,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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