Bruce Bochy
Bruce Douglas Bochy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 16, 1955 in Landes De Bussac, France
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1978
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1978 23 HOU NL 54 167 154 8 41 8 0 3 15 0 0 11 35 .266 .311 .377 .688 99 58 8 0 0 2 4 2
1979 24 HOU NL 56 143 129 11 28 4 0 1 6 0 0 13 25 .217 .294 .271 .565 60 35 5 1 0 0 4 2
1980 25 HOU NL 22 28 22 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .182 .357 .227 .584 73 5 0 1 0 0 1 2/3
1982 27 NYM NL 17 53 49 4 15 4 0 2 8 0 0 4 6 .306 .358 .510 .869 142 25 1 0 0 0 0 2/3
1983 28 SDP NL 23 44 42 2 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 .214 .205 .286 .490 37 12 2 0 0 2 0 2
1984 29 SDP NL 37 97 92 10 21 5 1 4 15 0 1 3 21 .228 .250 .435 .685 90 40 2 0 1 1 0 2
1985 30 SDP NL 48 120 112 16 30 2 0 6 13 0 0 6 30 .268 .305 .446 .752 109 50 1 0 2 0 1 2
1986 31 SDP NL 63 142 127 16 32 9 0 8 22 1 0 14 23 .252 .326 .512 .838 130 65 3 0 1 0 3 2
1987 32 SDP NL 38 87 75 8 12 3 0 2 11 0 1 11 21 .160 .264 .280 .544 47 21 3 0 0 1 1 2
9 Seasons 358 881 802 75 192 37 2 26 93 1 2 67 177 .239 .298 .388 .685 92 311 25 2 4 6 14
162 Game Avg. 162 399 363 34 87 17 1 12 42 0 1 30 80 .239 .298 .388 .685 92 141 11 1 2 3 6
SDP (5 yrs) 209 490 448 52 104 20 2 20 64 1 2 34 104 .232 .284 .420 .704 94 188 11 0 4 4 5
HOU (3 yrs) 132 338 305 19 73 13 0 4 21 0 0 29 67 .239 .308 .321 .629 80 98 13 2 0 2 9
NYM (1 yr) 17 53 49 4 15 4 0 2 8 0 0 4 6 .306 .358 .510 .869 142 25 1 0 0 0 0

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
1978 23 HOU NL 167 123 16 3.5 88 .322 .266 .252 .311 .319 .377 .371 .688 .690 99 .417 -0.1 -0.0 .570 .182 .110 .0
1979 24 HOU NL 143 106 10 2.5 94 .262 .217 .262 .294 .326 .271 .388 .565 .715 60 .267 -6.8 -0.7 .462 .155 .054 .0
1980 25 HOU NL 28 18 2 3.0 88 .267 .182 .257 .357 .318 .227 .373 .584 .691 73 .347 -0.3 -0.0 .611 .273 .045
1982 27 NYM NL 53 35 9 7.0 94 .317 .306 .264 .358 .327 .510 .384 .869 .712 142 .713 2.7 0.3 .829 .286 .204 .0
1983 28 SDP NL 44 37 2 1.4 94 .257 .214 .260 .205 .328 .286 .385 .490 .712 37 .123 -3.7 -0.4 .343 .071 .071
1984 29 SDP NL 97 76 9 3.2 94 .250 .228 .263 .250 .328 .435 .383 .685 .711 90 .379 -1.9 -0.2 .568 .228 .207 .0
1985 30 SDP NL 120 85 15 4.8 94 .316 .268 .259 .305 .327 .446 .386 .752 .712 109 .556 0.5 0.0 .675 .232 .179 .0
1986 31 SDP NL 142 99 21 5.7 96 .250 .252 .259 .326 .329 .512 .391 .838 .719 130 .627 4.8 0.5 .816 .378 .260 1.8
1987 32 SDP NL 87 68 5 2.0 102 .189 .160 .264 .264 .333 .280 .412 .544 .745 47 .166 -5.5 -0.5 .463 .253 .120 .0
9 Seasons 881 647 89 3.7 94 .274 .239 .259 .298 .326 .388 .386 .685 .712 92 .431 -10.4 -1.0 .595 .231 .148 1.9
162 Game Avg. 399 293 40 3.7 94 .274 .239 .259 .298 .326 .388 .386 .685 .712 92 .431 -10.4 -1.0 .595 .231 .148 1
SDP (5 yrs) 490 365 52 3.8 96 .256 .232 .261 .284 .329 .420 .391 .704 .720 94 .445 -5.9 -0.6 .619 .261 .188 1.9
HOU (3 yrs) 338 247 28 3.0 91 .292 .239 .257 .308 .322 .321 .379 .629 .701 80 .349 -7.2 -0.7 .527 .177 .082 .0
NYM (1 yr) 53 35 9 7.0 94 .317 .306 .264 .358 .327 .510 .384 .869 .712 142 .713 2.7 0.3 .829 .286 .204 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 SDP NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1978 23 HOU NL 167 1.8% 21.0% 6.6% 6.6% 27% 3.18 4.4 51.3 10.3 1.10 71%
1979 24 HOU NL 143 0.7% 17.5% 9.1% 3.5% 18% 1.92 5.2 129.0 21.5 0.98 72%
1980 25 HOU NL 28 0.0% 25.0% 17.9% 3.6% 25% 1.40 3.1 0.67 54%
1982 27 NYM NL 53 3.8% 11.3% 7.6% 11.3% 40% 1.50 8.2 24.5 6.1 0.93 77%
1983 28 SDP NL 44 0.0% 20.5% 0.0% 4.6% 22% 4.7 14.0 0.50 80%
1984 29 SDP NL 97 4.1% 21.7% 3.1% 10.3% 48% 7.00 4.4 23.0 6.1 0.74 70%
1985 30 SDP NL 120 5.0% 25.0% 5.0% 6.7% 27% 5.00 3.7 18.7 8.6 1.16 63%
1986 31 SDP NL 142 5.6% 16.2% 9.9% 12.0% 53% 1.64 5.5 15.9 5.8 1.12 68%
1987 32 SDP NL 87 2.3% 24.1% 12.6% 5.8% 42% 1.91 3.6 37.5 6.8 1.18 61%
9 Seasons 881 3.0% 20.1% 7.6% 7.4% 34% 2.64 4.5 30.8 8.6 0.98 69%
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
1978 23 HOU NL 2 0 10% 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 12 10 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
1979 24 HOU NL 2 0 24% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 5 3 1 3 2 1 4 1 2
1980 25 HOU NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 NYM NL 1 0 12% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 1 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 29 SDP NL 1 0 30% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1985 30 SDP NL 1 0 33% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
1986 31 SDP NL 5 0 21% 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13% 8 7 1 2 2 0 6 5 1
1987 32 SDP NL 1 0 29% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 15 0 21% 265 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 31% 34 27 6 10 7 3 24 11 12
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
1978 23 HOU NL 167 28% 41 3 0 0 0 2.07 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0% 28 8 29% 16 6 38% 113 14 12% 12 5 42% 15 7 47% 0
1979 24 HOU NL 143 61% 28 3 0 0 0 1.74 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 5 21% 18 3 17% 100 7 7% 10 1 10% 9 0 0% 0
1980 25 HOU NL 28 61% 4 10 1 0 0 2.26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 22 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1982 27 NYM NL 53 23% 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 0 0% 32 6 19% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1983 28 SDP NL 44 55% 9 12 4 0 0 1.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 6 2 33% 24 3 13% 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 0
1984 29 SDP NL 97 45% 21 1 0 0 0 0.63 4 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 100% 22 2 9% 11 4 36% 60 11 18% 5 4 80% 6 2 33% 0
1985 30 SDP NL 120 65% 30 8 1 0 0 0.83 6 0 0 2 4 4 2 0 2 2 100% 22 1 5% 7 4 57% 62 7 11% 4 2 50% 6 4 67% 0
1986 31 SDP NL 142 73% 32 20 7 2 5 2.20 8 0 3 0 8 6 2 0 1 1 100% 34 3 9% 19 6 32% 110 15 14% 12 5 42% 11 1 9% 0
1987 32 SDP NL 87 48% 12 12 1 0 1 1.72 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 3 21% 10 1 10% 65 9 14% 10 3 30% 8 1 13% 0
9 Seasons 881 52% 192 69 14 2 6 1.77 26 0 19 8 18 13 13 0 5 4 80% 159 25 16% 94 26 28% 588 72 12% 64 23 36% 64 17 27% 0
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
1978 23 54 167 154 8 41 8 0 3 15 0 0 11 35 .266 .311 .377 .688 99 58 8 0 0 2 4
1979 24 110 310 283 19 69 12 0 4 21 0 0 24 60 .244 .303 .329 .632 81 93 13 1 0 2 8
1980 25 132 338 305 19 73 13 0 4 21 0 0 29 67 .239 .308 .321 .629 80 98 13 2 0 2 9
1981 26 132 338 305 19 73 13 0 4 21 0 0 29 67 .239 .308 .321 .629 80 98 13 2 0 2 9
1982 27 149 391 354 23 88 17 0 6 29 0 0 33 73 .249 .315 .347 .662 89 123 14 2 0 2 9
1983 28 172 435 396 25 97 18 1 6 32 0 0 33 82 .245 .303 .341 .644 84 135 16 2 0 4 9
1984 29 209 532 488 35 118 23 2 10 47 0 1 36 103 .242 .294 .359 .652 85 175 18 2 1 5 9
1985 30 257 652 600 51 148 25 2 16 60 0 1 42 133 .247 .296 .375 .671 89 225 19 2 3 5 10
1986 31 320 794 727 67 180 34 2 24 82 1 1 56 156 .248 .301 .399 .700 97 290 22 2 4 5 13
1987 32 358 881 802 75 192 37 2 26 93 1 2 67 177 .239 .298 .388 .685 92 311 25 2 4 6 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 23 54 168 155 9 42 8 0 3 18 0 11 35 .271 .315 .381 .696 19 54
1979 24 56 144 130 12 29 4 0 1 7 0 13 25 .223 .299 .277 .576 11 56
1980 25 22 34 24 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 8 7 .250 .471 .333 .804 3 22
1982 27 17 54 50 5 16 4 0 2 9 0 4 6 .320 .370 .520 .890 10 17
1983 28 23 44 42 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 23
1984 29 37 96 92 11 21 5 1 4 17 0 3 21 .228 .250 .435 .685 10 37
1985 30 48 120 114 18 32 2 0 6 14 0 6 30 .281 .317 .456 .773 17 48
1986 31 63 144 129 18 34 10 0 8 24 1 15 23 .264 .340 .527 .867 23 63
1987 32 38 85 74 8 11 3 0 2 10 0 10 21 .149 .247 .270 .517 5 38
9 Seasons 358 889 810 83 191 38 1 26 102 1 70 177 .236 .297 .381 .678 100 358
162 Game Avg. 162 402 367 38 86 17 0 12 46 0 32 80 .236 .297 .381 .678 45 358

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1996-NL-Mgr of the year

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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