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Bruce Bochy \BO-chee\

Bruce Douglas Bochy

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 16, 1955 in Landes de Bussac, France
School: Brevard Community College (Cocoa, FL)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1978 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Astros/Mets 1978-1987

Final Game: October 4, 1987 (Age 32)
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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
1975	20	HOU-min	Rk	37	156	145	31	49	9	0	4	34	0	0	11	18	.338	.385	.483	.867		70		0	0	0			CVN · APPY
1976	21	HOU-min	AA,A	99	362	333	18	78	10	0	1	24	1	3	26	41	.234	.289	.273	.562		91	6	0	2	1	0		CBS,DBQ · SOUL,MIDW
1977	22	HOU-min	A	128	471	430	40	109	18	2	3	35	0	2	35	50	.253	.308	.326	.633		140		1	0	5			COC · FLOR
1978	23	HOU-min	AA	79	284	261	25	70	10	2	7	34	0	2	13	30	.268	.309	.402	.712		105		3	6	1			CBS · SOUL
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

1981	26	NYM-min	AAA	85	297	269	23	61	11	2	8	38	0	3	22	47	.227	.286	.372	.657		100		1	3	2	3		TID · IL
1982	27	NYM-min	AAA	81	276	251	32	57	11	0	15	52	2	3	19	47	.227	.275	.450	.726		113		0	0	6	1		TID · IL
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-min	AAA	42	165	145	28	44	8	1	11	33	3	1	15	25	.303	.364	.600	.964		87		1	0	4	1		LVG · PCL
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-min	AAA	34	140	121	18	32	7	0	7	22	0	0	17	13	.264	.350	.496	.846		60		0	0	2	0		LVG · PCL
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
1988	33	SDP-min	AAA	53	166	147	17	34	5	0	5	13	1	0	17	28	.231	.313	.367	.681		54		1	0	1	2		LVG · PCL
9 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1978	23	HOU	NL	54	167	-1	-0	-1	0	3	0	0.0	5	6	0.6	.501	.500	0.5	0.3	6		2
1979	24	HOU	NL	56	143	-7	-1	-0	-1	3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.3	.487	.495	-0.2	0.2	-1		2
1980	25	HOU	NL	22	28	-0	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1		2/3

1982	27	NYM	NL	17	53	3	0	-0	1	1	5	0.5	2	7	0.7	.531	.503	0.6	0.2	6		2/3
1983	28	SDP	NL	23	44	-3	0	-0	2	1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2		2
1984	29	SDP	NL	37	97	-2	-0	-0	-1	2	-1	-0.2	3	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.3	0.1	3		2
1985	30	SDP	NL	48	120	1	-0	0	-2	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.6	.503	.501	0.8	-0.0	7		2
1986	31	SDP	NL	63	142	7	-1	0	-1	2	7	0.8	5	12	1.3	.513	.505	1.4	0.1	13	$125,000	2
1987	32	SDP	NL	38	87	-6	-0	-1	-4	1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.475	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$135,000	2
9 Seasons				358	881	-7	-3	-2	-7	15	-6	-0.6	29	24	2.4	.498	.500	3.0	0.8	31	$260,000

SDP (5 yrs)				209	490	-2	-2	-0	-6	8	-3	-0.3	17	14	1.4	.499	.500	1.9	0.2	20	$260,000
HOU (3 yrs)				132	338	-8	-2	-2	-2	6	-8	-0.8	11	3	0.3	.494	.498	0.4	0.4	6
NYM (1 yr)				17	53	3	0	-0	1	1	5	0.5	2	7	0.7	.531	.503	0.6	0.2	6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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 Yrs (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

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1978	HOU	NL	23	C	53	45	37	393.1	311	268	35	8	5	.974	0	0	6.93	5.72	.985	6.17	6.12	3	8	47	21	31%	32%	0
1979	HOU	NL	24	C	55	36	31	355.0	234	198	29	7	4	.970	-1	-3	5.75	4.13	.985	6.13	6.11	4	12	36	18	33%	34%	2
1980	HOU	NL	25	C	10	2	1	29.1	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-41	6.14	2.00	.983	6.08	6.10	1	0	4	0	0%	31%	0
1980	HOU	NL	25	1B	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-48	0.00	0.00		10.08	10.20
1982	NYM	NL	27	C	16	16	10	135.2	102	90	8	4	1	.961	1	9	6.50	6.13	.985	6.29	6.30	1	2	17	9	35%	32%	1
1982	NYM	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.990	9.90	10.30
1983	SDP	NL	28	C	11	8	6	75.0	56	51	5	0	0	1.000	2	32	6.72	5.09	.984	6.58	6.54	1	3	5	7	58%	33%	0
1984	SDP	NL	29	C	36	20	14	229.1	161	147	12	2	2	.988	-1	-5	6.24	4.42	.986	6.53	6.51	0	7	23	7	23%	31%	0
1985	SDP	NL	30	C	46	28	22	269.2	161	148	11	2	2	.988	-2	-9	5.31	3.46	.987	6.42	6.42	2	6	35	10	22%	30%	0
1986	SDP	NL	31	C	48	30	21	285.1	226	202	22	2	3	.991	-1	-4	7.07	4.67	.985	6.93	6.94	2	10	34	15	31%	32%	0
1987	SDP	NL	32	C	23	18	12	157.1	106	95	7	4	0	.962	-4	-31	5.83	4.43	.987	6.94	6.90	0	6	19	1	5%	29%	0
	9 Seasons			C	298	203	154	1930.0	1377	1218	130	29	17	.979	-7	-4	6.29	4.52	.985	6.44	6.43	14	54	220	88	29%	32%	3
	2 Seasons			1B	2	0	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-40	3.00	1.00	.990	10.05	10.25
	9 Seasons			TOT	300	203	154	1936.0	1379	1220	130	29	17	.979	-7	-4	6.28	4.50	.985	6.45	6.45	14	54	220	88	29%	32%	3

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards (yr lg award)
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Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 9, 1975: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary).
February 11, 1981: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The New York Mets sent Stan Hough (minors) (April 3, 1981) and Randy Rogers (minors) (April 3, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
January 21, 1983: Released by the New York Mets.
February 23, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	31	San Diego Padres	$125,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	32	San Diego Padres	$135,000	1987 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$260,000

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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