Bruce Boisclair

Bruce Armand Boisclair

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 9, 1952 in Putnam, CT
High School: Killingly HS (Danielson, CT)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1974
Team: Mets 1974-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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Standard Batting

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
1970	17	NYM-min	Rk	40	117	117		33	5	2	0						.282	.282	.359	.641		42							MIO · APPY
1971	18	NYM-min	A	129	446	401	64	108	18	4	0	47	20	2	45	99	.269	.343	.334	.677		134							POM · FLOR
1972	19	NYM-min	A	88	357	328	64	114	19	4	4	32	16	2	29	69	.348	.401	.466	.867		153							VIS · CALL
1973	20	NYM-min	AAA,AA	99	359	306	41	75	13	0	3	30	9	3	43	80	.245	.337	.317	.654		97		2	3	5			TID,MEM · IL,TL
1974	21	NYM-min	AAA	107	347	297	27	71	8	4	5	31	10	1	44	73	.239	.339	.343	.683		102		2	2	2			TID · IL
1974	21	NYM	NL	7	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	81	4	1	0	0	0	0	/87

1975	22	NYM-min	AAA	127	516	453	62	126	16	5	4	37	20	7	54	94	.278	.356	.362	.718		164		2	5	2			TID · IL
1976	23	NYM	NL	110	320	286	42	82	13	3	2	13	9	5	28	55	.287	.350	.374	.724	113	107	3	0	6	0	5	879
1977	24	NYM	NL	127	347	307	41	90	21	1	4	44	6	4	31	57	.293	.359	.407	.766	111	125	5	1	7	1	0	97/38
1978	25	NYM	NL	107	244	214	24	48	7	1	4	15	3	3	23	43	.224	.293	.322	.616	76	69	4	0	2	5	3	97/83
1979	26	NYM	NL	59	106	98	7	18	5	1	0	4	0	2	3	24	.184	.210	.255	.465	29	25	2	1	1	3	0	9/73
1980	27	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
5 Yrs				410	1030	917	114	241	47	6	10	77	18	14	86	183	.263	.324	.360	.684	94	330	15	2	16	9	8
162 Game Avg.				162	407	362	45	95	19	2	4	30	7	6	34	72	.263	.324	.360	.684	94	130	6	1	6	4	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
1974	21	NYM	NL	7	13	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/87

1976	23	NYM	NL	110	320	7	1	0	-3	-3	2	0.2	9	11	1.2	.502	.501	1.4	-0.6	14	$	879
1977	24	NYM	NL	127	347	6	2	1	-9	-5	-5	-0.6	10	5	0.4	.495	.496	1.4	-1.4	14	$50,000	97/38
1978	25	NYM	NL	107	244	-7	1	-0	3	-3	-7	-0.7	7	0	0.0	.493	.495	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	97/83
1979	26	NYM	NL	59	106	-7	-0	0	-1	-1	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.481	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	9/73
5 Seasons				410	1030	-2	3	1	-10	-12	-21	-2.2	30	9	0.7	.494	.497	1.7	-2.2	19	$50,000

Advanced Batting

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
1974	21	NYM	NL	13	10	1	2.7	94	.375	.250	.261	.308	.333	.333	.378	.641	.711	81	.303	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.167	.083

1976	23	NYM	NL	320	218	38	4.7	86	.349	.287	.254	.350	.320	.374	.362	.724	.682	113	.563	5.0	0.5	.656	.199	.087	3.3
1977	24	NYM	NL	347	234	46	5.3	98	.348	.293	.262	.359	.329	.407	.399	.766	.728	111	.562	6.0	0.6	.704	.221	.114	4.8
1978	25	NYM	NL	244	180	21	3.1	91	.256	.224	.257	.293	.324	.322	.378	.616	.703	76	.369	-6.5	-0.7	.532	.206	.098	3.4
1979	26	NYM	NL	106	88	5	1.5	95	.234	.184	.263	.210	.328	.255	.390	.465	.718	29	.126	-9.4	-1.0	.321	.082	.071
5 Yrs				1030	730	111	4.1	92	.315	.263	.259	.324	.325	.360	.382	.684	.707	94	.474	-5.2	-0.5	.599	.195	.097	12.9
162 Game Avg.				407	288	44	4.1	92	.315	.263	.259	.324	.325	.360	.382	.684	.707	94	.474	-5.2	-0.5	.599	.195	.097	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	21	NYM	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	4.00	3.0		12.0	2.00	62%

1976	23	NYM	NL	320	0.6%	17.2%	8.8%	5.6%	22%	1.96	5.2	143.0	22.0	1.36	72%
1977	24	NYM	NL	347	1.2%	16.4%	8.9%	7.5%	29%	1.84	5.4	76.8	7.0	0.82	71%
1978	25	NYM	NL	244	1.6%	17.6%	9.4%	4.9%	25%	1.87	5.0	53.5	14.3	0.93	70%
1979	26	NYM	NL	106	0.0%	22.6%	2.8%	5.7%	33%	8.00	4.1		24.5	1.36	73%
5 Yrs				1030	1.0%	17.8%	8.4%	6.1%	26%	2.13	5.0	91.7	11.9	1.05	71%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.9%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.50	6.9	46.8	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	21	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.78	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.94	-0.8		0

1976	23	NYM	NL	4.6	0.5	342	1.0	6.2	-5.2	1.03	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.96	3.1	0.97	21
1977	24	NYM	NL	5.5	0.5	364	0.7	7.4	-6.7	1.12	0.5	0.2	11.2	1.1	0.97	7.6	1.65	30
1978	25	NYM	NL	-6.5	-0.7	255	-0.4	4.5	-4.8	1.14	-0.6	0.2	-7.6	-0.8	0.90	-6.2	1.35	47
1979	26	NYM	NL	-9.5	-1.0	109	-0.8	1.7	-2.5	1.15	-0.8	0.1	-7.1	-0.7	0.89	-8.8	1.09	35
5 Yrs				-6.2	-0.7	1083	0.6	19.9	-19.3	1.09	-0.4	0.9	-3.3	-0.4	0.94	-5.1	1.29	133

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	21	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976	23	NYM	NL	7	0	37%	166	9	5	64%	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	36%	26	16	10	1	1	0	15	5	5
1977	24	NYM	NL	3	0	31%	129	6	4	60%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	10	51%	27	16	11	6	2	4	6	0	5
1978	25	NYM	NL	3	0	30%	109	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	52%	13	8	5	1	0	1	7	2	5
1979	26	NYM	NL	4	0	32%	26	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				17	0	33%	444	18	14	56%	17	13	1	0	0	1	2	1	13	29	45%	71	43	27	8	3	5	30	7	17

Situational Hitting*

						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
1974	21	NYM	NL	13	77%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1976	23	NYM	NL	320	88%	82			21	12	1	1	0.97	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	9	6	67%	42	3	7%	20	8	40%	152	12	8%	14	4	29%	9	4	44%	0
1977	24	NYM	NL	347	89%	90			30	9	1	6	1.65	4	0	7	4	0	2	2	0	9	7	78%	83	5	6%	28	10	36%	242	42	17%	24	14	58%	9	5	56%	0
1978	25	NYM	NL	244	94%	48			47	12	0	1	1.35	4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	4	2	50%	43	4	9%	24	8	33%	124	14	11%	13	6	46%	7	4	57%	0
1979	26	NYM	NL	106	90%	18			35	5	0	0	1.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	18	2	11%	9	4	44%	46	6	13%	6	3	50%	5	2	40%	0
5 Yrs				1030	90%	241			133	38	2	8	1.29	10	0	16	10	0	6	4	0	24	16	67%	190	15	8%	82	30	37%	571	75	13%	58	28	48%	30	15	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1974	21	7	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	81	4	1	0	0	0	0
1975	22	7	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	81	4	1	0	0	0	0
1976	23	117	333	298	42	85	14	3	2	14	9	5	29	59	.285	.349	.372	.721	111	111	4	0	6	0	5
1977	24	244	680	605	83	175	35	4	6	58	15	9	60	116	.289	.354	.390	.744	111	236	9	1	13	1	5
1978	25	351	924	819	107	223	42	5	10	73	18	12	83	159	.272	.338	.372	.710	102	305	13	1	15	6	8
1979	26	410	1030	917	114	241	47	6	10	77	18	14	86	183	.263	.324	.360	.684	94	330	15	2	16	9	8

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
1974	21	7	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	7

1976	23	110	333	296	50	92	15	3	2	16	10	31	55	.311	.376	.402	.778	45	110
1977	24	127	352	311	44	94	22	1	4	47	6	32	57	.302	.368	.418	.786	48	127
1978	25	107	250	218	28	52	8	1	4	17	3	25	43	.239	.310	.339	.650	24	107
1979	26	59	108	100	8	20	6	1	0	5	0	3	24	.200	.224	.280	.504	6	59
5 Yrs		410	1056	937	130	261	52	6	10	86	19	92	183	.279	.341	.379	.720	124	410
162 Game Avg.		162	417	370	51	103	21	2	4	34	8	36	72	.279	.341	.379	.720	49	410

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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