Bruce
Boisclair
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 9, 1952 in Usa, CT, PUTNAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 BSN NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1975 22 BSN NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 5
1976 23 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1977 24 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 5
1978 25 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1979 26 DET AL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1980 27 DET AL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5
1981 28 DET AL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
1982 29 DET AL     6 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5
1983 30 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
1984 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
1985 32 NYG NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5
1986 33 MIN AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 21 AA   128 483 56 139 25 2 11 51 2 5 71 60 .288 .379 .416 .795 76.3  
1975 22 AAA   133 459 46 106 24 4 5 57 2 3 51 84 .231 .308 .333 .641 48.0  
1976 23 DET AL 13 22 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .091 .160 .091 .251 0.2 0.0
    AAA   133 415 50 121 33 2 9 71 6 1 46 88 .292 .362 .446 .808 65.5  
1977 24 DET AL 121 396 36 113 28 0 3 46 2 2 37 68 .285 .344 .379 .723 44.7 7.1
1978 25 DET AL 119 361 44 102 30 4 0 43 2 1 41 73 .283 .356 .388 .744 49.5 8.5
1979 26 AAA   105 405 51 110 27 4 5 38 5 5 49 74 .272 .350 .395 .745 55.4  
1980 27 AAA   137 525 56 151 21 3 8 53 7 1 76 94 .288 .378 .385 .762 80.1  
1981 28 AAA   132 514 53 152 32 2 8 41 4 6 69 71 .296 .379 .412 .792 79.1  
1982 29 AAA   136 521 56 153 37 1 4 67 4 4 60 92 .294 .367 .392 .758 73.5  
1983 30 DET AL 150 452 64 111 32 2 3 44 0 2 49 113 .246 .318 .345 .663 47.0 5.2
1984 31 AAA   137 517 63 137 34 2 6 49 6 5 81 93 .265 .365 .373 .738 73.2  
1985 32 NYG NL 44 101 10 19 4 0 1 5 0 0 8 29 .188 .248 .257 .505 4.2 0.0
    AAA   25 99 14 22 5 1 1 8 1 0 11 19 .222 .300 .323 .623 10.1  
1986 33 MIN AL 95 203 16 39 8 0 2 12 0 1 21 52 .192 .267 .261 .528 13.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 542 1535 173 386 102 6 9 152 4 6 158 343 .251 .320 .343 .664 158.7 20.8
8 Years AAA 938 3455 389 952 213 19 46 384 35 25 443 615 .276 .358 .388 .746 485.0  
1 Years AA 128 483 56 139 25 2 11 51 2 5 71 60 .288 .380 .416 .796 76.3  
9 Years Minors 1066 3938 445 1091 238 21 57 435 37 30 514 675 .277 .360 .392 .752 561.3  
162 Game Average 458 51 115 30 1 2 45 1 1 47 102 .251 .320 .343 .664 47.4  
Career Highs 150 452 64 113 32 4 3 46 2 2 49 113 .285 .356 .388 .744 49.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1303 144 339 92 6 8 139 4 4 127 276 .260 .325 .358 .683 150.6
vs LH   232 29 47 10 0 1 13 0 2 31 67 .203 .297 .259 .555 18.8
Home 277 767 89 195 49 3 6 83 1 3 75 173 .254 .318 .349 .667 85.3
Away 265 768 84 191 53 3 3 69 3 3 83 170 .249 .322 .337 .660 84.0
RISP   366 0 89 27 2 1 128 0 0 42 84 .243 .315 .336 .651 40.1
Pinch Hitting   64 7 9 2 0 0 12 0 0 9 11 .141 .257 .172 .429 2.7
Close/Late   207 14 52 9 0 1 23 0 0 16 34 .251 .308 .309 .617 19.5
Mar/Apr 71 211 17 47 9 0 1 16 0 2 16 42 .223 .276 .280 .556 15.5
May 90 292 40 81 16 2 4 33 1 2 33 61 .277 .351 .387 .738 39.4
June 76 202 28 50 15 0 0 23 0 2 34 47 .248 .351 .322 .673 24.6
July 89 233 26 54 19 1 0 23 1 0 24 49 .232 .302 .322 .624 22.9
August 106 298 33 83 20 1 2 27 2 0 23 70 .279 .329 .372 .702 35.9
Sep/Oct 110 299 29 71 23 2 2 30 0 0 28 74 .237 .303 .348 .651 31.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 23 DET AL RF 6 3 32.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.58   0.2
    CF 2 2 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1977 24 DET AL CF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 25 DET AL LF 8 0 25.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.1
    RF 11 0 15.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.70    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 30 DET AL LF 146 141 1202.3 256 3 14 2 .949 1.94   2.2
    RF 4 3 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1985 32 NYG NL CF 14 6 67.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.4
    RF 9 6 60.3 16 0 1 0 .941 2.39    
    LF 8 3 37.7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1986 33 MIN AL 1B 19 19 166.0 181 8 0 16 1.000 10.25   0.4
    CF 31 11 141.3 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.04   0.5
    RF 28 12 137.0 28 0 1 0 .966 1.84    
    LF 10 6 58.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
  LF 173 151 1331.0 278 4 14 2 .953 1.91   2.3
  RF 62 24 273.3 71 0 2 0 .973 2.34   0.2
  CF 50 20 234.3 54 1 0 1 1.000 2.11   1.0
  1B 19 19 166.0 181 8 0 16 1.000 10.25   0.4
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   306 214 2008.6 585 16 16 20 .974 2.69   3.9
Career Highs   150 144 1223.3 259 9 14 17 1.000 4.66    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 30 DET AL 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .200 .188 .200 .388
Career Post-Season Batting 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .200 .188 .200 .388
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1983-10-113
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1974
Injured on 7/21/1974 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1976 (Going to BSN: P Larry Dierker. Going to DET: RF Bruce Boisclair, P Dave Lemanczyk)
Had first career hit on 9/28/1976, off Charlie Hough (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/17/1977, off John Montefusco (PIT)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 7/26/1978
Injured on 7/31/1979 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 6/26/1981 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 8/26/1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/4/1984 (Going to DET: DH Bernie Carbo, 1B Oscar Gamble. Going to SDP: LF Bruce Boisclair, RF Dave Parker, LF John Balaz, P Rich Troedson)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to New York (N) on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: P Larry Andersen, LF Bruce Boisclair. Going to SDP: SS Roy Smalley, P Lance Rautzhan)
Released by New York (N) on 10/13/1985
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1986 to a minor league deal
Released by Minnesota on 10/28/1986