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Bruce
Bochte		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 12, 1950 in Usa, CA, PASADENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981    1985   
Gold Glove 1975    1978    1983    1984    1985   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 NYG NL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1975 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1976 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1977 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1978 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1979 28 NYG NL $ 2,550,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1980 29 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   9 9 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1981 30 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   10 10 9 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1982 31 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   10 10 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1983 32 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   10 10 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1984 33 NYG NL $ 3,600,000   9 9 9 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 7 6 7 8 7
1985 34 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   10 10 9 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1986 35 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1987 36 KCR AL $ 3,600,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,600,000   10 10 9 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
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 23 AAA   132 488 65 151 23 1 21 87 0 0 57 52 .309 .382 .490 .871 87.9  
1975 24 NYG NL 129 468 68 135 21 2 8 64 1 0 39 54 .288 .341 .393 .734 62.7 11.2
    AAA   26 99 9 26 3 0 2 11 1 0 14 15 .263 .354 .354 .708 13.5  
1976 25 NYG NL 154 573 77 166 26 1 12 61 3 1 53 56 .290 .349 .401 .751 76.6 12.6
1977 26 NYG NL 157 547 76 157 17 4 10 60 1 1 55 52 .287 .352 .388 .740 70.8 13.5
1978 27 NYG NL 152 563 60 161 25 1 11 72 0 3 55 48 .286 .350 .393 .743 72.3 13.7
1979 28 NYG NL 148 540 69 140 20 6 9 75 0 0 45 54 .259 .311 .369 .680 63.4 10.7
1980 29 NYG NL 147 535 87 158 24 3 15 102 2 1 62 48 .295 .366 .436 .802 80.4 19.1
1981 30 NYG NL 153 602 91 186 31 3 13 76 1 1 52 44 .309 .362 .435 .797 84.5 19.1
1982 31 NYG NL 152 591 78 166 27 4 9 81 1 0 62 57 .281 .349 .386 .734 77.2 13.9
1983 32 NYG NL 156 583 93 170 29 3 6 61 2 1 60 75 .292 .358 .383 .741 76.2 15.6
1984 33 NYG NL 154 597 97 186 31 2 12 83 4 5 45 63 .312 .360 .430 .791 86.8 21.4
1985 34 CLE AL 143 523 80 156 32 0 10 70 0 0 60 64 .298 .370 .417 .787 79.7 18.7
1986 35 CLE AL 149 524 92 168 20 1 11 64 0 1 63 71 .321 .391 .426 .816 86.1 18.1
1987 36 KCR AL 138 518 66 160 21 0 6 49 0 0 45 65 .309 .362 .384 .746 70.0 11.6
13 Years Sim 1932 7164 1034 2109 324 30 132 918 15 14 696 751 .294 .356 .403 .759 986.7 199.1
2 Years AAA 158 587 74 177 26 1 23 98 1 0 71 67 .302 .375 .467 .842 101.3  
162 Game Average 600 86 176 27 2 11 76 1 1 58 62 .294 .356 .403 .759 82.7  
Career Highs 157 602 97 186 32 6 15 102 4 5 63 75 .321 .391 .436 .816 86.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5485 815 1674 258 24 102 726 12 10 557 514 .305 .368 .417 .785 825.1
vs LH   1679 219 435 66 6 30 192 3 4 139 237 .259 .315 .359 .674 190.6
Home 962 3545 522 1021 170 17 74 477 7 9 326 377 .288 .347 .408 .755 493.6
Away 970 3619 512 1088 154 13 58 441 8 5 370 374 .301 .364 .398 .763 522.1
RISP   1744 0 546 81 6 27 747 0 0 181 187 .313 .370 .413 .783 266.0
Pinch Hitting   74 11 19 1 1 2 21 0 0 7 10 .257 .313 .378 .692 9.2
Close/Late   781 96 233 42 2 8 91 0 0 88 73 .298 .368 .388 .756 111.7
Mar/Apr 283 1070 138 321 47 3 26 167 0 2 89 94 .300 .352 .422 .774 154.6
May 349 1298 188 363 61 4 19 141 5 4 140 141 .280 .348 .377 .725 172.4
June 326 1227 174 359 64 5 21 150 3 2 121 132 .293 .356 .404 .760 173.7
July 312 1149 158 334 58 4 18 155 1 1 115 140 .291 .354 .395 .749 159.6
August 340 1229 197 357 47 9 24 150 3 3 124 115 .290 .354 .402 .756 174.3
Sep/Oct 322 1191 179 375 47 5 24 155 3 2 107 129 .315 .371 .423 .794 181.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 24 NYG NL LF 125 124 1051.3 268 8 1 2 .996 2.36 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 25 NYG NL RF 150 150 1290.0 281 8 2 1 .993 2.02 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    CF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 26 NYG NL RF 153 151 1309.3 302 14 6 4 .981 2.17 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 27 NYG NL RF 151 147 1291.0 335 9 5 2 .986 2.40 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 NYG NL RF 84 80 692.7 155 3 1 0 .994 2.05 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 55 54 482.3 98 6 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 3 25.0 36 3 2 5 .951 14.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 NYG NL RF 114 112 978.7 200 5 1 2 .995 1.89 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 13 6 60.7 82 6 1 7 .989 13.06 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 5 5 45.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 11 3 38.7 10 0 1 0 .909 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 NYG NL RF 150 149 1316.0 300 10 7 1 .978 2.12 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 31 NYG NL RF 150 149 1311.7 286 9 3 2 .990 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 32 NYG NL RF 149 147 1286.0 280 13 2 1 .993 2.05 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 4 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 8.7 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 NYG NL RF 151 148 1289.3 298 13 3 1 .990 2.17 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 34 CLE AL RF 133 131 1149.0 282 12 2 1 .993 2.30 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    1B 2 2 18.0 17 2 0 2 1.000 9.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1986 35 CLE AL RF 106 96 855.7 182 6 4 1 .979 1.98 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    LF 37 35 313.0 48 8 1 0 .982 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 7.0 9 3 0 0 1.000 15.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 36 KCR AL RF 127 125 1100.0 239 15 2 2 .992 2.08 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 5 4 48.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1618 1585 13869.3 3140 117 38 18 .988 2.11 0 0 .000 0 41.3
  LF 241 226 1990.7 446 22 2 2 .996 2.12 0 0 .000 0 3.6
  1B 26 11 128.0 164 15 3 15 .984 12.59 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 35 4 89.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.43 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1921 1826 16077.9 3775 154 44 35 .989 2.20 0 0 .000 0 45.1
Career Highs   158 151 1322.0 336 17 7 9 .996 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
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
1979 28 NYG NL 7 26 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .192 .250 .231 .481
1980 29 NYG NL 10 38 5 13 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 .342 .350 .605 .955
1981 30 NYG NL 16 63 11 14 1 0 3 13 0 0 11 8 .222 .333 .381 .714
1982 31 NYG NL 7 29 6 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .379 .438 .517 .955
1983 32 NYG NL 5 20 2 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .550 .883
1984 33 NYG NL 5 20 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .350 .350 .450 .800
1985 34 CLE AL 15 62 11 20 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 6 .323 .364 .500 .864
1987 36 KCR AL 7 26 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .192 .222 .231 .453
Career Post-Season Batting 72 284 41 81 12 1 10 36 0 0 22 31 .285 .337 .440 .777
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.
Batting Average
1981-4-.309
1984-3-.312
1986-4-.321
 On-Base Pct
1985-9-.370
1986-3-.391
 Games
1977-3-157
1983-4-156
 At-Bats
1981-3-602
 Runs
1981-7-91
1983-9-93
1984-6-97
1986-10-92
 Hits
1981-2-186
1984-2-186
Singles
1976-7-127
1981-5-139
1983-8-132
1984-5-141
1986-5-136
1987-9-133
CAR-50-1623
 RBIs
1980-7-102
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Jerry Mumphrey (902)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1974
Had first career hit on 5/1/1975, off Jim York (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1975, off Bill Stoneman (LAD)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1975
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1978, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1979: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,570,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/4/1979
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/1/1979
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Los Angeles on 6/6/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1980, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 6/22/1982
6/1/1983: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1983
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1984, hitting .444 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/22/1984
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1984
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 3/4/1985 (Going to CLE: RF Bruce Bochte, CF Lee Mazzilli, P David Palmer. Going to NYG: P Nate Snell)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 9/18/1985
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1985
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to CLE: P Rick Ownbey. Going to KCR: LF Bruce Bochte, CF Dwayne Murphy, 2B Rudy Meoli)
Had 2000th career hit on 5/28/1987, off Terry Leach (IND)
 
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