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Bruce
Bochy		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 16, 1955 in France, , LANDES DE BU
 
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
1978 23 NYG NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1979 24 IND AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1980 25 IND AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
1981 26 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
1982 27 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
1983 28 IND AL $ 497,143   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
1984 29 IND AL     5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 497,143   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 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
1978 23 AAA   57 203 20 45 12 2 6 19 1 0 18 31 .222 .285 .389 .674 23.0  
    AA   80 286 37 88 15 1 10 42 1 0 29 46 .308 .371 .472 .843 48.3  
1979 24 IND AL 144 431 45 93 19 2 11 41 0 0 27 84 .216 .261 .346 .607 38.0 3.3
1980 25 IND AL 131 479 61 128 20 4 14 66 1 0 32 121 .267 .312 .413 .725 57.0 9.1
1981 26 IND AL 25 83 9 15 1 0 1 5 0 0 8 25 .181 .258 .229 .487 5.4 0.0
1982 27 IND AL 60 180 23 35 7 0 11 28 0 0 19 48 .194 .270 .417 .687 20.3 2.3
1983 28 IND AL 131 470 59 111 24 2 13 53 0 0 35 112 .236 .289 .379 .667 49.1 6.8
1984 29 IND AL 89 339 42 79 13 2 15 42 1 0 18 76 .233 .272 .416 .688 37.4 4.6
6 Years Sim 580 1982 239 461 84 10 65 235 2 0 139 466 .233 .282 .383 .666 207.2 26.2
1 Years AAA 57 203 20 45 12 2 6 19 1 0 18 31 .222 .284 .389 .673 23.0  
1 Years AA 80 286 37 88 15 1 10 42 1 0 29 46 .308 .368 .472 .840 48.3  
2 Years Minors 137 489 57 133 27 3 16 61 2 0 47 77 .272 .333 .438 .771 71.3  
162 Game Average 553 66 128 23 2 18 65 0 0 38 130 .233 .282 .383 .666 57.9  
Career Highs 144 479 61 128 24 4 15 66 1 0 35 121 .267 .312 .417 .725 57.0  
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   1389 158 310 55 8 40 141 2 0 87 349 .223 .268 .361 .629 135.4
vs LH   593 81 151 29 2 25 94 0 0 52 117 .255 .315 .437 .752 81.7
Home 289 953 111 227 40 3 30 111 1 0 64 209 .238 .284 .381 .665 104.4
Away 291 1029 128 234 44 7 35 124 1 0 75 257 .227 .280 .386 .666 112.7
RISP   507 0 98 22 3 11 150 0 0 38 123 .193 .245 .314 .559 39.5
Pinch Hitting   23 5 7 0 0 3 6 0 0 4 3 .304 .407 .696 1.103 6.1
Close/Late   221 21 58 8 1 6 30 0 0 28 39 .262 .344 .389 .733 30.8
Mar/Apr 129 456 59 90 19 0 13 44 0 0 33 114 .197 .251 .325 .576 37.5
May 103 351 40 75 12 4 14 37 1 0 19 88 .214 .257 .390 .647 35.6
June 95 325 41 81 12 2 7 37 0 0 18 81 .249 .286 .363 .649 33.5
July 89 308 41 79 14 3 11 39 0 0 25 58 .256 .311 .429 .740 41.1
August 84 270 31 70 13 1 10 41 0 0 22 56 .259 .314 .426 .740 36.1
Sep/Oct 80 272 27 66 14 0 10 37 1 0 22 69 .243 .298 .404 .703 33.4
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
1979 24 IND AL C 129 128 1005.7 389 57 10 1 .978 3.99 100 32 .320 2 5.2
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 25 IND AL C 129 127 1104.0 465 53 10 1 .981 4.22 109 30 .275 3 4.4
1981 26 IND AL C 24 23 204.3 91 11 1 0 .990 4.49 24 8 .333 1 1.2
1982 27 IND AL C 54 52 460.7 215 15 7 1 .970 4.49 55 10 .182 1 0.9
1983 28 IND AL C 131 128 1146.3 463 60 12 0 .978 4.11 116 44 .379 3 4.3
1984 29 IND AL C 87 86 773.3 315 42 5 1 .986 4.15 82 27 .329 3 3.9
  C 554 544 4694.3 1938 238 45 4 .980 4.17 486 151 .311 13 19.8
  CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   562 544 4705.3 1938 239 45 4 .980 4.16 486 151 .311 13 19.8
Career Highs   137 128 1146.3 465 60 12 1 .990 4.49 116 44 .379 3  
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
1982 27 IND AL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100
1983 28 IND AL 16 55 7 13 2 1 2 9 0 0 5 15 .236 .300 .418 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 19 64 7 13 2 1 2 9 0 0 6 22 .203 .271 .359 .631
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
1980-5-121
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Carlton Fisk (955)
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  6. Mickey Livingston (947)
  7. Steve Yeager (944)
  8. Bob Schmidt (944)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1978
Traded from New York (N) to Indianapolis on 2/14/1979 (Going to NYG: P Jim Slaton. Going to IND: C Bruce Bochy)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1979, off John Gelnar (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1979, off Dan Schneider (MIN)
Injured on 5/4/1981 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 9/1/1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/25/1984 with a Broken Foot, out for entire career
Released by Indianapolis on 7/31/1984
 
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