SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  HOF History / Support B-R: T-Shirts & Hats or Page Sponsorships
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Bruce Bochte

Bruce Bochte
Bruce Anton Bochte

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
School Santa Clara University

Debut July 19, 1974
  vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 5, 1986
Born November 12, 1950 in Pasadena, CA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com.

  

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 23 CAL AL  57  196   24   53   4  1   5   26   6  3  18  23  .270  .332  .378  110   74   4   2   0   1   6
 1975 24 CAL AL 107  375   41  107  19  3   3   48   3  4  45  43  .285  .362  .376  117  141   3   3   5   2   6
 1976 25 CAL AL 146  466   53  120  17  1   2   49   4  5  64  53  .258  .346  .311  100  145   6   5  11   2  12
 1977 26 TOT AL 137  492   64  148  23  1   7   51   6  4  47  42  .301  .358  .394  109  194   8   5   3   0  20
         CAL AL  25  100   12   29   4  0   2    8   3  2   7   4  .290  .336  .390  102   39   1   0   0   0   3
         CLE AL 112  392   52  119  19  1   5   43   3  2  40  38  .304  .364  .395  111  155   7   5   3   0  17
 1978 27 SEA AL 140  486   58  128  25  3  11   51   3  4  60  47  .263  .342  .395  107  192   7   6   3   1  12
 1979 28 SEA AL 150  554   81  175  38  6  16  100   2  2  67  64  .316  .385  .493  134  273   3  10   8   2  27 AS
 1980 29 SEA AL 148  520   62  156  34  4  13   78   2  3  72  81  .300  .381  .456  128  237   4   7  13   0  16
 1981 30 SEA AL  99  335   39   87  16  0   6   30   1  3  47  53  .260  .354  .361  103  121   1   0   5   2   5
 1982 31 SEA AL 144  509   58  151  21  0  12   70   8  5  67  71  .297  .380  .409  115  208   4   3   5   3  17
 1984 33 OAK AL 148  469   58  124  23  0   5   52   2  5  52  59  .264  .333  .345   95  162   4   8   3   0  12
 1985 34 OAK AL 137  424   48  125  17  1  14   60   3  1  49  58  .295  .367  .439  128  186   0   1   6   0  14
 1986 35 OAK AL 125  407   57  104  13  1   6   43   3  2  65  68  .256  .357  .337   98  137   0   1   3   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1538 5233  643 1478 250 21 100  658  43 41 653 662  .282  .360  .396  113 2070  44  51  65  13 156
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   68  156  26  2  11   69   5  4  69  70  .282  .360  .396  113  218   5   5   7   1  16
 Career High    150  554   81  175  38  6  16  100   8  5  72  81  .316  .385  .493  134  273   8  10  13   3  27
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 23 CAL AL  221  158   24   4.1    84| .270  .251| .332  .315| .378  .361| .710  .676| 110  .494   2.6   0.3  66%
 1975 24 CAL AL  428  284   53   5.0    86| .285  .249| .362  .317| .376  .365| .738  .682| 117  .569  10.6   1.1  42%
 1976 25 CAL AL  543  374   52   3.8    80| .258  .248| .346  .311| .311  .350| .657  .660| 100  .473   4.1   0.4  44%
 1977 26 TOT AL  552  381   66   4.6    96| .301  .261| .358  .325| .394  .398| .752  .723| 109  .501   8.2   0.8  60%
         CAL AL  108   77   12   4.2    96| .290  .262| .336  .325| .390  .398| .726  .723| 102  .452   0.2   0.0  60%
         CLE AL  444  304   54   4.8    96| .304  .262| .364  .325| .395  .398| .759  .723| 111  .512   8.1   0.8  60%
 1978 27 SEA AL  560  387   67   4.6    94| .263  .261| .342  .326| .395  .385| .737  .711| 107  .532   6.2   0.6  42%
 1979 28 SEA AL  636  421  100   6.3   104| .316  .272| .385  .337| .493  .412| .878  .749| 134  .632  29.1   2.8  50%
 1980 29 SEA AL  603  394   90   6.2   100| .300  .270| .381  .333| .456  .401| .837  .734| 128  .630  23.1   2.3  40%
 1981 30 SEA AL  385  257   44   4.6    93| .260  .262| .354  .327| .361  .381| .715  .708| 103  .553   2.8   0.3  25%
 1982 31 SEA AL  586  387   79   5.5   101| .297  .268| .380  .332| .409  .408| .789  .739| 115  .581  12.7   1.2  61%
 1984 33 OAK AL  533  374   54   3.9    91| .264  .255| .333  .317| .345  .385| .678  .702|  95  .429  -0.2   0.0  28%
 1985 34 OAK AL  474  315   67   5.7    92| .295  .252| .367  .316| .439  .391| .806  .707| 128  .597  17.4   1.7  75%
 1986 35 OAK AL  473  315   52   4.4    93| .256  .252| .357  .319| .337  .393| .694  .712|  98  .474   2.0   0.2  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5994 4047  748   5.0    94| .282  .259| .360  .324| .396  .388| .756  .712| 113  .548 118.8  11.7  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 23 CAL AL OF 39 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.72 2.12 1.99 2.41 37 302.3 LF 32 56 1 1 0 .983 .974 1.78 1.75 2.07 2.12 30 247.3 1B 24 183 7 4 16 .979 .992 7.92 8.01 9.83 9.70 18 174.0 CF 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 2.64 0.56 2.93 4 32.0 RF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 1.87 3.52 2.19 3 23.0 1975 24 CAL AL 1B 105 850 51 12 90 .987 .990 8.58 8.32 9.03 9.84 101 898.3 DH 1 1976 25 CAL AL OF 86 162 3 2 1 .988 .981 1.92 2.21 2.17 2.47 75 684.3 LF 72 133 0 3 0 .978 .978 1.85 1.91 2.20 2.23 59 545.3 1B 59 489 39 5 37 .991 .992 8.95 8.88 9.80 9.85 53 484.7 RF 18 31 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.78 1.92 2.07 2.21 16 139.0 DH 1 1977 26 TOT AL OF 100 209 12 6 2 .974 .978 2.21 2.03 2.31 2.34 97 859.4 TOT AL CF 25 49 5 0 1 1.000 .984 2.16 2.49 2.21 2.83 25 219.7 TOT AL DH 2 CAL AL CF 24 48 5 0 1 1.000 .983 2.21 2.49 2.25 2.83 24 211.7 DH 1 CLE AL OF 76 161 7 6 1 .966 .978 2.21 2.03 2.33 2.34 73 647.7 LF 74 159 6 6 1 .965 .976 2.23 1.74 2.34 2.11 72 635.7 1B 36 277 21 3 17 .990 .990 8.28 8.79 9.10 10.02 34 294.7 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 DH 1 1978 27 SEA AL OF 91 172 7 3 2 .984 .979 1.97 2.13 2.05 2.47 88 787.3 LF 79 125 2 2 0 .984 .974 1.61 1.78 1.83 2.21 68 624.3 DH 43 CF 19 49 5 1 2 .982 .984 2.84 2.64 3.35 2.97 18 145.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.00 2.25 2 18.0 1B 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 8.80 9.00 10.01 1 8.0 1979 28 SEA AL 1B 147 1361 114 14 140 .991 .992 10.03 6.80 10.66 7.22 145 1245.7 AS 1980 29 SEA AL 1B 133 1273 98 6 143 .996 .992 10.31 7.52 10.97 8.00 127 1125.0 DH 11 1981 30 SEA AL 1B 82 745 49 4 70 .995 .993 9.68 8.57 10.55 10.06 73 677.3 LF 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.36 1.99 1.50 2.38 13 114.0 DH 1 1982 31 SEA AL LF 99 162 5 2 1 .988 .981 1.69 1.91 1.86 2.29 99 806.7 1B 34 267 21 1 38 .997 .992 8.47 8.51 9.66 9.85 29 268.3 DH 12 1984 33 OAK AL 1B 144 1048 66 8 119 .993 .991 7.74 6.94 8.87 7.96 130 1130.3 DH 2 1985 34 OAK AL 1B 128 942 60 10 83 .990 .991 7.83 7.81 9.44 9.42 102 955.3 1986 35 OAK AL 1B 115 912 88 9 79 .991 .991 8.70 8.62 9.48 9.42 106 949.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 CAL AL 1B 24 183 7 4 16 .979 .992 7.92 8.01 9.83 9.70 18 174.0 1975 24 CAL AL 1B 105 850 51 12 90 .987 .990 8.58 8.32 9.03 9.84 101 898.3 1976 25 CAL AL 1B 59 489 39 5 37 .991 .992 8.95 8.88 9.80 9.85 53 484.7 1977 26 CLE AL 1B 36 277 21 3 17 .990 .990 8.28 8.79 9.10 10.02 34 294.7 1978 27 SEA AL 1B 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 8.80 9.00 10.01 1 8.0 1979 28 SEA AL 1B 147 1361 114 14 140 .991 .992 10.03 6.80 10.66 7.22 145 1245.7 1980 29 SEA AL 1B 133 1273 98 6 143 .996 .992 10.31 7.52 10.97 8.00 127 1125.0 1981 30 SEA AL 1B 82 745 49 4 70 .995 .993 9.68 8.57 10.55 10.06 73 677.3 1982 31 SEA AL 1B 34 267 21 1 38 .997 .992 8.47 8.51 9.66 9.85 29 268.3 1984 33 OAK AL 1B 144 1048 66 8 119 .993 .991 7.74 6.94 8.87 7.96 130 1130.3 1985 34 OAK AL 1B 128 942 60 10 83 .990 .991 7.83 7.81 9.44 9.42 102 955.3 1986 35 OAK AL 1B 115 912 88 9 79 .991 .991 8.70 8.62 9.48 9.42 106 949.7 1974 23 CAL AL CF 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 2.64 0.56 2.93 4 32.0 1977 26 TOT AL CF 25 49 5 0 1 1.000 .984 2.16 2.49 2.21 2.83 25 219.7 CAL AL CF 24 48 5 0 1 1.000 .983 2.21 2.49 2.25 2.83 24 211.7 CLE AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 1978 27 SEA AL CF 19 49 5 1 2 .982 .984 2.84 2.64 3.35 2.97 18 145.0 1975 24 CAL AL DH 1 1976 25 CAL AL DH 1 1977 26 TOT AL DH 2 CAL AL DH 1 CLE AL DH 1 1978 27 SEA AL DH 43 1980 29 SEA AL DH 11 1981 30 SEA AL DH 1 1982 31 SEA AL DH 12 1984 33 OAK AL DH 2 1986 35 OAK AL DH 1 1974 23 CAL AL LF 32 56 1 1 0 .983 .974 1.78 1.75 2.07 2.12 30 247.3 1976 25 CAL AL LF 72 133 0 3 0 .978 .978 1.85 1.91 2.20 2.23 59 545.3 1977 26 CLE AL LF 74 159 6 6 1 .965 .976 2.23 1.74 2.34 2.11 72 635.7 1978 27 SEA AL LF 79 125 2 2 0 .984 .974 1.61 1.78 1.83 2.21 68 624.3 1981 30 SEA AL LF 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.36 1.99 1.50 2.38 13 114.0 1982 31 SEA AL LF 99 162 5 2 1 .988 .981 1.69 1.91 1.86 2.29 99 806.7 1974 23 CAL AL OF 39 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.72 2.12 1.99 2.41 37 302.3 1976 25 CAL AL OF 86 162 3 2 1 .988 .981 1.92 2.21 2.17 2.47 75 684.3 1977 26 TOT AL OF 100 209 12 6 2 .974 .978 2.21 2.03 2.31 2.34 97 859.4 CAL AL OF 24 48 5 0 1 1.000 .978 2.21 2.03 2.25 2.34 24 211.7 CLE AL OF 76 161 7 6 1 .966 .978 2.21 2.03 2.33 2.34 73 647.7 1978 27 SEA AL OF 91 172 7 3 2 .984 .979 1.97 2.13 2.05 2.47 88 787.3 1981 30 SEA AL OF 14 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.16 1.66 2.48 13 114.0 1982 31 SEA AL OF 99 161 5 2 1 .988 .982 1.68 2.15 1.85 2.47 99 806.7 1974 23 CAL AL RF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 1.87 3.52 2.19 3 23.0 1976 25 CAL AL RF 18 31 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.78 1.92 2.07 2.21 16 139.0 1977 26 CLE AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1978 27 SEA AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.00 2.25 2 18.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1008 8355 614 76 833 .992 .991 8.90 7.84 9.83 8.86 919 8211.3 OF* 429 790 29 14 6 .983 .980 1.91 2.13 2.07 2.43 409 3554.0 370 49 24# LF* 370 654 14 14 2 .979 .977 1.81 1.84 2.02 2.21 341 2973.3 DH 74 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 49 99 11 1 3 .991 .984 2.24 2.57 2.50 2.89 47 396.7 RF* 24 43 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.83 1.90 2.15 2.21 21 184.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1437 9145 643 90 839 .991 .990 6.81 6.13 7.49 6.92 1328 11765
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   SEA AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *

Batting Average
1979 AL-.316-10

On-base %
1982 AL-.380-9

Doubles
1979 AL-38-8
1980 AL-34-7

Sac. Flies
1979 AL-10-4

Intentional Walks
1976 AL-11-5
1980 AL-13-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1977 AL-20-6
1979 AL-27-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1977 AL-11.7-10

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.1 (1182) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (947) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Tito Francona (930)
  2. Tony Gonzalez (929)
  3. Fred Luderus (917)
  4. Mike Hargrove (915)
  5. Willie Montanez (915)
  6. Mark Kotsay (910)
  7. Al Cowens (906)
  8. Jerry Mumphrey (906)
  9. Pete O'Brien (905)
  10. Elbie Fletcher (905)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Carlos Quintana (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carlos Martinez (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Watwood (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Orlando Merced (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orlando Merced (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Hargrove (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Groth (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Hargrove (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Johnson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Luderus (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tito Francona (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

May 11, 1977: Traded by the California Angels with Sid Monge and $250,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Dave LaRoche and Dave Schuler.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

November 14, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

December 20, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 10, 1986: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$350,000
1986Oakland Athletics$572,500
Career (may be incomplete)$922,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Bruce Bochte's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bruce Bochte    

Viewed 39286 times through January 9, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Bruce Anton Bruce bocce boche Bochte

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Bruce Bochte
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.