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Bruce Bochy
Bochy with the Giants in April 2011 at Dodger Stadium
San Francisco Giants – No. 15
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1955-04-16) April 16, 1955 (age 69) Landes de Boussac, Bussac-Forêt, France
Batted: RightThrew: Right
debut
July 19, 1978, for the Houston Astros
Last appearance
October 4, 1987, for the San Diego Padres
Career statistics (through August 27, 2014)
Batting average	.239
Home runs	26
Runs batted in	93
Games managed	3,192
Win–loss record	1,600–1,592
Winning %	.501
Stats at Baseball Reference
Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Houston Astros (1978–1980) New York Mets (1982) San Diego Padres (1983–1987) As manager San Diego Padres (1995–2006) San Francisco Giants (2007–present)
Career highlights and awards
3× World Series Champion (2010, 2012, 2014) NL Manager of the Year (1996)

Bruce Douglas Bochy (/ˈboʊtʃi/; born April 16, 1955) is the manager of the San Francisco Giants. Prior to joining the Giants, Bochy was the manager of the San Diego Padres for twelve seasons. He has led the Giants to three World Series Championships, and also led the Padres to a World Series appearance during his tenure in San Diego.

Bochy is the only former Padres player to serve as the team's manager. He has participated in all five postseason appearances in Padres history, as a backup catcher in 1984 and as their manager in 1996, 1998, 2005, and 2006. In 1998, he led the Padres to their first National League pennant in 14 years; they lost the 1998 World Series to the New York Yankees.

He reached the World Series for a second time as a manager in 2010 with the Giants, this time in a winning effort over the Texas Rangers, and brought the first ever World Series Championship home to the city of San Francisco. It was the first for the Giants franchise since 1954. Bochy returned to the World Series for the third time in 2012, also with the Giants, who won over the Detroit Tigers in a 4 game sweep. He reached the World Series a fourth time in 2014, and managed his third World Championship in 5 years, this time leading the Giants over the Kansas City Royals in seven games.

Bochy is both the first foreign-born manager to reach the World Series (1998) and the first European-born manager to win the World Series (2010). On July 23, 2013, he became the 21st manager with 1,500 wins.

Early life

Bochy is one of just eight Major Leaguers to be born in France (Landes de Bussac (Bussac-Forêt), Charente-Maritime), where his father was stationed as a U.S. Army officer at the time. However, Bochy grew up in Virginia and in Melbourne, Florida. He graduated from Melbourne High School, where he was a baseball teammate of Darrell Hammond of Saturday Night Live fame. He attended Brevard Community College and Florida State University. Bochy was then drafted in the first round (24th overall) by the Houston Astros in the 1975 Supplemental Draft.

Playing career

As a catcher, Bochy played with the Houston Astros (1978–80), New York Mets (1982) and San Diego Padres (1983–87). In 802 career at-bats, he hit .239 with 26 home runs. He was the backup to Terry Kennedy when the Padres won their first NL pennant in 1984, and played in one game in the 1984 World Series, which the Padres lost in five games to the Detroit Tigers. Bochy was behind the plate on September 11, 1985, when Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds collected his record-breaking 4,192nd major league hit off Padres pitcher Eric Show.

Managing career

After four years of managing for their minor league teams, the San Diego Padres picked Bochy to run the team following the departure of Jim Riggleman and signed him to a one-year contract prior to the 1995 season. Bruce managed the team to become the most improved by winning percentage his rookie year.

In 1996, Bochy was named the NL Manager of the Year. He has the most games managed in Padres history and with that, the most wins and losses. Bochy led the 1998 Padres to the World Series where they were swept in four games by the New York Yankees.

In 2006, new Padres CEO Sandy Alderson preferred to have a younger manager, so he allowed Giants General Manager Brian Sabean to interview Bochy for his job opening. Bochy agreed to a four-year contract to replace Felipe Alou and become the Giants' new skipper on October 27, 2006.

He led the Giants to a World Championship against the Texas Rangers in only five games in the 2010 World Series, and won again in 2012, sweeping the Detroit Tigers in four games. He became the 21st manager with 1,500 wins on July 23, 2013. He later became the 19th manager to reach 1,600 wins on August 27, 2014, also becoming the all-time NL Western Division leader in managerial wins since the installment of division play in 1969.

On October 16th, 2014, Bochy led the Giants to their third world series in five years, as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals for the NLCS title in five games. The Giants went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals to win the 2014 World Series, a series that went the full seven games. It was the Giants's third World Championship in a span of five seasons, as well as the team's third under Bochy's leadership. Not surprisingly, Bochy was caught on camera in the fourth inning of Game 7 on October 29, 2014 kissing the broken bat that Michael Morse had used to drive in what would stand as the winning run against the Royals in the Giants' 3-2 clincher.

According to the Giants beat writers Jacky So and Andrew Baggarly, Bochy is known as the most successful manager in recent decades for his playoff success.

Bochy also managed the 2004 and 2006 MLB All-Stars in the Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series.

Accomplishments

• 3× World Series Champion (2010, 2012, 2014)
• 5x World Series (1984, 1998, 2010, 2012, 2014)
• 5x National League Champion (1984, 1998, 2010, 2012, 2014)
• 4x MLB All-Star Game NL Manager (1999, 2011, 2013, 2015
• NL Manager of the Year (1996

Personal

In May 2011, Bochy won the Ronald L. Jensen Award for Lifetime Achievement, which he accepted at Positive Coaching Alliance's National Youth Sports Awards.

Bochy’s son, Brett Bochy, was drafted by the Giants in 2010. His son was called up to the majors on September 2, 2014, becoming the 7th manager in MLB history to manage a son. On September 13, 2014 Bruce became the first manager to give the ball to his son coming out of the bullpen.

Bochy is known for having one of the largest cap sizes in Major League Baseball at over size 8. When he joined the Mets in 1982, they did not have a helmet that would fit him, and they had to send for the ones he was using in the minors.

References

General

• The editors of the Sporting News, ed. (1992). Baseball A Doubleheader Collection of Facts, Feats, & Firsts. St. Louis, Mo.: The Sporting News Publishing Co. ISBN 0-88365-785-6. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help).

Inline citations

1. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/20253625/the-lineup-ichiro-of-old-shows-up-in-bronx-cj-wilson-comes-up-small
2. http://1980toppsbaseball.blogspot.com/2010/05/289-bruce-bochy.html
3. AP. "Bochy Named Padre Manager After Riggleman Jumps To Cubs". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
4. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101024&content_id=15823984&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf
5. http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061027&content_id=1725162&vkey=pr_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf
6. Skubis, Bob. "Bob Skubis's Photos: Bochy kissing Morse's bat." Bob Skubis's Photos. Facebook. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
8. "Giants draft Bruce Bochy's son, plus other pregame notes".
9. http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20060716_ATL@SD
10. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bruce_Bochy_1955

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
• Bruce Bochy managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

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