Hiram Bocachica

Hiram Bocachica
Hiram Bocachica
	Outfielder
	Born: March 4, 1976 (age 48); Ponce, Puerto Rico
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
	September 13, 2000, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last appearance
	July 17, 2007, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
Batting average	.215
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	37
NPB statistics
Batting average	.251
Home runs	20
Runs batted in	47
Teams
	Los Angeles Dodgers (2000–2002); Detroit Tigers (2002–2003); Seattle Mariners (2004); Oakland Athletics (2005–2007); San Diego Padres (2007); Saitama Seibu Lions (2008–2009);

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Hiram Gabriel Bocachica Colon (born March 4, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He is 5'11" and weighs around 195 pounds.

Major league career

He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (21st overall) of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft and played for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners before being released in 2005 and signed by Oakland Athletics from free agency.

Bocachica impressed scouts with his amazing spring training performance of 2006, and would have been on the MLB roster for that season, had he not suffered from a bone growth in his right hand. He was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres on May 31, 2007. He became a free agent at the end of the season.

Nippon Professional Baseball

Bocachica signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions on December 3, 2007. Despite playing only 78 games during the 2008 season, he hit 20 home runs, including one in the seventh game of the Japan Series, which the team won.^[1]

Atlantic League

On April 12, 2010, Bocachica, along with fellow MLB alums Brian Barton and Tike Redman, was signed by the Bridgeport Bluefish for the 2010 season.^[2]

Immediately upon arriving in New York, Hiram was called by a friend who was coaching in Mexico. He briefly played with the Broncos de Reynosa in Mexico, but he is now back with Bridgeport.

Family

Hiram is married to his wife Jocelyn and has two daughters and a son.

References

^ "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven". SI.com. Associated Press. November 11, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Trio Of Former Big Leaguers Join 'Fish". Bridgeport Bluefish. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Official website

[1] "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven". SI.com. Associated Press. November 11, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[2] "Trio Of Former Big Leaguers Join 'Fish". Bridgeport Bluefish. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

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