Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1976)
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Bocachica
and the second or maternal family name is
Colon
.
Baseball player
Hiram Bocachica
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1976-03-04
)
March 4, 1976
(age 48)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
September 13, 2000, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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NPB:
March 20, 2008, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
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MLB:
July 17, 2007, for the San Diego Padres
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NPB:
September 6, 2009, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
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Batting average
| .215
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Home runs
| 15
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Runs batted in
| 37
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Batting average
| .251
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Home runs
| 20
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Runs batted in
| 47
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Hiram Gabriel Bocachica Colon
(born March 4, 1976) is a Puerto Rican former
professional baseball
outfielder
. He played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
,
Detroit Tigers
,
Seattle Mariners
,
Oakland Athletics
, and
San Diego Padres
. Bocachica also played for the
Saitama Seibu Lions
of
Nippon Professional Baseball
(NPB).
Career
[
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]
Major league career
[
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]
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
[
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]
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.
[2]
Atlantic League
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]
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.
[3]
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 later returned to Bridgeport.
Family
[
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]
Hiram is married to his wife Jocelyn and has two daughters and a son.
See also
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References
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External links
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