John
Bockus
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 29, 1956 in Madison, WI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1982   
Slick Fielder Award 1980    1989    1990    1991    1993   
All-Star Selections 1982    1985    1986    1988    1990    1993   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 MAN FL   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 5 6 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 6
1979 22 MAN FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 23 MAN FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 5 6 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 7 7 7
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 24 MAN FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 16 15 20 19 19 14 12 12 15 15 15
1982 25 MAN FL $ 3,214,286   16 16 16 17 18 18 20 19 19 15 14 14 15 15 15
1983 26 MAN FL $ 7,635,714   16 16 16 19 19 19 20 19 19 15 14 14 16 16 16
1984 27 MAN FL $ 8,200,000   16 16 16 19 19 19 20 19 19 15 14 14 16 16 16
1985 28 MAN FL $ 8,200,000   16 16 16 19 20 19 20 19 20 14 13 14 16 16 16
1986 29 BIR FL $ 8,200,000   16 16 16 19 20 20 20 20 20 14 13 13 15 15 15
1987 30 BIR FL $ 8,200,000   16 16 16 19 20 20 20 19 20 14 13 13 15 15 15
1988 31 LV FL $ 8,200,000   15 15 15 17 18 18 19 18 18 12 11 11 15 15 15
1989 32 MAD JL $ 8,200,000   15 15 15 17 18 18 19 18 18 12 11 11 14 14 14
1990 33 MAD JL $ 8,200,000   15 15 15 17 18 18 19 18 18 12 11 11 14 14 14
1991 34 MAD JL $ 8,200,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 19 18 18 11 10 10 13 13 13
1992 35 MAD JL $ 8,200,000   13 13 13 14 15 14 16 15 15 9 8 9 12 12 12
1993 36 MAD JL $ 8,200,000   11 11 11 12 13 13 15 14 14 7 6 6 10 10 10
1994 37 LBC FL $ 512,000   9 9 9 7 9 8 11 10 10 7 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 9 8 11 10 10 7 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,200,000   16 16 16 19 20 20 20 20 20 15 14 14 16 16 16
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 21 AAA   130 533 70 146 16 4 4 38 45 18 47 56 .274 .333 .341 .674 63.6  
1979 22 MAN FL 149 615 68 172 23 8 9 61 65 23 25 85 .280 .314 .387 .701 76.3 14.8
1980 23 MAN FL 149 602 95 162 37 9 10 59 53 21 39 78 .269 .317 .410 .728 79.8 12.8
1981 24 MAN FL 150 569 100 160 41 10 15 88 71 37 42 85 .281 .331 .467 .799 87.9 16.1
1982 25 MAN FL 156 586 124 190 48 14 30 100 74 19 65 77 .324 .397 .608 1.004 132.5 27.3
1983 26 MAN FL 154 591 103 164 38 16 21 103 62 19 50 89 .277 .339 .503 .842 96.0 18.8
1984 27 MAN FL 149 544 92 153 42 11 24 104 54 28 45 69 .281 .341 .531 .872 94.9 19.9
1985 28 MAN FL 150 503 87 160 46 14 23 82 51 21 65 54 .318 .402 .602 1.004 112.3 24.3
1986 29 BIR FL 155 581 115 168 42 13 42 120 39 24 77 83 .289 .375 .623 .998 125.2 21.8
1987 30 BIR FL 155 602 151 187 50 14 47 129 47 15 83 92 .311 .396 .674 1.070 148.1 27.9
1988 31 LV FL 156 595 116 173 46 23 28 117 44 23 57 86 .291 .358 .587 .945 115.5 21.6
1989 32 MAD JL 161 591 108 167 29 16 26 99 68 25 58 76 .283 .346 .518 .864 105.2 17.2
1990 33 MAD JL 156 617 107 183 49 25 26 114 40 22 39 85 .297 .341 .583 .924 115.2 22.3
1991 34 MAD JL 157 582 100 146 28 9 30 115 47 21 45 101 .251 .309 .485 .794 92.1 14.3
1992 35 MAD JL 137 524 82 147 28 13 24 78 43 20 37 95 .281 .329 .521 .850 89.5 15.4
1993 36 MAD JL 154 563 71 154 25 12 18 83 27 30 33 146 .274 .314 .456 .770 73.5 9.3
1994 37 LBC FL 34 52 5 11 3 0 1 7 0 2 0 14 .212 .208 .327 .534 2.7 0.0
16 Years Sim 2322 8717 1524 2497 575 207 374 1459 785 350 760 1315 .286 .347 .529 .876 1546.6 283.8
1 Years AAA 130 533 70 146 16 4 4 38 45 18 47 56 .274 .333 .341 .674 63.6  
162 Game Average 608 106 174 40 14 26 101 54 24 53 91 .286 .347 .529 .876 107.9  
Career Highs 161 617 151 190 50 25 47 129 74 37 83 146 .324 .402 .674 1.070 148.1  
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   5948 1045 1739 397 134 262 995 532 242 508 904 .292 .352 .536 .889 1062.5
vs LH   2769 479 758 178 73 112 464 253 108 252 411 .274 .335 .512 .847 466.5
Home 1154 4224 759 1220 313 79 177 702 376 187 363 647 .289 .347 .526 .873 730.8
Away 1168 4493 765 1277 262 128 197 757 409 163 397 668 .284 .347 .531 .878 798.1
RISP   2193 0 639 147 56 98 992 0 0 275 337 .291 .365 .544 .908 418.5
Pinch Hitting   141 23 40 9 4 5 30 3 3 15 27 .284 .350 .511 .861 23.8
Close/Late   1034 192 296 59 23 44 174 1 1 148 139 .286 .379 .515 .895 194.1
Mar/Apr 359 1438 241 393 93 34 60 230 134 44 94 210 .273 .322 .510 .832 233.4
May 402 1539 256 426 90 30 65 238 144 68 136 237 .277 .339 .501 .840 253.7
June 374 1419 248 401 90 35 54 217 117 67 122 220 .283 .344 .510 .853 233.3
July 392 1460 265 448 101 41 65 256 149 63 137 204 .307 .369 .566 .935 285.5
August 405 1473 256 402 112 34 53 233 121 52 126 227 .273 .334 .503 .837 239.0
Sep/Oct 390 1388 258 427 89 33 77 285 120 56 145 217 .308 .374 .586 .960 284.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 22 MAN FL RF 109 106 951.0 186 8 3 1 .985 1.84 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 38 36 321.7 85 1 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 8.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 23 MAN FL RF 147 137 1227.3 333 10 1 5 .997 2.52 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 24 MAN FL RF 73 72 658.3 129 8 2 2 .986 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 71 68 592.3 152 2 1 2 .994 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 25 MAN FL RF 152 147 1323.7 284 6 3 4 .990 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 4 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1983 26 MAN FL RF 150 148 1340.0 293 8 3 0 .990 2.02 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 27 MAN FL RF 136 136 1204.7 260 12 3 2 .989 2.03 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 11 0 23.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
1985 28 MAN FL CF 132 130 1139.7 253 6 2 1 .992 2.05 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    RF 10 0 22.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
1986 29 BIR FL CF 149 146 1319.0 349 8 2 2 .994 2.44 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    RF 5 0 12.7 4 0 1 0 .800 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
1987 30 BIR FL CF 152 151 1354.0 352 12 2 3 .995 2.42 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    RF 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1988 31 LV FL CF 153 148 1328.7 334 8 2 2 .994 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1989 32 MAD JL CF 146 145 1319.3 424 6 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 7.4
    RF 6 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1990 33 MAD JL CF 148 146 1318.3 400 15 3 2 .993 2.83 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1991 34 MAD JL RF 144 142 1291.0 335 8 7 1 .980 2.39 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    CF 9 1 25.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.68 0 0 .000 0  
1992 35 MAD JL RF 73 72 646.3 180 4 2 1 .989 2.56 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 60 54 502.3 178 4 2 2 .989 3.26 0 0 .000 0  
1993 36 MAD JL CF 138 134 1156.3 381 10 1 4 .997 3.04 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 13 10 91.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
1994 37 LBC FL CF 4 4 35.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 3.34 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1218 1163 10443.6 2948 73 15 19 .995 2.60 0 0 .000 0 33.7
  RF 1031 973 8826.6 2042 66 25 17 .988 2.15 0 0 .000 0 28.2
  C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
  1B 1 0 8.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   2252 2137 19289.3 5001 140 40 37 .992 2.40 2 0 .000 1 61.9
Career Highs   156 151 1362.0 427 15 7 5 1.000 2.98 2 0 .000 1  
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
1986 29 BIR FL 17 75 13 25 4 3 5 19 3 1 5 9 .333 .390 .667 1.057
1987 30 BIR FL 11 45 7 15 8 2 3 14 1 0 6 6 .333 .412 .800 1.212
1988 31 LV FL 9 36 5 8 1 1 0 3 5 1 2 8 .222 .263 .306 .569
1990 33 MAD JL 4 17 2 6 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 .353 .353 .471 .824
1991 34 MAD JL 5 14 4 7 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 .500 .588 .714 1.303
Career Post-Season Batting 46 187 31 61 18 6 8 43 12 2 15 28 .326 .385 .615 1.000
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.
Batting Average
1982-6-.324
1985-5-.318
On-Base Pct
1982-5-.397
1985-2-.402
1987-8-.396
Slugging Pct
1982-1-.608
1983-9-.503
1984-4-.531
1985-2-.602
1986-5-.623
1987-3-.674
1988-2-.587
1990-5-.583
1992-8-.521
CAR-14-.529
OPS
1982-1-1.004
1984-4-.872
1985-2-1.004
1986-7-.998
1987-3-1.070
1988-4-.945
1990-5-.924
CAR-19-.876
XR
1982-1-132.5
1983-10-96.0
1984-8-94.9
1985-3-112.3
1986-5-125.2
1987-2-148.1
1988-3-115.5
1990-5-115.2
CAR-4-1546.6
Games
1982-7-156
1988-7-156
1989-1-161
1990-7-156
1991-5-157
CAR-10-2322
At-Bats
1979-5-615
1980-9-602
1987-5-602
1988-8-595
1990-7-617
CAR-5-8717
Runs
1981-8-100
1982-1-124
1983-8-103
1986-7-115
1987-2-151
1988-4-116
1989-7-108
1990-10-107
CAR-4-1524
Hits
1982-2-190
1987-6-187
CAR-11-2497
Total Bases
1982-1-356
1983-7-297
1984-4-289
1985-4-303
1986-3-362
1987-2-406
1988-2-349
1990-4-360
CAR-3-4608
Singles
1979-8-132
CAR-31-1341
Doubles
1981-10-41
1982-2-48
1985-5-46
1986-6-42
1987-4-50
1988-8-46
1990-4-49
CAR-5-575
Triples
1980-6-9
1982-2-14
1983-1-16
1984-4-11
1985-4-14
1986-1-13
1987-3-14
1988-1-23
1989-4-16
1990-1-25
1992-5-13
1993-4-12
CAR-2-207
Homeruns
1982-5-30
1986-7-42
1987-4-47
1988-10-28
CAR-15-374
RBIs
1982-7-100
1983-4-103
1984-4-104
1986-7-120
1987-6-129
1988-2-117
1990-7-114
1991-4-115
CAR-7-1459
Stolen Bases
1979-3-65
1980-7-53
1981-6-71
1982-5-74
1983-4-62
1984-9-54
1985-10-51
1987-6-47
1988-8-44
1989-3-68
1991-6-47
1992-7-43
CAR-6-785
Caught Stealing
1979-5-23
1980-4-21
1981-2-37
1982-8-19
1984-4-28
1985-7-21
1986-5-24
1987-9-15
1988-3-23
1989-5-25
1990-6-22
1991-7-21
1992-7-20
1993-3-30
CAR-3-350
Walks
1985-8-65
1987-6-83
CAR-37-760
Strikeouts
1993-6-146
CAR-42-1315
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 177    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Bombo Vadabonceour (756)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Manhattan in 1978
Injured on 6/23/1978 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1979, off Kurt Stallwith (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1979, off Paul Khalil (NO)
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/12/1979
Injured on 4/20/1980 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1981, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI