Bochy biography

Bruce Bochy’s baseball career is filled with notable achievements. From being the first European-born manager to reach the World Series when he was with the San Diego Padres to becoming the first manager to call on his son to pitch in a game when he was with the San Francisco Giants, Bochy’s long career has been remarkable and very successful.

Bochy was born on April 16, 1955, in Landes de Bussac, France, where there was a US airbase.

His father, Sergeant Major Gus Bochy, was stationed there at the time. Gus Bochy’s father was a West Virginian who worked in the coal mines and died in one.

Bochy biography

Gus realized that his best opportunity to avoid that fate was to join the military. Bochy’s mother, Melrose, grew up on a North Carolina tobacco farm. She met Bochy’s father when he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Bruce was the third of Gus and Melrose’s four children.

Joe, the oldest son, spent several years as a catcher and later a pitcher in the Twins organi