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Player Bio: Joel Bocchi - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site



2005 (Senior): Sat out the season as a redshirt... played summer baseball for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League... hit .257 (18-for-70) with 11 runs, five doubles and six RBI.

2004 (Junior): Played in 32 games and made 14 starts... 13 starts at DH and one at catcher... hit .281 (18-for-64) with three doubles and 13 RBI... ASU's top pinch-hitter going 4-for-12 (.333) off the bench... went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in 16-7 win over Oklahoma State... went 2-for-3 with RBI in 22-4 win over New Mexico (5/18)... also had two hits and two runs scored against Cal State Northridge (2/13)... had a six-game hitting streak from Mar. 12 (Tulane) until Apr. 2 (USC), going 7-for-14 (.500)... hit .310 (9-for-29) with runners in scoring position and .538 (7-for-13) with runners in scoring position and two outs.

2003 (Sophomore): Played in 43 games with 22 starts behind the plate... finished the year hitting .318 (27-for-85) with seven doubles, two home runs and 21 RBI... recorded only three hits (3-for-26) after Mar. 16 (Oklahoma)... was one of ASU's best hitters through the early part of the season, hitting .407 after his first 20 games... recorded two big hits (3-Run HR, 3-Run 2B) in wins vs. BYU... hit first career home run in season opener vs. Hawaii-Hilo to spark ASU to 9-0 win... set a career high in hits when he went 4-for-5 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (1/17)... hit .395 (15-for-38) with runners in scoring position and was 3-for-5 (.600) with the bases loaded... spent the summer playing with the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League... hit .145 (8-for-55) with Cotuit with three doubles and four RBI while appearing in 19 games.

2002 (Freshman): Finished the year hitting .214 while making eight starts... recorded first career start on national television at Florida State (2/15)... first career hit was a single vs. Southern Utah (2/1)... recorded a clutch run-scoring single vs. Oklahoma (4/24)... had a triple vs. Portland (5/14)... a promising catcher for the future with unlimited potential behind the plate.

High School: A 2001 graduate of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz... earned four varsity letters in baseball and three in football... helped lead Desert Vista to a combined 114-33 record during his four years, including a state championship in 2001... drove in the winning run of the state championship game... hit .260 his freshman year with one home run and 11 RBI... named all-region during sophomore year with .370 batting average, seven home runs and 24 RBI... repeated as all-region and all-city selection during junior year with .300 batting average and five home runs... named all-region, all-city, all-state, and was a third-team All-American during senior year... hit .510 with five home runs and 48 RBI... recorded over 120 tackles during his junior year on the gridiron... also played in the Team One Showcase and Best of the West Tournament.

Personal: Interested in a sociology degree... parents are Don and Eileen Bocchi of Phoenix, Ariz... father is the Associate Athletic Director for sports administration at ASU... his father coached football at ASU and Kansas State as well... has one brother, Matt (23)... describes his best individual athletic performance as a football game vs. Horizon when he recorded 24 tackles... most exciting experience in sports was playing in three straight state baseball games (won two) and winning one football state championship... would like to meet Tiger Woods or Bobby Knight... favorite baseball player is Craig Biggio... born Feb. 13, 1983 in Manhattan, Kansas. Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2002.... .214 17-8 28 3 6 1 1 0 3 9 .321 6 1 5 2 .371 0 0 0-0 69 16 3 .966 2003.... .318 43-22 85 17 27 7 0 2 21 40 .471 11 4 23 2 .420 0 2 1-1 159 16 5 .972 2004.... .281 32-14 64 10 18 3 0 0 13 21 .328 13 9 15 2 .460 1 1 0-0 30 1 0 1.000 TOTAL... .288 92-44 177 30 51 11 1 2 37 70 .395 30 14 43 6 .428 1 3 1-1 258 33 8 .973 Career Highs:
At Bats: 5 (UHH; 1/17/03) Runs: 2 - 3x (OKST; 3/17/04) Hits: 4 (UHH; 1/17/03) RBI: 3 - 4x (Cal; 3/21/04) BB: 2 - 2x (ECU; 3/7/04) SB: 1 (UHH; 1/17/03) 2B: 1 - 7x (Cal; 3/2/041) HR: 1 - 2x (BYU; 2/8/03) Hit Streak: 6 games

#19 Joel Bocchi -- 2004 Game-by-Game
 Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 08, 2004 Florida State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Feb 13, 2004 vs CS Northridge * 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Feb 14, 2004 vs Utah * 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Feb 15, 2004 vs Oklahoma * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Feb 16, 2004 Gonzaga * 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Feb 20, 2004 vs Lamar * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Feb 22, 2004 at Rice * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .190 Feb 27, 2004 Connecticut 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .217 Feb 28, 2004 Connecticut 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 Feb 29, 2004 Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 Mar 07, 2004 East Carolina * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Mar 12, 2004 Tulane * 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Mar 17, 2004 Oklahoma State * 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .273 Mar 20, 2004 California 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .286 Mar 21, 2004 California * 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Mar 28, 2004 Washington * 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Apr 02, 2004 USC 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Apr 03, 2004 USC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Apr 04, 2004 USC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Apr 10, 2004 Oral Roberts * 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .326 Apr 12, 2004 Arizona * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .312 Apr 16, 2004 at UCLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .306 Apr 18, 2004 at UCLA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Apr 27, 2004 at Wichita State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 May 03, 2004 New Mexico State * 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .302 May 14, 2004 Oregon State 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 May 15, 2004 Oregon State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .296 May 18, 2004 at New Mexico 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .316 May 23, 2004 at Arizona 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .305 May 29, 2004 at Stanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .300 May 30, 2004 at Stanford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Jun 04, 2004 vs Pepperdine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 14 64 10 18 13 3 0 0 13 1 0 0 9 1 1 2 15 30 1 0 .281

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .364 11 4 0 1 0 0 5 .455 2 1 3 0 .500 0 0 with runners........ .324 37 12 13 1 0 0 13 .351 9 6 9 2 .509 1 1 w/runners & 2-out... .467 15 7 9 1 0 0 8 .533 6 1 1 0 .636 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .310 29 9 13 1 0 0 10 .345 8 5 7 2 .512 0 1 scoring pos & 2-out. .538 13 7 9 1 0 0 8 .615 5 1 1 0 .684 0 0 bases empty......... .222 27 6 0 2 0 0 8 .296 4 3 6 0 .382 0 0 bases loaded........ .143 7 1 5 0 0 0 1 .143 1 1 3 1 .333 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .333 12 4 2 0 0 0 4 .333 3 1 3 1 .500 0 0

#19 Joel Bocchi -- 2003 Game-by-Game
 Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Jan 16, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo * 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 .667 Jan 17, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-1 * 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 .750 Jan 17, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2 * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .667 Jan 19, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2 * 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 .538 Jan 24, 2003 San Diego State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 0 .467 Jan 26, 2003 San Diego State * 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .438 Jan 31, 2003 at Long Beach State * 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .444 Feb 01, 2003 at Long Beach State * 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .455 Feb 07, 2003 BYU * 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 .462 Feb 08, 2003 BYU * 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 .448 Feb 15, 2003 vs Oklahoma State * 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 .438 Feb 16, 2003 vs Oregon State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 .412 Feb 17, 2003 Gonzaga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Feb 21, 2003 Dayton * 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 .421 Feb 22, 2003 Notre Dame * 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 .390 Feb 28, 2003 Penn State * 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 .413 Mar 02, 2003 Penn State * 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .420 Mar 06, 2003 CS Northridge * 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 1 .426 Mar 07, 2003 Southern Utah * 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .411 Mar 14, 2003 Oklahoma * 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 2 .407 Mar 16, 2003 Oklahoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .400 Mar 18, 2003 Wichita State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .393 Mar 19, 2003 Wichita State * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 .369 Mar 22, 2003 Stanford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .364 Mar 23, 2003 Stanford * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 .358 Mar 24, 2003 Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .358 Mar 29, 2003 at USC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358 Mar 30, 2003 at USC 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .357 Apr 02, 2003 New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Apr 07, 2003 Grand Canyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .357 Apr 11, 2003 at California 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .352 Apr 13, 2003 at California-2 * 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 .342 Apr 17, 2003 UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .342 Apr 18, 2003 UCLA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 .329 Apr 19, 2003 UCLA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 Apr 25, 2003 Washington State 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .342 Apr 27, 2003 Washington State 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .333 May 06, 2003 UC Irvine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .329 May 17, 2003 at Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .325 May 24, 2003 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325 May 25, 2003 Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 May 30, 2003 Central Conn. State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 Jun 01, 2003 vs UNLV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 Totals 22 85 17 27 21 7 0 2 11 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 23 159 16 5 .318

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .267 15 4 0 1 0 0 5 .333 3 0 3 0 .389 0 0 with runners........ .353 51 18 21 5 0 2 29 .569 5 2 15 2 .431 2 0 w/runners & 2-out... .360 25 9 10 2 0 1 14 .560 3 0 8 0 .429 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .395 38 15 21 5 0 2 26 .684 4 1 12 2 .465 1 0 scoring pos & 2-out. .350 20 7 10 2 0 1 12 .600 3 0 7 0 .435 0 0 bases empty......... .265 34 9 0 2 0 0 11 .324 6 2 8 0 .405 0 0 bases loaded........ .600 5 3 6 1 0 0 4 .800 1 0 1 1 .667 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .111 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 1 0 3 1 .200 0 0 #19 Joel Bocchi -- 2002 Game-by-Game
 Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Jan 31, 2002 Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 Feb 01, 2002 Southern Utah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Feb 09, 2002 Tennessee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 Feb 10, 2002 Tennessee * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 0 0 .200 Feb 15, 2002 at Florida State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200 Feb 16, 2002 at Florida State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 .143 Mar 17, 2002 Oklahoma * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3 0 .091 Mar 22, 2002 at Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .083 Mar 23, 2002 at Arizona * 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 .133 Mar 24, 2002 at Arizona * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 .111 Mar 29, 2002 Washington * 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 3 .150 Apr 07, 2002 at Washington State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Apr 21, 2002 California 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Apr 24, 2002 at Oklahoma * 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 .167 Apr 30, 2002 New Mexico State 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 May 14, 2002 Portland 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .231 May 15, 2002 Portland * 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .214 Totals 8 28 3 6 3 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 69 16 3 .214

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .200 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 .400 1 0 2 0 .333 0 0 with runners........ .333 15 5 3 0 1 0 7 .467 5 1 0 2 .524 0 0 w/runners & 2-out... .222 9 2 1 0 1 0 4 .444 2 0 0 0 .364 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .250 8 2 3 0 1 0 4 .500 4 0 0 0 .500 0 0 scoring pos & 2-out. .167 6 1 1 0 1 0 3 .500 2 0 0 0 .375 0 0 bases empty......... .077 13 1 0 1 0 0 2 .154 1 0 5 0 .143 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0

  Joel Bocchi
Class:
RS Senior
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Desert Vista
Height / Weight:
5-11 / 195
Position:
Catcher
Experience:
3V
Bats/Throws:
Right/Right