- Ed Bouchee
Infobox MLB retired
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name=Ed Bouchee
position=First baseman
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=September 19
debutyear=1956
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
finaldate=July 24
finalyear=1962
finalteam=New York Mets
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.265
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=61
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=290
teams=
*Philadelphia Phillies (1956–1960)
*Chicago Cubs (1960–1961)
*New York Mets (1962)
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*Drafted by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs in the 1961 expansion draft.Edward Francis Bouchee (born
March 7 ,1933 in Livingston,Montana ) was aMajor League Baseball first baseman from by|1956 to by|1962. He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in by|1957, hitting .293 with 17 home runs and 76 RBI. Those would all prove to be career highs.Legal troubles during the following offseason led to his temporary suspension from Major League Baseball. Bouchee pled guilty to indecent exposure to minors in Spokane, Washington. In response, the Topps company pulled his card from their set (#145). He was reinstated by commissioner
Ford Frick onJuly 1 1958 .Trivia
*Bouchee's bases-loaded triple against
Bob Friend of thePittsburgh Pirates allowedpinch runner John Kennedy, the first black player inPhiladelphia Phillies history, to score his only major league run. {Connie Mack Stadium --April 24 1957 }External links
*baseball-reference|id=b/bouched01
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pbouce101.htm Retrosheet]
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