Brian Bocock #29

Brian William Bocock... Graduated from Turner Ashby (Bridgewater, VA) High School and was a standout in both baseball and basketball... Attended Stetson (DeLand, FL) University studying Sports Management.

2011

Appeared in 81 games at Lehigh Valley (AAA) in the Phillies organization all at shortstop... Hit four home runs for the second consecutive season... PIRATED: Was traded to the Pirates on Aug 2, and played the balance of his season in Indianapolis (AAA)... Saw actiion at both second base (four games) and shortstop (20 games)... Overall on the season, in 97 games posted a .227 average with four home runs and 29 RBI.

2010

Spent the majority of the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA) ... Hit .286 (48-168, 19 RBI, 32 BB) over his final 54 games after batting .179 (38-212, 12 RBI) in his first 66 games ... Batted .394 (13-33, 14 RBI) over a 9-game span, 7/10-21 ... Had his 1st professional multi-HR game, 7/17 at Louisville (2 HR) ... Belted a grand slam and had a professional-high 6 RBI, 7/21 at Indianapolis ... Hit .400 (4-10), 16 RBI with the bases loaded ... Had 15 hits in his final 48 AB with RISP (.313) after beginning the season 4-for-37 (.108) ... Was recalled on 6/29 but did not appear in a game before being designated for assignment on 7/3 ... Had his contract selected on 9/12 and finished the season with the Phillies ... Entered the game as a defensive replacement, 9/13 at FLA, his 1st ML appearance since 5/8/08 at PIT

2009

Split the season between Connecticut (AA) and San Jose (A)...Began the season at Connecticut playing in 25 games, all at shortstop...Was transferred to San Jose on 5/7...Hit .303 (30-99) with 17 RBI in July

2008

Was a non-roster invitee to SF spring training...Won the Giantsf Harry S. Jordan Award during spring training, as voted on by coaches and players...Made his first career Opening Day roster taking the place of Omar Vizquel who began the season on the DL...Started at SS in SFfs season opener, 3/31 at LAD, becoming the 1st SF rookie to start at SS on Opening Day since 1992 (Royce Clayton)...Had played in 167 career minor league games, none above the single-A level, before making his ML debut...Started 26 of SFfs first 35 games, all at SS...Recorded his 1st ML hit, 4/1 at LAD (Derek Lowe)...Was optioned to Fresno (AAA) on 5/10...Appeared in 35 games with Fresno before suffering circulation problem in right middle finger; had surgery on the finger on 7/16 and did not play for the remainder of the season

2007

Began the season with Augusta (A)...Was named to the U.S. team for the 2007 Futures Game during MLB All-Star Game festivities at AT&T Park...Finished 4th among SF minor leaguers in SB (41)...Was transferred to San Jose on 5/20 where he finished the season with the California League champions

2006

Began his pro career with Northwest League champion Salem-Keizer (R)...Played 21 games at 2nd base and 18 games at SS...Was transferred to Augusta for 2 games, 9/1