Bruce Bochy rejoins the Giants as a special advisor to baseball operations after a three-year stint as the manager of the Texas Rangers from 2023-25 that saw him win a fourth World Series title with Texas in 2023. Bochy also served in this advisory role for the Giants from 2020-2022 before returning to a managing role with the Rangers.
During his 28-year managerial career he compiled 2,252 victories, the sixth-most by any manager in MLB history, and his 4,518 games managed are the fourth-most in MLB history behind only Connie Mack (7,755), Tony La Russa (5,387) and John McGraw (4,769). He’s the only manager in MLB history to win 900-plus games with multiple franchises, winning 951 games with San Diego and 1,052 with San Francisco, the second-most managerial wins by a Giants manager behind Hall of Famer John McGraw. Overall, Bochy led his teams to five Pennants and four World Series championships with his teams posting a 57-37 (.606) record in Postseason play. Bochy managed five All-Star teams (1999, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2024) and was a member of the All-Star coaching staff eight times: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015. In 2011, he was the skipper for the MLB All-Stars in Taiwan and managed France in the WBC Qualifiers in 2022.
The 36th manager in Giants franchise history, and 16th in San Francisco annals, Bochy guided the Giants to three World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. The Giants’ championship in 2010 was their first in San Francisco history (since 1958) and their first overall since the New York Giants won in 1954.
Prior to the Giants, Bochy was the manager of the San Diego Padres from 1995-2006. To this day, his 951 victories with the Padres are the most in franchise history. Bochy became the first Padres skipper to earn NL Manager of Year honors when he led the 1996 club to their first NL West title since 1984. Overall, Bochy logged a 24-year affiliation with the Padres organization from 1983-2006. He was named Padres manager on October 21, 1994.
The former catcher spent parts of nine Major League seasons with Houston (1978-80), New York-NL (1982) and San Diego (1983-87) and compiled a lifetime .239 average with 26 home runs and 93 RBI in 358 career games. He made his big-league debut on July 18, 1978 in an Astros uniform, going 2-for-3 at Shea Stadium.
Born in Landes de Bussac, France, on April 16, 1955, Bochy is one of seven Major Leaguers to be born in France, where his father, Sgt. Major Gus Bochy, was stationed as a U.S. Army NCO at the time. He graduated from Melbourne (FL) High School and attended Brevard Community College for two years on a partial scholarship, winning a state championship in 1975. He decided to turn pro when he was drafted in the first round (24th overall) by the Astros in 1975.
Bochy and his wife, Kim, have two sons, Greg and Brett, and three grandchildren, Braxton Douglas and Maddox Melrose born to Greg and McKenna and Blakely Grace, born to Brett and Kelsey.
Greg spent several seasons playing minor league baseball in the Padres system. Brett was drafted by the Giants in 2010 and was called up to the Majors on Sept. 2, 2014, making Bruce the eighth manager in MLB history to manage his own son. On Sept. 13, 2014, Bruce became the first manager to give the ball to his son coming out of the bullpen.