Joseph Edward Borchard (BOR-cherd)...graduated from Camarillo High School (CA)...attended Stanford University, where he was an outfielder on the baseball team and a quarterback on the football team...left school ranked eighth in average (.346) and home runs (40) and ninth in RBIs (187)...earned All-Pac 10 honors in baseball 1999-2000...was named Most Outstanding Player for the 2000 NCAA Regional...led team with a .390 (16x41) average in the NCAA post-season...named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team three
straight seasons...participated in both the 1999 College World Series and 2000 Rose Bowl...recorded back-to-back 300-yard passing games vs. UCLA and San Jose State as a junior in 1999...owns the Pac-10 and school record for the longest touchdown pass (98 yards) from scrimmage...father, Joe, was a 1969 draft pick of the Kansas City Royals...he and his wife, Erin, have one daughter, Eleanor Bennett (11/11/06)...Erin participated in the 2004 US Olympic Diving Trials.
2006
Played in 108 games with Marlins, batting .230 with 10 home runs and 28 RBI...for season, batted combined .230 (55x239) with 10
home runs and 28 RBI in 114 games between the Marlins and Mariners...was claimed off waivers from Mariners on May 3, after hitting
.222 in six games with Seattle...Hit .262 (11x42) with home run and two RBI as a pinch-hitter, which was the third-highest average among Marlins pinch-hitters
behind Alfredo Amezaga (.364, 8x22) and Wes Helms (.311, 14x45)... had the 13th-best pinch-hit average in the National League,
and finished tied for 15th in the league with 11 pinch hits... had two-run pinch-hit home run in ninth inning on June 22 at Baltimore,
which was the second pinch-hit home run of his career...Established single-season career highs in runs (33), hits (55), doubles (7), home runs (10), RBI (28) and walks (28)...hit his career-best 10th home run on September 23 at Philadelphia, eclipsing his previous career-high of nine homers with the White Sox in 2004... hit
his eighth home run of the year on September 4 vs. Diamondbacks, a three-run homer that gave the Marlins a 6-5 lead in the sixth
inning... established career-best single-game mark with four RBI on May 10 vs. Atlanta... matched career-high with three hits in
Marlins debut on May 4 at Washington, also had three hits on June 3 at Colorado.
2005
After a dismal start to his fourth straight year at Triple-A Charlotte, the powerful switch-hitter finished with impressive numbers for the Knights. Borchard hit .263 over 494 at-bats but knocked out 29 home runs and drove in 67. Borchard also fanned 143 times, but became the career hits leader for the Knights with his 130 in 2005. Borchard made a brief appearance with the White Sox as a Sept. callup, knocking out five hits in 12 at-bats. Borchard had two doubles among those five hits. He is out of Minor League options for the 2006 season and needs to make the team out of Spring Training to most likely stay with the organization.
2004
Appeared in 63 games with the White
Sox, batting .174 (35-201) with nine home runs
and 20 RBI ... made 54 starts (52 in right field
and two as the designated hitter), including 18
straight from 8/21-9/7 ... hit a 504-foot home
run off Philadelphia's Brett Myers on 8/30, the
longest in U.S. Cellular Field history ... batted
.171 with six home runs from the left side and
.177 with three home runs from the right side ...
six of his nine home runs came at home ... was 6-46 (.130) with runners in scoring position ... hit five homers and drove in 13 runs in September ... homered in four of his final eight contests ... hit .273 (12-44) with five home runs
when swinging at the first pitch, but just .146 (23-157) after ... was 2-5 (.400) as a pinch hitter ... Sox were 18-6 when he scored a run ... recorded just two multihit efforts ... was recalled from Class AAA Charlotte on 7/10 after hitting
.267 (77-288) with 16 home runs and 48 RBI in 78 games with the Knights ... went 0-3 in his season debut with the Sox that night vs. Seattle ... batted .158 (3-19) before being optioned to Charlotte following the acquisition of Carl
Everett on 7/18 ... was recalled again on 7/23 ... hit a pinch-hit, solo home run off Juan Rincon on 7/26 vs. Minnesota, his first career homer at U.S. Cellular Field ... hit first career triple on 9/3 vs. Seattle ... homered with a career-high
three RBI on 9/18 vs. Detroit ... hit safely in nine of 10 games (.243, 9-37) from 9/17-26, including a career-high six game hitting streak (.273, 6-22) from 9/21-26 ... hit solo home runs in back-to-back games on 9/29 at Detroit and
9/30 at Kansas City ... recorded a career-best three hits and stole his first career base on 10/3 at Kansas City ...
hit .349 (29-83) with seven home runs and 25 RBI in May with Charlotte ... was named International League Batter
of the Week for 5/17-23 after hitting .452 (14-31) with five homers and 18 RBI ... homered twice with seven RBI on
5/17 at Scranton Wilkes-Barre and was 4-5 with three home runs and six RBI on 5/23 at Pawtucket ... batted .292
(59-202) with 14 home runs and 38 RBI in last 55 games at Charlotte ... played in 14 games for Mazatlan in the
Mexican Winter League, hitting .140 (7-50) with two home runs and four RBI.
2003
Is ranked by
Baseball America as the No. 5 Prospect in the White Sox
organization ... also was tabbed by the same publication as Best Power Hitter
in the Sox system ... spent most of the season at Class AAA Charlotte but also
appeared in 16 games (15 starts) with the White Sox ... was recalled on 5/23
and started 15 of the Sox 16 games between 5/23-6/8 ... went 2-4 with an RBI
on 5/25 vs. Detroit ... hit a solo home run on 5/27 at Toronto (off Roy Halladay)
... went 4-31 (.129) over final 10 games and was optioned back to Charlotte
on 6/9 where he spent the rest of the campaign ... made 108 starts in center
field and six in left for the Knights ... batted .280 (83-296) from the left side of
the plate and .194 (27-139) from the right side ... ended the season on a
season-high 12-game hitting streak, going 21-47 (.447) with nine multihit
efforts to raise his season average from .229 to .253 ... hit .270 (63-233) on the
road compared to .233 (47-202) at home ... best month was July when he hit
.287 (31-108) with seven home runs and 16 RBI ... opened the season by
hitting .297 (19-64) in April but fell to .157 (11-70) in May and .227 (15-66) in
June ... collected season-high three hits on seven occasions ... homered twice with season-high four RBI on 7/31
vs. Norfolk ... also drove in three runs three times ... compiled a 10-game hitting streak from 7/24-8/1 (.385, 15-39).
Minor League Highlights
2002: Spent majority of the season at Charlotte and was rated by
Baseball America as the No. 8 Prospect in the
International League ... ranked among the IL leaders in extra-base hits (T3rd, 57) and doubles (T4th) ... his 35
doubles led Charlotte and are the third-highest single-season total in Knights history ... also led team in runs scored
(62) ... compiled a 76-game errorless streak from 5/24-8/15 ... was named to the Howe SportsData All-Prospect
Team ... began season on the disabled list after suffering a broken bone in his right foot in spring training on 3/9
... played for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League, hitting .246 (28-114) with one home run and 14 RBI in
34 games.
2001: Was named by
Baseball America as the No. 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization, No. 2 Outfielder
in the minor leagues, No. 5 Prospect in the Southern League and the Best Batting Prospect in the SL ... was tabbed
by Baseball Weekly as the top hitting prospect in the organization ... led Sox system in all triple crown categories,
batting .295 with 27 home runs and 98 RBI in 133 games ... played for the Team USA squad that won the Silver
Medal in the XXXIV Baseball World Cup in Taiwan ... led Team USA in home runs (two) and walks (seven) b&
finished second in Most Valuable Player voting (48 points) in the Southern League, 20 points behind West
Tennesseebs Josh Phelps ... led the SL in RBI, ranked second in home runs and fifth in average ... also finished
among the league leaders in hits (T2nd, 152), runs scored (T2nd, 95), slugging percentage (3rd, .509) and extrabase
hits (4th, 55) ... averaged a home run every 19.07 at-bats, fifth-best in the league ... led all Double-A minor PLAYERS
league switch-hitters in average, ranked fourth in strikeouts (158), sixth in RBI, seventh in runs scored, ninth in total
bases (262) and 10th in home runs ... selected as a SL All-Star, Futures Game All-Star and Double-A All-Star b&
hit game-winning home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to earn the Most Valuable Player Award in the SL All-
Star Game ... hit .500 (4-8) with a double, two home runs and four RBI in his three All-Star appearances ... hit .302
(116-384) with 21 home runs vs. right-handers ... was named to the SL postseason All-Star Team ... was named
the organizational Player of the Month for August, going 41-122 (.336) with six doubles, six home runs and 24 RBI
... posted 40 multihit games, including two four-hit efforts ... homered in consecutive games three times ... reached
base safely in 21 consecutive games from 8/9-29 and 20 straight from 4/14-5/5 ... compiled a 16-game hitting streak
from 8/9-24 ... earned SL Batter of the Week honors for 4/4-15 ... homered from both sides of the plate on 4/10 vs.
Greenville.
2000: Was rated by
Baseball America in a postseason poll as the No. 2 Prospect, Best Power Hitter and Best
Outfield Arm in the White Sox organization ... combined to bat .311 (32-103) with two home runs and 18 RBI in 27
games between Rookie Tucson, Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham after agreeing to terms with
the Sox on 7/28 ... also was tabbed by
Baseball America as the Third-Best Athlete and Fifth-Closest to the Majors
as well as having the Second-Best Raw Power from the 2000 draft class ... among players from the Sox draft class,
the same publication tabbed him as the Best Athlete, Best Raw Power, Closest to the Majors and as having the Most
Intriguing Background along with pitcher Rylan Reed ... played in 19 games for Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League
... was recommended/signed by Ed Pebley and Joe Butler.
2002
Was chosen by
Baseball America as the 12th-best player in the minor leagues and the No. 1 Prospect in
the White Sox organization entering the 2003 season ... cited by the same publication as Best Power Hitter and Best
Outfield Arm in the Sox system ... made Major League debut on 9/2 at Toronto after his contract was purchased from
Class AAA Charlotte ... hit a two-run home run (off Corey Thurman) in his second at-bat ... was one of eight players
in 2002 to record a home run with his first hit and the first Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (5/7/99 vs. Oakland) b&
teammate Miguel Olivo (9/15 at New York) later accomplished the feat in 2002 ... was 3-8 with four RBI with runners
in scoring position ... hit an inside-the-park home run on 9/9 at Kansas City, the first by a Sox player since Chris
Singleton (9/29/00 vs. Kansas City) ... made 15 appearances in the outfield (seven in left field, five in center and
three right ) with 10 starts ... participated in Major League Baseballbs Futures Game for the second straight season
as a member of the United States Team at Miller Park.
