Ed Bouchee
1956–1962 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies
670G
.265AVG
.368OBP
.419SLG
More career statistics
583H
61HR
290RBI
5SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 27 | 26 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,593 | 2,592 |
| Batting · Walks | 340 | 341 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | 2,593 | 2,199 | 298 | 583 | 114 | 21 | 61 | 290 | 340 | 401 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 922 | .265 | .368 | .419 | .787 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1957-08-18 to 1957-08-31
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1958-07-10 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1958-09-20 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1958-08-22 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 336 | 1247 | 283 | 25 | 139 | 159 | 200 | .268 | .354 | .419 |
| Away | 334 | 1345 | 300 | 36 | 151 | 182 | 201 | .262 | .358 | .420 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 221 | 52 | 5 | 30 | 33 | 31 | .289 | .385 | .472 |
| May | 127 | 477 | 106 | 12 | 48 | 59 | 74 | .259 | .346 | .408 |
| June | 108 | 445 | 93 | 8 | 61 | 65 | 74 | .252 | .355 | .385 |
| July | 149 | 599 | 132 | 20 | 69 | 80 | 89 | .260 | .354 | .433 |
| August | 125 | 464 | 105 | 8 | 40 | 55 | 76 | .261 | .345 | .390 |
| September | 96 | 381 | 94 | 8 | 42 | 49 | 57 | .289 | .375 | .462 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 111 | 448 | 102 | 7 | 45 | 51 | 65 | .265 | .342 | .369 |
| milwaukee-braves | 102 | 387 | 91 | 13 | 57 | 63 | 54 | .288 | .398 | .491 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 97 | 391 | 97 | 10 | 43 | 50 | 66 | .286 | .376 | .448 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 87 | 328 | 82 | 5 | 33 | 35 | 36 | .288 | .357 | .414 |
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 265 | 67 | 8 | 37 | 41 | 40 | .306 | .408 | .507 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 61 | 210 | 37 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 45 | .213 | .333 | .345 |
| san-francisco-giants | 57 | 201 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 43 | .173 | .249 | .307 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 39 | 133 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 22 | .234 | .346 | .439 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 22 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1957 | Philadelphia Phillies | 154 | 574 | 168 | 17 | 76 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1958 | Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 334 | 86 | 9 | 39 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1959 | Philadelphia Phillies | 136 | 499 | 142 | 15 | 74 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 120 | 364 | 88 | 5 | 52 | 2 | .242 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Chicago Cubs | 112 | 319 | 79 | 12 | 38 | 1 | .248 | – | – |
| 1962 |  New York Mets | 50 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 10 | – | .161 | – | – |