Joe Borchard
| Joe Borchard | |||||||||||||||
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 Borchard with the Florida Marlins | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: November 25, 1978 Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 2, 2002, for the Chicago White Sox | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| August 5, 2007, for the Florida Marlins | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .205 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
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Joseph Edward Borchard (born November 25, 1978) is an American former
College
Borchard attended Stanford University where he played baseball as an outfielder and football as a quarterback. He was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.[1]
Football
In 1998 Borchard was the Cardinal backup quarterback behind
Baseball
Joe was a twice named to the First-Team All-Pac-10 in 1999 and 2000. Stanford's website [1] claims him to be "among the best players in the history of Stanford baseball." In three seasons, he hit 40 home runs with 187 RBI and a .346 batting average. In the Cardinal record book, he ranks eighth in home runs and batting average and ninth in RBI.
Professional baseball
Borchard's career with the White Sox was less than impressive, as he struggled to make consistent contact, an issue that plagued him throughout his career. Borchard's most significant big league playing time came in the
Borchard was traded to the
The Atlanta Braves signed Borchard to a minor league contract during the 2007 MLB
On May 28,
On May 28, 2009 Borchard signed with the Giants. He played for the organization's AAA affiliate, the Fresno Grizzlies, for the next two years. On May 3, 2010, he became the second Grizzly to hit for the cycle (joining Nate Schierholtz) when he went five for six in the Grizzlies' 14–4 victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.[3]
On March 25, 2011 Borchard signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[4] On June 2, 2011, he announced his retirement from baseball.[5]
Personal life
Born in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Borchard attended Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California. He has 2 children and lives in Ventura county. His sister Julie played college softball at the University of Wisconsin from 1995-1999. She played shortstop.
References
- ^ "2023 Hall of Fame Class". Stanford Athletics. August 17, 2023.
- ^ Scott Merkin (2004-08-30). "Borchard swats 504-foot blast". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ Fagen, Faran (2010-05-04). "Worth noting". MLB.com. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ Renner, Tom (2011-03-25). "3 Former Major Leaguers Join Bluefish". thedailyweston.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ^ Bluefish's Borchard, missing his family, retires from baseball – Connecticut Post. Ctpost.com (2011-06-02). Retrieved on 2012-02-23.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
- College Football Statistics