Ed Bouchee

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Ed Bouchee

First baseman
Born: (1933-03-07)March 7, 1933 Livingston, Montana
Died: January 23, 2013(2013-01-23) (aged 79) Phoenix, Arizona
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 19, 1956 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
July 24, 1962 for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Batting average	.265
Home runs	61
RBI	290
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1956–1960) Chicago Cubs (1960–1961) New York Mets (1962)

Edward Francis Bouchee (March 7, 1933 – January 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for three National League clubs (the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets) from 1956 to 1962.

Bouchee attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars in 1952.^[1]

He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1957, hitting .293 with 17 home runs and 76 RBI. Those would all prove to be career highs.

After the 1957 season was over, Bouchee was arrested for exposing himself to young girls. He eventually pled guilty to a series of charges, including indecent exposure. Bouchee was sentenced to three years of probation, spent a few months in a psychiatric institution in Connecticut, and then was allowed to return to the Phillies on July 1, 1958.^[2] It is for this reason that the 1958 Topps card #145 (which Bouchee was supposed to be on) was not issued.

On April 24, 1957, Bouchee's bases-loaded triple against Bob Friend of the Pittsburgh Pirates allowed pinch runner John Kennedy, the first black player in Phillies' history, to score his only Major League run.

He was drafted by the New York Mets from the Cubs in the 1961 MLB expansion draft.

References

↑ "Washington State University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
↑ Frank Fitzpatrick. "2 crimes, 2 consequences". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2008-11-14.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Retrosheet

Persondata
Name	Bouchee, Ed
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	March 7, 1933
Place of birth	Livingston, Montana
Date of death	January 23, 2013
Place of death	Phoenix, Arizona

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