2025 Baseball Roster
Roster
Hiram Bocachica Jr.
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Puerto Rico Baseball Academy
Honors
- AAC All-Freshman 2025
2025: AAC All-Freshman selection who was second on the team with 53 starts (47 at second base, six at shortstop)… Led the Owls in runs (39), walks (31), stolen bases (14), and three RBI games (four)... Drove in 18 runs in the last 25 games… First freshman to lead the Owls in stolen bases since Will Ford stole 18 in 1996, and his 14 steals were the most by an Owl since Anthony Rendon had 14 in 2010… 14 steals ranked seventh in the AAC… Led the AAC with 23 double plays in conference games and was second in assists for both the season (141) and conference games (77)…Did not make an error in his last 16 games (68 chances, 10 double plays)… Drove in all three runs in the win over FAU to give David Pierce his first win at Rice, and matched that with three at Houston on 4/8, vs. USF on 4/12 and vs. Prairie View on 5/7… Homered in his second career at bat at Daikin Park on 2/28, where his father was 0x2 in his MLB career, and finished the weekend 4x9 with a homer and two RBI.
Prior to Rice: Son of former major leaguer Hiram Bocachica joins the Owls from Puerto Rico Baseball Academy where he played for coach Edwards Guzman…Ranked as the 16th best player in Puerto Rico by Perfect Game… Represented Puerto Rice on a number of national teams, including a 15U team that played in Mexico… Father was taken by the Expos in the first round of the June, 1994 draft (21st overall) and played 272 games over eight seasons in the majors with the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Tigers, A’s and Padres.
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