Rice University Athletics
2026 Rice Baseball
Roster
Hiram Bocachica Jr.
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Puerto Rico Baseball Academy
Honors
- AAC All-Freshman 2025
2026: Played in 44 games (36 starts), all of them at shortstop… Scuffled to find his offensive form in the early going and then was hampered by injuries that thwarted later momentum… Started the first 25 games, but only 11 of the final 34, including just one in the last 13… Missed five games in early April and then exploded for eight hits in 14 at-bats vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Charlotte, driving in six—a season-high three coming in the series opening win at Charlotte… Hit .342 over a nine-game stretch before he was sidelined again for five games and made just one start in the last 11 games, but still played key roles in the late innings of several games down the stretch… Delivered an RBI single in the ninth inning to cap the Owls’ seven-run, ninth-inning rally at East Carolina on 5/8… Entered the game as a pinch runner and scored one of the two runs driven in by Paul Smith to tie the game 5-5, and then drove in the 10th run later in the inning… Entered the season finale vs. Tulane as a pinch runner and then slapped a two-run single to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth… Entered the game vs. UAB at the American Championship in the sixth inning and hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to begin the Owls’ comeback from a 5-1 deficit… Hit .326 in conference games and .262 at Reckling Park.
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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