Sean Walter Bernard Bouchard (born May 16, 1996) is an American professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ...

and

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch ...

for the

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. Th ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

(MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Amateur career

A native of

San Diego, California San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

, Bouchard attended Cathedral Catholic High School and the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

(UCLA), where he played

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played by Student athlete, student-athletes at institutions of higher education. In the United States, college baseball is sanctioned mainly by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); in Japan, ...

for the

UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Big Ten Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF ...

. In 2016, he played

collegiate summer baseball Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...

with the Chatham Anglers of the

Cape Cod Baseball League The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over 1,000 forme ...

Professional career

The

selected Bouchard in the ninth round of the 2017 MLB draft. Bouchard made his professional debut for the Low-A

Boise Hawks The Boise Hawks are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. Home games are played at Memorial Stadium in unincorporated Ada County, Idaho, near ...

, posting a .290/.390/.477 slash in his first season. In 2018, Bouchard played in 125 games for the Single-A

Asheville Tourists The Asheville Tourists are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. It is located in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville teams have played under the Tourists moniker in different ...

, batting .257/.324/.430 with 14 home runs, 75 RBI, and 22 stolen bases. In 2019, he played for the High-A

Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks were a baseball team located in Lancaster, California. They were named for the city's association with the aerospace industry and played their home games at The Hangar. From 1996 to 2020, they were members of Minor League B ...

, slashing .292/.354/.496 with 13 home runs and 68 RBI in 91 games. Bouchard did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. In 2021, he played in 91 games for the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats, hitting .266/.336/.494 with 14 home runs, 46 RBI, and 8 stolen bases. He was assigned to the Triple-A

Albuquerque Isotopes The Albuquerque Isotopes are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They play home games at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an ...

to begin the 2022 season. Bouchard was called up to the majors for the first time by the Rockies on June 16, 2022. He made his debut on June 19, in which he went 0-3 with a walk. He went hitless in seven at-bats before he suffered a strained left oblique and was placed on the injured list on June 27. On July 16, after a short rehab stint, Bouchard was activated from the injured list and optioned to Triple-A. On August 30, Bouchard recorded his first career hit, a single off of Jay Jackson of the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

. He hit his first major league home run on September 2, a two–run shot off of Luis Cessa of the

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

. He finished the season appearing in 27 games for the Rockies, posting a slash of .297/.454/.500 with 3 home runs and 11 RBI. On March 9, 2023, it was announced that Bouchard had suffered a ruptured left biceps muscle and would require surgery that was likely to be season-ending. However, Bouchard rehabilitated the injury and was activated from the injured list on August 14; he was subsequently optioned to Triple–A Albuquerque. In 21 games for Colorado late in the year, Bouchard hit .316/.372/.684 with four home runs and seven RBI. Bouchard was optioned to Triple–A Albuquerque to begin the 2024 season.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Sean Living people 1996 births Albuquerque Isotopes players 21st-century American sportsmen Arizona Complex League Rockies players Asheville Tourists players Baseball players from San Diego Boise Hawks players Chatham Anglers players Colorado Rockies players Hartford Yard Goats players Lancaster JetHawks players Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball outfielders Naranjeros de Hermosillo players Newport Gulls players Spokane Indians players UCLA Bruins baseball players Walla Walla Sweets players