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Chris Bootcheck

クリス・ブーチェック　/　くりす・ぶーちぇっく

American baseball player

October 24, 1978 (age 47)　・　La Porte, Indiana, United States

Indiana
baseball player

My Take

Chris Bootcheck had the kind of journeyman pitching career that I find genuinely interesting. He reached the majors with the Angels, Pirates, and Yankees, then kept his career alive overseas with the Yokohama BayStars in Japan and the Lotte Giants in Korea. To me that international chapter says a lot: plenty of players retire when the MLB phone stops ringing, but he was willing to adapt to new leagues and cultures to keep competing. An Auburn product from La Porte, Indiana, he represents the grind-it-out side of baseball that rarely makes headlines but earns my respect.

Overview

Christopher Brandon Bootcheck (born October 24, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Anaheim / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Yankees, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars, and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chris Bootcheck
Name (Japanese): クリス・ブーチェック
Reading: くりす・ぶーちぇっく
Born: October 24, 1978 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Horse
Origin: La Porte, Indiana, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 198 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Auburn University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

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