David Bote

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (minors, 7-day IL)

Born: April 7, 1993 in Longmont, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 18th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Neosho County Community College (Chanute, KS).

High School: Faith Christian Academy (Arvada, CO)

School: Neosho County Community College (Chanute, KS)

Debut: April 21, 2018 (Age 25-014d, 21,609th in major league history)
vs. COL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 5 yrs/$15M (20-24) & 25-26 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 4.083 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Magnus Sports

Full Name: David C. Bote

Nicknames: Boat

Pronunciation: \BO-dee\

Instagram: @david_bote13

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

1019

235

.231

132

RBI

150

OBP

.318

SLG

.393

OPS

.710

OPS+

Summary of 36 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 4 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
CHC	36

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	15

Outs
2	15
1	12
0	9

15 Opps
CIN	7
ARI	4
MIL	4
COL	3
WSN	3
DET	3
MIA	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
STL	1
LAD	1
LAA	1

34 Pitchers
Germán Márquez	2
Francisco Liriano	2
Pablo López	1
Casey Mize	1
Raisel Iglesias	1
Ryan Madson	1
Austin Gomber	1
Cody Reed	1
Brett Anderson	1
Nate Jones	1
Jesús Luzardo	1
Phil Bickford	1
Tyler Skaggs	1
Reynaldo López	1
Graham Ashcraft	1
Wil Crowe	1
Lucas Giolito	1
Jacob Webb	1
Will Harris	1
Gio Gonzalez	1
Stephen Strasburg	1
Corbin Martin	1
Caleb Smith	1
Homer Bailey	1
Jake Faria	1
Josh James	1
Vladimir Gutierrez	1
Seth Lugo	1
Tejay Antone	1
Brad Boxberger	1
Matt Koch	1
Zack Godley	1
Tyler Webb	1
J.P. Feyereisen	1

13 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	15
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
loanDepot pk (MIA)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
78	13
7	10
8	7
89	4
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
5	8
1	6
4	5
2	5
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	12
12-	5
-2-	2
123	1
1-3	1

65 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	15
1 on	14
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	21

Inning
1	1
2	6
3	4
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	2
8	1
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	17
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	9
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	7
0-0	6
1-0	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
2-1	2
3-1	1
0-1	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	18
2B	14
1B	2
PH	2

OrderPos
8th	10
7th	9
9th	7
6th	4
5th	3
3rd	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2018-07-04	CHC		DET	Francisco Liriano	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.113	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2018-07-26	CHC		ARI	Brad Boxberger	behind 4-6	b 9	1	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	9	4	0.474	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Zobrist Scores
3	3	3	1	2018-08-12	CHC		WSN	Ryan Madson	behind 0-3	b 9	2	123	5,(2-2) ..FBC*BX	4	8	PH	0.904	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Heyward Scores; A. Almora Scores; I. Happ Scores
4	4	4	1	2018-08-22	CHC	@	DET	Francisco Liriano	behind 0-1	t 5	0	1--	5,(2-2) CB11CBX	2	7	5	0.221	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Almora Scores
5	5	5	1	2018-08-24	CHC		CIN	Raisel Iglesias	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	8	5	0.420	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2018-08-26	CHC		CIN	Homer Bailey	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1--	6,(1-2) BSCFFX	2	6	5	0.097	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Heyward Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2019-04-12	CHC		LAA	Tyler Skaggs	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	4	0.079	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	2	1	2019-04-27	CHC	@	ARI	Zack Godley	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	5,(3-1) B*BBCX	3	5	5	0.187	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores; J. Báez Scores
9	9	3	2	2019-04-27	CHC	@	ARI	Matt Koch	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	-2-	5,(2-2) CB*BFX	2	5	5	0.037	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores
10	10	4	1	2019-05-18	CHC	@	WSN	Stephen Strasburg	behind 1-5	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.056	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	5	1	2019-05-28	CHC	@	HOU	Corbin Martin	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	9	5	0.093	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	6	2	2019-05-28	CHC	@	HOU	Josh James	behind 3-6	t 6	1	1--	5,(2-2) CBBSX	2	9	5	0.161	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Descalso Scores
13	13	7	1	2019-06-05	CHC		COL	Germán Márquez	tied 0-0	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	4	0.307	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); W. Contreras Scores; J. Heyward Scores
14	14	8	1	2019-06-10	CHC	@	COL	Germán Márquez	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	4	0.100	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	9	1	2019-06-19	CHC		CHW	Lucas Giolito	ahead 5-3	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	4	0.074	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	10	1	2019-07-26	CHC	@	MIL	Gio Gonzalez	tied 0-0	t 6	0	1--	8,(3-2) S1*BS1BBFFX	2	8	4	0.222	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Almora Scores
17	17	11	1	2019-09-05	CHC	@	MIL	Jake Faria	ahead 9-5	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	4	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2020-07-28	CHC	@	CIN	Nate Jones	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBBFFX	1	7	5	0.044	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	2020-07-29	CHC	@	CIN	Cody Reed	behind 5-12	t 9	2	1--	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	2	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); N. Hoerner Scores
20	20	3	1	2020-08-17 (2)	CHC		STL	Tyler Webb	behind 2-4	t 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) .BX	3	8	PH	0.547	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); W. Contreras Scores; J. Heyward Scores
21	21	4	1	2020-08-24	CHC	@	DET	Casey Mize	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	1	8	5	0.105	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	5	1	2020-08-29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	Tejay Antone	behind 1-4	t 4	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	5	0.158	29%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); W. Contreras Scores
23	23	6	1	2020-09-13	CHC	@	MIL	J.P. Feyereisen	ahead 7-0	t 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) CBC*BX	2	9	5	0.019	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); V. Caratini Scores
24	24	7	1	2020-09-27	CHC	@	CHW	Reynaldo López	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	4	0.157	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); V. Caratini Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2021-04-05	CHC		MIL	Brett Anderson	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	4	0.058	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	2	1	2021-04-17	CHC		ATL	Jacob Webb	ahead 8-0	b 5	1	12-	4,(2-1) .BBSX	3	8	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Pederson Scores; J. Heyward Scores
27	27	3	1	2021-05-18	CHC		WSN	Will Harris	tied 3-3	b 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	5	0.256	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Duffy Scores
28	28	4	1	2021-05-26	CHC	@	PIT	Wil Crowe	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) B1SB*SX	2	7	5	0.162	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Ortega Scores
29	29	5	1	2021-05-28	CHC		CIN	Vladimir Gutierrez	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	5	0.143	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
30	30	6	1	2021-07-25	CHC		ARI	Caleb Smith	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) C1SBX	2	7	5	0.091	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Wisdom Scores
31	31	7	1	2021-08-13	CHC	@	MIA	Jesús Luzardo	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	3	4	0.169	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Duffy Scores
32	32	8	1	2021-08-25 (1)	CHC		COL	Austin Gomber	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	5	4	0.137	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2022-07-10	CHC	@	LAD	Phil Bickford	ahead 5-3	t 3	2	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	8	3	0.188	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Hoerner Scores; P. Higgins Scores
34	34	2	1	2022-09-13	CHC	@	NYM	Seth Lugo	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	4	0.051	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	3	1	2022-09-20	CHC	@	MIA	Pablo López	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBSX	1	3	5	0.197	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	4	1	2022-10-05	CHC	@	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	3,(1-1) .BFX	3	8	3	0.258	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Hoerner Scores; P. Higgins Scores