Biff Pocoroba

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: July 25, 1953 in Burbank, CA us

Died: May 24, 2020 in Grayson, GA

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Canoga Park HS (Canoga Park, CA).

High School: Canoga Park HS (Canoga Park, CA)

Debut: April 25, 1975 (Age 21-274d, 13,622nd in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 20, 1984 (Age 30-270d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Biff Benedict Pocoroba

Pronunciation: \po-ko-ROE-buh\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

1457

374

.257

132

RBI

172

OBP

.339

SLG

.351

OPS

.690

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL		LAD	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	ATL		LAD	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	8 (3)	Apr 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	9	Apr 18	ATL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	10	Apr 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	11	Apr 20	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	12	Apr 21	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
10	14 (1)	Apr 23	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	55	11.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
11	15	Apr 25	ATL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
12	16	Apr 26	ATL		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	17	Apr 27	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	20 (2)	Apr 30	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21	May 1	ATL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	22	May 2	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	23	May 4	ATL		NYM	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
18	24	May 5	ATL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	25	May 6	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	26	May 9 (1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	27	May 9 (2)	ATL		MON	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	28	May 12	ATL	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	29	May 13	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	30	May 14	ATL	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	31	May 17 (1)	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
26	33 (1)	May 18	ATL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	34	May 19	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
28	35	May 20	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-13	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	36	May 21	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	37	May 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	38	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	39	May 24	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	40	May 26	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	41	May 27	ATL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	42	May 28	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	43	May 29	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	44	May 30	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
38	45	May 31	ATL		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	46	Jun 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	10.2	3	2	1	6	0	C
40	47	Jun 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
41	51 (3)	Jun 7	ATL	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	52	Jun 8	ATL	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
43	53	Jun 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	54	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	55	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
46	62 (6)	Jun 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
47	63	Jun 21	ATL	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
48	64	Jun 22	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	65	Jun 23	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-9	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	66	Jun 24	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	67	Jun 25 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
52	69 (1)	Jun 26	ATL		LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	70	Jun 27	ATL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	71	Jun 28	ATL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
55	72	Jun 29	ATL		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	74 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	75	Jul 1	ATL		SFG	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	76	Jul 2	ATL		SFG	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	77	Jul 3	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
60	78	Jul 4	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	80 (1)	Jul 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	46	10.2	11	0	0	11	0	C
62	82 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	84 (1)	Jul 9	ATL		SDP	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	85	Jul 14	ATL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	86	Jul 15	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	87	Jul 16	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	89 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
68	90	Jul 18	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
69	94 (3)	Jul 21	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	95	Jul 22	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	96	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
72	97	Jul 24	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
73	98	Jul 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	99	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	104 (4)	Jul 31	ATL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	106 (1)	Aug 2	ATL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	107	Aug 4	ATL		HOU	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
78	108	Aug 5 (1)	ATL		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	112 (3)	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							79gm		682.2	454	43	5	502	1