Early Life
Bochy is one of just eight Major Leaguers to be born in France (Landes de Boussac), where his father was stationed as a U.S. Army officer at the time. However, Bochy grew up in Virginia and in Melbourne, Florida. He graduated from Melbourne High School, where he was baseball teammates with Darrell Hammond of Saturday Night Live fame. He attended Brevard Community College and Florida State University. Bochy was then drafted in the first round (24th overall) by the Houston Astros in the 1975 Supplemental Draft.
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