Player Bio: Joe Borchard

  Joe Borchard
Joe Borchard
Player Profile
Hometown:
Camarillo, CA
High School:
Camarillo
Height / Weight:
6-4 / 225
Position:
OF
Experience:
3V
Bats/Throws:
Both/Right

2000/Career Biography:Posted career-highs of 19 homers and 76 (second on the club in both categories),ranking seventh and tied forseventh on Stanford 's single season lists in those respective categories ...Ranks eighth on Stanford 's career home run (40)and battingaverage lists (.346,244-705),as well as ninth in RBI (187)...Also ranked second on the team in total bases (159),slugging percentage (.624),base on balls (41),multiple-hit games (28)and multiple-RBI games (22)...Named all-Pac-10 for the second straight year after leading orco-leading the club in homers (12),RBI (35),runs scored (32),walks (20),total bases (78)and slugging percentage (.830)in 24 Pac-10games ...Finished the regular season by going 7-for-13 (.538)with two homers and nine RBI in the UCLA series,including a key grandslamhome run in the sixth inning of Sunday 's regular season finale (5/21)as he tallied a season-high-tying five RBI ...Put together a season-high eight-game hitting streak that was finally snapped versus Nebraska (6/3)...Hit .455 (15-for-33)with four homers and 15 RBI duringthe streak ...A leading candidate to start as a quarterback on the Cardinal football team in the 2000 season,he played both baseball andspring football from April 10-29,going 14-43 (.326)with three homers and eight RBI during the 10-game stretch ...Hit two homers versusCalifornia (4/30)the first day following spring football practice as he was 3-for-4 with four RBI ...Homered in all three games of the seriesat USC (4/20-4/22)...Homered in back-to-back games both versus Arizona (3/24,3/25)and at Washington State (4/7,4/8)...Had a season-high-tying five RBI versus USC (3/19)...Also had a big series at California,going 5-for-13 with a mammoth home run on February 27 ...Also had monster home runs that cleared the center field batters eye at USC (4/20)and versus UCLA (5/21)...Struggled with a team andcareer-high 57 strikeouts ...2000 NCAA Post-Season:Led the team with a .390 (16-41)batting average and eight walks ...Added twodoubles,three homers and 11 RBI ...Had a career-high three hits in both the Clemson (6/11)and Louisiana-Lafayette (6/15)games ...2000NCAA College World Series:Co-led the club with a .500 (7-for-14)batting average and four walks ...Added one homer and four RBI ...2000 NCAA Super Regional Versus Nebraska:Hit .222 (2-9)with one RBI ...2000 NCAA Regional:Named the Most Outstanding Playerof Stanford 's NCAA Regional,going 7-for-18 (.389)with two doubles,two homers and six RBI ...Had a huge game in a key 8-6 win overAlabama (5/27)to send Stanford to the Regional title game,going 3-for-5 with a homer and a season-high-tying five RBI ...The home runwas a three-run shot that tied the game at 6-6 in the top of the ninth inning and highlighted a five-run Cardinal rally ...1999 NCAA CollegeWorld Series:Hit .235 (4-for-17)with two doubles,a homer and two RBI ...The homer was a solo shot in 9-2 win over Cal State Fullerton(6/12/99)in Stanford 's CWS opener.*For a full biography,see 2000 Stanford Baseball Media Guide.

Borchard Career Stats

Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA
1998 .330 56/55 203 45 67 18 1 10 55 25 47 4/5
1999 .372 64/64 247 64 92 16 1 11 56 45 49 7/11
2000 .333 66/66 255 61 8513 2 19 76 41 57 3/7
Totals .346 186/185 705 170 244 47 4 40 187 111 153 14/23

Borchard Career NCAA Post-Season Stats

Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA
1998 .545 3/3 11 4 6 2 02 3 1 3 0/0
1999 .242 9/9 33 10 8 4 0 2 4 7 9 0/1
2000 .390 11/11 41 13 16 2 0 3 11 12 9 0/0
Totals .353 23/23 85 27 30 8 07 18 20 210/1

Borchard Career Game Highs
AB -6,eight times,last vs.Alabama (5/28/00)
R -3,13 times,last vs.Clemson (6/11/00)
H -5,vs.USC (4/18/99)
HR -2,four times,last vs.California (4/30/00)
RBI -7,vs.USC (4/18/99)
SB -1,14 times,last at Florida State (2/12/00)
Hit Streak -11 games (3/7/99-4/3/99