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After a 9-year Major League playing career, Bruce Bochy embarked on a managerial journey that will likely lead him to the Hall of Fame. His first year helming a club came in 1995 with the San Diego Padres. In ’96 he guided them to the Western Division Championship.

Two years later Bochy guided the Friars won a franchise-record 98 victories. In the National League Divisional Series the Pads topped the Houston Astros 3-games-to-1. San Diego beat the Braves in the NLCS to earn the franchise’s second trip to the Fall Classic. Though they were swept away by Joe Torre’s Yankees in the World Series, many consider the ’98 campaign the most successful in team history.

His time in America’s Finest City included four divisional championships and a National League pennant. Managing the club from 1995-2006 Bochy recorded a franchise record 951 wins and 33 ejections as a manager.

Shown here is a lineup card from July 14, 1995, the 71st game of Bochy’s first year as a pilot of a big league team. Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine earned his 117th career victory, beating Bochy’s Padres 6-2. Bochy’s handwriting is throughout and his signature is at the bottom of the card.

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When Bruce Bochy guided San Francisco to the World Series title in 2010, it was the the Giants first since 1954. Pennant winning skippers earn the right to sit in the dugout the following summer as managers of the All Star game.

In the collection is this official document that Bruce Bochy signed as pilot of the NL team in the 2011 Midsummer Classic. With the roof closed at Bank One Ballpark in Arizona, Bochy’s squad bested the AL club 5-1.

Bochy never made an All Star team during his nine-year playing career but did manage the NL club in the Mid Summer Classic four times.

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There’s no greater measurement of success than winning the last game of the season as World Series champion. Bruce Bochy’s San Francisco Giants did it three times in five years. For good measure Bochy also led the Rangers to a Fall Classic triumph in 2023.

With his four rings, Bochy is tied with Joe Torre and Walt Alston for fourth on the all-time list. The only men were more World Series victories are Connie Mack with 5, and Yankee skippers Casey Stengel and Joe McCarthy with 7 each.

In the collection is this lineup card signed by Bochy during his final season with the Giants. Dated May 1, 2019, the card shows former World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner on the hill. Bumgarner’s performances on baseball’s biggest stage are legendary. In five Fall Classic appearances, he went 4-0 with one save and a 0.25 earned run average.

Though Mad Bum didn’t pick up the victory this night, the Giants and Bochy scored a 2-1 victory over the rival Dodgers. The victory came courtesy of Buster Posey’s line drive single with two out in the ninth inning. It was the catcher’s 7th and final walk-off hit of his career. Interestingly, three of those game-winning knocks came against Los Angeles.