Bo Joseph Bichette...Son of four-time All-Star Dante Bichette who played for California, Milwaukee, Colorado, Cincinnati and Boston over 14 Major League seasons (1988-2001)...Played on a Florida Travel Baseball team with former Blue Jays teammates Forrest Wall and Sean Reid-Foley in 2013...Attended Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, Fla....Heading into 2018, was ranked as the 8th overall MLB prospect by Baseball America, 14th by MLB, and 19th by Baseball Prospectus...Ranked as Toronto’s second-best prospect and the eighth overall prospect by Baseball America going into 2019...Ranked 11th overall by MLB and 12th overall by Baseball Prospectus...Named Toronto’s nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award in 2021 and 2022...In February of 2023, built a community partnership to help underserved youth in St. Petersburg known as “St. Pete PAL x Wildwood Baseball Powered by Bo Bichette."
2024
On injured list with a right calf strain from June 15-24 & July 20-Sept. 16, then again with a right middle finger fracture from Sept. 18 to the end of the season...Made four rehab appearances with Triple-A Buffalo, hitting safely in each of them while going 4-for-14 (.286) with a double and two RBI...With runners in scoring position, hit .348 (23-for-66) with four doubles, a triple, 24 RBI, and an .847 OPS...Went to the opposite field with 42% of balls he put in play on the year, highest in the Majors (min. 240 PA)...Went on a season-high seven-game hitting streak from April 6-13, batting .333 (9-for-27) with three doubles, a homer, three RBI, and a .975 OPS...Launched his first home run of the year on April 9 vs. SEA with a two-run shot in the third inning...The ball travelled 431 feet and came off the bat at 110.4 MPH, his third farthest-hit and second hardest-hit homer at Rogers Centre in his career...On May 20 vs. CWS, recorded his 13th career four-hit game, fourth-most in Blue Jays history…Notched three doubles in a game for the second time in his career (Sept. 10, 2022 at TEX)...Went deep for the fourth time on the year on May 27 at CWS...Homered off RHP Nick Nastrini for the second time in a span of six days (also May 22 vs. CWS)...From May 20-29, hit .405 (17-for-42) with three doubles, two homers, 10 RBI, a .619 SLG, and a 1.024 OPS...In the month of May, hit .280 (28-for-100) with seven extra-base hits, 14 RBI and a .731 OPS.
2023
Named to his second career All-Star team (also: 2021)...Went 0-for-1 with a sacrifice fly....Finished third in the AL in AVG and fourth in hits (175), despite missing 25 games over two stints on the injured list....Was T-4th in the AL in multi-hit games (52), T-3rd in three-hit games (15) and T-1st in four-hit games (6)....His 77 opposite-field hits were 11 more than any other MLB batter (second: Luis Arraez - 66)....Went 4-for-6 in the season opener on March 30 at STL, including a double and an RBI...Along with George Springer (5H),became the 14th set of teammates since 1901 to have 4+ hits each on Opening Day....Hit his 1st homer of the year as he led off the 9th inning on April 3 at KC...Ended a club-record 35 homerless innings drought to begin a season....Recorded his 500th career hit with an RBI double in the second inning on April 14 vs. TB, becoming the fastest player in franchise history to reach the mark, doing so in 407 career games (2nd: Vernon Wells/Shannon Stewart - 432G)…Went5-for-5 with two doubles for his second career five-hit game (also: Aug. 12, 2020 vs. MIA)....On April 15 vs. TB, became the second fastest player in club history to reach 250 career RBI, doing so in 408 games (first: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 403G)....Went a perfect 5-for-5 with his team-leading 7th home run on May 1 at BOS...Was his second five-hit game of the year and the3rd of his career...Became the only player in Blue Jays history with multiple five-hit games in a single season....Drilled his 14th home run on June 7 vs. HOU...Homered in consecutive games for the fourth time of the year (10th career)....Had a career-high-tying 13-game hitting streak from June 13-28, going 19-for-54 (.352) with nine doubles and five RBI for an .882 OPS....His 122 hits before the All-Star break set a team record, surpassing Vernon Wells’ 121 knocks in 2003....Placed on the injured list with right knee patellar tendonitis from Aug. 1-18...Appeared in two rehab games for Triple-A Buffalo, going 4-for-5 (.800) with a homer and three RBI...At the time of his injury, led the AL in hits, AVG, and was third in total bases....Went 2-for-5 with his 2nd triple and 18th homer of the campaign on Aug. 20 at CIN....Returned to the IL with a right quad strain from Aug. 28-Sept. 7....Reached the 20-homer mark for the third straight season on Sept. 24 at TB....Went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI on Sept. 29 vs. TB...His six games with 4+ hits matched Shannon Stewart (2000) for most in the single season in team history....Notched his 30th double of 2023 on Sept. 30 vs. TB...Became the 4th player in club history with 30 doubles and 20 homers in three straight seasons, joining Carlos Delgado (1997-2003), Vernon Wells (2002-06) and Joe Carter (1991-93)....Went 4-for-8 with Toronto’s only run scored in the AL Wild Card Series in Minnesota...Recorded his first and second career postseason multi-hit games.
2022
His 189 hits were the most among AL batters...Became the first player in franchise history to lead the AL in hits in multiple seasons (191 in 2021)...Also ranked T-second in doubles (43), T-third in total bases (306), T-sixth in extra-base hits (68), and T-eighth in RBI (93)...Set personal bests with 43 doubles and 41 walks...Launched his first homer of the year April 9 vs. TEX, a solo blast traveling 425 feet in the fifth...Broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning April 25 vs. BOS with his 1st career grand slam, the 1st slam by a Blue Jay in 2022...Drilled his fifth and sixth homers of the season May 21 vs. CIN, his sixth career multi-HR game...All six dingers had tied the game or given Toronto the lead...Belted his seventh home run on May 29 at LAA, a game-tying solo blast in the eighth inning...Marked his first road homer since Sept. 11, 2021 (2) at BAL...Went 2-for-4 on June 10 at DET with his 15th double and his 10th long ball...Became the 3rd AL player in 2022 with 10+ homers and 15+ doubles (José Ramírez, Rafael Devers)...Connected for his second career grand slam on June 22 at CWS, also doing so earlier in the season on April 25 vs. BOS...Strung together a career-high 13-game hitting streak from June 27-July 8, going 15-for-54 (.278) with six extra-base hits and six RBI (.742 OPS)...Plated a run with a sac fly in the sixth inning on July 30 vs. DET, marking the 200th RBI of his career...Became the sixth-fastest shortstop to reach 200 RBI in the post-war era, doing so in 334 games...Drove in all three Toronto runs on Aug. 6 at MIN, going 2-for-4 with his 15th HR...Crushed his 16th and 17th homers Aug. 9 at BAL, his second multi-HR game of the season (seventh career)...Had driven in eight runs in his last four games...Set a career-high with his 31st double of the year Aug. 26 vs. LAA (30 in 2021)...Crushed a trio of home runs for his first career three-homer game on Sept. 5...Went 6-for-10 with three homers and seven RBI between the two games of the doubleheader, becoming the first shortstop in AL history with 6+ hits and 3+ home runs in a single day...Went 4-for-5 with his 22nd home run on Sept. 6 at BAL, his fourth longball in the last two games and fifth in the last six contests...Marked his fifth career game with at least four hits (last: Sept. 5, 2021 vs. OAK)...Became the 13th player (17th time) in franchise history to notch 3+ hits in three straight games...Notched his first triple of the year to go with his 23rd home run Sept. 9 at TEX, finishing the game 2-for-4 with three RBI... Marked his fifth home run in the last four games...Picked up three doubles in a game for the first time in his career on Sept. 10 at TEX...Reached base in all ten games of a road trip from Sept. 2-11, going 22-for-44 (.500) with six doubles, one triple, six home runs and 18 RBI (1.175 SLG)...His 18 RBI were the most ever by a shortstop on a single road trip of no more than ten games, surpassing Montreal’s Hubie Brooks (15 RBI in 1987)...Named AL Player of the Week for Sept. 5-11, his 1st career nod...Batted .500 (16-for-32) across seven contests with four doubles, a triple, five home runs and 13 RBI (1.156 SLG)...Drove in all three Toronto runs with an RBI single and a two-run homer, his 24th, on Sept. 12 vs. TB...Was his team-leading 10th go-ahead HR this season...Recorded his 42nd double of the campaign on Sept. 22 at TB, the most ever by a Blue Jays shortstop, surpassing Tony Fernández (41 in 1988)...Went 48-for-119 (.403) with 11 doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 27 RBI over 28 games in Sept. (.689 SLG, 1.134 OPS)...Led all MLB hitters in Sept. in hits, extra-base hits, RBI and total bases...His 48 knocks were the most ever by a Blue Jay in any calendar month (Tony Fernández - 47 in June 1986; Lloyd Moseby - 47 in Aug. 1983)...Picked up his 1st career postseason hit with a single in the bottom of the third during Game 1 of the ALWC vs. SEA on Oct. 7.
2021
Tied for first in MLB with 58 multi-hit games while 2nd with 191 hits, T-9th with 310 total bases, 15th with a .298 AVG and T-15th with 102 RBI...His 25 stolen bases were tied for 9th most (1 CS)...His 121 runs scored were the second most in MLB...Led AL batters with 191 hits...Named an All-Star for the 1st time in his career, a reserve at shortstop...Went 0-for-1 while playing 4.0 innings at short...His 289 hits are the most in franchise history by a player in his first 234 career games (2nd: Bob Bailor - 256)...Became the only player in MLB history with 30+ HR, 200+ H, 20+ SB, 40+ 2B, 100+ RBI, 100+ R and a .300 AVG in his first 162 career games...Doubled on April 4 at NYY for his 100th career hit in what was his 78th game, setting the franchise record for fewest games to reach 100 career hits (2nd: Alex Rios - 85 games)...Hit his first two home runs of the season April 6 at TEX, his thid career multi-homer game...Gave him a franchise-best 18 homers in his first 80 career games (2nd: Fred McGriff - 16)...His 47 XBH tied for sixth most in MLB history by a player in his first 80 games (9th with 187 total bases)...Recorded a career-high five RBI on April 10 vs. LAA, tied for the most in a single game by a Blue Jays shortstop (last: Troy Tulowitzki - Aug. 10, 2016, vs. TB)...Tied a career-high with an 11-game hitting streak from April 3-14 (also: July 29-Aug. 9, 2019)...Went 16-for-45 (.356) with four doubles, four homers and 10 RBI over that stretch (1.099 OPS)...Homered twice on April 14 vs. NYY, including his 2nd career walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th (also: Sept. 13, 2019, vs. NYY)…Was his 2nd multi-homer game of the season and 4th of his career...Drilled his seventh home run on April 30 vs. ATL, tied for the most by a Blue Jays shortstop in the month of April (also: Alex Gonzalez in 2010)...Homered in consecutive games for the 3rd time in his career...Followed a Marcus Semien leadoff home run with his 9th longball on May 16 vs. PHI...Marked the 5th time in team history that the first two batters of a game homered (last: Curtis Granderson & Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on July 27, 2018, at CWS)...Had an exit velocity of 112.0 MPH, the hardest-hit homer of his career...Swatted a home run in both games of the doubleheader May 27 at NYY, the 12th player in Blue Jays history to do so...Set a career-high with his 12th homer of the year June 12 at BOS, eclipsing the 11 bombs he hit in 2019...The blast traveled 468 feet, the farthest hit ball of his career...Went 4-for-5 with a walk and five runs scored on June 13 at BOS, becoming the third player in franchise history with a four-hit, five-run game (Orlando Hudson - May 13, 2004, vs. BOS; Josh Donaldson - May 26, 2015, vs. CWS)...Cranked his 13th longball, homering in consecutive games for the third time in 2021 (5th career)...Was his firsst four-hit game of the season...Became the fastest player in franchise history to 30 career home runs with a blast June 15 vs. NYY, doing so in his 140th game (2nd: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. - 143 games)..Had a career-long 21 game on-base streak from June 19-July 18 (1)...Went 30-for-86 (.349) with four doubles, two home runs, and 17 RBI over that span...Drilled his 17th homer on July 24 at NYM, surpassing his combined total from 2019 (11) and 2020 (5)...Launched a two-run home run July 30 vs. KC, his 19th bomb of the year...Marked the most homers by a Blue Jays shortstop in the team’s first 100 games of a season (Alex Gonzalez - 17 HR in 2010)...Crushed his 20th longball Aug. 5 vs. CLE, his 10th go-ahead shot of the season...At 23 years of age, became the youngest shortstop in team history to reach the 20-homer mark in a season (2nd: Tony Batista - 25 years old in 1999)...Went 2-for-5 on Aug. 28 at DET with an RBI and his 20th stolen base of the year...Joined Paul Molitor (20-for-20 in 1994) as the only Blue Jays ever with 20 straight successful stolen base attempts to start a season...Snapped a 19-game homerless drought on Aug. 29 at DET with his 21st of the year, his first since Aug. 5 vs. CLE...Went 4-for-4 on Sept. 5 vs. OAK to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, one shy of his career-best (11 games, 2x)...Led off the night on Sept. 9 at NYY with his 22nd homer, his 1st leadoff bomb of the year (3rd career)...Went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI...Drilled his 25th home run Sept. 15 vs. TB while picking up a career-high-tying five RBI...Hit his 27th & 28th bombs on Sept. 29 vs. NYY, the most in a season by a Toronto shortstop (Tony Batista - 26 HR in 1999)...Reached 100 RBI for the 1st time in his career...Was his third multi-homer game of the year and the 5th of his career...Went 2-for-3 on Sept. 30 vs. NYY with his 25th stolen base of the year...Became the 3rd player in team history with 25+ SB, 25+ HR, and 100+ RBI in a season, joining Jose Canseco (1998) and Shawn Green (1998).
2020
Has recorded 98 career hits, the most all-time by a Blue Jay in his first 75 career games (2nd: Junior Felix - 88)...His 27 doubles are tied for 6th most in MLB history in a player’s first 75 games, his 44 extra-base hits are tied for 7th most, and his 32 multi-hit games are tied for 14th...Doubled twice on July 30 at WAS, becoming the 6th player in MLB history with 20+ doubles in his first 50 career games...Was also the 9th player with 31+ extra-base hits in his first 50 games...Hit his 1st home run of 2020 on Aug. 6 at ATL...Was his 12th career homer, reaching the dozen homer mark the fastest in team history (53 games)...Connected for his 2nd home run on Aug. 9 at BOS, giving him an extra-base hit in four straight games...Hit Toronto’s 1st home run at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY, on Aug. 11 vs. MIA...Homered in back-to-back games for the 1st time in 2020...Set a career-high with five hits as he homered and singled four times on Aug. 12 vs. MIA...At 22 years old, became the youngest player in team history with a five-hit game, ahead of Roy Howell (23 in 1977), and the youngest to homer in three straight games...Also swiped two bases, becoming the only shortstop in the modern era with five hits, a home run and two stolen bases in the same game...The last MLB player to accomplish such a feat was Andrew McCutchen on May 14, 2010 at CHC (5H, 1HR, 2SB)...Became the 3rd player ever to record 80+ hits and 37+ XBH in his first 58 career games, joining Joe DiMaggio and Roy Weatherly, who both did so in 1936...Belted a three-run homer on Aug. 14 vs. TB, becoming the youngest player in team history to homer in four consecutive games...Became just the 3rd player ever to record 38+ XBH in his first 59 games (Joe DiMaggio - 46; Cody Bellinger - 38)...Went seven consecutive games with an extra-base hit and an RBI from Aug. 6-14, the longest streak by a shortstop since 1920 - when RBI became an official stat...Placed on the injured list with a right knee sprain from Aug. 16-Sept. 11...Among AL hitters at the time of his injury, ranked 2nd in AVG (.361), 4th in OPS (1.063) and 5th in SLG (.672)...Strung together a 10-game hitting streak around his IL stint from Aug. 5-Sept. 12 (17-for-40, 2-2B, 5 HR, 11 RBI), one shy of his career-best (11G from July 29-Aug. 8, 2019)...Recorded his 1st career triple on Sept. 20 at PHI...Also doubled giving him 42 career extra-base hits, tied for 5th most in MLB history by a player in his first 69 MLB games, behind Joe DiMaggio (50), Ted Williams (44), José Abreu (43) and Bob Meusel (43)...Made his postseason debut in Game 1 of the ALWC on Sept. 29 at TB...Drove in Toronto’s lone run with a sac fly in the 8th inning... Became the 2nd youngest player in franchise history to pick up a playoff RBI (Junior Felix - 22 in Game 3 and Game 4 of the 1989 ALCS vs. OAK).
2019
Set a team record with 61 hits in his first 46 career games (Aaron Hill - 58 in 2005)...His 11 home runs were also the most (J.P. Arencibia - 10 from 2010-2011)...Became the 1st player in team history to start his career with a hitting streak of 11 games, ahead of Jesse Barfield (8G in 1981) and Ryan Goins (8G in 2013)...Was also the 3rd longest by a player 21 years old or younger to begin a career, behind Rocco Baldelli (13G in 2013) and Eddie Murphy (12G in 1912)...Hit .408 (20-for-29) with nine doubles and four homers over that stretch...Went 16-for-42 (.381) when leading off the 1st inning (5-2B, 2HR, 3BB)...His .381 AVG in such at-bats led the Majors (min. 40 PA) and was the 7th highest by a rookie dating back to 1974 (when leadoff stats were first recorded)...His 1.065 OPS in those plate appearances was 3rd highest this season and 3rd highest by a rookie all-time (courtesy STATS)...Was the 8th MLB player since 1913 with 26+ hits in his first 15 games...The 17-game on-base streak to start his career was the longest in team history (Aaron Hill - 9G in 2005) and tied for the 2nd longest all-time to begin a career by a player 21 or younger (Rocco Baldelli - 24G in 2003; Bill Russell - 17G in 1969)...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Buffalo on July 29 and made his MLB debut that night at KC...Singled in his 1st at-bat, becoming the 33rd player in team history to pick up a hit in his 1st career AB...His 29 extra-base in his first 43 games tied Ryan Braun (2007) for the 2nd most ever in a player's first 43 career games, trailing only Joe DiMaggio (31 in 1936)...Hit his 1st home run off of Jakob Junis on July 31 at KC, doing so at 21 years and 148 days old to become the youngest player in team history to homer from the leadoff spot...Also doubled and singled for his 1st three-hit game...Tied a team record with six hits in his first three career games (5th time)...Connected for his 2nd home run on Aug. 4 at BAL, ahead of Cavan Biggio, forming the 1st set of rookie back-to-back home runs in team history...On Aug. 5 at TB, homered again, doing so in back-to-back games for the 1st time in his career...Became the 2nd Blue Jay all-time to hit three home runs in his first eight career games, joining Carlos Delgado (1993)...Singled and doubled on Aug. 6 at TB, becoming the 1st player in MLB history to record 10 extra-base hits in his first nine games (7-2B, 3-HR), surpassing Alvin Davis (9 in 1984), Trevor Story (9 in 2016) and Pete Alonso (9 in 2019)...Recorded his 4th home run on Aug. 8 vs. NYY...Became the 8th Blue Jay to homer in his Rogers Centre debut...Had a double in nine straight games from July 31-Aug. 8, surpassing Derek Lee (8G in 2000) and Yadier Molina (8G in 2016) for the longest in Major League history...His nine-game extra-base hit streak from July 31-Aug. 8 (9-2B, 4-HR) was the longest by a rookie since Ted Williams in 1939 (4th rookie all-time to do so)...Singled twice and doubled twice on Aug. 12 vs. TEX for his 1st career four-hit game…Gave him 15 extra-base hits, the most in a player's first 15 career games in MLB history...At 21 years and 168 days old, became the youngest Blue Jay all-time to hit a leadoff home run when he did so on Aug. 20 at LAD...In the 6th inning, hit a 2nd homer off of Clayton Kershaw (6th player to ever do so) for his 1st career multi-HR game...Finished a triple shy of the cycle on Aug. 24 at SEA and joined Carlos Delgado as the only Blue Jays to record eight home runs in their first 25 career games...Registered 39 hits in August, the most by a Toronto rookie in any calendar month (Alex Rios, Reed Johnson, Steve Staggs - 34), and the most by any Blue Jays batter since Melky Cabrera had 40 in April of 2014...Recorded his 2nd multi-HR game on Sept. 5 at TB...Became the 4th Blue Jays rookie to hit two leadoff home runs in a season, joining Rick Bosetti (1978), Reed Johnson (2003) and Devon Travis (2015)...Hit 10 homers in his first 34 MLB games, the most by any Blue Jay (Carlos Delgado - 8; Brett Lawrie - 8)...His leadoff home run came on the 13th pitch, the first leadoff homer in a plate appearance of at least 13 pitches since Dave Martinez hit the 15th pitch out on June 23, 1989 at CHC...Marked the first Toronto homer on the 13th pitch or more since Dave Berg (13) on July 8, 2004 vs. SEA....Hit his 1st career walk-off home run in the 12th inning off Tyler Lyons on Sept. 13 vs. NYY, which was also his 1st career extra-inning home run...At 21 years, 192 days old, became the youngest Blue Jay ever to hit a walk-off homer, ahead of Wille Canate (21.219 on July 18, 1993 vs. KC), and the youngest to hit an extra-inning blast, ahead of Brett Lawrie (21.230 on Sept. 5, 2001 vs. NYY)...Tied for the 15th youngest player all-time to hit a walk-off homer, and became the 4th youngest to do so in the 12th inning or later...Also singled, doubled and drew a walk as part of a 3-for-5 night...Gave him 28 extra-base hits, the 3rd most all-time by a batter in his first 41 career games, trailing only Joe DiMaggio (30 in 1936) and Ryan Braun (29 in 2007)...Was hit by a pitch on Sept. 19 vs. BAL and missed the remainder of the season due to concussion symptoms...Batted .275 with 16 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 32 RBI and 15 stolen bases over 56 games with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons...Landed on Buffalo's IL from April 24-June 7 with a broken left hand after being hit by a pitch...Was named the Bisons' Judge Michael Dillon Comeback Player of the Year...Hit .284 with 13 doubles, seven home runs, 24 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 41 contests after returning from his injury.
