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Alec Bohm

Alec Bohm, American baseball player

Born
August 3, 1996
Age in 2026
30
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1996

About Alec Bohm

Alec Daniel Bohm (born August 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also represented USA Baseball in international competition. Born and raised in Nebraska, Bohm was not drafted out of Roncalli Catholic High School in 2015. Instead, he played three seasons of college baseball for the Wichita State Shockers. At the end of this time, the Phillies selected Bohm third overall in the 2018 MLB draft. He rose quickly through Philadelphia's farm system, making his MLB debut in 2020. That year, he was the runner-up for Rookie of the Year. In 2024, Bohm made his first MLB All-Star Game appearance, also participating in that year's Home Run Derby. In 2015, the summer after his senior year of high school, Bohm both won the Connie Mack World Series Home Run Derby and tied for fourth place at the Triple-A Home Run Derby in Werner Park. Bohm's college baseball career at Wichita State began when he hit a home run in his first at bat. As a freshman during the 2016 season, Bohm batted.303, with six home runs and 30 runs batted in (RBIs), enough to receive first-team Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

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Alec Bohm timeline

  1. In 2015, the summer after his senior year of high school, Bohm both won the Connie Mack World Series Home Run Derby and tied for fourth place at the Triple-A Home Run Derby in Werner Park.
  2. As a freshman during the 2016 season, Bohm batted.303, with six home runs and 30 runs batted in (RBIs), enough to receive first-team Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

The world when Alec Bohm was born

Alec Bohm was born in 1996. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1996

  • #1 song"Macarena" – Los Del Rio
  • Top movieThe English Patient
  • Top TV showER
  • Best-selling bookThe Runaway Jury – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Jordan leads Bulls to 72-10 record and 4th NBA title
  • Top headlineCentennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
  • Technology milestoneDolly the sheep — first mammal cloned from an adult cell
  • Defining fadMacarena dance craze
  • Notable inventionPalm Pilot
  • World population5.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population265.2M

1996 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alec Bohm's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19962026
Gas$1.23$3.45/gal
Average home$115,800$435,000
Average income$44,006$67,500
Minimum wage$4.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.42$11.95
Postage stamp$0.32$0.73
Population265.2M341 million

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