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Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowa

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 7, 1970
  vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA

Uncle of Nick Johnson

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 24 PHI NL 145  547   50  137  17  6   0   34  24 13  21  48  .250  .277  .303   57  166   6   3   1   0   8 RoY-3
 1971 25 PHI NL 159  650   74  162  18  5   0   25  28 11  36  61  .249  .293  .292   67  190   4   1   2   5   4
 1972 26 PHI NL 152  579   67  145  11 13   1   31  17  9  32  51  .250  .291  .320   72  185  18   2   1   2   8
 1973 27 PHI NL 122  446   42   94  11  3   0   23  10  6  24  31  .211  .252  .249   39  111   4   1   8   1   5
 1974 28 PHI NL 162  669   97  184  19 10   1   36  39 11  23  52  .275  .298  .338   75  226  20   4   0   1  11 AS
 1975 29 PHI NL 136  583   79  178  18  9   2   38  24  6  24  32  .305  .334  .377   95  220  17   2   0   2   9 MVP-22,AS
 1976 30 PHI NL 156  624   71  155  15  9   0   49  30  8  32  31  .248  .283  .301   64  188  11   5   3   0  11 MVP-29,AS
 1977 31 PHI NL 154  624   93  175  19  3   4   41  32  3  32  32  .280  .313  .340   72  212  13   6   2   0  11 MVP-25
 1978 32 PHI NL 156  654   78  192  31  5   3   43  27  5  24  40  .294  .319  .370   92  242  11   2   1   1   6 MVP-3,AS
 1979 33 PHI NL 147  539   74  130  17 11   0   31  20  9  61  32  .241  .316  .314   71  169  12   6   5   1  11 AS
 1980 34 PHI NL 147  540   57  144  16  4   2   39  21  6  24  28  .267  .300  .322   71  174   7   3   7   3   9
 1981 35 PHI NL 103  360   34  102  14  3   0   31  16  7  26  17  .283  .331  .339   88  122   4   1   2   0   8
 1982 36 CHC NL 142  499   50  123  15  7   0   29   8  3  39  38  .246  .302  .305   69  152   9   1   5   1  10
 1983 37 CHC NL 147  499   73  133  20  5   2   43   7  3  35  30  .267  .312  .339   78  169   6   4   1   0   3
 1984 38 CHC NL 133  391   33   87  14  2   0   17  10  4  28  24  .223  .274  .269   49  105   3   1   5   0   4
 1985 39 TOT NL  86  214   15   50   7  4   0   15   5  1  13  22  .234  .276  .304   57   65   6   1   2   0   3
         CHC NL  72  195   13   48   6  4   0   13   5  1  11  20  .246  .285  .318   62   62   5   1   2   0   3
         NYM NL  14   19    2    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   2  .105  .190  .158   -1    3   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         8418      2191     99      525    105     569  .260  .300  .320   71      151  43  45  17 121
               2247       987      262     15      318    474                            2696
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   71  158  19  7   1   38  23  8  34  41  .260  .300  .320   71  194  11   3   3   1   9
 Career High    162  669   97  192  31 13   4   49  39 13  61  61  .305  .334  .377   95  242  20   6   8   5  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 24 PHI NL  577  440   45   2.8   102| .250  .265| .277  .337| .303  .404| .580  .741|  57  .277 -34.5  -3.4  64%
 1971 25 PHI NL  696  508   59   3.1    92| .249  .260| .293  .326| .292  .380| .585  .706|  67  .381 -29.5  -3.1  71%
 1972 26 PHI NL  633  471   54   3.1    93| .250  .259| .291  .327| .320  .382| .611  .710|  72  .379 -23.8  -2.5  65%
 1973 27 PHI NL  476  368   28   2.0    98| .211  .265| .252  .334| .249  .394| .501  .728|  39  .206 -38.7  -4.0  62%
 1974 28 PHI NL  717  531   69   3.5    98| .275  .267| .298  .340| .338  .386| .636  .725|  75  .412 -25.9  -2.7  78%
 1975 29 PHI NL  628  439   75   4.6    99| .305  .270| .334  .342| .377  .390| .711  .732|  95  .529  -7.4  -0.8  80%
 1976 30 PHI NL  672  504   55   2.9    95| .248  .267| .283  .334| .301  .381| .584  .715|  64  .353 -32.5  -3.5  78%
 1977 31 PHI NL  675  482   70   3.9   107| .280  .275| .313  .344| .340  .419| .653  .763|  72  .424 -26.4  -2.6  91%
 1978 32 PHI NL  692  486   80   4.4    96| .294  .263| .319  .331| .370  .387| .689  .718|  92  .524  -9.5  -1.0  84%
 1979 33 PHI NL  619  447   57   3.4   102| .241  .272| .316  .338| .314  .404| .630  .743|  71  .387 -21.8  -2.2  68%
 1980 34 PHI NL  577  421   53   3.4    99| .267  .272| .300  .336| .322  .395| .622  .731|  71  .400 -23.0  -2.4  77%
 1981 35 PHI NL  391  278   40   3.9    95| .283  .267| .331  .333| .339  .383| .670  .716|  88  .475  -6.3  -0.7  69%
 1982 36 CHC NL  549  399   47   3.2    96| .246  .268| .302  .331| .305  .389| .607  .721|  69  .374 -21.6  -2.3  72%
 1983 37 CHC NL  544  382   56   3.9   100| .267  .268| .312  .337| .339  .397| .651  .734|  78  .466 -15.8  -1.6  70%
 1984 38 CHC NL  423  316   30   2.6   100| .223  .272| .274  .338| .269  .396| .543  .734|  49  .290 -28.2  -3.0  71%
 1985 39 TOT NL  234  175   19   2.9   102| .234  .270| .276  .339| .304  .402| .580  .742|  57  .340 -13.6  -1.5  83%
         CHC NL  212  157   18   3.1   103| .246  .271| .285  .341| .318  .404| .603  .745|  62  .362 -11.0  -1.2  83%
         NYM NL   22   18    1   1.5    94| .105  .259| .190  .327| .158  .386| .348  .712|  -1  .131  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     9103 6647  837   3.4    98| .260  .267| .300  .335| .320  .393| .620  .728|  71  .396 -358.4 -37.3  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 24 PHI NL SS 143 202 418 13 69 .979 .965 4.34 4.23 4.48 5.05 141 1244.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1971 25 PHI NL SS 157 272 560 11 97 .987 .968 5.30 4.46 5.31 5.14 156 1409.7 1972 26 PHI NL SS 150 212 494 9 88 .987 .967 4.71 4.48 4.86 5.04 147 1308.3 GG 1973 27 PHI NL SS 122 191 361 12 87 .979 .961 4.52 4.31 4.80 4.93 118 1034.0 1974 28 PHI NL SS 162 256 462 12 104 .984 .961 4.43 4.26 4.53 4.97 161 1425.3 AS 1975 29 PHI NL SS 135 227 403 25 82 .962 .963 4.67 4.21 4.74 4.99 135 1196.0 AS 1976 30 PHI NL SS 156 180 492 17 90 .975 .964 4.31 4.48 4.45 5.05 155 1360.0 AS 1977 31 PHI NL SS 154 222 518 13 94 .983 .963 4.81 4.30 4.95 5.02 154 1345.7 1978 32 PHI NL SS 156 224 502 10 87 .986 .966 4.65 4.25 4.84 4.88 155 1350.7 GG,AS 1979 33 PHI NL SS 146 229 448 6 80 .991 .965 4.64 4.51 4.79 5.00 147 1271.3 AS 1980 34 PHI NL SS 147 225 449 17 70 .975 .966 4.59 4.30 4.69 5.02 147 1293.3 1981 35 PHI NL SS 102 117 309 11 50 .975 .960 4.18 4.44 4.54 5.10 100 844.0 1982 36 CHC NL SS 140 210 396 17 64 .973 .967 4.33 4.38 4.55 5.01 138 1199.7 1983 37 CHC NL SS 145 230 464 11 102 .984 .967 4.79 4.16 5.23 4.85 141 1193.3 1984 38 CHC NL SS 132 217 378 16 64 .974 .965 4.51 3.98 5.19 4.87 123 1032.3 1985 39 TOT NL SS 75 100 203 11 37 .965 .963 4.04 4.26 4.96 4.88 63 550.0 CHC NL SS 66 91 197 9 34 .970 .963 4.36 4.26 5.02 4.88 60 516.0 NYM NL SS 9 9 6 2 3 .882 .962 1.67 4.26 3.97 4.87 3 34.0 2B 4 9 7 0 2 1.000 .982 4.00 4.83 6.00 5.48 3 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 24 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1985 39 NYM NL 2B 4 9 7 0 2 1.000 .982 4.00 4.83 6.00 5.48 3 24.0 1970 24 PHI NL SS 143 202 418 13 69 .979 .965 4.34 4.23 4.48 5.05 141 1244.3 1971 25 PHI NL SS 157 272 560 11 97 .987 .968 5.30 4.46 5.31 5.14 156 1409.7 1972 26 PHI NL SS 150 212 494 9 88 .987 .967 4.71 4.48 4.86 5.04 147 1308.3 1973 27 PHI NL SS 122 191 361 12 87 .979 .961 4.52 4.31 4.80 4.93 118 1034.0 1974 28 PHI NL SS 162 256 462 12 104 .984 .961 4.43 4.26 4.53 4.97 161 1425.3 1975 29 PHI NL SS 135 227 403 25 82 .962 .963 4.67 4.21 4.74 4.99 135 1196.0 1976 30 PHI NL SS 156 180 492 17 90 .975 .964 4.31 4.48 4.45 5.05 155 1360.0 1977 31 PHI NL SS 154 222 518 13 94 .983 .963 4.81 4.30 4.95 5.02 154 1345.7 1978 32 PHI NL SS 156 224 502 10 87 .986 .966 4.65 4.25 4.84 4.88 155 1350.7 1979 33 PHI NL SS 146 229 448 6 80 .991 .965 4.64 4.51 4.79 5.00 147 1271.3 1980 34 PHI NL SS 147 225 449 17 70 .975 .966 4.59 4.30 4.69 5.02 147 1293.3 1981 35 PHI NL SS 102 117 309 11 50 .975 .960 4.18 4.44 4.54 5.10 100 844.0 1982 36 CHC NL SS 140 210 396 17 64 .973 .967 4.33 4.38 4.55 5.01 138 1199.7 1983 37 CHC NL SS 145 230 464 11 102 .984 .967 4.79 4.16 5.23 4.85 141 1193.3 1984 38 CHC NL SS 132 217 378 16 64 .974 .965 4.51 3.98 5.19 4.87 123 1032.3 1985 39 TOT NL SS 75 100 203 11 37 .965 .963 4.04 4.26 4.96 4.88 63 550.0 CHC NL SS 66 91 197 9 34 .970 .963 4.36 4.26 5.02 4.88 60 516.0 NYM NL SS 9 9 6 2 3 .882 .962 1.67 4.26 3.97 4.87 3 34.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*2222 3314 6857 211 1265 .980 .965 4.58 4.32 4.80 4.99 2181 19058.0 2B* 5 9 7 0 2 1.000 .982 3.20 4.80 5.54 5.47 3 26.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2227 3323 6864 211 1267 .980 .965 4.57 4.32 4.80 4.99 2184 19084
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   NLCS  PHI CIN     L   3   8   1   1  1  0  0   1   3   0  .125  .364  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   NLCS  PHI LAD     L   4  17   2   2  0  0  0   1   1   0  .118  .167  .118   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   NLCS  PHI LAD     L   4  18   2   6  0  0  0   0   1   2  .333  .368  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1980   NLCS  PHI HOU     W   5  19   2   6  0  0  0   0   3   3  .316  .409  .316   1  0   1   0   0 
        WS    PHI KCR     W   6  24   3   9  1  0  0   2   0   0  .375  .375  .417   3  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  PHI MON     L   5  17   0   3  1  0  0   1   0   0  .176  .176  .235   0  1   1   0   0 
 1984   NLCS  CHC SDP     L   5  15   1   3  1  0  0   1   1   0  .200  .250  .267   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     1-4  21  77   8  18  2  0  0   3   9   5  .234  .314  .260   1  0   1   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   2-5  32 118  11  30  4  0  0   6   9   5  .254  .307  .288   4  1   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   PHI NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1975   PHI NL       0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1           
 1976   PHI NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1978   PHI NL   *   3   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1979   PHI NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      3   8   2   2  0  0  0   0   1   0   1  0   0   0   1  .250  .400  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974 (SS)
1975 *
1976 *
1978 (SS)
1979 (SS)

Gold Gloves
1972-NL--SS
1978-NL--SS
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-NL-22-0.01
1976-NL-29-0.00
1977-NL-25-0.00
1978-NL-3-0.56
Car-387-0.57 shares

Games
1971 NL-159-6
1972 NL-152-5
1974 NL-162-2
1976 NL-156-9

At Bats
1971 NL-650-1
1972 NL-579-9
1974 NL-669-3
1976 NL-624-7
1977 NL-624-7
1978 NL-654-4
Car-8418-98

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1971 NL-696-4
1974 NL-717-4
1976 NL-672-8
1977 NL-675-8
1978 NL-692-6

Runs
1974 NL-97-8

Hits
1974 NL-184-9
1975 NL-178-10
1977 NL-175-10
1978 NL-192-5

Triples
1972 NL-13-1
1974 NL-10-4
1975 NL-9-6
1976 NL-9-5
1979 NL-11-5

Stolen Bases
1970 NL-24-9
1971 NL-28-4
1974 NL-39-8
1976 NL-30-8

Singles
1971 NL-139-9
1974 NL-154-6
1975 NL-149-4
1976 NL-131-9
1977 NL-149-3
1978 NL-153-1
Car-1815-76

Hit By Pitch
1971 NL-5-9

Sac. Hits
1972 NL-18-1
1974 NL-20-4
1975 NL-17-3
1977 NL-13-3
1979 NL-12-8

Caught Stealing
1970 NL-13-5
1971 NL-11-3
1972 NL-9-8
Car-105-93

At Bats per Strikeout
1970 NL-11.4-9
1975 NL-18.2-3
1976 NL-20.1-5
1977 NL-19.5-2
1978 NL-16.4-4
1979 NL-16.8-4
1980 NL-19.3-4
1981 NL-21.2-3
1982 NL-13.1-8
1983 NL-16.6-6

Outs
1971 NL-508-1
1972 NL-471-4
1974 NL-531-1
1976 NL-504-3
1977 NL-482-7
1978 NL-486-7
Car-6647-71

Oldest Player
1985 NL-39-10

 

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (841) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 70.5 (256) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 12, 1965: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

January 27, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Ryne Sandberg to the Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus.

August 13, 1985: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 20, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Mets$525,000
Career (may be incomplete)$525,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Larry Bowa's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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