Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowa
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA
High School: C.K. McClatchy (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Final Game: October 6, 1985
Relatives: Uncle of Nick Johnson
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 PHI NL 24 SS 143 141 1244.1 633 202 418 13 69 .979 -4.6 -4.4 -2.6 -4.8 2.2 -2 4.48 4.34 .964 5.05 4.23 RoY-3
1970 PHI NL 24 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 RoY-3
1971 PHI NL 25 SS 157 156 1409.2 843 272 560 11 97 .987 15.5 13.2 15.5 5.7 9.8 0 5.31 5.30 .967 5.14 4.46
1972 PHI NL 26 SS 150 147 1308.1 715 212 494 9 88 .987 4.3 3.9 2.3 3.3 -0.9 2 4.86 4.71 .966 5.04 4.48 GG
1973 PHI NL 27 SS 122 118 1034.0 564 191 361 12 87 .979 0.5 0.6 -3.5 -5.3 1.8 4 4.80 4.52 .960 4.93 4.31
1974 PHI NL 28 SS 162 161 1425.1 730 256 462 12 104 .984 -9.2 -7.7 -12.2 -5.6 -6.7 3 4.53 4.43 .960 4.97 4.26 AS
1975 PHI NL 29 SS 135 135 1196.0 655 227 403 25 82 .962 -3.0 -3.0 -2.0 -2.2 0.2 -1 4.74 4.67 .963 4.99 4.21 AS,MVP-22
1976 PHI NL 30 SS 156 155 1360.0 689 180 492 17 90 .975 6.3 5.6 2.3 -2.7 5.0 4 4.45 4.31 .964 5.05 4.48 AS,MVP-29
1977 PHI NL 31 SS 154 154 1345.2 753 222 518 13 94 .983 14.6 13.0 10.6 3.1 7.5 4 4.95 4.81 .962 5.02 4.30 MVP-25
1978 PHI NL 32 SS 156 155 1350.2 736 224 502 10 87 .986 15.1 13.4 13.1 7.3 5.8 2 4.84 4.65 .965 4.88 4.25 AS,MVP-3,GG
1979 PHI NL 33 SS 146 147 1271.1 683 229 448 6 80 .991 4.1 3.9 4.1 -1.7 5.7 0 4.79 4.64 .964 5.00 4.51 AS
1980 PHI NL 34 SS 147 147 1293.1 691 225 449 17 70 .975 -4.2 -3.9 -2.2 -0.9 -1.3 -2 4.69 4.59 .966 5.02 4.30
1981 PHI NL 35 SS 102 100 844.0 437 117 309 11 50 .975 -0.8 -1.1 -0.8 -2.0 1.2 0 4.54 4.18 .959 5.10 4.44
1982 CHC NL 36 SS 140 138 1199.2 623 210 396 17 64 .973 -15.9 -15.9 -11.9 -9.8 -2.1 -4 4.55 4.33 .967 5.01 4.38
1983 CHC NL 37 SS 145 141 1193.1 705 230 464 11 102 .984 5.7 5.7 3.7 -6.1 9.8 2 5.23 4.79 .966 4.85 4.16
1984 CHC NL 38 SS 132 123 1032.1 611 217 378 16 64 .974 -1.7 -2.0 0.3 -1.6 1.9 -2 5.19 4.51 .965 4.87 3.98
1985 TOT NL 39 SS 75 63 550.0 314 100 203 11 37 .965 3.2 7.0 5.2 -2.0 7.2 -2 4.96 4.04 .963 4.88 4.26
1985 CHC NL 39 SS 66 60 516.0 297 91 197 9 34 .970 4.6 10.7 6.6 -1.3 7.9 -2 5.02 4.36 .963 4.88 4.26
1985 NYM NL 39 SS 9 3 34.0 17 9 6 2 3 .882 -1.4 -49.4 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 3.97 1.67 .965 4.87 4.26
1985 NYM NL 39 2B 4 3 24.0 16 9 7 0 2 1.000 0.3 15.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0 6.00 4.00 .981 5.48 4.82
16 Seasons SS 2222 2181 19058.0 10382 3314 6857 211 1265 .980 29.9 1.9 21.9 -25.3 47.1 8 4.80 4.58 .964 4.99 4.32
2 Seasons 2B 5 3 26.0 16 9 7 0 2 1.000 0.3 13.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0 5.54 3.20 .981 5.47 4.80
16 Seasons TOT 2227 2184 19084.0 10398 3323 6864 211 1267 .980 30.2 1.9 22.2 -25.2 47.2 8 4.80 4.57 .944 4.99 4.32
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 PHI NL 24 145 141 145 145 0 0 0 1 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 3
1971 PHI NL 25 159 156 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 2
1972 PHI NL 26 152 147 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 3
1973 PHI NL 27 122 118 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 1 1
1974 PHI NL 28 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 PHI NL 29 136 135 136 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 PHI NL 30 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 31 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 32 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 33 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 34 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 35 103 100 103 102 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 CHC NL 36 142 138 142 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1983 CHC NL 37 147 141 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 CHC NL 38 133 123 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1985 CHC NL 39 72 60 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1985 NYM NL 39 14 6 14 13 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
16 Seasons 2247 2184 2247 2233 0 0 0 5 0 2223 0 0 0 0 0 14 23
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 PHI NL 24 5546 66% 75% 25% 528 94% 1 201 106 74 22 422 316 91 1 7 13 1 9 3 9 69 29 4 20 3 0 60 34 25 6 5 1
1971 PHI NL 25 6187 64% 78% 31% 665 93% 12 270 105 142 22 562 429 109 6 6 11 0 6 5 10 98 39 9 29 7 7 95 48 44 2 1 1
1972 PHI NL 26 5718 66% 76% 24% 561 93% 3 221 97 98 26 485 383 80 1 12 9 1 8 0 4 87 27 11 27 8 2 78 39 38 8 2 4
1973 PHI NL 27 4606 60% 75% 24% 434 91% 1 196 73 89 34 359 272 76 1 5 12 1 10 1 9 87 33 9 29 3 3 80 42 36 4 2 1
1974 PHI NL 28 6439 57% 75% 26% 548 91% 0 253 104 126 23 460 341 95 4 14 12 0 12 0 8 104 43 3 41 2 4 98 46 47 5 4 1
1975 PHI NL 29 5233 62% 77% 26% 525 88% 1 223 94 106 24 406 286 110 1 8 25 0 25 0 19 83 42 0 26 5 4 79 42 36 4 1 2
1976 PHI NL 30 5813 67% 79% 25% 598 92% 4 179 93 75 11 495 377 104 0 7 17 0 17 0 13 90 47 7 25 4 3 86 54 32 4 2 1
1977 PHI NL 31 5902 67% 79% 28% 582 94% 7 220 81 105 34 525 401 98 3 7 13 0 13 0 9 94 32 7 32 6 2 86 40 42 7 5 1
1978 PHI NL 32 5733 65% 80% 28% 616 92% 2 227 110 86 31 501 396 90 1 4 10 0 10 0 6 88 38 10 22 6 1 81 48 29 5 3 2
1979 PHI NL 33 5576 64% 79% 26% 552 93% 0 229 101 91 37 454 359 87 1 7 6 0 6 0 5 81 32 3 30 8 2 76 35 40 4 0 4
1980 PHI NL 34 5755 61% 78% 27% 570 90% 2 225 94 86 45 451 344 98 2 2 17 0 17 0 17 71 31 4 25 3 1 66 36 29 2 2 0
1981 PHI NL 35 3780 60% 78% 27% 361 91% 1 114 45 41 28 312 232 69 1 6 10 0 9 1 9 49 24 2 13 0 2 42 26 15 7 4 3
1982 CHC NL 36 5393 51% 81% 27% 512 92% 1 210 108 61 41 398 306 75 0 6 17 0 16 1 15 63 25 1 18 3 2 55 27 24 7 6 1
1983 CHC NL 37 5342 52% 80% 29% 538 93% 2 230 79 118 33 476 381 83 0 7 11 0 10 1 11 102 41 5 39 1 6 92 46 46 9 1 5
1984 CHC NL 38 4540 50% 79% 27% 446 95% 1 220 92 86 42 375 298 66 0 6 16 0 15 1 15 64 24 6 25 2 1 59 31 28 3 1 2
1985 CHC NL 39 2224 55% 79% 29% 227 96% 0 87 37 40 10 200 156 40 0 2 9 0 7 2 7 33 12 4 6 3 1 29 17 11 4 2 2
1985 NYM NL 39 144 56% 73% 22% 11 82% 0 8 3 3 1 7 4 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Seasons 83931 61% 78% 27% 8274 92% 38 3313 1422 1427 464 6888 5281 1374 22 106 210 3 192 15 168 1265 519 85 408 64 41 1163 611 523 82 41 32
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 91%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 PHI NL 24 6 50% 33% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 39 99 70% 75% 20% 11 100% 0 8 6 0 2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2 Seasons 105 69% 72% 19% 11 100% 0 8 6 0 2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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