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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 24 PHI NL 145 577 547 50 137 17 6 0 34 24 13 21 48 .250 .277 .303 .580 57 166 8 0 6 3 1 *6/4 RoY-3
1971 25 PHI NL 159 696 650 74 162 18 5 0 25 28 11 36 61 .249 .293 .292 .586 67 190 4 5 4 1 2 *6
1972 26 PHI NL 152 633 579 67 145 11 13 1 31 17 9 32 51 .250 .291 .320 .611 72 185 8 2 18 2 1 *6 GG
1973 27 PHI NL 122 476 446 42 94 11 3 0 23 10 6 24 31 .211 .252 .249 .501 39 111 5 1 4 1 8 *6
1974 28 PHI NL 162 717 669 97 184 19 10 1 36 39 11 23 52 .275 .298 .338 .636 75 226 11 1 20 4 0 *6 AS
1975 29 PHI NL 136 628 583 79 178 18 9 2 38 24 6 24 32 .305 .334 .377 .711 95 220 9 2 17 2 0 *6 AS,MVP-22
1976 30 PHI NL 156 672 624 71 155 15 9 0 49 30 8 32 31 .248 .283 .301 .584 64 188 11 0 11 5 3 *6 AS,MVP-29
1977 31 PHI NL 154 675 624 93 175 19 3 4 41 32 3 32 32 .280 .313 .340 .652 72 212 11 0 13 6 2 *6 MVP-25
1978 32 PHI NL 156 692 654 78 192 31 5 3 43 27 5 24 40 .294 .319 .370 .689 92 242 6 1 11 2 1 *6 AS,MVP-3,GG
1979 33 PHI NL 147 619 539 74 130 17 11 0 31 20 9 61 32 .241 .316 .314 .630 71 169 11 1 12 6 5 *6 AS
1980 34 PHI NL 147 577 540 57 144 16 4 2 39 21 6 24 28 .267 .300 .322 .622 71 174 9 3 7 3 7 *6
1981 35 PHI NL 103 391 360 34 102 14 3 0 31 16 7 26 17 .283 .331 .339 .670 88 122 8 0 4 1 2 *6
1982 36 CHC NL 142 549 499 50 123 15 7 0 29 8 3 39 38 .246 .302 .305 .606 69 152 10 1 9 1 5 *6
1983 37 CHC NL 147 544 499 73 133 20 5 2 43 7 3 35 30 .267 .312 .339 .651 78 169 3 0 6 4 1 *6
1984 38 CHC NL 133 423 391 33 87 14 2 0 17 10 4 28 24 .223 .274 .269 .542 49 105 4 0 3 1 5 *6
1985 39 TOT NL 86 234 214 15 50 7 4 0 15 5 1 13 22 .234 .276 .304 .580 57 65 3 0 6 1 2 6/4
1985 39 CHC NL 72 212 195 13 48 6 4 0 13 5 1 11 20 .246 .285 .318 .603 62 62 3 0 5 1 2 6
1985 39 NYM NL 14 22 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .105 .190 .158 .348 -1 3 0 0 1 0 0 /64
16 Seasons 2247 9103 8418 987 2191 262 99 15 525 318 105 474 569 .260 .300 .320 .620 71 2696 121 17 151 43 45
162 Game Avg. 162 656 607 71 158 19 7 1 38 23 8 34 41 .260 .300 .320 .620 71 194 9 1 11 3 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (12 yrs) 1739 7353 6815 816 1798 206 81 13 421 288 94 359 455 .264 .301 .324 .624 72 2205 101 16 127 36 32
CHC (4 yrs) 494 1728 1584 169 391 55 18 2 102 30 11 113 112 .247 .296 .308 .604 66 488 20 1 23 7 13
NYM (1 yr) 14 22 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .105 .190 .158 .348 -1 3 0 0 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 30 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .125 .364 .250 .614 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 31 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 4 18 17 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 2 0 0 0 0
1978 32 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 4 19 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 6 0 0 0 0 0
1980 34 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 5 23 19 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .316 .409 .316 .725 6 0 0 1 0 3
1980 34 PHI NL WS KCR W 6 24 24 3 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .417 .792 10 0 0 0 0 0
1981 35 PHI NL NLDS MON L 5 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 1 0 0
1984 38 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 16 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .250 .267 .517 4 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (7 Series) 32 129 118 11 30 4 0 0 6 4 1 9 5 .254 .307 .288 .595 34 3 0 2 0 3
1 NLDS 5 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 1 0 0
5 NLCS 21 87 77 8 18 2 0 0 3 1 0 9 5 .234 .314 .260 .574 20 3 0 1 0 3
1 WS 6 24 24 3 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .417 .792 10 0 0 0 0 0
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2001-NL-Mgr of the year

Gold Gloves
1972-NL-SS
1978-NL-SS
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1975-NL-22-1%
1976-NL-29-0%
1977-NL-25-0%
1978-NL-3-56%
0.57 Career Shares (387th)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 NL--159--6th
1972 NL--152--5th
1974 NL--162--2nd
1976 NL--156--9th
Career--2247--112th

At Bats s c a p y
1971 NL--650--1st
1972 NL--579--9th
1974 NL--669--3rd
1976 NL--624--7th
1977 NL--624--7th
1978 NL--654--4th
Career--8418--98th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 NL--696--4th
1974 NL--717--4th
1976 NL--672--8th
1977 NL--675--8th
1978 NL--692--6th
Career--9103--127th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1974 NL--97--8th

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL--184--9th
1975 NL--178--10th
1977 NL--175--10th
1978 NL--192--5th
Career--2191--170th

Triples s c a p y
1972 NL--13--1st
1974 NL--10--4th
1975 NL--9--6th
1976 NL--9--5th
1979 NL--11--5th
Career--99--159th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1970 NL--24--9th
1971 NL--28--4th
1974 NL--39--8th
1976 NL--30--8th
Career--318--136th

Singles s c a p y
1971 NL--139--9th
1974 NL--154--6th
1975 NL--149--4th
1976 NL--131--9th
1977 NL--149--3rd
1978 NL--153--1st
Career--1815--76th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL--5--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 NL--18--1st
1974 NL--20--4th
1975 NL--17--3rd
1977 NL--13--3rd
1979 NL--12--8th
Career--151--166th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 NL--13--5th
1971 NL--11--3rd
1972 NL--9--8th
Career--105--93rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1970 NL--11.396--9th
1975 NL--18.219--3rd
1976 NL--20.129--5th
1977 NL--19.500--2nd
1978 NL--16.350--4th
1979 NL--16.844--4th
1980 NL--19.286--4th
1981 NL--21.176--3rd
1982 NL--13.132--8th
1983 NL--16.633--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL--508--1st
1972 NL--471--4th
1974 NL--531--1st
1976 NL--504--3rd
1977 NL--482--7th
1978 NL--486--7th
Career--6647--71st

Oldest s c a p y
1985 NL--born 1945-12-06--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (632), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 70 (256), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (842), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Alfredo Griffin (869)
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  8. Jerry Remy (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Blasingame (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Rabbit Maranville (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tony Taylor (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tony Taylor (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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Name and misspellings: Lawrence Larry lary Robert Bowa

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