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Michael Bowden

Michael Matthew Bowden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 9, 1986 in Winfield, IL
High School: Waubonsie Valley HS (Aurora, IL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (47th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 2008
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$484k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.143, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 21 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 137 1.600 12.6 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
2009 22 BOS AL 1 1 .500 9.56 8 1 3 0 0 0 16.0 23 17 17 3 6 0 12 0 0 3 75 50 1.813 12.9 1.7 3.4 6.8 2.00
2010 23 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4.70 14 0 7 0 0 0 15.1 20 8 8 2 4 0 13 0 0 2 66 95 1.565 11.7 1.2 2.3 7.6 3.25
2011 24 BOS AL 0 0 4.05 14 0 9 0 0 0 20.0 19 9 9 3 11 0 17 0 0 3 90 107 1.500 8.6 1.4 5.0 7.7 1.55
2012 25 TOT MLB 0 0 6.39 12 0 7 0 0 0 12.2 16 9 9 3 6 1 11 0 0 0 58 66 1.737 11.4 2.1 4.3 7.8 1.83
2012 25 BOS AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 157 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2012 25 CHC NL 0 0 7.45 10 0 5 0 0 0 9.2 14 8 8 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 47 54 1.966 13.0 1.9 4.7 7.4 1.60
5 Yrs 2 2 .500 5.87 49 2 26 0 0 0 69.0 85 45 45 11 28 1 56 0 0 8 311 76 1.638 11.1 1.4 3.7 7.3 2.00
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 5.87 65 3 35 0 0 0 92 113 60 60 15 37 1 75 0 0 11 415 76 1.638 11.1 1.4 3.7 7.3 2.00
BOS (5 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.61 39 2 21 0 0 0 59.1 71 37 37 9 23 0 48 0 0 8 264 81 1.584 10.8 1.4 3.5 7.3 2.09
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 7.45 10 0 5 0 0 0 9.2 14 8 8 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 47 54 1.966 13.0 1.9 4.7 7.4 1.60
AL (5 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.61 39 2 21 0 0 0 59.1 71 37 37 9 23 0 48 0 0 8 264 81 1.584 10.8 1.4 3.5 7.3 2.09
NL (1 yr) 0 0 7.45 10 0 5 0 0 0 9.2 14 8 8 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 47 54 1.966 13.0 1.9 4.7 7.4 1.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 21 BOS AL 5.0 1 1 2 3.60 4.89 0.15 0.19 112.0 5.51 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .605 .501 $
2009 22 BOS AL 16.0 8 1 17 9.56 5.11 -0.13 -0.27 106.9 5.31 -8 -0.7 .4 0.1 -0.4 -6 .412 .496 $
2010 23 BOS AL 15.1 14 0 8 4.70 4.78 0.18 -0.37 107.5 4.55 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .497 .500 $
2011 24 BOS AL 20.0 14 0 9 4.05 4.53 0.21 -0.35 107.3 4.27 0 0.0 .2 -0.1 0.2 3 .503 .500 $
2012 25 BOS AL 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 4.46 0.51 -0.33 107.8 3.91 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .516 .500 $
2012 25 CHC NL 9.2 10 0 8 7.45 4.38 0.23 -0.33 100.0 3.82 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -3 .458 .497 $
5 Seasons 69.0 49 2 45 5.87 4.72 0.14 -0.29 106.6 4.58 -10 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.3 -2 .480 .499 $
BOS (5 yrs) 59.1 39 2 37 5.61 4.78 0.12 -0.28 107.7 4.71 -6 -0.6 .5 -0.0 0.0 1 .486 .499 $
CHC (1 yr) 9.2 10 0 8 7.45 4.38 0.23 -0.33 100.0 3.82 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -3 .458 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 21 BOS AL 1 22 21 2 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 .571 .935 .389 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 22 BOS AL 8 75 69 17 23 8 0 3 1 0 6 12 .333 .387 .580 .966 .370 40 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 23 BOS AL 14 66 62 8 20 6 1 2 5 0 4 13 .323 .364 .548 .912 .383 34 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 24 BOS AL 14 90 79 9 19 1 0 3 2 1 11 17 .241 .333 .367 .700 .271 29 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 25 BOS AL 2 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .273 .500 .773 .167 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 CHC NL 10 47 40 8 14 4 0 2 2 0 5 8 .350 .413 .600 1.013 .387 24 0 0 1 1 1 0
2012 25 TOT MLB 12 58 50 9 16 4 0 3 2 0 6 11 .320 .386 .580 .966 .351 29 1 0 1 1 1 0
5 Yrs 49 311 281 45 85 22 2 11 10 1 28 56 .302 .365 .512 .877 .344 144 3 0 1 1 1 1
162 Game Avg. 65 415 375 60 113 29 3 15 13 1 37 75 .302 .365 .512 .877 .344 192 4 0 1 1 1 1
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 21 BOS AL 0.8 0.1 22 0.1 0.5 -0.3 1.01 -0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.01 -0.1 0 0 0
2009 22 BOS AL -7.5 -0.7 79 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .38 -0.5 -0.2 -8.9 -0.8 0.38 -5.2 0 2 5
2010 23 BOS AL -0.1 -0.0 75 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .44 -0.3 -0.9 -3.4 -0.3 0.44 -1.7 3 1 9
2011 24 BOS AL 0.9 0.1 96 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .16 -0.2 0.4 5.2 0.5 0.16 1.2 0 1 9
2012 25 TOT MLB -2.7 -0.3 59 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .36 -0.2 -1.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.36 -3.7 1 2 7
2012 25 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.0 -0.3 0.6 0.1 0.02 -0.9 0 0 1
2012 25 CHC NL -3.3 -0.3 48 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .44 -0.2 -1.2 -5.8 -0.6 0.44 -2.8 1 2 6
5 Yrs -8.6 -0.8 331 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 .37 -1.2 -2.2 -11.5 -1.0 0.37 -9.4 4 6 30

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 21 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 0 0 0 1 9.0 11.3 5.0 89 0 1 0 0 89
2009 22 BOS AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19.0 19 19 2 0 1 0 7.5 9.0 3.0 67 1 0 0 0 67
2 Yrs 9 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 47 19 2 0 1 1 8.4 10.5 4.0 78 1 1 0 0 89
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2009 22 BOS AL 8 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% 8 .384 0 2 5 2 0 5 2 5 5 0 5 1 5.6 34
2010 23 BOS AL 14 14 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 7 .440 3 1 9 1 3 10 6 8 5 3 6 1 3.3 19
2011 24 BOS AL 14 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 8 .155 0 1 9 5 0 9 3 11 7 2 7 1 4.3 27
2012 25 TOT MLB 12 12 7 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 7 47% .359 1 2 7 2 0 10 7 5 3 3 3 1 3.2 18
2012 25 BOS AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .021 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 20
2012 25 CHC NL 10 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 7 47% 9 .438 1 2 6 2 0 8 7 3 2 3 2 1 2.9 18
4 Yrs 48 47 26 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 34 17 50% .320 4 6 30 10 3 34 18 29 20 8 21 4 3.9 23

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 21 BOS AL 22 59% 0.0% 13.6% 4.6% 18.2% 57% 0.20 0.20 82% 11% 0.0% 13% 3 0 0%
2009 22 BOS AL 75 44% 4.0% 16.0% 8.0% 14.7% 48% 0.73 1.12 72% 14% 10.3% 12% 9 1 11%
2010 23 BOS AL 66 52% 3.0% 19.7% 6.1% 13.6% 45% 0.36 0.45 71% 24% 5.6% 0% 7 1 14%
2011 24 BOS AL 90 62% 3.3% 18.9% 12.2% 4.4% 21% 0.41 0.40 66% 19% 9.4% 27% 14 0 0%
2012 25 TOT MLB 58 52% 5.2% 19.0% 10.3% 12.1% 44% 0.60 0.59 64% 20% 14.3% 16% 10 1 10%
2012 25 BOS AL 11 64% 9.1% 27.3% 9.1% 9.1% 50% 1.33 2.00 55% 0% 50.0% 33% 3 1 33%
2012 25 CHC NL 47 49% 4.3% 17.0% 10.6% 12.8% 43% 0.50 0.40 66% 24% 10.5% 14% 7 0 0%
5 Yrs 311 53% 3.5% 18.0% 9.0% 11.3% 41% 0.48 0.55 69% 19% 8.4% 14% 43 3 7%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 21 BOS AL 22 89 4.05 62 70% 26% 15% 31% 29% 74% 0% 52% 80% 77% 5% 1 1 45% 10 5 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 22 BOS AL 75 306 4.08 173 57% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 0% 40% 80% 56% 9% 7 6 12% 9 4 0 25% 0 1 0 0 0
2010 23 BOS AL 66 266 4.03 164 62% 23% 16% 31% 30% 77% 0% 48% 79% 53% 5% 3 1 21% 14 6 1 23% 2 2 0 0 0
2011 24 BOS AL 90 377 4.19 234 62% 29% 10% 35% 26% 71% 0% 44% 86% 60% 1% 1 1 16% 14 7 0 41% 1 0 0 0 0
2012 25 TOT MLB 58 218 3.76 134 61% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 5% 45% 82% 53% 3% 2 1 21% 12 8 0 45% 3 0 0 0 0
2012 25 BOS AL 11 40 3.64 28 70% 25% 18% 32% 25% 75% 0% 53% 76% 73% 0% 0 0 36% 4 3 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0
2012 25 CHC NL 47 178 3.79 106 60% 27% 12% 28% 32% 73% 6% 43% 83% 49% 4% 2 1 17% 8 5 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 311 1256 4.04 767 61% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 1% 45% 82% 58% 5% 14 10 19% 59 30 2 34% 6 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 21 BOS AL 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 22 BOS AL 75 23 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 9 9 0 100% 0 3 0 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 23 BOS AL 66 20 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 67% 0 2 0 26 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2011 24 BOS AL 90 19 3 0 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 6 0 4 0% 1 3 0 29 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2012 25 TOT MLB 58 16 4 0 3 1 7 3 0 1 2 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 21 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012 25 BOS AL 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 CHC NL 47 14 3 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 17 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 311 85 11 0 11 1 16 9 2 8 3 24 15 6 63% 1 8 0 112 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 21 1 0 1.000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 137 1.600 12.6 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00 137
2009 22 2 1 .667 8.14 9 2 3 0 0 0 21.0 30 19 19 3 7 0 15 0 0 3 97 59 1.762 12.9 1.3 3.0 6.4 2.14 59
2010 23 2 2 .500 6.69 23 2 10 0 0 0 36.1 50 27 27 5 11 0 28 0 0 5 163 69 1.679 12.4 1.2 2.7 6.9 2.55 69
2011 24 2 2 .500 5.75 37 2 19 0 0 0 56.1 69 36 36 8 22 0 45 0 0 8 253 79 1.615 11.0 1.3 3.5 7.2 2.05 79
2012 25 2 2 .500 5.87 49 2 26 0 0 0 69.0 85 45 45 11 28 1 56 0 0 8 311 76 1.638 11.1 1.4 3.7 7.3 2.00 76

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 21 0 0 3.60 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 3 0 1.600 12.6 1.8 5.4 3.00 0.0 1
2009 22 0 1 .000 8.44 16.0 22 17 15 3 6 12 0 1.750 12.4 3.4 6.8 2.00 1.7 8
2010 23 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 20 9 8 2 4 12 0 1.714 12.9 2.6 7.7 3.00 1.3 14
2011 24 1 1 .500 4.05 20.0 19 10 9 3 11 17 0 1.500 8.6 5.0 7.7 1.55 1.4 14
2012 25 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 16 10 9 3 6 10 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 2.3 12
5 Yrs 1 4 .200 5.78 67.0 84 48 43 11 28 54 0 1.672 11.3 7.3 1.93 1.5 49

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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