Rob Bowen

Robert McClure Bowen

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 24, 1981 in Bedford, TX
High School: Fort Wayne HS (Fort Wayne, IN)
Drafted
by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2003
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics/Twins/Cubs 2003-2008
Agents: SFX [*]
Final Game: September 24, 2008
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Standard Batting

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
2003 22 MIN AL 7 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .091 .100 .191 -50 1 1 0 0 1 0 /2
2004 23 MIN AL 17 32 27 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 10 .111 .226 .222 .448 17 6 1 0 1 0 0 2/D
2006 25 SDP NL 94 110 94 22 23 5 0 3 13 0 1 13 26 .245 .339 .394 .733 96 37 1 1 1 1 0 2/3D
2007 26 TOT MLB 61 188 156 21 36 10 0 4 18 1 2 27 61 .231 .344 .372 .716 92 58 2 1 2 2 3 2
2007 26 TOT NL 40 134 113 15 24 9 0 2 13 1 2 17 41 .212 .316 .345 .661 76 39 2 1 1 2 3 2
2007 26 SDP NL 30 98 82 12 22 8 0 2 11 1 2 13 28 .268 .371 .439 .810 119 36 0 1 1 1 3 2
2007 26 CHC NL 10 36 31 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .065 .167 .097 .263 -30 3 2 0 0 1 0 /2
2007 26 OAK AL 21 54 43 6 12 1 0 2 5 0 0 10 20 .279 .415 .442 .857 133 19 0 0 1 0 0 2
2008 27 OAK AL 37 98 91 6 16 5 1 1 9 0 0 4 38 .176 .219 .286 .504 36 26 2 1 2 0 0 2/3D
5 Yrs 216 439 378 50 79 20 1 9 43 1 3 48 139 .209 .300 .339 .639 71 128 7 3 6 4 3
162 Game Avg. 162 329 284 38 59 15 1 7 32 1 2 36 104 .209 .300 .339 .639 71 96 5 2 5 3 2
MIN (2 yrs) 24 43 37 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 14 .108 .190 .189 .380 -1 7 2 0 1 1 0
OAK (2 yrs) 58 152 134 12 28 6 1 3 14 0 0 14 58 .209 .289 .336 .624 70 45 2 1 3 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 124 208 176 34 45 13 0 5 24 1 3 26 54 .256 .354 .415 .769 106 73 1 2 2 2 3
CHC (1 yr) 10 36 31 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .065 .167 .097 .263 -30 3 2 0 0 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 134 244 207 37 47 14 0 5 26 1 3 30 67 .227 .326 .367 .694 85 76 3 2 2 3 3
AL (4 yrs) 82 195 171 13 32 6 1 4 17 0 0 18 72 .187 .267 .304 .571 54 52 4 1 4 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 22 MIN AL 7 11 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .456 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /2
2004 23 MIN AL 17 32 -4 -1 0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .471 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 2/D
2006 25 SDP NL 94 110 -1 -0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.3 .499 .500 0.4 0.0 3 $ 2/3D
2007 26 SDP NL 30 98 2 -0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .511 .502 0.6 0.1 6 $382,300 2
2007 26 CHC NL 10 36 -6 -0 0 -1 0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .429 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $ /2
2007 26 OAK AL 21 54 3 -0 0 -3 1 0 0.1 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 $ 2
2008 27 OAK AL 37 98 -6 -0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .484 .496 -0.2 0.2 -2 $410,000 2/3D
5 Seasons 216 439 -15 -2 0 -7 6 -18 -1.7 13 -5 -0.4 .492 .498 0.3 0.0 2 $792,300
MIN (2 yrs) 24 43 -6 -1 0 -2 1 -8 -0.8 2 -7 -0.7 .467 .498 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $
OAK (2 yrs) 58 152 -4 -1 -0 -3 2 -5 -0.5 5 -0 0.0 .491 .498 0.3 0.0 3 $410,000
SDP (2 yrs) 124 208 1 -1 0 -1 3 3 0.3 6 8 0.9 .502 .501 1.0 0.2 9 $382,300
CHC (1 yr) 10 36 -6 -0 0 -1 0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .429 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2003 22 MIN AL 11 11 0 0.0 108 .143 .100 .269 .091 .335 .100 .430 .191 .766 -50 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
2004 23 MIN AL 32 26 1 1.0 111 .125 .111 .273 .226 .341 .222 .438 .448 .779 17 .049 -3.6 -0.3 .400 .259 .111 .0
2006 25 SDP NL 110 75 13 4.6 105 .303 .245 .261 .339 .330 .394 .424 .733 .755 96 .458 0.0 0.0 .685 .277 .149 .0
2007 26 TOT MLB 188 128 24 5.0 105 .344 .231 .265 .344 .333 .372 .421 .716 .754 92 .496 -0.5 -0.1 .685 .308 .141 1.6
2007 26 TOT NL 134 96 15 4.2 106 .306 .212 .265 .316 .334 .345 .424 .661 .758 76 .414 -3.1 -0.3 .602 .274 .133 1.3
2007 26 SDP NL 98 64 14 5.9 102 .377 .268 .260 .371 .328 .439 .416 .810 .744 119 .566 3.2 0.3 .790 .317 .171 1.3
2007 26 CHC NL 36 32 1 0.8 115 .105 .065 .279 .167 .349 .097 .445 .263 .794 -30 .036 -6.3 -0.6 .226 .161 .032
2007 26 OAK AL 54 32 9 7.5 102 .476 .279 .264 .415 .330 .442 .412 .857 .743 133 .674 2.6 0.2 .935 .395 .163 .0
2008 27 OAK AL 98 79 5 1.7 100 .288 .176 .261 .219 .328 .286 .410 .504 .738 36 .122 -8.4 -0.8 .403 .154 .110 .0
5 Yrs 439 319 43 3.6 104 .299 .209 .264 .300 .332 .339 .421 .639 .752 71 .350 -14.6 -1.4 .573 .251 .130 1.8
162 Game Avg. 329 239 32 3.6 104 .299 .209 .264 .300 .332 .339 .421 .639 .752 71 .350 -14.6 -1.4 .573 .251 .130 1
MIN (2 yrs) 43 37 1 0.7 110 .130 .108 .272 .190 .340 .189 .436 .380 .776 -1 .027 -5.7 -0.5 .314 .189 .081 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 152 111 14 3.4 101 .342 .209 .262 .289 .329 .336 .411 .624 .739 70 .328 -5.8 -0.6 .556 .231 .127 .0
SDP (2 yrs) 208 139 27 5.2 103 .336 .256 .261 .354 .329 .415 .421 .769 .750 106 .511 3.3 0.3 .733 .295 .159 1.7
CHC (1 yr) 36 32 1 0.8 115 .105 .065 .279 .167 .349 .097 .445 .263 .794 -30 .036 -6.3 -0.6 .226 .161 .032
NL (2 yrs) 244 171 28 4.4 105 .304 .227 .264 .326 .332 .367 .424 .694 .756 85 .433 -3.1 -0.3 .639 .275 .140 1.7
AL (4 yrs) 195 148 15 2.7 103 .292 .187 .264 .267 .331 .304 .416 .571 .747 54 .244 -11.5 -1.1 .497 .222 .117 .0

Postseason Batting

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
2006 25 SDP NL NLDS STL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 22 MIN AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 10.0 1.33 2.50 64% 14% 0.0% 0%
2004 23 MIN AL 32 3.1% 31.3% 12.5% 3.1% 33% 2.50 2.7 27.0 13.5 1.13 1.67 50% 11% 12.5% 0%
2006 25 SDP NL 110 2.7% 23.6% 11.8% 7.3% 35% 2.00 3.6 31.3 7.2 0.97 1.45 60% 20% 9.1% 6%
2007 26 TOT MLB 188 2.1% 32.5% 14.4% 7.5% 39% 2.26 2.6 39.0 8.7 0.66 1.00 49% 25% 7.7% 7%
2007 26 TOT NL 134 1.5% 30.6% 12.7% 8.2% 46% 2.41 2.8 56.5 8.7 0.65 0.89 54% 21% 5.1% 9%
2007 26 SDP NL 98 2.0% 28.6% 13.3% 10.2% 46% 2.15 2.9 41.0 7.5 0.61 0.70 54% 20% 6.9% 12%
2007 26 CHC NL 36 0.0% 36.1% 11.1% 2.8% 50% 3.25 2.4 15.5 0.80 1.38 53% 26% 0.0% 0%
2007 26 OAK AL 54 3.7% 37.0% 18.5% 5.6% 25% 2.00 2.2 21.5 8.6 0.69 1.60 39% 38% 15.4% 0%
2008 27 OAK AL 98 1.0% 38.8% 4.1% 7.1% 44% 9.50 2.4 91.0 10.1 0.83 1.11 53% 15% 4.5% 24%
5 Yrs 439 2.1% 31.7% 10.9% 6.8% 38% 2.90 2.7 42.0 8.8 0.82 1.23 53% 20% 7.6% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.9% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.99 5.3 32.4 7.6 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 22 MIN AL -2.2 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.48 -0.2 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.05 -2.6 0.28 1
2004 23 MIN AL -3.6 -0.3 32 -0.6 0.2 -0.7 .94 -0.3 -0.3 -4.3 -0.4 0.88 -4.4 0.02 1
2006 25 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 113 0.0 2.3 -2.2 1.18 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.02 -1.6 1.25 30
2007 26 TOT MLB -0.5 -0.1 192 -0.7 2.3 -3.0 .89 -0.1 -0.7 -1.6 -0.1 0.96 -0.9 1.41 4
2007 26 TOT NL -3.1 -0.3 138 -1.1 1.2 -2.4 .92 -0.4 -0.8 -4.2 -0.4 0.97 -3.8 1.41 4
2007 26 SDP NL 3.2 0.3 102 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 .90 0.2 -0.9 2.8 0.3 0.94 3.4 1.88 3
2007 26 CHC NL -6.3 -0.6 36 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .99 -0.6 0.0 -7.0 -0.7 1.05 -7.1 0.01 1
2007 26 OAK AL 2.6 0.2 54 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .83 0.3 0.2 2.6 0.3 0.92 2.9 0
2008 27 OAK AL -8.5 -0.8 99 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 1.03 -0.5 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.96 -6.0 3.18 3
5 Yrs -14.8 -1.4 448 -1.8 6.5 -8.3 1.02 -1.2 -0.5 -12.3 -1.2 0.97 -15.5 1.36 39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 22 MIN AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 23 MIN AL 0 0 0% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2006 25 SDP NL 0 0 56% 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25% 6 6 0 3 2 1 3 1 2
2007 26 TOT MLB 1 0 28% 79 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 47% 7 6 1 3 3 0 9 1 8
2007 26 TOT NL 1 0 33% 52 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 43% 5 5 0 2 2 0 7 1 6
2007 26 SDP NL 1 0 29% 45 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 44% 3 3 0 1 1 0 5 1 4
2007 26 CHC NL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
2007 26 OAK AL 0 0 20% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
2008 27 OAK AL 3 0 25% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0
5 Yrs 4 0 34% 167 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 36% 19 18 1 10 6 4 13 2 10

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 22 MIN AL 11 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 8 1 13% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2004 23 MIN AL 32 100% 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.02 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 14 1 7% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2006 25 SDP NL 110 100% 23 2 0 30 7 1 4 1.25 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 11 2 18% 78 10 13% 9 3 33% 6 1 17% 0
2007 26 TOT MLB 188 100% 36 3 1 4 0 0 0 1.41 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 0 3 2 67% 42 2 5% 15 6 40% 117 14 12% 10 6 60% 7 3 43% 0
2007 26 TOT NL 134 100% 24 3 1 4 0 0 0 1.41 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 32 2 6% 11 5 45% 86 11 13% 10 6 60% 5 2 40% 0
2007 26 SDP NL 98 100% 22 3 1 3 0 0 0 1.88 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 21 0 0% 6 4 67% 57 9 16% 7 5 71% 3 1 33% 0
2007 26 CHC NL 36 100% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 5 1 20% 29 2 7% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
2007 26 OAK AL 54 100% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 4 1 25% 31 3 10% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2008 27 OAK AL 98 100% 16 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.18 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 24 2 8% 12 2 17% 63 10 16% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
5 Yrs 439 100% 79 7 1 39 8 2 5 1.36 9 0 16 7 2 3 6 0 7 6 86% 96 7 7% 46 12 26% 280 36 13% 28 12 43% 18 5 28% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 22 MIN AL 11 37 3.36 24 65% 29% 25% 17% 29% 71% 0% 46% 65% 36% 0% 0 0 18% 2 2 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2004 23 MIN AL 32 139 4.34 84 60% 29% 20% 30% 21% 71% 0% 43% 72% 19% 3% 1 0 16% 5 3 3% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
2006 25 SDP NL 111 457 4.12 276 60% 27% 21% 26% 25% 73% 0% 44% 71% 32% 5% 6 0 18% 20 11 6% 7 7 35% -1 0 0
2007 26 TOT MLB 189 788 4.17 457 58% 36% 21% 22% 22% 64% 4% 37% 68% 35% 5% 9 0 15% 28 10 10% 18 12 56% -1 0 0
2007 26 TOT NL 135 538 3.99 315 59% 35% 21% 20% 24% 65% 5% 38% 67% 35% 5% 7 0 16% 21 8 12% 16 11 51% -1 0 0
2007 26 SDP NL 98 387 3.95 223 58% 37% 18% 20% 25% 63% 7% 36% 72% 33% 5% 5 0 17% 17 7 12% 12 8 54% 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL 37 151 4.08 92 61% 32% 29% 18% 21% 68% 0% 42% 57% 41% 5% 2 0 11% 4 1 11% 4 3 46% -1 0 0
2007 26 OAK AL 54 250 4.63 142 57% 38% 19% 26% 17% 62% 0% 35% 69% 35% 4% 2 0 13% 7 2 4% 2 1 65% 0 0 0
2008 27 OAK AL 98 414 4.22 266 64% 25% 27% 27% 21% 75% 0% 48% 63% 41% 1% 1 0 9% 9 4 4% 4 4 34% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 441 1835 4.16 1107 60% 31% 22% 24% 22% 69% 2% 42% 68% 34% 4% 17 0 15% 64 30 7% 30 23 44% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 22 7 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .091 .100 .191 -50 1 1 0 0 1 0
2004 23 24 43 37 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 14 .108 .190 .189 .380 -1 7 2 0 1 1 0
2005 24 24 43 37 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 14 .108 .190 .189 .380 -1 7 2 0 1 1 0
2006 25 118 153 131 23 27 5 0 4 16 0 1 17 40 .206 .298 .336 .634 68 44 3 1 2 2 0
2007 26 179 341 287 44 63 15 0 8 34 1 3 44 101 .220 .323 .355 .679 81 102 5 2 4 4 3
2008 27 216 439 378 50 79 20 1 9 43 1 3 48 139 .209 .300 .339 .639 71 128 7 3 6 4 3

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 22 7 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
2004 23 17 32 27 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 .111 .226 .222 .448 1 17
2006 25 94 112 95 23 24 5 0 3 14 0 14 26 .253 .351 .400 .751 13 94
2007 26 61 191 158 21 38 11 0 4 18 1 28 61 .241 .354 .386 .741 22 61
2008 27 37 99 92 7 17 5 1 1 10 0 4 38 .185 .227 .293 .520 6 37
5 Yrs 216 445 382 52 82 21 1 9 43 1 50 139 .215 .308 .346 .653 42 216
162 Game Avg. 162 334 287 39 62 16 1 7 32 1 38 104 .215 .308 .346 .653 32 216

* 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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