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Sam Bowens

Samuel Edward Bowens

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: March 23, 1938 in Wilmington, NC
High School: Williston HS (Wilmington, NC)
School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1963
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Senators 1963-1969

Final Game: July 26, 1969
Died: March 28, 2003 in Wilmington, NC
Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Wilmington, NC
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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
1963 25 BAL AL 15 52 48 8 16 3 1 1 9 1 1 4 5 .333 .385 .500 .885 151 24 0 0 0 0 1 9
1964 26 BAL AL 139 553 501 58 132 25 2 22 71 4 3 42 99 .263 .323 .453 .776 114 227 14 4 2 4 1 *97
1965 27 BAL AL 84 222 203 16 33 4 1 7 20 7 1 10 41 .163 .199 .296 .495 38 60 10 0 6 3 0 97
1966 28 BAL AL 89 269 243 26 51 9 1 6 20 9 3 17 52 .210 .275 .329 .605 74 80 8 5 4 0 2 97/8
1967 29 BAL AL 62 132 120 13 22 2 1 5 12 3 4 11 43 .183 .258 .342 .599 76 41 0 1 0 0 0 79
1968 30 WSA AL 57 127 115 14 22 4 0 4 7 0 0 11 39 .191 .262 .330 .592 82 38 0 0 1 0 0 97/8
1969 31 WSA AL 33 64 57 6 11 1 0 0 4 1 1 5 14 .193 .258 .211 .469 36 12 1 0 1 0 0 9/78
7 Yrs 479 1419 1287 141 287 48 6 45 143 25 13 100 293 .223 .283 .375 .657 86 482 33 10 14 7 4
162 Game Avg. 162 480 435 48 97 16 2 15 48 8 4 34 99 .223 .283 .375 .657 86 163 11 3 5 2 1
BAL (5 yrs) 389 1228 1115 121 254 43 6 41 132 24 12 84 240 .228 .286 .387 .674 89 432 32 10 12 7 4
WSA (2 yrs) 90 191 172 20 33 5 0 4 11 1 1 16 53 .192 .261 .291 .551 66 50 1 0 2 0 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
1963 25 BAL AL 15 52 4 -1 0 -4 -1 -1 -0.2 1 0 0.0 .491 .499 0.5 -0.5 4 $ 9
1964 26 BAL AL 139 553 11 1 -1 4 -7 8 0.6 15 23 2.1 .506 .505 1.9 -0.6 20 $ *97
1965 27 BAL AL 84 222 -17 0 -0 5 -3 -15 -1.8 6 -9 -1.1 .479 .489 -1.7 0.2 -14 $ 97
1966 28 BAL AL 89 269 -10 2 -1 1 -4 -11 -1.4 8 -4 -0.7 .485 .492 -0.7 -0.4 -5 $ 97/8
1967 29 BAL AL 62 132 -3 -1 0 1 -2 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .491 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -2 $14,000 79
1968 30 WSA AL 57 127 -3 -0 0 -1 -1 -6 -0.8 4 -2 -0.4 .488 .496 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $15,000 97/8
1969 31 WSA AL 33 64 -4 0 0 1 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 9/78
7 Seasons 479 1419 -22 2 -2 7 -19 -33 -4.6 40 6 -0.5 .492 .496 -1.0 -1.8 -1 $29,000
BAL (5 yrs) 389 1228 -15 2 -2 7 -16 -24 -3.4 34 10 0.1 .493 .496 -0.4 -1.4 3 $14,000
WSA (2 yrs) 90 191 -7 0 0 0 -2 -9 -1.2 5 -4 -0.6 .488 .497 -0.6 -0.4 -4 $15,000

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
1963 25 BAL AL 52 33 9 7.4 91 .357 .333 .251 .385 .316 .500 .387 .885 .704 151 .737 3.2 0.3 .848 .250 .167 1.0
1964 26 BAL AL 553 392 71 4.9 96 .286 .263 .256 .323 .324 .453 .397 .776 .721 114 .564 8.7 0.9 .710 .275 .190 6.8
1965 27 BAL AL 222 190 10 1.4 93 .165 .163 .253 .199 .323 .296 .388 .495 .711 38 .129 -17.7 -1.9 .420 .212 .133 7.0
1966 28 BAL AL 269 207 21 2.7 89 .243 .210 .247 .275 .314 .329 .381 .605 .695 74 .343 -8.4 -0.9 .532 .214 .119 7.2
1967 29 BAL AL 132 102 10 2.6 85 .236 .183 .243 .258 .312 .342 .365 .599 .677 76 .347 -4.1 -0.5 .510 .242 .158 3.8
1968 30 WSA AL 127 94 11 3.2 77 .250 .191 .234 .262 .302 .330 .346 .592 .648 82 .451 -2.7 -0.3 .527 .235 .139 .0
1969 31 WSA AL 64 49 3 1.6 90 .256 .193 .247 .258 .323 .211 .373 .469 .696 36 .152 -4.8 -0.5 .354 .105 .018 .0
7 Yrs 1419 1067 135 3.4 91 .253 .223 .250 .283 .319 .375 .384 .657 .702 86 .424 -25.8 -2.8 .577 .239 .152 32.1
162 Game Avg. 480 361 46 3.4 91 .253 .223 .250 .283 .319 .375 .384 .657 .702 86 .424 -25.8 -2.8 .577 .239 .152 11
BAL (5 yrs) 1228 924 121 3.5 93 .253 .228 .252 .286 .320 .387 .388 .674 .708 89 .435 -18.4 -2.0 .594 .246 .160 30.3
WSA (2 yrs) 191 143 14 2.6 81 .252 .192 .238 .261 .309 .291 .355 .551 .664 66 .344 -7.4 -0.8 .468 .192 .099 1.6

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
1963 25 BAL AL 52 1.9% 9.6% 7.7% 9.6% 31% 1.25 9.6 48.0 5.3 0.63 81%
1964 26 BAL AL 553 4.0% 17.9% 7.6% 8.9% 37% 2.36 5.1 22.8 7.1 1.01 69%
1965 27 BAL AL 222 3.2% 18.5% 4.5% 5.4% 36% 4.10 5.0 29.0 10.2 1.12 71%
1966 28 BAL AL 269 2.2% 19.3% 6.3% 6.0% 31% 3.06 4.7 40.5 12.2 1.00 69%
1967 29 BAL AL 132 3.8% 32.6% 8.3% 6.1% 36% 3.91 2.8 24.0 10.0 0.93 55%
1968 30 WSA AL 127 3.2% 30.7% 8.7% 6.3% 36% 3.55 2.9 28.8 16.4 0.53 57%
1969 31 WSA AL 64 0.0% 21.9% 7.8% 1.6% 9% 2.80 4.1 14.3 0.94 67%
7 Yrs 1419 3.2% 20.7% 7.1% 7.0% 35% 2.93 4.4 28.6 9.0 0.96 67%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.6% 8.0% 6.1% 28% 1.94 5.8 43.1 9.3 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 25 BAL AL 3.2 0.3 54 0.9 1.5 -0.6 .85 0.3 0.8 5.9 0.6 0.98 3.6 0.67 2
1964 26 BAL AL 8.7 0.9 569 0.9 11.1 -10.1 1.00 2.3 -1.4 5.2 0.5 0.97 20.5 0.76 5
1965 27 BAL AL -17.7 -1.9 235 -1.9 3.2 -5.1 1.08 -1.3 -0.5 -18.8 -2.0 0.97 -15.4 1.46 13
1966 28 BAL AL -8.4 -0.9 285 -1.0 4.7 -5.7 1.12 -0.5 -0.3 -12.6 -1.4 0.98 -7.2 1.69 19
1967 29 BAL AL -4.1 -0.5 142 -0.4 2.3 -2.7 1.07 -0.2 -0.3 -6.9 -0.8 1.00 -2.7 1.45 26
1968 30 WSA AL -2.8 -0.3 128 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 .96 -0.4 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.88 -1.8 0.96 28
1969 31 WSA AL -4.8 -0.5 66 0.3 1.7 -1.4 1.33 -0.2 0.5 -2.9 -0.3 1.09 -3.1 3.41 3
7 Yrs -25.9 -2.9 1479 -1.7 26.1 -27.8 1.05 -0.1 -1.6 -33.1 -3.6 0.97 -6.2 1.37 96

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
1963 25 BAL AL 2 0 37% 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 75% 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
1964 26 BAL AL 9 0 23% 187 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 69% 22 9 12 4 0 4 13 2 11
1965 27 BAL AL 2 0 25% 48 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 58% 6 2 4 0 0 0 6 3 3
1966 28 BAL AL 0 0 30% 75 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 79% 11 3 8 2 0 2 6 1 5
1967 29 BAL AL 1 0 28% 29 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 60% 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
1968 30 WSA AL 0 0 35% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 1
1969 31 WSA AL 1 0 38% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 75% 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
7 Yrs 15 0 27% 428 25 13 66% 24 12 1 1 0 0 6 0 13 28 66% 49 19 29 10 3 7 36 9 27

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
1963 25 BAL AL 52 38% 16 2 0 0 0 0.67 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 2 0 0% 32 8 25% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1964 26 BAL AL 553 41% 132 5 0 0 0 0.76 22 0 18 11 11 13 9 0 4 2 50% 95 14 15% 62 17 27% 362 52 14% 30 11 37% 33 11 33% 0
1965 27 BAL AL 222 47% 33 13 2 0 1 1.46 7 0 4 2 5 3 4 0 7 6 86% 49 10 20% 31 12 39% 130 13 10% 8 4 50% 7 4 57% 0
1966 28 BAL AL 269 56% 51 19 5 0 1 1.69 6 0 10 2 4 3 3 0 4 4 100% 46 8 17% 23 6 26% 164 16 10% 15 4 27% 9 7 78% 0
1967 29 BAL AL 132 73% 22 26 6 3 4 1.45 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 27 0 0% 14 0 0% 90 7 8% 11 2 18% 8 3 38% 0
1968 30 WSA AL 127 54% 22 28 6 1 1 0.96 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 100% 18 0 0% 8 1 13% 65 3 5% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1969 31 WSA AL 64 72% 11 3 0 0 0 3.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 20 1 5% 6 1 17% 50 5 10% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 0
7 Yrs 1419 50% 287 96 19 4 7 1.37 45 0 41 19 26 25 20 0 17 14 82% 267 33 12% 146 37 25% 893 104 12% 73 23 32% 66 29 44% 0
MLB Averages 53% 78% 10% 30% 13% 46% 51%

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
1963 25 15 52 48 8 16 3 1 1 9 1 1 4 5 .333 .385 .500 .885 151 24 0 0 0 0 1
1964 26 154 605 549 66 148 28 3 23 80 5 4 46 104 .270 .328 .457 .786 117 251 14 4 2 4 2
1965 27 238 827 752 82 181 32 4 30 100 12 5 56 145 .241 .294 .414 .708 96 311 24 4 8 7 2
1966 28 327 1096 995 108 232 41 5 36 120 21 8 73 197 .233 .290 .393 .683 91 391 32 9 12 7 4
1967 29 389 1228 1115 121 254 43 6 41 132 24 12 84 240 .228 .286 .387 .674 89 432 32 10 12 7 4
1968 30 446 1355 1230 135 276 47 6 45 139 24 12 95 279 .224 .284 .382 .666 89 470 32 10 13 7 4
1969 31 479 1419 1287 141 287 48 6 45 143 25 13 100 293 .223 .283 .375 .657 86 482 33 10 14 7 4

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
1963 25 15 53 49 9 17 3 1 1 10 1 4 5 .347 .396 .510 .906 10 15
1964 26 138 559 505 63 138 26 2 23 77 4 44 98 .273 .334 .469 .803 79 139
1965 27 84 223 204 17 34 4 1 7 21 7 10 41 .167 .203 .299 .502 13 84
1966 28 90 277 249 30 56 10 1 7 23 10 19 52 .225 .293 .357 .650 24 89
1967 29 62 135 122 15 24 2 1 5 14 3 12 43 .197 .274 .352 .627 12 62
1968 30 57 133 119 18 26 5 0 5 9 0 13 39 .218 .295 .387 .682 13 57
1969 31 33 66 59 8 13 1 0 0 5 1 6 14 .220 .292 .237 .530 4 33
7 Yrs 479 1446 1307 160 308 51 6 48 159 26 108 292 .236 .297 .394 .692 155 479
162 Game Avg. 162 489 442 54 104 17 2 16 54 9 37 99 .236 .297 .394 .692 52 479

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  5 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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