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Sam Bowens
Samuel Edward Bowens

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 23, 1939 in Wilmington, NC
High School: Williston (Wilmington, NC)
School: Tennessee State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1963
Final Game: July 26, 1969
Died: March 28, 2003 in Wilmington, NC
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Standard Batting

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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
1963	24	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	25	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	26	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	27	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	28	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	29	WSA	AL	57	127	115	14	22	4	0	4	7	0	0	11	39	.191	.262	.330	.592	81	38	0	0	1	0	0	97/8
1969	30	WSA	AL	33	63	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 Seasons				479	1418	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	190	172	20	33	5	0	4	11	1	1	16	53	.192	.261	.291	.551	66	50	1	0	2	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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	24	BAL	AL	52	33	9	7.4	91	.357	.333	.251	.385	.316	.500	.387	.885	.703	151	.737	3.2	0.3	.848	.250	.167	1.0
1964	25	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	26	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	27	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	28	BAL	AL	132	102	10	2.6	84	.236	.183	.243	.258	.312	.342	.365	.599	.677	76	.347	-4.1	-0.5	.510	.242	.158	3.8
1968	29	WSA	AL	127	94	11	3.2	77	.250	.191	.235	.262	.303	.330	.347	.592	.651	81	.451	-2.8	-0.3	.527	.235	.139	.0
1969	30	WSA	AL	63	49	3	1.6	90	.256	.193	.247	.258	.323	.211	.373	.469	.696	36	.152	-4.7	-0.5	.354	.105	.018	.0
7 Seasons				1418	1067	135	3.4	91	.253	.223	.250	.283	.319	.375	.384	.657	.702	86	.424	-25.9	-2.9	.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	-25.9	-2.9	.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	-2.1	.594	.246	.160	30.3
WSA (2 yrs)				190	143	14	2.6	81	.252	.192	.239	.261	.310	.291	.356	.551	.666	66	.344	-7.5	-0.8	.468	.192	.099	1.6

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	24	BAL	AL	52	1.9%	9.6%	7.7%	9.6%	31%	1.25	9.6	48.0	5.3	0.63	81%
1964	25	BAL	AL	553	4.0%	17.9%	7.6%	8.9%	37%	2.36	5.1	22.8	7.1	1.01	69%
1965	26	BAL	AL	222	3.2%	18.5%	4.5%	5.4%	36%	4.10	5.0	29.0	10.2	1.12	71%
1966	27	BAL	AL	269	2.2%	19.3%	6.3%	6.0%	31%	3.06	4.7	40.5	12.2	1.00	69%
1967	28	BAL	AL	132	3.8%	32.6%	8.3%	6.1%	36%	3.91	2.8	24.0	10.0	0.93	55%
1968	29	WSA	AL	127	3.2%	30.7%	8.7%	6.3%	36%	3.55	2.9	28.8	16.4	0.53	57%
1969	30	WSA	AL	63	0.0%	22.2%	7.9%	1.6%	9%	2.80	4.1		14.3	0.94	68%
7 Seasons				1418	3.2%	20.7%	7.1%	7.0%	35%	2.93	4.4	28.6	9.0	0.96	67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	24	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	25	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	26	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	27	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	28	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	29	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	30	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 Seasons				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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	24	BAL	AL	52	38%	16			2	0	0	0	0.86	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	0	0%	2	0	0%	32	8	25%	3	1	33%	5	1	20%	0
1964	25	BAL	AL	553	41%	132			5	0	0	0	0.85	22	0	18	11	11	13	9	0	4	2	50%	95	14	15%	62	17	27%	362	52	14%	30	11	37%	45	15	33%	0
1965	26	BAL	AL	222	47%	33			13	2	0	1	1.55	7	0	4	2	5	3	4	0	7	6	86%	49	10	20%	31	12	39%	130	13	10%	8	4	50%	15	3	20%	0
1966	27	BAL	AL	269	56%	51			19	5	0	1	1.71	6	0	10	2	4	3	3	0	4	4	100%	46	8	17%	23	6	26%	164	16	10%	15	4	27%	13	6	46%	0
1967	28	BAL	AL	132	73%	22			26	6	3	4	1.52	5	0	7	2	3	2	3	0	0	0		27	0	0%	14	0	0%	90	7	8%	11	2	18%	11	4	36%	0
1968	29	WSA	AL	127	54%	22			28	6	1	1	1.15	4	0	2	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	100%	18	0	0%	8	1	13%	65	3	5%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1969	30	WSA	AL	64	72%	11			3	0	0	0	3.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	20	1	5%	6	1	17%	50	5	10%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
7 Seasons				1419	50%	287			96	19	4	7	1.46	45	0	41	19	26	25	20	0	17	14	82%	267	33	12%	146	37	25%	893	104	12%	73	23	32%	96	30	31%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	24	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	25	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	26	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	27	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	28	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	29	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	30	479	1418	1287	141	287	48	6	45	143	25	13	100	293	.223	.283	.375	.657	86	482	33	10	14	7	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	24	15	53	49	9	17	3	1	1	10	1	4	5	.347	.396	.510	.906	10	15
1964	25	138	554	503	63	136	26	2	23	77	4	43	98	.270	.330	.467	.798	77	139
1965	26	84	213	201	17	31	4	1	7	22	7	9	41	.154	.188	.289	.476	11	84
1966	27	90	273	249	30	56	10	1	7	23	10	19	52	.225	.293	.357	.650	24	89
1967	28	62	135	122	15	24	2	1	5	14	3	12	43	.197	.274	.352	.627	12	62
1968	29	57	134	120	18	27	5	0	5	9	0	14	39	.225	.306	.392	.698	14	57
1969	30	33	65	59	8	13	1	0	0	5	1	6	14	.220	.292	.237	.530	4	33
7 Seasons		479	1427	1303	160	304	51	6	48	160	26	107	292	.233	.295	.392	.687	152	479
162 Game Avg.		162	483	441	54	103	17	2	16	54	9	36	99	.233	.295	.392	.687	51	479

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Jayson Werth (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dante Bichette (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Wood (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Langerhans (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ivan Murrell (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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