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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 BAL AL 24 OF 13 13 107.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -4.1 -45.7 -3.1 -0.7 -2.4 -1 1.67 1.54 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 BAL AL 24 RF 13 13 107.2 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -4.1 -45.7 -3.1 -0.7 -2.4 -1 1.76 1.62 .982 2.01 1.72
1964 BAL AL 25 OF 135 132 1166.1 262 249 8 5 1 .981 3.6 3.7 5.6 4.9 0.7 -2 1.98 1.90 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 BAL AL 25 RF 121 116 1008.1 216 203 8 5 1 .977 -1.2 -1.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 -2 1.88 1.74 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 BAL AL 25 LF 32 16 158.0 42 42 0 0 0 1.000 4.8 36.5 4.8 4.5 0.3 0 2.39 1.31 .974 1.81 1.46
1965 BAL AL 26 OF 68 53 496.2 113 108 3 2 1 .982 4.9 11.8 2.9 4.4 -1.5 2 2.01 1.63 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 BAL AL 26 RF 58 44 406.2 92 87 3 2 1 .978 3.6 10.6 1.6 2.6 -1.0 2 1.99 1.55 .978 1.85 1.57
1965 BAL AL 26 LF 11 9 90.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 17.3 1.3 1.8 -0.5 0 2.00 1.82 .980 1.87 1.49
1966 BAL AL 27 OF 68 56 545.0 126 114 7 5 2 .960 1.4 3.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 0 2.00 1.78 .983 2.10 1.82
1966 BAL AL 27 RF 41 28 271.1 64 57 3 4 1 .938 0.5 2.2 1.5 0.3 1.2 -1 1.99 1.46 .980 1.94 1.69
1966 BAL AL 27 LF 32 24 245.2 50 47 2 1 0 .980 1.1 5.4 0.1 0.9 -0.8 1 1.80 1.53 .980 1.83 1.45
1966 BAL AL 27 CF 4 4 28.0 10 8 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -8.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.21 2.50 .990 2.51 2.10
1967 BAL AL 28 OF 32 26 237.0 44 41 2 1 0 .977 1.4 7.1 0.4 -2.0 2.4 1 1.63 1.34 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 BAL AL 28 LF 16 11 106.1 24 21 2 1 0 .958 1.9 21.4 0.9 -0.7 1.6 1 1.95 1.44 .975 1.87 1.40
1967 BAL AL 28 RF 16 15 130.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -4.6 -0.5 -1.3 0.8 0 1.52 1.38 .982 1.82 1.56
1968 WSA AL 29 OF 27 20 197.1 46 42 2 2 0 .957 -1.3 -7.9 -1.3 -0.4 -0.8 0 2.01 1.63 .980 2.08 1.80
1968 WSA AL 29 RF 14 11 107.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0.8 -8.9 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 1.67 1.43 .976 1.88 1.57
1968 WSA AL 29 LF 11 6 65.2 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -0.8 -14.6 0.2 0.4 -0.1 -1 2.19 1.45 .976 1.85 1.45
1968 WSA AL 29 CF 3 3 24.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 15.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 1 2.25 2.00 .983 2.51 2.27
1969 WSA AL 30 OF 30 13 148.0 34 32 1 1 0 .971 1.3 10.5 0.3 -0.3 0.6 1 2.01 1.10 .979 2.13 1.84
1969 WSA AL 30 RF 22 9 113.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 0.8 8.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 1 1.67 0.95 .973 1.91 1.60
1969 WSA AL 30 LF 6 2 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 31.6 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 2.37 0.83 .980 1.99 1.60
1969 WSA AL 30 CF 3 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 2.81 1.67 .980 2.48 2.17
7 Seasons OF 373 313 2898.0 646 606 23 17 4 .974 7.2 3.0 6.2 6.9 -0.6 1 1.95 1.69 .980 2.06 1.80
7 Seasons RF 285 236 2145.1 459 430 15 14 3 .969 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 -1 1.87 1.56 .981 1.89 1.61
6 Seasons LF 108 68 684.2 158 150 5 3 0 .981 8.8 15.4 7.8 6.8 1.1 1 2.04 1.44 .977 1.84 1.46
3 Seasons CF 10 9 68.0 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 1.8 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 1 2.78 2.10 .986 2.50 2.17
7 Seasons TOT 373 313 2898.0 646 606 23 17 4 .974 7.2 3.0 6.2 6.9 -0.6 1 1.95 1.69 .954 2.06 1.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 BAL AL 24 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 2 0
1964 BAL AL 25 139 132 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 121 135 6 1
1965 BAL AL 26 84 53 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 58 68 16 0
1966 BAL AL 27 89 56 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 4 41 68 22 2
1967 BAL AL 28 62 26 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 32 29 3
1968 WSA AL 29 57 20 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 14 27 31 3
1969 WSA AL 30 33 13 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 22 30 4 6
7 Seasons 479 313 479 479 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 10 285 373 110 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 BAL AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 496 51% 73% 25% 45 47%
1964 BAL AL 25 5 0 4 1 1 8 1 3 1 2 40 14 0 26 5 1 14 7 1 7 1 0 17 15 1 104 42 40.4% 59 3 2.9% 5 4264 60% 77% 27% 397 53%
1965 BAL AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 12 5 2 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 5 4 1 26 14 53.8% 9 3 11.5% 0 1706 62% 78% 29% 145 61%
1966 BAL AL 27 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 11 2 0 6 1 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 3 0 27 10 37.0% 17 0 0.0% 3 1164 59% 76% 25% 102 58%
1967 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 549 48% 75% 24% 45 49%
1968 WSA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 472 61% 78% 24% 36 56%
1969 WSA AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 1 1 14.3% 0 480 57% 77% 25% 42 50%
7 Seasons 14 0 13 1 4 15 1 4 6 2 83 33 3 43 9 1 22 14 1 15 3 0 33 27 2 196 86 43.9% 103 7 3.6% 8 9131 59% 77% 27% 812 54%
MLB Averages 41.3% 3.2% 62% 76% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 13 12 92.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 648 51% 79% 29% 64 66%
1965 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 362 52% 78% 27% 36 56%
1966 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 11 8 1 8 3 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 30 19 63.3% 10 1 3.3% 1 1066 58% 75% 26% 99 49%
1967 BAL AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 2 449 58% 70% 22% 47 49%
1968 WSA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 298 63% 79% 26% 32 50%
1969 WSA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 67% 78% 32% 6 83%
6 Seasons 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 28 24 1 14 3 0 7 5 0 5 1 0 12 12 0 66 45 68.2% 20 1 1.5% 4 2902 57% 76% 26% 284 55%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.6% 62% 76% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 1 122 72% 75% 24% 11 82%
1968 WSA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 0 1 33.3% 0 109 58% 72% 21% 14 43%
1969 WSA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 55% 74% 26% 7 71%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 3 2 28.6% 1 305 63% 74% 23% 32 63%
MLB Averages 39.9% 2.1% 62% 76% 26% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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