Bob Bowman

Robert James Bowman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 3, 1910 in Keystone, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1939
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Cubs 1939-1942

Final Game: May 25, 1942
Died: September 4, 1972 in Bluefield, WV
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1929	18	GOL	D	1	3	.250		4																								GOL · ECAR
1934	23	MTA	D	7	9	.438		28						127.0	59	90			48							0.843	4.2		3.4			MTA · BIST
1938	27	STL-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.11	48	17					165.0	152	70	57		66							1.321	8.3		3.6			ROC · IL
1939	28	STL	NL	13	5	.722	2.60	51	15	19	4	2	9	169.1	141	54	49	8	60	78	1	1	3	692	158	1.187	7.5	0.4	3.2	4.1	1.30	MVP-30
1940	29	STL	NL	7	5	.583	4.33	28	17	3	7	0	0	114.1	118	66	55	9	43	43	4	0	4	499	92	1.408	9.3	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
1941	30	NYG	NL	6	7	.462	5.71	29	6	12	2	0	1	80.1	100	55	51	10	36	25	1	0	2	372	65	1.693	11.2	1.1	4.0	2.8	0.69
1942	31	NVL,TTO	A1,AA	8	2	.800	4.33	31	5		0	0		79.0	78	47	38		38	16	1	0	2			1.468	8.9		4.3	1.8	0.42	NVL,TTO · SOUA,IL
1942	31	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1943	32	MLW	AA	6	2	.750	3.04	33	4	15	2	0		80.0	84	36	27		25	37	3	0	4			1.362	9.4		2.8	4.2	1.48	MLW · AA
1944	33	MNE,MLW	AA	1	0	1.000	12.00	13			0	0		12.0	22	16	16		13	3	2	0	2			2.917	16.5		9.8	2.2	0.23	MNE,MLW · AA
1945	34	DET-min	AA	5	10	.333	5.79	41	10		2	0		112.0	144	99	72		67	39	1	0	6			1.884	11.6		5.4	3.1	0.58	BFL · IL
1946	35	CHW-SFG-min	D,AAA	18	10	.643	2.70	35	3	0	1	0		243.0	242	112	73		47	10	1	0	0			1.189	9.0		1.7	0.4	0.21	NRV,MTA,MNE · APPY,BLRI,AA
1947	36	MTA	D	17	4	.810	3.29	28						197.0	179	90	72		53							1.178	8.2		2.4			MTA · BLRI
1948	37	MTA	D	7	3	.700	2.71	13						83.0	78	44	25		28							1.277	8.5		3.0			MTA · BLRI
1949	38	ATL-min	D	14	3	.824	3.72	23						155.0	155	82	64		23							1.148	9.0		1.3			BLD · APPY
1950	39	ATL-min	D	8	1	.889	2.78	15						97.0	96	40	30		37							1.371	8.9		3.4			BLD · APPY
1951	40	MBO	D	17	6	.739	3.49	27	23					196.0	175	91	76		88							1.342	8.0		4.0			MBO · MTSS
1954	43	CLE-min	C	5	3	.625	2.83	22	8					86.0	82	46	27	5	22							1.209	8.6	0.5	2.3			FMH · NORL
4 Yrs				26	17	.605	3.82	109	38	35	13	2	10	365.0	360	175	155	27	139	146	6	1	9	1567	104	1.367	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.05
162 Game Avg.				12	8	.605	3.82	50	18	16	6	1	5	169	167	81	72	12	64	68	3	0	4	725	104	1.367	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.05

STL (2 yrs)				20	10	.667	3.30	79	32	22	11	2	9	283.2	259	120	104	17	103	121	5	1	7	1191	123	1.276	8.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.17
NYG (1 yr)				6	7	.462	5.71	29	6	12	2	0	1	80.1	100	55	51	10	36	25	1	0	2	372	65	1.693	11.2	1.1	4.0	2.8	0.69
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
1939	28	STL	NL	169.1	51	15	54	2.87	4.33	0.10	0.00	104.8	4.44	30	3.3	1.0	-0.1	4.6	46	.565	.520	$	MVP-30
1940	29	STL	NL	114.1	28	17	66	5.20	4.14	-0.19	0.00	101.5	4.39	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	3	.463	.494	$
1941	30	NYG	NL	80.1	29	6	55	6.16	4.19	-0.11	0.00	101.8	4.38	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.444	.490	$
1942	31	CHC	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.54	-0.16	0.00	92.0	4.33	0	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.559	.500	$
4 Seasons				365.0	109	38	175	4.32	4.24	-0.04	0.00	103.1	4.41	5	0.7	1.0	-0.2	3.8	42	.507	.501	$

STL (2 yrs)				283.2	79	32	120	3.81	4.26	-0.02	0.00	103.5	4.42	20	2.3	1.0	-0.1	4.6	48	.529	.507	$
NYG (1 yr)				80.1	29	6	55	6.16	4.19	-0.11	0.00	101.8	4.38	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.444	.490	$
CHC (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.54	-0.16	0.00	92.0	4.33	0	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.559	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1939	28	STL	NL	692	1.2%	11.3%	8.7%	2.0%	10%	75%
1940	29	STL	NL	499	1.8%	8.6%	8.6%	3.8%	16%	78%
1941	30	NYG	NL	372	2.7%	6.7%	9.7%	4.0%	15%	80%
1942	31	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			100%
4 Yrs				1567	1.7%	9.3%	8.9%	3.1%	13%	77%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	8.9%	3.1%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1939	28	13	5	.722	2.60	51	15	19	4	2	9	169.1	141	54	49	8	60	78	1	1	3	692	158	1.187	7.5	0.4	3.2	4.1	1.30	158
1940	29	20	10	.667	3.30	79	32	22	11	2	9	283.2	259	120	104	17	103	121	5	1	7	1191	123	1.276	8.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.17	123
1941	30	26	17	.605	3.83	108	38	34	13	2	10	364.0	359	175	155	27	139	146	6	1	9	1563	104	1.368	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.05	104
1942	31	26	17	.605	3.82	109	38	35	13	2	10	365.0	360	175	155	27	139	146	6	1	9	1567	104	1.367	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.05	104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1939	28	14	5	.737	2.55	173.0	145	54	49	8	62	80	1	1.197	7.5	3.2	4.2	1.29	0.4	51
1940	29	6	7	.462	4.35	118.0	123	63	57	9	45	44	4	1.424	9.4	3.4	3.4	0.98	0.7	28
1941	30	2	6	.250	6.11	81.0	105	61	55	10	38	25	1	1.765	11.7	4.2	2.8	0.66	1.1	29
1942	31	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
4 Yrs		22	18	.550	3.88	373.0	373	178	161	27	145	149	6	1.389	9.0		3.6	1.03	0.7	109

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1939 NL (30, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1939 NL 4.6 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1939 NL 2.60 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1939 NL .722 (2nd)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1939 NL 1.187 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1939 NL 7.494 (2nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1939 NL 4.146 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1939 NL 51 (3rd)
Saves s c a p y 1939 NL 9 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1939 NL 2 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1939 NL 0.425 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1939 NL 19 (7th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1939 NL 158 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1939 NL 28 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1939 NL 2.9 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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