Bob Bowman
Robert James Bowman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 3, 1910 in Keystone, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1939
Final Game: May 25, 1942
Died: September 4, 1972 in Bluefield, WV
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 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
4 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 2.53 174.0 144 54 49 8 61 80 1 1.178 7.4 3.2 4.1 1.31 0.4 51
1940 29 6 7 .462 4.27 118.0 123 62 56 9 45 44 4 1.424 9.4 3.4 3.4 0.98 0.7 28
1941 30 2 6 .250 6.08 80.0 106 60 54 11 38 25 1 1.800 11.9 4.3 2.8 0.66 1.2 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 Seasons 22 18 .550 3.84 373.0 373 176 159 28 144 149 6 1.386 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 (1469th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 NL  2.604 (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  .425 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 NL  19 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 NL  158 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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