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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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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

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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 Awards
1939 28 STL NL 51 56 47 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 29 .085 .157 .106 .263 -30 5 0 0 5 1 MVP-30
1940 29 STL NL 28 39 33 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 17 .061 .162 .061 .223 -38 2 0 0 2 1
1941 30 NYG NL 29 26 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 .048 .130 .190 .321 -11 4 1 0 3 1
1942 31 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 109 121 101 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 10 61 .069 .153 .109 .262 -29 11 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 180 150 7 10 1 0 1 6 0 15 91 .069 .153 .109 .262 -29 16 1 0 15
STL (2 yrs) 79 95 80 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 8 46 .075 .159 .088 .247 -33 7 0 0 7
NYG (1 yr) 29 26 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 .048 .130 .190 .321 -11 4 1 0 3
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 STL NL 28 P 51 36 4 30 2 0 .944 0.67 .961 1.09 MVP-30
1940 STL NL 29 P 28 26 2 23 1 0 .962 0.89 .962 1.10
1941 NYG NL 30 P 29 24 4 20 0 0 1.000 0.83 .962 1.09
1942 CHC NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
4 Seasons P 109 86 10 73 3 0 .965 0.76 .962 1.09
4 Seasons TOT 109 86 10 73 3 0 .965 0.76 .927 1.09

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 (1456th)

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

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Black InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Tom Edens (970)
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  4. Ken Burkhart (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

December 5, 1940: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 3, 1941: Traded by the New York Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Leiber.

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