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Bob Bowman

Robert Leroy Bowman

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 10, 1931 in Laytonville, CA
School: San Jose State University (San Jose, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Team: Phillies 1955-1959

Final Game: September 18, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1955 24 PHI NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1956 25 PHI NL 6 16 16 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .500 .688 78 8 0 0 0 0 0 /98
1957 26 PHI NL 99 278 237 31 63 8 2 6 23 0 0 27 50 .266 .352 .392 .744 103 93 4 6 5 3 1 9/7
1958 27 PHI NL 91 202 184 31 53 11 2 8 24 0 1 16 30 .288 .343 .500 .843 121 92 4 0 1 1 2 97/8
1959 28 PHI NL 57 85 79 7 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 23 .127 .176 .203 .379 0 16 3 0 0 1 0 7/918
5 Yrs 256 584 519 71 129 19 5 17 54 0 1 48 109 .249 .317 .403 .719 92 209 11 6 6 5 3
162 Game Avg. 162 370 328 45 82 12 3 11 34 0 1 30 69 .249 .317 .403 .719 92 132 7 4 4 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 24 PHI NL 3 3 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .475 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /79
1956 25 PHI NL 6 16 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /98
1957 26 PHI NL 99 278 1 -1 0 -2 -3 -4 -0.6 9 5 0.4 .495 .497 0.7 -0.6 7 $ 9/7
1958 27 PHI NL 91 202 6 -0 1 -1 -3 3 0.3 7 10 1.0 .504 .502 1.1 -0.4 11 $ 97/8
1959 28 PHI NL 57 85 -11 -0 -0 1 1 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.7 .482 .494 -0.8 0.0 -8 $ 7/918
5 Seasons 256 584 -5 -1 1 -3 -5 -13 -1.5 20 7 0.5 .495 .498 0.9 -1.1 10 $

Advanced Batting

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
1955 24 PHI NL 3 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .417 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1956 25 PHI NL 16 13 2 4.1 101 .222 .188 .262 .188 .328 .500 .413 .688 .742 78 .462 -0.7 -0.1 .615 .313 .313 .0
1957 26 PHI NL 278 186 35 5.1 100 .310 .266 .265 .352 .328 .392 .410 .744 .738 103 .545 2.0 0.2 .708 .241 .127 .0
1958 27 PHI NL 202 138 31 6.0 105 .306 .288 .269 .343 .336 .500 .420 .843 .756 121 .616 5.2 0.5 .787 .293 .212 .0
1959 28 PHI NL 85 73 3 1.1 106 .145 .127 .271 .176 .338 .203 .420 .379 .758 0 .068 -11.7 -1.2 .292 .139 .076 .0
5 Yrs 584 413 71 4.6 103 .281 .249 .267 .317 .332 .403 .415 .719 .747 92 .500 -6.0 -0.6 .652 .245 .154 .0
162 Game Avg. 370 261 45 4.6 103 .281 .249 .267 .317 .332 .403 .415 .719 .747 92 .500 -6.0 -0.6 .652 .245 .154

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 24 PHI NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100%
1956 25 PHI NL 16 6.3% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 67% 2.7 16.0 8.0 1.33 56%
1957 26 PHI NL 278 2.2% 18.0% 9.7% 5.8% 25% 1.85 4.7 39.5 10.3 0.76 66%
1958 27 PHI NL 202 4.0% 14.9% 7.9% 10.4% 40% 1.88 6.1 23.0 7.7 1.12 73%
1959 28 PHI NL 85 2.4% 27.1% 5.9% 2.4% 20% 4.60 3.4 39.5 15.8 0.88 65%
5 Yrs 584 2.9% 18.7% 8.2% 7.0% 32% 2.27 4.8 30.5 9.6 0.90 68%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.5% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.39 7.1 37.5 8.3 1.00 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 24 PHI NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.92 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 1.47 -0.9 0
1956 25 PHI NL -0.7 -0.1 16 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 .80 -0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.90 0.7 1.24 1
1957 26 PHI NL 2.0 0.2 283 -0.0 4.7 -4.7 1.01 0.3 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.97 0.2 0.92 16
1958 27 PHI NL 5.2 0.5 204 -1.2 3.7 -5.0 1.32 0.1 -1.0 2.5 0.2 0.99 5.2 1.47 32
1959 28 PHI NL -11.7 -1.2 85 -1.1 1.1 -2.3 1.25 -1.0 0.1 -12.3 -1.2 0.90 -10.2 1.68 32
5 Yrs -6.0 -0.6 591 -2.9 9.6 -12.5 1.15 -0.7 -1.8 -15.8 -1.6 0.97 -5.1 1.44 81

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 PHI NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 PHI NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 PHI NL 2 0 28% 112 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 59% 20 8 12 1 1 0 8 2 5
1958 27 PHI NL 4 0 38% 83 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 38% 13 7 6 5 4 1 3 2 1
1959 28 PHI NL 1 0 39% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
5 Yrs 7 0 33% 214 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 10 47% 36 18 18 6 5 1 13 5 7

Situational Hitting*

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
1955 24 PHI NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1956 25 PHI NL 16 63% 3 1 0 0 0 1.24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1957 26 PHI NL 278 32% 63 16 1 0 1 0.92 6 0 11 4 2 4 2 0 7 5 71% 63 4 6% 34 10 29% 182 18 10% 17 5 29% 13 7 54% 0
1958 27 PHI NL 202 44% 53 32 13 3 4 1.47 8 0 6 3 5 8 0 0 2 1 50% 42 4 10% 25 3 12% 141 17 12% 18 5 28% 5 2 40% 0
1959 28 PHI NL 85 72% 10 32 7 1 3 1.68 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 3 19% 6 1 17% 52 3 6% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 584 42% 129 81 21 4 8 1.44 17 0 18 8 9 14 3 0 9 6 67% 128 11 9% 68 15 22% 388 39 10% 39 11 28% 21 9 43% 0
MLB Averages 48% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1955 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 9 19 19 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 .158 .158 .421 .579 50 8 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 108 297 256 33 66 8 3 7 25 0 0 27 56 .258 .339 .395 .734 99 101 4 6 5 3 1
1958 27 199 499 440 64 119 19 5 15 49 0 1 43 86 .270 .341 .439 .779 109 193 8 6 6 4 3
1959 28 256 584 519 71 129 19 5 17 54 0 1 48 109 .249 .317 .403 .719 92 209 11 6 6 5 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1956 25 6 18 18 3 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 .222 .222 .500 .722 2 6
1957 26 103 292 249 34 67 9 2 6 25 0 29 52 .269 .355 .394 .749 34 99
1958 27 96 213 194 33 56 12 2 8 25 0 17 32 .289 .344 .495 .839 34 91
1959 28 60 90 83 8 11 0 0 2 5 0 6 24 .133 .189 .205 .394 3 57
5 Yrs 268 616 547 78 138 21 5 17 58 0 52 114 .252 .321 .402 .724 73 256
162 Game Avg. 162 372 331 47 83 13 3 10 35 0 31 69 .252 .321 .402 .724 44 256

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (5th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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