Bob Bowman
Robert Leroy Bowman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 10, 1931 in Laytonville, CA
School: San Jose State University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Final Game: September 18, 1959
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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
1955 PHI NL 24 OF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.29 2.10
1955 PHI NL 24 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1955 PHI NL 24 RF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 3.00 .967 2.10 1.90
1956 PHI NL 25 OF 5 3 33.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.6 -21.8 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.36 1.00 .983 2.29 2.04
1956 PHI NL 25 RF 4 3 26.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.3 -13.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 1.73 1.25 .983 2.01 1.80
1956 PHI NL 25 CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.83 2.60
1957 PHI NL 26 OF 81 64 586.0 141 123 8 10 2 .929 -2.2 -4.5 -5.2 -1.8 -3.4 3 2.01 1.62 .981 2.29 2.07
1957 PHI NL 26 RF 78 64 582.1 138 121 7 10 2 .928 -2.0 -4.1 -5.0 -1.6 -3.4 3 1.98 1.64 .973 1.98 1.72
1957 PHI NL 26 LF 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -65.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 1.70
1958 PHI NL 27 OF 57 36 368.1 84 82 1 1 0 .988 -0.9 -2.9 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 0 2.03 1.46 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 PHI NL 27 RF 39 24 250.0 64 62 1 1 0 .984 -0.2 -1.0 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 0 2.27 1.62 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 PHI NL 27 LF 17 11 109.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -4.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.73 1.24 .976 2.00 1.54
1958 PHI NL 27 CF 2 1 9.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -38.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.89 1.50 1.000 2.70 2.50
1959 PHI NL 28 OF 20 13 120.0 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 10.0 1.0 0.1 0.9 0 2.25 1.50 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 PHI NL 28 LF 11 10 85.0 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 14.1 1.0 0.8 0.2 0 2.44 2.09 .970 2.04 1.59
1959 PHI NL 28 RF 7 2 26.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 9.2 0.2 -0.5 0.7 0 2.08 0.86 .983 1.97 1.64
1959 PHI NL 28 P 5 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.40 .950 1.95 0.82
1959 PHI NL 28 CF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.60 2.25
5 Seasons OF 165 117 1118.1 264 242 10 12 3 .955 -2.7 -2.9 -5.7 -1.3 -4.4 3 2.03 1.53 .980 2.27 2.01
5 Seasons RF 129 94 893.1 217 197 8 12 2 .945 -2.3 -3.1 -5.3 -1.3 -4.0 3 2.07 1.59 .975 1.99 1.72
4 Seasons LF 32 21 199.2 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 2.4 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 1.98 1.38 .973 2.02 1.58
3 Seasons CF 5 2 25.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -37.9 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0 1.78 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.42
1 Season P 5 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.40 .950 1.95 0.82
5 Seasons TOT 170 117 1124.1 266 243 11 12 3 .955 -2.7 -2.9 -5.7 -1.3 -4.4 3 2.03 1.49 .935 2.27 1.97
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
1955 PHI NL 24 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
1956 PHI NL 25 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 0
1957 PHI NL 26 99 64 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 78 81 18 4
1958 PHI NL 27 91 36 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 39 57 35 4
1959 PHI NL 28 57 13 57 57 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 7 20 35 0
5 Seasons 256 117 256 256 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 129 165 89 9
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%
1956 PHI NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 109 60% 82% 28% 10 50%
1957 PHI NL 26 10 0 8 2 3 7 0 3 1 2 30 16 1 15 7 1 3 2 0 4 2 1 8 6 0 60 33 55.0% 24 3 5.0% 4 2554 62% 79% 32% 267 47%
1958 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 4 0 9 3 0 7 5 1 3 2 0 7 5 0 37 19 51.4% 17 1 2.7% 0 1106 59% 80% 32% 128 49%
1959 PHI NL 28 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 0 105 44% 86% 28% 11 55%
4 Seasons 12 0 10 2 3 8 0 3 1 3 41 20 1 26 10 1 10 7 1 7 4 1 15 11 0 99 52 52.5% 43 4 4.0% 4 3874 60% 79% 32% 416 48%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

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%
1955 PHI NL 24 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 7 43% 86% 29% 0
1957 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 15 60% 73% 33% 1 0%
1958 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 462 62% 78% 34% 47 45%
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 391 53% 75% 21% 44 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 20 12 60.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 875 58% 77% 28% 92 47%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.4% 62% 78% 29% 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%
1956 PHI NL 25 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 25 68% 92% 48% 1 0%
1958 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 40 43% 95% 60% 7 43%
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 44 55% 77% 18% 5 40%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 109 53% 87% 40% 13 38%
MLB Averages 43.2% 2.2% 62% 78% 29% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 PHI NL 28 28 82% 29% 2 100% 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 28 82% 29% 2 100% 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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