Ernie Bowman

Ernest Ferrell Bowman

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 28, 1935 in Johnson City, TN
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1961
Team: Giants 1961-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
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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
1956	20	SFG-min	C	104	419	419		101	12	3	3						.241	.241	.305	.547		128							SCL · NORL
1957	21	SFG-min	C	104	408	408		112	18	8	4						.275	.275	.387	.662		158							SCL · NORL
1958	22	SFG-min	A	127	531	531		131	19	5	1						.247	.247	.307	.554		163							SPF · EL
1959	23	SFG-min	AA	140	570	518	67	132	17	9	5	56	5	0	26	53	.255	.291	.351	.643		182		2	21	3			CPC · TL
1960	24	SFG-min	AAA	40	65	63	10	18	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.286	.308	.349	.657		22							TAC · PCL
1961	25	SFG-min	AAA	37	140	135	18	39	7	1	0	9	3	1	5	10	.289	.314	.356	.670		48							TAC · PCL
1961	25	SFG	NL	38	40	38	10	8	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	8	.211	.231	.316	.547	46	12	1	0	1	0	0	46/5
1962	26	SFG	NL	46	46	42	9	8	1	0	1	4	0	1	1	10	.190	.227	.286	.513	38	12	1	1	2	0	0	456
1963	27	SFG	NL	81	131	125	10	23	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	15	.184	.181	.208	.389	13	26	2	0	4	2	0	645
1964	28	ATL-min	AAA	125	464	431	48	100	9	5	3	32	5	3	23	74	.232	.270	.297	.567		128		1	5	4			DEN · PCL
1965	29	ATL-min	AAA	111	403	374	35	93	12	4	0	35	6	0	19	51	.249	.283	.302	.585		113		0	7	3			ATA · IL
1966	30	NYM-min	AAA	128	443	414	33	85	10	2	4	30	5	4	17	66	.205	.238	.268	.506		111		1	10	1			JCK · IL
1967	31	PIT-CLE-min	AAA	102	267	247	15	42	4	2	1	14	1	2	15	46	.170	.217	.215	.431		53		0	4	1			CLB,POR · IL,PCL
1968	32	ATL-min	AAA	71	166	158	11	28	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	31	.177	.207	.234	.441		37		0	2	0			RMD · IL
1969	33	CIN-BOS-min	AAA	27	62	59	6	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.169	.210	.220	.430		13		0	0	0			INA,LOU · AA,IL
3 Yrs				165	217	205	29	39	4	2	1	10	3	3	2	33	.190	.200	.244	.444	24	50	4	1	7	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	213	201	28	38	4	2	1	10	3	3	2	32	.190	.200	.244	.444	24	49	4	1	7	2	0

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
1961	25	SFG	NL	38	40	-2	1	-0	0	1	0	0.0	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$	46/5
1962	26	SFG	NL	46	46	-4	1	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.497	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	456
1963	27	SFG	NL	81	131	-12	-1	1	-3	3	-12	-1.4	4	-8	-1.0	.482	.491	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	645
3 Seasons				165	217	-18	1	1	-2	6	-13	-1.5	7	-6	-0.8	.491	.497	-0.5	0.4	-4	$

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
1961	25	SFG	NL	40	32	3	2.5	102	.267	.211	.265	.231	.331	.316	.413	.547	.744	46	.244	-3.2	-0.3	.484	.184	.105	.0
1962	26	SFG	NL	46	38	2	1.4	102	.226	.190	.269	.227	.336	.286	.408	.513	.744	38	.104	-3.9	-0.4	.361	.095	.095	.0
1963	27	SFG	NL	131	112	4	1.0	89	.205	.184	.253	.181	.315	.208	.378	.389	.693	13	.071	-14.1	-1.5	.236	.016	.024	.0
3 Yrs				217	182	9	1.3	94	.220	.190	.259	.200	.322	.244	.391	.444	.713	24	.109	-21.2	-2.2	.306	.063	.054	1.5
162 Game Avg.				213	179	9	1.3	94	.220	.190	.259	.200	.322	.244	.391	.444	.713	24	.109	-21.2	-2.2	.306	.063	.054	1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	26	SFG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	25	SFG	NL	40	0.0%	20.0%	2.5%	5.0%	25%	8.00	4.8		19.0	1.20	75%
1962	26	SFG	NL	46	2.2%	21.7%	2.2%	4.4%	25%	10.00	4.2	42.0	10.5	1.45	67%
1963	27	SFG	NL	131	0.0%	11.5%	0.0%	2.3%	13%		8.3		31.3	1.61	86%
3 Yrs				217	0.5%	15.2%	0.9%	3.2%	18%	16.50	6.2	205.0	20.5	1.51	80%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.4%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.69	6.2	37.6	8.5	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	25	SFG	NL	-3.3	-0.3	44	0.4	1.1	-0.6	.94	-0.0	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.82	-1.0	1.43	3
1962	26	SFG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	50	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.02	-0.3	0.2	-4.7	-0.5	1.02	-3.5	0.63	3
1963	27	SFG	NL	-14.1	-1.5	136	-1.9	1.2	-3.1	1.11	-1.4	-0.3	-15.6	-1.7	1.03	-13.6	1.66	1
3 Yrs				-21.2	-2.2	230	-1.6	3.1	-4.7	1.06	-1.7	0.2	-20.1	-2.1	0.99	-18.2	1.12	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	25	SFG	NL	2	111%	28	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	71%	3	1	2	0	0	4	1	3
1962	26	SFG	NL	0	89%	27	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	60%	5	2	3	1	1	4	2	2
1963	27	SFG	NL	4	44%	61	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	63%	4	2	2	1	0	3	0	3
3 Yrs				6	68%	116	3	3	50%	2	2	1	1	1	3	8	64%	12	5	7	2	1	11	3	8

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
1961	25	SFG	NL	40	35%	8			3	1	0	0	1.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1962	26	SFG	NL	46	43%	8			3	0	0	0	0.63	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	11	1	9%	5	2	40%	30	3	10%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1963	27	SFG	NL	131	37%	23			1	0	0	0	1.66	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	24	2	8%	18	9	50%	89	5	6%	6	2	33%	7	3	43%	0
3 Yrs				217	38%	39			7	1	0	0	1.12	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	10	7	70%	40	4	10%	24	12	50%	135	10	7%	9	3	33%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			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
1961	25	38	40	38	10	8	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	8	.211	.231	.316	.547	46	12	1	0	1	0
1962	26	84	86	80	19	16	1	2	1	6	2	1	2	18	.200	.229	.300	.529	42	24	2	1	3	0
1963	27	165	217	205	29	39	4	2	1	10	3	3	2	33	.190	.200	.244	.444	24	50	4	1	7	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1961	25	40	42	40	11	9	0	2	0	2	2	1	8	.225	.244	.325	.569	3	38
1962	26	46	47	43	11	9	1	0	1	5	0	1	10	.209	.244	.302	.547	3	46
1963	27	81	134	128	13	26	3	0	0	5	1	0	15	.203	.200	.227	.427	6	81
3 Yrs		167	223	211	35	44	4	2	1	12	3	2	33	.209	.218	.261	.478	12	165
162 Game Avg.		162	216	205	34	43	4	2	1	12	3	2	32	.209	.218	.261	.478	12	165

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