Roger Bowman

Roger Clinton Bowman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1927 in Amsterdam, NY
High School: Lynch HS (Amsterdam, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1949
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants 1949-1955

Final Game: May 22, 1955
Died: July 21, 1997 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Hagamans Mills Cemetery, Amsterdam, NY
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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
1946	18	SFG-min	B,AAA	2																			0						TRE,JER · ISLG,IL
1947	19	SFG-min	B	31	71	71		11	2	1	2						.155	.155	.296	.451		21							TRE · ISLG
1948	20	SFG-min	A,AAA	38	68	68	1	12	0	0	0	0	0				.176	.176	.176	.353		12							SXC,JER · WL,IL
1949	21	SFG-min	AAA	37	83	74	5	13	2	0	0	11	0		1	18	.176	.187	.203	.389		15		0	8				JER · IL
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1

1950	22	SFG-min	AAA	32	101	91	3	13	3	0	0	3	0		2	25	.143	.161	.176	.337		16		0	8				JER · IL
1951	23	SFG-min	AAA	21	45	43	2	5	1	0	0	2	1		0	10	.116	.116	.116	.233		5	0	0	2				MNE,OTT · AA,IL
1951	23	NYG	NL	9	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	1			/1
1952	24	SFG-min	Opn,AAA	24	49	47	3	10	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.213	.213	.149	.362		7		0	2				OLD,MNE · PCL,AA
1952	24	NYG	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1953	25	PIT	NL	30	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.286	.661	76	2	0	0	0			1

1954	26	PIT-min	Opn	49	100	95	6	13	1	0	0	4	0		1	37	.137	.155	.147	.302		14	1	1	3	0			HOL · PCL
1955	27	PIT-min	Opn	28	44	34	2	3	0	0	0	4	0		1	14	.088	.114	.088	.203		3	1	0	9	0			HOL · PCL
1955	27	PIT	NL	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1956	28	SFG-min	AAA	34	60	52	3	3	1	0	0	3	0		3	18	.058	.105	.077	.182		4	0	0	3	2			BFL,MNE · IL,AA
1957	29	SFG-min	Opn,AAA	39	50	48	3	8	0	0	0	2	0		0	18	.167	.167	.167	.333		8	1	0	2	0	0		SAC,MNE,LOU · PCL,AA
1958	30	SAC	AAA	45	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.143	.200	.143	.343		2	0	0	1	0			SAC · PCL
1959	31	ATL-min	AAA	28	34	31	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	.129	.129	.194	.323		6		0	3	0			SAC · PCL
1960	32	ATL-min	AAA	40	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SAC,POR · PCL
1961	33	OAK-min	AAA	7	1	1		1									1.000	1.000											HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				50	22	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	13	3	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	71	58	0	10	0	0	0	0	0		6	23	.167	.250	.167	.417	13	10	0	0	6

NYG (3 yrs)				13	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	-71	0	0	0	1
PIT (2 yrs)				37	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.333	.400	.333	.733	96	3	0	0	1	0	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
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1951	23	NYG	NL	9	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1952	24	NYG	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	25	PIT	NL	30	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1

1955	27	PIT	NL	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/1
5 Seasons				50	22	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$

NYG (3 yrs)				13	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PIT (2 yrs)				37	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$

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
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.000	.344	.000	.404	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1951	23	NYG	NL	8	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.143	.343	.000	.407	.143	.750	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1952	24	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1953	25	PIT	NL	8	5	1	5.3	109	.667	.286	.273	.375	.344	.286	.426	.661	.770	76	.542	-0.2	-0.0	.600	.143	.000

1955	27	PIT	NL	3	2	1	13.4	104	.500	.500	.263	.500	.334	.500	.417	1.000	.751	170	.872	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				22	17	2	3.1	106	.273	.167	.270	.250	.342	.167	.414	.417	.756	13	.329	-2.2	-0.2	.333	.111	.000
162 Game Avg.				71	55	6	3.1	106	.273	.167	.270	.250	.342	.167	.414	.417	.756	13	.329	-2.2	-0.2	.333	.111	.000

NYG (3 yrs)				11	10	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.100	.342	.000	.405	.100	.747	-71	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.111	.000
PIT (2 yrs)				11	7	2	7.6	108	.600	.333	.271	.400	.342	.333	.424	.733	.766	96	.699	-0.0	-0.0	.667	.111	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%

1951	23	NYG	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%		1.00	6.0				63%
1952	24	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1953	25	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	50.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	1.8				38%

1955	27	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						67%
5 Yrs				22	0.0%	31.8%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.50	2.6			5.00	50%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	43.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	21	NYG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.73	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0

1951	23	NYG	NL	-1.4	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.82	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.81	-1.4	0
1952	24	NYG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.2	0
1953	25	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.47	-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.79	-0.3	0

1955	27	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.10	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.39	0.3	0
5 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.61	-0.1	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.75	-1.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	21	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	23	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	24	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	27	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	100%	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

1951	23	NYG	NL	8	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1952	24	NYG	NL	1	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
1953	25	PIT	NL	8	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	27	PIT	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				22	47%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	0	0%	4	1	25%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			90%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1949	21	2	2	2	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1950	22	2	2	2	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1951	23	11	10	8	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	1
1952	24	13	11	9	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	-71	0	1
1953	25	43	19	16	2	0	2	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	-5	2	1
1954	26	43	19	16	2	0	2	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	-5	2	1
1955	27	50	22	18	3	0	2	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	13	3	2	0	0

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
1949	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1951	23	9	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	9
1952	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1953	25	31	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.286	.661	1	30

1955	27	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
5 Yrs		51	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	50
162 Game Avg.		162	70	57	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	22	.111	.200	.111	.311	3	50

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