Roger Bowman
Roger Clinton Bowman
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1927 in Amsterdam, NY
High School: Lynch (Amsterdam, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1949
Final Game: May 17, 1955
Died: July 21, 1997 in Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
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
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 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
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
5 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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
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 .425 .661 .769 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 .416 1.000 .750 170 .872 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 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 .423 .733 .765 96 .699 -0.0 -0.0 .667 .111 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1949 21 NYG NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 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 Seasons 22 0.0% 31.8% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.6 50%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 27 PIT NL 1 100% 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 2
5 Seasons 1 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1949 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1950 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1951 23 11 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 1
1952 24 13 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 1
1953 25 43 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 2 0 0 1
1954 26 43 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 2 0 0 1
1955 27 50 22 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .167 .417 13 3 0 0 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 7 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7
5 Seasons 51 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .111 .200 .111 .311 2 50
162 Game Avg. 162 64 57 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 .111 .200 .111 .311 6 50

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