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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1946	18	SFG-min	B,AAA	2	5	.286	8.74	8						35.0	27	30	34		49		2						2.171	6.9		12.6	0.5	0.04	TRE,JER · ISLG,IL
1947	19	SFG-min	B	17	8	.680	3.56	30						197.0	187	96	78		106								1.487	8.5		4.8			TRE · ISLG
1948	20	SFG-min	A,AAA	11	9	.550	3.60	35	1		0	0		180.0	159	92	72		100		8	0	0	0			1.439	8.0		5.0	0.4	0.08	SXC,JER · WL,IL
1949	21	SFG-min	AAA	15	9	.625	3.39	34	26		16	2		194.0	156	91	73		90		165	2	5	4			1.268	7.2		4.2	7.7	1.83	JER · IL
1949	21	NYG	NL	0	0		4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	3	1	7		4	0	0	0	31	100	2.053	8.5	1.4	9.9	5.7	0.57

1950	22	SFG-min	AAA	16	11	.593	3.71	31	30		19	2		233.0	202	111	96		112		181	5	2	10			1.348	7.8		4.3	7.0	1.62	JER · IL
1951	23	SFG-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.19	17	15		4	2		110.0	84	54	39		55		106	3	0	3			1.264	6.9		4.5	8.7	1.93	MNE,OTT · AA,IL
1951	23	NYG	NL	2	4	.333	6.15	9	5	2	0	0	0	26.1	35	18	18	2	22		24	1	1	1	142	65	2.165	12.0	0.7	7.5	8.2	1.09
1952	24	SFG-min	Opn,AAA	9	7	.563	3.65	23	17		6	3		133.0	105	60	54	1	43		80	1	2	6			1.113	7.1	0.1	2.9	5.4	1.86	OLD,MNE · PCL,AA
1952	24	NYG	NL	0	0		12.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	0	3		3	1	0	0	18	35	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1953	25	PIT	NL	0	4	.000	4.82	30	2	15	0	0	0	65.1	65	42	35	9	29		36	1	0	3	288	93	1.439	9.0	1.2	4.0	5.0	1.24

1954	26	PIT-min	Opn	22	13	.629	2.51	46	37		16	6		258.1	218	90	72	15	99		165	2	0	1			1.227	7.6	0.5	3.4	5.7	1.67	HOL · PCL
1955	27	PIT-min	Opn	5	10	.333	3.70	26	21		6	3		131.1	147	71	54	9	46		80	2	0	8			1.470	10.1	0.6	3.2	5.5	1.74	HOL · PCL
1955	27	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	8.64	7	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	25	18	16	2	10	2	8	1	0	4	85	48	2.100	13.5	1.1	5.4	4.3	0.80
1956	28	SFG-min	AAA	10	14	.417	3.99	33	23		10	3		169.0	182	85	75	16	69	1	87	0	0	8			1.485	9.7	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.26	BFL,MNE · IL,AA
1957	29	SFG-min	Opn,AAA	7	13	.350	4.90	39	20		6	3		148.2	162	87	81	14	69	2	76	5	1	6			1.554	9.8	0.8	4.2	4.6	1.10	SAC,MNE,LOU · PCL,AA
1958	30	SAC	AAA	5	5	.500	4.38	45	4		0	0		74.0	85	42	36	5	37		42	0	0	5			1.649	10.3	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.14	SAC · PCL
1959	31	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.61	28	11		4	0		114.0	94	41	33	10	43		88	1	1	4			1.202	7.4	0.8	3.4	6.9	2.05	SAC · PCL
1960	32	ATL-min	AAA	0	4	.000	4.14	40	1					50.0	54	27	23	2	27								1.620	9.7	0.4	4.9			POR,SAC · PCL
1961	33	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.80	7	0					5.0	10	4	1	2	1								2.200	18.0	3.6	1.8			HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				2	11	.154	5.81	50	12	18	0	0	0	117.2	137	85	76	14	71	2	75	4	1	8	564	74	1.768	10.5	1.1	5.4	5.7	1.06
162 Game Avg.				2	12	.154	5.81	55	13	20	0	0	0	129	150	93	83	15	78		82	4	1	9	619	74	1.768	10.5	1.1	5.4	5.7	1.06

NYG (3 yrs)				2	4	.333	6.31	13	8	2	0	0	0	35.2	47	25	25	3	32		31	2	1	1	191	64	2.215	11.9	0.8	8.1	7.8	0.97
PIT (2 yrs)				0	7	.000	5.60	37	4	16	0	0	0	82.0	90	60	51	11	39	2	44	2	0	7	373	79	1.573	9.9	1.2	4.3	4.8	1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1949	21	NYG	NL	6.1	2	2	3	4.26	4.25	0.11	0.00	103.8	4.29	0	0.0		-0.0	0.1	1	.500	.500	$

1951	23	NYG	NL	26.1	9	5	18	6.15	4.63	0.22	0.00	98.5	4.34	-5	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.442	.497	$
1952	24	NYG	NL	3.0	2	1	4	12.00	3.91	0.14	0.00	98.0	3.70	-3	-0.3	.2	0.0	-0.2	-2	.367	.498	$
1953	25	PIT	NL	65.1	30	2	42	5.79	4.96	-0.01	0.00	104.4	5.19	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.2	3	.488	.498	$

1955	27	PIT	NL	16.2	7	2	18	9.72	4.67	-0.29	0.00	102.8	5.10	-8	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.6	-7	.390	.495	$
5 Seasons				117.2	50	12	85	6.50	4.78	0.01	0.00	102.6	4.90	-20	-1.9	.8	-0.1	-0.8	-7	.461	.498	$

NYG (3 yrs)				35.2	13	8	25	6.31	4.50	0.19	0.00	99.4	4.28	-8	-0.8	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.439	.498	$
PIT (2 yrs)				82.0	37	4	60	6.59	4.90	-0.07	0.00	104.0	5.17	-12	-1.1	.8	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.469	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	18	23	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	7	4	.261	.433	.435	.868	.278	10	1	0	1	0		0

1951	23	NYG	NL	9	106	108	18	35	3	3	2	0	1	22	24	.324	.443	.463	.906	.402	50	2	1	1	0		0
1952	24	NYG	NL	2	18	14	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.429	.556	.429	.984	.545	6	0	1	0	0		0
1953	25	PIT	NL	30	164	248	42	65	6	1	9	0	0	29	36	.262	.342	.403	.745	.276	100	3	1	10	0		3

1955	27	PIT	NL	7	22	72	18	25	1	0	2	1	0	10	8	.347	.434	.444	.878	.371	32	0	1	2	0	2	0
5 Yrs				50	328	465	85	137	11	4	14	3	1	71	75	.295	.393	.426	.818	.327	198	6	4	14	0	2	3
162 Game Avg.				55	360	510	93	150	12	4	15	3	1	78	82	.295	.393	.426	.818	.327	217	7	4	15	0		3
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.381	.717	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	21	NYG	NL	0.2	0.0	19	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.03	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.1	1.03	0.3	0	0	0

1951	23	NYG	NL	-5.4	-0.5	110	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	1.06	-0.8	0.5	-5.0	-0.5	1.06	-8.0	1	0	2
1952	24	NYG	NL	-2.4	-0.2	19	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.89	-0.2	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.89	-2.1	0	0	1
1953	25	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	174	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	.43	-0.2	-2.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.42	-0.8	2	3	12

1955	27	PIT	NL	-8.2	-0.8	25	-0.9	0.1	-1.0	.51	-0.1	-1.6	-1.6	-0.2	0.51	-1.0	1	0	3
5 Yrs				-19.1	-1.8	347	-2.2	3.6	-5.8	.69	-1.3	-2.0	-9.4	-0.9	0.69	-11.6	4	3	18

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1949	21	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	46.0	51	41	0	0	1	1	5.4	0.0	3.2

1951	23	NYG	NL	9	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	.200	0	1	0	0	1	20%	39.8	56	31	9	2	1	3	3.9	2.4	4.0
1952	24	NYG	NL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	5	1	0	1	10.1	13.5	2.3
1953	25	PIT	NL	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.5	40	23	2	0	2	0	1.0	0.0	4.2

1955	27	PIT	NL	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.5	42	35	0	0	0	1	2.5		5.0
5 Yrs				50	12	1	7	4	0	0	3	9	.250	0	2	0	0	1	8%	39	56	23	16	3	4	6	3.8	2.7	3.9
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	118	-9					4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1951	23	NYG	NL	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	25%		1.059	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	4.8
1952	24	NYG	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.887	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
1953	25	PIT	NL	30	28	15	0	2	2	0	2	0%	2	0	10	4	40%		.431	2	3	12	2	0	15	5	12	15	2	10	4	6.1

1955	27	PIT	NL	7	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	3	60%		.511	1	0	3	1	0	3	3	1	2	2	1	0	4.0
4 Yrs				48	38	18	1	4	3	0	3	0%	4	0	19	8	42%		.678	4	3	18	4	0	21	10	15	18	7	11	4	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	21	NYG	NL	31	44%	5.6%	22.2%	38.9%	11.1%	33%	0.80	100%	3	1	33%

1951	23	NYG	NL	132	30%	1.9%	22.6%	20.8%	7.6%	23%	0.91	77%	25	2	8%
1952	24	NYG	NL	18	39%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.25	61%	7	0	0%
1953	25	PIT	NL	288	32%	5.5%	22.0%	17.7%	9.8%	25%	1.02	124%	31	3	10%

1955	27	PIT	NL	85	55%	9.1%	36.4%	45.5%	13.6%	12%	2.00	282%	4	0	0%
5 Yrs				554	34%	4.3%	22.9%	21.7%	8.8%	21%	0.99	115%	70	6	9%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	12.0%	11.2%	6.8%	26%	0.95	88%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1949	21	NYG	NL	18	6			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	10	2	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13

1951	23	NYG	NL	106	35			2	0	4	2	0	0	2	8	4	2	50%	0	1	0	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	26
1952	24	NYG	NL	18	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1953	25	PIT	NL	164	65			9	0	7	5	2	6	1	12	6	2	50%	3	3	1	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	124

1955	27	PIT	NL	22	25			2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	20%	0	4	0	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	63
5 Yrs				328	137			14	0	11	8	2	6	4	26	12	5	46%	3	8	1	131	3	1	75%	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	9	226
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1949	21	0	0		4.26	2	2	0	6.1	6	3	3	1	7		4	0	0	0	31	100	2.053	8.5	1.4	9.9	5.7	0.57	100
1950	22	0	0		4.26	2	2	0	6.1	6	3	3	1	7		4	0	0	0	31	100	2.053	8.5	1.4	9.9	5.7	0.57	100
1951	23	2	4	.333	5.79	11	7	2	32.2	41	21	21	3	29		28	1	1	1	173	70	2.143	11.3	0.8	8.0	7.7	0.97	70
1952	24	2	4	.333	6.31	13	8	2	35.2	47	25	25	3	32		31	2	1	1	191	64	2.215	11.9	0.8	8.1	7.8	0.97	64
1953	25	2	8	.200	5.35	43	10	17	101.0	112	67	60	12	61		67	3	1	4	479	81	1.713	10.0	1.1	5.4	6.0	1.10	81
1954	26	2	8	.200	5.35	43	10	17	101.0	112	67	60	12	61		67	3	1	4	479	81	1.713	10.0	1.1	5.4	6.0	1.10	81
1955	27	2	11	.154	5.81	50	12	18	117.2	137	85	76	14	71	2	75	4	1	8	564	74	1.768	10.5	1.1	5.4	5.7	1.06	74

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1949	21	0	0		4.50	6.0	6	3	3	1	7	4	0	2.167	9.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	1.5	2

1951	23	1	2	.333	5.90	29.0	36	21	19	2	23	26	1	2.034	11.2	7.1	8.1	1.13	0.6	9
1952	24	0	0		12.00	3.0	6	4	4	0	3	3	1	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	2
1953	25	3	4	.429	4.24	68.0	64	36	32	9	29	38	1	1.368	8.5	3.8	5.0	1.31	1.2	30

1955	27	0	1	.000	8.47	17.0	26	18	16	2	10	8	1	2.118	13.8	5.3	4.2	0.80	1.1	7
5 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.41	123.0	138	82	74	14	72	79	4	1.707	10.1		5.8	1.10	1.0	50

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