Ted Bowsfield

Edward Oliver Bowsfield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 10, 1935 in Vernon, British Columbia, CAN
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1958
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Angels/RedSox/Indians 1958-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
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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
1954	19	BOS-min	C	16	11	11		4	2	0	0						.364	.364	.545	.909		6							SJO · CALL
1955	20	BOS-min	C	26	41	41		3	1	0	0						.073	.073	.098	.171		4							SJO · CALL
1956	21	BOS-min	Opn	5	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		2	0	0	0	0			SFR · PCL
1957	22	BOS-min	AA	35	51	44	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	17	.045	.160	.045	.205		2		0	1	0			OKC · TL
1958	23	BOS-min	AAA	21	46	42	3	5	0	1	0	3	0		1	10	.119	.140	.167	.306		7		0	3	0	0		MNE · AA
1958	23	BOS	AL	17	26	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	24	BOS-min	AAA	28	56	47	2	6	0	0	0	3	0		5	19	.128	.208	.128	.335		6		0	3	1	0		MNE · AA
1959	24	BOS	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	25	PHI-min	AAA	10	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182		1							INA · AA
1960	25	TOT	AL	28	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.143	.200	.143	.343	-5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1960	25	BOS	AL	17	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1960	25	CLE	AL	11	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	-20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	26	LAA	AL	46	54	51	5	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	19	.137	.170	.196	.366	-6	10	1	0	2	0	0	1
1962	27	LAA	AL	44	47	37	7	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	15	.162	.279	.189	.468	31	7	0	0	4	0	0	1
1963	28	KCA	AL	43	28	23	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.043	.154	.087	.241	-32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1964	29	KCA	AL	52	25	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	-24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1965	30	OAK-LAD-STL-min	AAA	7	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533		1		0	1	0			VAN,SPO,JCK · PCL,IL
7 Yrs				235	199	173	19	22	3	1	0	8	0	0	14	66	.127	.193	.156	.349	-5	27	1	0	13	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	137	119	13	15	2	1	0	6	0	0	10	45	.127	.193	.156	.349	-5	19	1	0	9	0	0

BOS (3 yrs)				39	33	31	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.161	.161	.161	.323	-13	5	0	0	2	0	0
KCA (2 yrs)				95	53	44	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	18	.068	.163	.091	.254	-28	4	0	0	4	0	0
LAA (2 yrs)				90	101	88	12	13	2	1	0	3	0	0	8	34	.148	.219	.193	.412	10	17	1	0	6	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				11	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	-20	1	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
1958	23	BOS	AL	17	26	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1959	24	BOS	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1960	25	BOS	AL	17	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1960	25	CLE	AL	11	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	26	LAA	AL	46	54	-8	-1	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	27	LAA	AL	44	47	-2	-0	0	0	6	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	-0.0	4	$	1
1963	28	KCA	AL	43	28	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1964	29	KCA	AL	52	25	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.1	0	$	1
7 Seasons				235	199	-26	-1	1	0	23	-3	-0.4	5	3	-0.4	.499	.500	-0.4	-0.2	3	$

BOS (3 yrs)				39	33	-5	0	1	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$
KCA (2 yrs)				95	53	-8	0	1	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.498	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-0	$
LAA (2 yrs)				90	101	-11	-1	0	0	12	0	0.0	3	3	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	3	$
CLE (1 yr)				11	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$

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
1958	23	BOS	AL	26	22	1	1.2	103	.235	.154	.268	.154	.338	.154	.408	.308	.746	-17	.090	-4.3	-0.4	.182	.000	.000
1959	24	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1960	25	TOT	AL	18	15	0	0.0	100	.200	.143	.262	.200	.335	.143	.401	.343	.736	-5	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.250	.071	.000
1960	25	BOS	AL	6	5	0	0.0	104	.333	.250	.267	.250	.341	.250	.408	.500	.750	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1960	25	CLE	AL	12	10	0	0.0	99	.143	.100	.260	.182	.333	.100	.398	.282	.731	-20	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.100	.000
1961	26	LAA	AL	54	47	2	1.1	112	.219	.137	.275	.170	.352	.196	.428	.366	.780	-6	.071	-8.3	-0.8	.267	.098	.059
1962	27	LAA	AL	47	35	3	2.3	100	.273	.162	.260	.279	.331	.189	.404	.468	.736	31	.224	-3.4	-0.3	.419	.189	.027
1963	28	KCA	AL	28	24	1	1.1	99	.071	.043	.262	.154	.329	.087	.405	.241	.734	-32	.083	-4.2	-0.4	.227	.174	.043
1964	29	KCA	AL	25	21	1	1.3	99	.167	.095	.260	.174	.329	.095	.404	.269	.733	-24	.100	-3.6	-0.4	.211	.095	.000
7 Yrs				199	165	8	1.3	104	.206	.127	.266	.193	.338	.156	.412	.349	.750	-5	.095	-26.3	-2.7	.270	.110	.029
162 Game Avg.				137	114	6	1.3	104	.206	.127	.266	.193	.338	.156	.412	.349	.750	-5	.095	-26.3	-2.7	.270	.110	.029

BOS (3 yrs)				33	28	1	1.0	103	.250	.161	.268	.161	.339	.161	.408	.323	.746	-13	.059	-5.0	-0.5	.192	.000	.000
KCA (2 yrs)				53	45	2	1.2	99	.115	.068	.261	.163	.329	.091	.404	.254	.734	-28	.091	-7.8	-0.8	.220	.136	.023
LAA (2 yrs)				101	82	5	1.6	107	.241	.148	.269	.219	.343	.193	.418	.412	.761	10	.130	-11.8	-1.2	.329	.136	.045
CLE (1 yr)				12	10	0	0.0	99	.143	.100	.260	.182	.333	.100	.398	.282	.731	-20	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.100	.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%
1958	23	BOS	AL	26	0.0%	34.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.9		26.0	1.60	65%
1959	24	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1960	25	TOT	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.5		7.0	4.50	56%
1960	25	BOS	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		2.0		50%
1960	25	CLE	AL	12	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.3			2.50	58%
1961	26	LAA	AL	54	0.0%	35.2%	3.7%	3.7%	29%	9.50	2.7		25.5	6.00	59%
1962	27	LAA	AL	47	0.0%	31.9%	12.8%	2.1%	17%	2.50	2.5		37.0	3.00	47%
1963	28	KCA	AL	28	0.0%	32.1%	10.7%	3.6%	100%	3.00	2.6		11.5	1.67	50%
1964	29	KCA	AL	25	0.0%	36.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	4.50	2.3			3.00	48%
7 Yrs				199	0.0%	33.2%	7.0%	2.0%	18%	4.71	2.6		21.6	3.00	54%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.2%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.67	6.3	38.2	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1958	23	BOS	AL	-4.3	-0.4	26	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.69	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.83	-4.4
1959	24	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3
1960	25	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.81	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-2.3
1960	25	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	6	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.51	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.16	-0.5
1960	25	CLE	AL	-1.7	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.96	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.86	-1.8
1961	26	LAA	AL	-8.4	-0.8	57	-0.8	0.2	-0.9	.75	-0.9	-0.1	-9.8	-0.9	0.85	-10.1
1962	27	LAA	AL	-3.4	-0.3	44	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.73	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.79	-1.5
1963	28	KCA	AL	-4.2	-0.4	28	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.01	-0.4	0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	-4.2
1964	29	KCA	AL	-3.6	-0.4	25	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	1.02	-0.3	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.93	-3.7
7 Yrs				-26.4	-2.7	199	-1.9	1.1	-3.1	.81	-2.5	0.1	-23.2	-2.3	0.87	-26.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	23	BOS	AL	0	50%	8	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1959	24	BOS	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	25	TOT	AL	0	67%	4	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1960	25	BOS	AL	0	100%	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1960	25	CLE	AL	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	26	LAA	AL	0	56%	10	2	2	43%	2	2	0	1	1	4	1	3
1962	27	LAA	AL	2	58%	28	0	0	25%	9	6	3	0	0	3	3	0
1963	28	KCA	AL	0	50%	8	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1964	29	KCA	AL	0	25%	7	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				2	53%	65	2	2	41%	16	10	6	1	1	10	5	5

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
1958	23	BOS	AL	26	38%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1959	24	BOS	AL	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
1960	25	TOT	AL	18	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	4	1	25%	14	2	14%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1960	25	BOS	AL	6	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	7	2	29%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1960	25	CLE	AL	12	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	26	LAA	AL	54	28%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	6	1	17%	9	4	44%	32	2	6%	4	2	50%	2	0	0%	0
1962	27	LAA	AL	47	45%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	8	0	0%	6	1	17%	18	1	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1963	28	KCA	AL	28	18%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	20	2	10%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1964	29	KCA	AL	25	12%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	13	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				199	29%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	13	68%	35	1	3%	33	10	30%	114	8	7%	13	8	62%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1958	23	17	26	26	2	4	0	0	1	0	9	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	4	0	0
1959	24	22	27	27	2	4	0	0	1	0	10	.148	.148	.148	.296	-20	4	0	0
1960	25	50	45	41	4	6	0	0	3	1	14	.146	.167	.146	.313	-14	6	0	3
1961	26	96	99	92	9	13	1	1	5	3	33	.141	.168	.174	.342	-10	16	1	5
1962	27	140	146	129	16	19	2	1	6	9	48	.147	.203	.178	.381	3	23	1	9
1963	28	183	174	152	18	20	3	1	8	12	57	.132	.195	.164	.360	-3	25	1	11
1964	29	235	199	173	19	22	3	1	8	14	66	.127	.193	.156	.349	-5	27	1	13

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	23	18	28	28	3	5	0	0	2	0	9	.179	.179	.179	.357	1	17
1959	24	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1960	25	29	19	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	28
1961	26	46	56	52	6	8	1	1	2	2	19	.154	.185	.212	.397	2	46
1962	27	44	47	37	7	6	1	0	1	6	15	.162	.279	.189	.468	2	44
1963	28	43	28	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.000	.115	.000	.115	0	43
1964	29	52	25	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.087	.000	.087	0	52
7 Yrs		237	204	177	16	19	2	1	5	14	66	.107	.173	.130	.303	5	235
162 Game Avg.		162	139	121	11	13	1	1	3	10	45	.107	.173	.130	.303	3	235

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